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Traditional Chinese medicine is a complete medical system that is person-specific. This medical system has been in successful use for over twenty–three centuries treating people for a variety of ailments from common colds to anxiety to HIV and AIDS.

“Within Chinese cosmology, all of creation is born from the marriage of two polar principles, Yin and Yang: Earth and Heaven, winter and summer, night and day, cold and hot, wet and dry, inner and outer, body and mind.” (Beinfield, 1991). When these complements are working together in unison, the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual facets of each person will be in harmony. “Disharmony leads to disease, disaster, and bad luck.” (Beinfield, 1991). Chinese medicine works to restore harmony.

The Five Organ Networks

The body is divided into five functional systems known as Organ Networks. These Networks govern particular tissues, mental faculties, and physical activities by regulating and preserving the five essential body constituents: Qi, Moisture, Blood, Spirit, and Essence.

Understanding the networks is essential to understanding the ailments that inflict people.

There are also direct correlations with the five seasons:

Spring - Liver and gall bladder

Summer - Heart and small intestine

Transitional period - Spleen and stomach

Fall - Lung and large intestine

Winter - Kidney and urinary bladder

Liver and Gall Bladder Network
The liver is responsible for the storage of blood, flow of qi, and evenness of the temperament. So when the liver is thwarted, tension in the neck and shoulders, high blood pressure, headaches, cramping, moodiness, and impulsive behavior may follow.

Heat and Small Intestine Network
The heart not only propels blood through the vessels but also harbors the spirit and governs the mind. Symptoms as varied as anxiety, restless sleep, angina, and palpitations occur when the heart is agitated.

Spleen and Stomach Network
The spleen is in charge of the assimilation of food and fluids as well as ideas so when the network is disturbed, indigestion, bloating, fatigue, scattered thinking, and poor concentration ensue.

Lung and Large Intestine Network
Through the breath, the lung sets the body rhythm, defends its boundaries, and affords inspiration. A troubled lung might trigger tightness in the chest, skin rashes, vulnerability to colds or flu, rigid thinking, or melancholy.

Kidney and Urinary Bladder
The kidney stores the essence responsible for reproduction, growth, and regeneration. It controls teeth, bones, marrow brain, inner ear, pupil of the eye, and lumbar region, and is associated with the emotion of fear, the will, the capacity for sharp thinking, and perception. So problems such as retarded growth, ringing in the ears, infertility, low back pain, paranoia, fuzzy thinking, weak vision, apathy, or despair are viewed as dysfunctions of the kidney network.