In traditional Chinese medicine fear relates to the Kidneys and consumes Kidney Qi. As children experience fear more intensely than adults, acute or chronic fear in children may manifest in bed-wetting (in TCM the Kidneys are the partner organ of the Urinary Bladder).
Beside Kidney Qi fear also consumes Kidney Essence. The Essence determines the vitality and longevity in every person therefore consumption of Kidney Essence by fear may result in premature graying of the hair (the Kidneys opens to the hair). Essence on the other hand is part of Yin. Long-term fear may consume Kidney Yin.
One way to counteract fear is to tonify Kidney Yin, Kidney Qi, and Kidney Essence.
Another way to counteract fear is to practice love. People who are sufficiently loved, and/or have developed a loving attitude towards others and themselves, are generally fearless.
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Liangyue, D., Yijun, G., Shuhui, H., Xiaoping, J., Yang, L., Rufen, W., Wenjing, W., Xuetai, W., Hengze, X., Xiuling, X., Jiuling, Y. (1987). Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press
Maciocia, Giovanni (1989). The Foundations of Chinese Medicine. Edinburgh: Harcourt Publishers Limited
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