We have also heard of some elderly persons dying of heart attack caused by a sudden increase in blood pressure in turn due to getting angry. Overthinking can harm the functions of the heart and spleen and liver and spleen which will then manifest such symptoms as anxiety, insomnia, tenderness of the hypochondrium, dizziness, belching, bloating, and decreased appetite. These days, authorities from various countries agree that there is a relationship between cancer and emotional stress or imbalance. When a person suffers from longterm, extreme depression, anger, sadness, or worry, they can develop cancer. Because of their emptiness of jing and qi, the elderly are all the more easily injured by uncontrollable emotions.
Irregular diet includes both overeating and undereating.
It also includes eating too much raw, cold food, hot foods, and oily, greasy, or spicy foods. All of these can cause disharmony of the zang fu . This then escalates from mild digestive disturbance to severe disease due to spleen dysfunction failing to perform its functions of transportation and transformation. Poor digestion is a common problem amongst the elderly. Therefore, they need to be more careful than others with their diet.