A study of traditional Chinese medicine published in the US National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine revealed that emotions can affect the health of the body, especially the visceral peripheral nervous system. There are seven emotions mentioned related to vital human organs, namely anger related to heart health, happiness related to heart health, attention related to heart and spleen health, sadness related to heart and lungs, sadness related to heart health, kidneys, liver, and gallbladder, surprise is related to heart and gallbladder health, and anxiety is related to heart and lung health. "Thus, this study provides evidence, from the perspective of East Asian medicine, that emotions are related to the visceral organs, a finding that differs from the perspective of Western medicine where emotions are understood in terms of their relationship to specific brain regions, such as the amygdala," the study wrote. . The study also showed that the heart was significantly associated with most emotions. In East Asian medicine, the heart is considered the center of thought and emotion. "The heart stores 'thoughts' and 'sadness, concern, worry that can be destructive' signify the heart's role in thought and emotional processing," the scientists wrote.
