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Saying that an Organ system is ‘connected to’ or ‘makes an emotion possible’ may sound odd. It is not a belief we have in the West. In the West, for example, the lungs are not thought to connect with our emotions. The Five Element associations, however, say that the Lungs and grief are connected. Well-balanced Lungs can lead to the healthy expression of grief.

From our clinical experience we have seen that patients with weak Lungs often have difficulty with the expression of healthy and normal grief. When a patient’s Lungs are strengthened by treatment or exercises, their ability ‘to experience grief’ improves. The effect of the Lungs on the expression of grief is particularly important when the weakness of the Organ is constitutional. Hence the significance of the types.

What we mean exactly by ‘grief and the ability ‘to experience grief’ will be clearer in the chapter on the Metal type. For the moment, the notion of an emotion overlaps with many other parts of our personality. In the chapters on each Element we describe how at the core of a person there are five key ‘major concerns’. Although all of us have a wide range of other motivating factors in our lives, we all have some which are more important than others.

Why is this so important? It is important because it specifies which are our core weaknesses, our core strengths and, most definitely, our core sensitivities. Knowing these suggests the most fruitful place to work on ourselves.