Search:

Home | Health | Alternative Medicine


Meaning of Dreams in Chinese Medicine

By: fengshui

Do dreams carry any meaning? Does it foretell a future event? What do dreams mean, especially repeating ones? What about sweet dreams or fearful dreams?

I get asked this quite a bit but I am unable to help as this is not my area of expertise. In fact dreams interpretation is a separate study by itself.

I read a book recently on Chinese Medicine and there is a part on how dreams can assist in Chinese medical diagnosis. This is from a section in the Yellow Emperor’s Medicine Classic called the Miraculous Pivot. It makes extremely interesting reading and I would like to share some of their analysis with you.

The classic says that fearful dream is a result of lack of qi in the heart and gallbladder. It can also be a result of a prolonged illness or excessive anxiety.

Angry dream is due to stagnation of qi in the liver and gallbladder or hardening of the liver. It can also be due to the presence of gallstones. On the other hand, happy dream is due to the smooth flow of qi and indicate fast recovery even if you should fall ill.

Sad dream is due to deficiency of qi in the heart and lung, deficiency of yin in the liver as with chronic liver disease and tuberculosis. Depressive dream is due to imbalance in the liver and spleen.

What about dreams where you are continuous striving for something? This is a result of reverse flow of qi in the liver and gallbladder and rising of yang in the liver for example with hypertension and poor food digestion.

The most common dreams are floating or falling. Floating dream is due to excess in the upper part of the body but deficiency in the lower parts like deficiency of the kidneys, excess phlegm or coronary heart disease. On the other hand falling dream is due to deficiency in the upper and excess in the lower part. This is often seen in water retention in the kidneys and deficiency of yang in the heart.

What is the meaning of the dream of looking for food and water? Looking for food dream indicate a weak spleen and deficiency of yin in the stomach. Looking for water dream imply excessive yang and depletion of bodily fluids for example due to high fever or dehydration.

What about looking for wee wee dream? According to the classic this dream is often caused by painful urination, inflammation of the intestines, poor digestion or diarrhea.

Finally what about sleep walking? It is usually due to stagnation of qi in the liver or distractions!

That is dreams interpretation for you from an ancient Chinese classics.

Article Source: http://www.topicinfo.com

Henry Fong Feng Shui Master More Naming articles here.

Please Rate this Article

 

Not yet Rated

Click the XML Icon Above to Receive Alternative Medicine Articles Via RSS!
Additional Articles From - Home | Health | Alternative Medicine
Sign Up for a free account or learn more.
Submit Articles
Member Login
Top Authors
Most Popular Articles
Submission Guidelines
Ezine Notifications
Article RSS Feeds
About Us
Submit Link
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

Powered by Article Dashboard