Overstress, overstrain or lack of physical exertion Stress In addition to the emotions mentioned earlier, too much stress is also

a causative factor in many diseases, especially pain. In the industrialised countries many people work and live under enormous stress. This could include stress in any of the areas of social and work relationships, sexual relationships, family relationships, living conditions, finances, etc. According to TCM, stress may cause the following disorders: Stagnation of the Qi of the Heart, Lung, Liver and Spleen, eventually leading to stagnation of Blood, which is a common causative factor in various kinds of pain Disorder of different Zang-Fu organs in Water metabolism, resulting in formation of DampPhlegm. When somewhere is blocked by DampPhlegm, pain occurs Depletion of the Qi and Yin, specially the Yin of the Liver and Kidney and the Qi of the Kidney. This is the causative factor that can cause pain due to deficiency of Qi and Yin, leading to under nourishment of the body. In short, stress could cause various kinds of pain either Excessive type or Deficient type. It is therefore very clear to bear in the mind that method to regulate the emotion and smooth the emotion should be applied to treat such kind of pain besides to promote the Qi and Blood circulation, eliminate Damp-Phlegm or to nourish

the Deficiency.