The herald., 1896-08-30

the heart. Fear cannot be driven away.
Sudden and intense fright will rupture
the gall sac and confuse the seven affec-
tions. completely unbalancing the mind
and causing insanity.
Among the third causes of disease are
eating and drinking. improper foods and
liquids. Roasted or fried meats cause
inflammation and desire to drink often
Eating more meats than vegetables
causes indigestion. Drinking cold drinks
and eating raw fruits cause damp air In
the system. The Inflammation and
damp air will lock hands and cause ryl-
1aria and severe illness. This form of
malaria, produced internally. is unlike
that produced in the open air and in
hailed. But it invites an external form
and the two together cause severe forms
of disease.
Diseases may commence in the liver
and involve the stomach; or they may
commence in the stomach ard involve
the lungs; or they may commence in the
kidneys and involve the liver. They
may commence in any of the internal
organs and involve the skin. the exter-
nal surface of the body. Disease that
commences in the skin. flesh. nerves.
cords Or muscles will sooner or later
involve the internal organs.
The symptoms of disease may be
nearly the same in two or more people,
vet the CAUSES be entirely different.
And a single cause may manifest itself
in number of ways, thus either head
| ache, backache, stomachache boneache,
toothache or distress in the lungs may
be due to the same cause.
Although all men look very much alike
and have the same members and or
gans. yet no two are exactly alike or
possess the same degree of external
power, which is strength. or of inter-
nal power. which is vitality.
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liver. Spleen lungs and kidneys. The
heart-case. gall, stomach. large intes
tines. small intestines and bladder are
agents for the vital organs. The seven
affections, JOY. anger, grief. pleasure,
laughter. hatred and desire. control the
vital organs, but have no influence over
the six agents of the Ave vital organs.
When either of the five vital organs is
the seat of disease the difficulty is
more serious than 1t would be If seated in
either of the six sub-organs.
All internal organs have muscles and
pulse connecting with the eXtremities
of the body.
There are four principal methods of
healing, first. by warming the blood;
second. by cleansing the system; third,
by strengthening. and fourth, by purg
ing.
The Chinese system of medicine is
taught in branches. such as diseases of
children, diseases of women, diseases of
men. and diseases of the bones. includ-
ing injuries to them. Each of these
branches requires from three to four
years to learn. To acquire a thorough
knowledge of medicine and to be able
to pass an examination at the Imperial
college of medicine at Pekin requires
foul teen years of the most arduous la
bor that ever students of any profess
sion. in any country. are subjected to.
Even then the recipient of a diploma
from the college often fails to receive
the signature of the emperor to his di-
ploma because he fails to pass a second
and very severe examination before
his majesty
If much of the skin is burned the fire.
air, which Is the worst form of poison
air, will affect the heart and cause death
quickly. Blood-poisoning. such as we
cannot control, is a result of a poisoned
condition of the system. 1t is developed
by an injury. such as cut or bruise or
even the bite of an insect, such as a
flea. or slight accident. which. to
fairly healthy person, would produce
only very slight injury If any. The
same degree of poison in the system
would sooner or later develop a serious
disease without the injury or accident,
Serious injury to the nerves or cords
will affect the liver If it is not soon re-
paired. The same may be said of serious
injury to the flesh. from which the stom-
ach and the spleen would become af-
fected. In like manner the kidneys
would become affected, after time.
through severe injury to the bones and
the joints.
In China not one case of consumption
can be found in miles of travel. nor one
case, of falling of the womb among mill
lions of women. This is because the
Chinese are more careful in the observ-
ance of certain simple laws of health
than the people of many other nations.
The Chinese never drink cold water or
other cold drinks. from infancy to old
age. except occasionally in very hot
weather when farmers or other out of
door laborers may drink a little. The
climate and the earth and water ele-
ments in China are different from those
in the United States. Far weaker NELL
cine and a less quantity will produce
given effect in a Chinaman than is re-
quired for Caucasian.
The injurious effects of severe mental
strains upon the human system may be
llkened unto the drawing of blood di-
rectly from the heart. The blood dis
appears just as If 1t were burned up.
The heart is composed of the fire ele-
ment and it furnishes the power of all
mental operations If the drafts are in
excess Of the deposits there will be In
time a cessation of payments or total
cessation of business just as there would
be under similar circumstances in any
financial institution. If the heart is
drawn upon too severely and at too
frequent intervals the brain absorbs
more than the heart can spare and keep
I'D the perfect action of the stomach
and spleen, for which it also furnishes
power. There is a continual circuit of
power from one organ to another which
is interrupted when the heart is over
worked. The stomach and spleen grow
and nourish the lungs; they grow and
nourish the kidneys; they grow. and
nourish the liver: that grows and nour-
ishes the heart. When the power of the
heart Is diverted from this circuit and is
called to the brain in an excess the stom-
ach will fail to perform its functions
perfectly. Then the lungs will fail to
get their requisite nourishment and they
will be unable to perform their func-
tions perfectly. One Of these functions
is to furnish the necessary power to the
kidneys and if they fail to do this the
latter organs will not be able to per-
form their functions perfectly and Will
not noursh the liver. This. in turn
will weaken and will not furnish the
necessary power to the heart. which
weakens more and more under the
strain as time goes on. So all of these
difficulties which involve breakdown
somewhere originate in making TOO
great drafts upon the heart in order TO
put forth mental effort.