Seven+Po+Spirits

Source: Dr. Liu Dong, November 2008 – Seattle

Diagnosis: Po Theory – __**FIRST PO PATTERN – DEAD DOG PATTERN (Gou Shi)**__ __**SECOND PO – HIDDEN CORPSE (Fu Shi Xing or Shi Ti Chang)**__ __**THIRD PO PATTERN – DEAD BIRD (Que Yin - related to Bird “Yin,” what’s left after a bird dies)**__ __**FOURTH PO PATTERN – HUNGRY THIEF (Dun Zei)**__ __**FIFTH PO PATTERN – SUDDEN POISON (Fei Du)**__ __**SIXTH PO PATTERN – THE JANITOR (Chu Yi)**__ __**SEVENTH PO PATTERN – THE CORPSE CARRIER (Bi Chou)**__
 * Modern TCM – diagnosis via appearance of patient, listening, smelling, pulse
 * Part of Classical diagnosis involves finding which of the 7 Po are affected in the patient – then treat organ spirit for Dz
 * To diagnosis with Po patterns
 * Observe person carefully
 * Use all of your six senses as practitioner (5 + cognition/thinking)
 * Be open, assume nothing, then see with clarity which Po pattern is in front of you
 * 7 Po are not the 7 emotions
 * 7 emotions – related to disease caused b/c person is stuck within a certain emotion, which leads to stagnation
 * Start with stagnation in an organ  stagnation of Qi  breakdown in physical body
 * 2 organ souls involved – HT soul and KI soul, communication breakdown because of shock
 * Person receives shock (physical, emotional) – change in HT
 * HT changes lead to fear  then damages the KI
 * KI damage  can no longer support the LR  disturbs the Hun
 * 1 = Shock
 * 2 = fear (damage to the KI)
 * 3 = anger (from lack of support from KI to LR/Hun
 * Find this pattern many times in solders (related to western PTSD)
 * “Human body can handle 2 moderate shocks per week, if HT & KI strong then person assimilates the shock”
 * If more than 2 shocks/week or if the constitution of person allows for it to affect the HT, then leads to HT & KI damage
 * Patient with this pattern: pale face, lack of affect, eyes are white and reflective, may manifest with anger and belligerence
 * Sometimes may observe dilation of the eyes, or flair in the nostrils, tension in the jaw and pressure in the teeth
 * Serious cases may see visual and auditory hallucinations, illusions and delusional, overreacting to all stimulus
 * Two deeper levels
 * Deficient Yin – pale, dizzy, white, likely to pass out, hands shaky and cold (when having episode)
 * Have to tonify the KI yin
 * Surfeit of Yang – soft, red face, clenching of hands (when having episode)
 * Have to disperse HT Yang
 * PTSD Flashback  the departure of the Hun; when the the Hun starts to travel and move
 * Need to stabilize the HT, calm the HT (modified Sheng Mai San – Herbal Rx)
 * Seen in people with history of abuse, and in the paranoid
 * NORMALLY - Hun follows the Shen
 * THEREFORE - when pattern is reversed Shen is broken so the Hun takes over, and the imagination takes control.
 * Pattern may also be seen in seizure disorders
 * Treatment: massage can also be used, acupressure on Shu points and Shen points
 * Worry, withdrawl, part of something more long term
 * Slow at work, something eating away at person (stuck in a job they hate, marriage they hate,etc)
 * Chronically worried, preoccupied
 * Uses up the KI Jing and the HT Qi
 * See signs of weakness in the KI and HT
 * Insufficient Qi in the HT – person is emotionally listless
 * Insufficient Jing in the KI – personal is physically listless, and cold
 * Not interested in anything, cold, indifferent towards all things
 * 6 Symptoms
 * 1 – depressed, uninterested
 * 2 – negativity, lack of motivation – can’t stick to anything, difficult to complete anything
 * 3 – sentimentality and fragile – start to cry and are easily upset, like to lie down and sleep
 * 4 – stick to themselves, like to be isolated from others
 * 5 – socially shy – want to remain hidden
 * 6 – loss of sexual interest, possible loss of memory
 * May also - look downcast, look tired in eyes, loss of taste and lack of interest in eating
 * ALL 6 Senses are depressed in function
 * When talking to these individuals they take a long time to respond, slower movement and cognition
 * Corresponds to depression in the West
 * Related to the Zhi, and a lack of will
 * TONIFY Qi – strengthen HT
 * TOINFY JING – strengthen KI
 * Women more prone to this than men
 * 1st pattern – more emotional shock
 * 3rd pattern – more physical shock to the body, shock where HT and KI soul is broken
 * “A broken vase will never be totally whole again, there will always be some pieces missing”
 * Body = contracted, whithered, dry
 * Eyes are fixed, tearing, watering and look fragile
 * Sensitive to hearing, startled at slightest noise
 * Very closed in, difficult to treat with massage and acupuncture
 * Neck is stiff, back is hard, rigid, locked up
 * Fragile, delicate, easily broken
 * Treatment = nourish HT and nourish KI (zhi) – allow for connection to reestablish
 * Soul of KI is broken, need to rebuild to create strength again
 * Due to long term emotional issues (not from shock)
 * Difficult childhood with awkward emotional situations where HT is hurt
 * Chronic troubling of the HT; constantly feeling DUPED or MANIPULATED
 * Person is brooding, troubled – HT and SP are damaged over time
 * Person broods, cries, self-sooths with foods
 * Leads to bloated, overfull quality, possibly see larger body
 * Pattern of taking things to reassure the self
 * No goals or plants, going from one thing to another – taking things in as they go
 * Person like to talk a lot
 * Damp heat in the SP – talking excessively can relieve
 * Physical – bigger eyes, lots of mucous, tendency to snore
 * Treatment = nourish the HT, disperse the SP
 * Chronic toxicity – over long period of time damages the KI and the SP
 * Zhi of KI and Yi and SP are fragile
 * Eyes have boiling quality to them, lively, mobile (may have blue/green quality to them)
 * Hypersensitive eyes – eyes dart around
 * Perfectionistic streak – want to do everything right
 * Physical – fat or skinny, physique is extreme to one side or another
 * Find Addictive Behaviors – toxic substance or NO substance at all, such as eating disorder
 * Smart people, competent, with addictive quality to them
 * Treatment = strengthen relationship between SP and KI souls
 * People that may have been neglected, feel like failures
 * Weakness in the SP Qi
 * Observe face and eyes – eyelids drooping, looking through half-closed eyes
 * Don’t look directly at you
 * Talk a lot – but DON’T talk attentively, produce a lot of spittle
 * Erratic, sloppy at work, gripe a lot, complain a lot
 * Physical – sluggish physique, slow and tend to be fragile mentally and physically
 * Often sloth like, may possibly smell bad
 * Treatment = strengthen connection b/t HT and SP
 * Body is a little rotten
 * Lungs are damaged in this pattern (elusive pattern to determine, downcast quality overall)
 * Something is not fresh about these people, something seems or smells rotten
 * When you interact, meet them, feel a strange, bad energy, like someone who has been handing dead bodies
 * Presentation – they may not be acutely sick, or show signs of being sick, but something is not right about them (no luminosity, they suck your energy and you feel tired after being around them)
 * Cause – weakened LU Qi when at a young age, physical causes and mental causes as well
 * Have capacity to create negativity around themselves = strange mix of strength and weakness
 * Tend not to talk a lot, when do, talk about strange thing, are interested in weird things
 * Always producing a negative, passive aggressive environment around them (after you speak with these people will feel tired and ‘sticky’)
 * Treatment – strengthen the HT and the KI to transform the PO