Shen Power

Normal daily cycles require shen power and physical vitality, and are balanced with physical and mental rest at night. There are also social, economic and family needs that require the expression of shen. Such efforts require both mental and physical power. Some patients may be fatigued both mentally and physically; they tend to feel their energy leave quickly. Some patients feel mental exhaustion more than the physical. Clinical depression is a typical diagnosis associated with the pattern of shen qi weakness. Many forms of mental disorder have shen lassitude and sluggishness in the early stages that also correlate with weak physical energy. This is a type of shen disharmony. Conversely, the shen qi may be too strong and active, so patients feel more joyful and have an optimistic mood all the time, need little or no sleep, and have abundant mental and physical energy. This is the manic yang pattern of the shen disharmony condition. Such mood disorders may present either subtly or in the extreme, which could lead to a conventional diagnosis of a bipolar disorder. In either regard, there is a disturbance in harmony.

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