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...You are visiting the drugstore in a busy high street and it’s almost that time of the month. Everything is immensely irritating, even a gust of wind. Everyone is getting in your way. You could kick them.
Have you ever realised how different your mood can be just before your period?
This is because the liver energy is out of balance.
I look at it from the perspective of Chinese medicine:
Liver energy ensures that the blood reaches the right place at the right time. For example: when you exercise, more blood flows to the muscles. When you eat, more blood flows to your digestion system.
Strangely enough, you can compare liver energy with bamboo. Bamboo only wants one thing, and that is to grow! Bamboo has deep roots. If there is an obstacle that hinders its growth, such as a gust of wind, it will gather strength from its deep roots, stabilise itself and straighten up again. Bamboo is hollow and, after the gust of wind, it does not focus on the wind, but only on its own growth.
Just like bamboo, liver energy gives you the drive to overcome obstacles while maintaining focus on your goal.
When your liver energy is in balance, you can weave your way through the crowds on a busy Saturday and get to the drugstore without getting annoyed by the people in your way.
But if you are premenstrual while shopping in that same busy high street, your liver energy could be out of balance because it has to work harder due to menstruation cycle.
If the liver energy is too strong, then every person who gets in your way on the high street is a huge obstacle.
However, if the liver energy is too weak: the very thought of all that hustle and bustle means that you would rather stay home and sit on the couch.
I can bring the liver energy into balance using acupuncture.