Tui Na and Your Emotional Health
In Traditional Chinese Medicine the body, mind and spirit cannot be divided and so the unique whole-body treatment in Tui Na can also be a use­ful treatment correcting any imbalances in the body's energy before symptoms and disease can de­velop. It also works to restore emotional harmony as well as physical health. This is why after a Tui Na treatment many people "feel good". Many peo­ple in China use Tui Na regularly to keep healthy and to deal with some specific illnesses.
Tui Na is performed on the clothed body and the patient is either lying on a couch or sitting on a chair. Therapists using a variety of strokes or movements will control the intensity and direction of pressure in an exact way. The unique rolling movement in Tui Na is one of the most difficult strokes to learn and students have to practice sometimes for many months on a rice bag before they are allowed to practice on the human body.
Stress
Tui Na is of course very useful for treating stress.
It distributes the energy around the whole body. It is be­lieved that Tui Na moves the strong energy in the tense muscles to the weaker areas, thus making a more balanced body. When your Qi （energy in the body） flow is balanced you feel relaxed and comfortable.  Tui Na is especially useful for stiff shoulders and tense neck muscles.
Emotions
In Traditional Chinese Medicine each major organ is linked to an emotion. By balancing the energy in the organ, the relevant emotion will be calmed. When your emotions are out of control, you would usually turn to your doctor or perhaps a psychotherapist. But perhaps some people would not like to be seeing a psychotherapist or feel nervous about discussing their problems with others. With Tui Na one does not need to tell the therapist anything one does not want to. The treatment of Tui Na can deal with the problem itself — although if one does need to talk, then the safe space is there to do so. An active dialogue between the therapist and the patient will help to get a better effect.
How the major organs rule your emotions
Each major organ — the heart, the stomach, the spleen, the liver, the bladder, the kidneys, the lungs, etc. — is linked to a relevant emotion.
The heart is linked to joy, excitement and sadness. If the heart is out of balance, the patient may dream a lot at night and often forget something important in the day.
The stomach and spleen are connected with too much thinking or wor­rying — over anxiety. When the stomach is out of balance there is often a lack of energy. The patient often feels very tired and has no interest in do­ing anything at all.
The liver and gall bladder are linked to anger. In Chinese Medicine the eyes are connected with the liver, and many people who suffer from an­ger often suffer from eye problems. The gall bladder rules decision-making and too much energy here can lead to rashness, while if there is too little it can bring about indecision. Where there is a history of depression, the therapist would look to the liver.
The bladder and kidneys are linked to fear of all kinds, from simple anxieties and phobias to vague fears and worries.
The lungs are connected with feelings of grief and sadness. When there is a history of grief, the therapist would look to the lungs.
Tui Na is used in almost all the hospitals in China and very popular among Chinese people. It is a useful and valuable method of restoring Qi balance, when emotional and physical health is out of balance. Tui Na is one of the remaining secrets of Chinese Medicine.
【小題1】According to the passage, which statement is TRUE about Tui Na?

A．Tui Na is a whole-body treatment and can't be divided into different parts.
B．Tui Na can be used to balance the diseases before they can develop in the body.
C．Tui Na can bring back not only physical health but also emotional health.
D．Tui Na only makes people "feel good" but do not actually cure disease.
【小題2】How can the emotion be calmed?
A．By linking the organ to an emotion.
B．By telling the therapist anything one does not want to.
C．By discussing their problems with others.
D．By balancing the energy in the relevant organ.
【小題3】When the stomach is out of balance,   .
A．the patient will have a stomachache
B．the patient will have a lot to worry about
C．the patient will have nothing to do
D．the patient will not feel like doing anything


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】D

解析試題分析：文章介紹中醫(yī)推拿的好處，它既有助于身體健康，又有助于精神的健康。如它可以減緩壓力，并且可以通過(guò)平衡相關(guān)器官的能量情緒就可以冷靜下來(lái)。對(duì)各個(gè)器官也有保養(yǎng)的功效。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：It also works to restore emotional harmony as well as physical health. 可知推拿既有助于身體健康，又有助于精神的健康。選C
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：By balancing the energy in the organ, the relevant emotion will be calmed. 可知通過(guò)平衡相關(guān)器官的能量情緒就可以冷靜下來(lái)。選D
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第七段的句子：When the stomach is out of balance there is often a lack of energy. The patient often feels very tired and has no interest in do­ing anything at all.可知如果胃不舒服，別人什么事情都不想做。選D
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