# @anewdayhealth on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CO7zfCQghN4 - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11700154-anewdayhealth-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/f07585e3eb.jpg - **Posted:** 2021-05-16T12:50:07.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** A New Day Integrative Health and Wellness (@anewdayhealth) β€” https://gondola.cc/anewdayhealth ## Caption Emotions, Body Parts, and Medicine: Part 3 out of 4 According to Chinese medicine, every organ in our body is associated with an emotion. The Kidneys are the organs that are linked to fear and shock πŸ˜²πŸ˜“ When we experience things that make us feel fear or shock, our kidneys process it as "fight or flight" mode. When the fight or flight response is activated, cortisol (the stress hormone) is released. When people are constantly living in fear or shock, the kidneys end up being soaked with stress. This is not healthy as we all know (even in Western medicine) that high levels of stress result in blood circulation problems, sometimes heart problems, and can even lead to weight gain! How do we overcome this? As much as I want to say to eliminate all things causing you fear or shock in your life, I know that is completely unrealistic 😹 Here are some helpful ways to MINIMIZE your stress, fear, and shock: - NUTRITION: Eat salty-flavored black-colored foods. Seafood, black beans, walnuts, black sesame, and lotus seed all help. πŸ–€Reduce excessively cooling foods like sugar and dairy. Using herbs can help boost your Kidney's Qi (energy) and relieve symptoms of kidney overuse. Of course, have a diet that also includes all your macro nutrients and lots of colorful veggies! πŸ₯¦πŸ₯• - MEDITATE: Many people choose to meditate in the morning before the day starts. Doing so can help center you for the day and keep your body (even those Kidneys!) in check and functioning properly πŸ˜‰ - REST: Get enough sleep!!! 😴 I cannot tell you how many people I know who have kidney problems and ALSO do not sleep enough! Sleeping is your body's way of resetting everything. I tell most people to aim for about 7 hours of sleep a night! --- #themoreyouknow #kidneys #emotions #medicine #bodyparts #acupuncture #facts #learn #stress #fightorflight #raleigh #cary #northcarolina ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 5 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 0 ## Tags emotions, stress, themoreyouknow, fightorflight, medicine, bodyparts, learn, kidneys, facts, acupuncture, raleigh, northcarolina, cary ## Matching Posts - @anewdayhealth on Instagram β€” https://gondola.cc/posts/11700149-anewdayhealth-instagram --- Copyright (c) Gondola