Causes of Disease.

There are many factors which can upset the balance of body-mind-spirit. Chinese medicine stresses the importance of:-

• emotional states, such as sadness, anger, grief, anxiety and fear. All emotional states have a specific effect on the energy balance of the individual.
• diet - overeating, malnutrition, too much cold and raw foods, too many hot and greasy foods, eating erratically or in a hurry can all cause disease.
• drugs, alcohol, tobacco, wrongly prescribed medicines or medicines taken over prolonged perioeds, too much tea, coffee or dairy products canall potentially lead to patterns of disharmony.

• climatic conditions - such as cold, damp, wind, heat, dryness, particularly sudden changes in the weather
• exercise and rest - too little or too much of either can harm the energy balance of the body.
• trauma - physical , such as accidents falls and operations and emotional, such as a sudden bereavement
• hereditary factors
• poisons
• epidemics