Hives are a 'Mirror of the Heart': The Heart's SOS I Realized Through Hives

Suddenly, in the morning, I broke out in hives.
My daughter, who started her job in the spring, said, 'I got hives from the stress of commuting.'
I brushed it off lightly with my knowledge of Kampo, saying, 'You're lacking Qi,' or 'It's because you don't eat proper meals at home.'... I'm sorry, my daughter.
I'm sorry, my daughter.

One day, red bumps appeared suddenly after I ate breakfast.
Huh? Before I could even think about what this was, they spread in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately, the itching wasn't that intense; it just looked unpleasant.
But this 'appearance' was quite a shock and drained all my motivation.
After applying over-the-counter medicine, it finally subsided after a while.

I calmed down and tried to think about the cause of these hives.
As someone who blends medicinal teas produced by a Kampo pharmacy,
here are the causes of hives according to Eastern medicine.

1. Wind-Heat Type
Decreased defensive power of the body surface (Qi deficiency) + external wind pathogens or internal heat.

2. Damp-Heat Type
Weakness of the digestive system or accumulation of dampness (excessive intake of sweets, cold foods, or oily foods).

3. Blood Deficiency and Wind-Dryness Type
Insufficient blood leading to dry skin + decreased defensive power.

In my daughter's case, it was a three-way battle of 1 + 3, and maybe 2 from eating out?

So, what about my case?

Although I drink medicinal tea suited to my constitution every day and generally take care of myself in my daily life,
1. The beer I drank with my husband every night, blaming it on the heat.
2. Lack of exercise, even though circulation tends to get worse after menopause.
3. Emotional stress from my only daughter moving out.

1, 2, and 3 are all factors, but 1 and 2 aren't exactly new (lol).
If so, perhaps the stress of 3 is the major factor this time.

Stress is truly scary.
It is no exaggeration to say that most illnesses begin with stress.
Stress is a stagnation of 'Qi,' and 'Qi' is what protects us from external stimuli. When you 'lose your energy (Qi),' you cannot move. Qi is truly important.
There are many words in Japanese that use 'Qi'.
Genki (vitality), Yuki (courage), Ki ga iru (to feel depressed), Ki ni suru (to worry), Kiai wo ireru (to psych oneself up).

Such 'Qi' protects us from external stimuli, but it is easily weakened by stress.
When you lose your appetite and cannot sleep due to stress, Qi is not produced.

Thinking back, before I started working with medicinal teas, I was the type of person whose skin would immediately react when I was stressed.
When I was a child, after my father passed away, I suppressed my sadness and acted like I was fine,
but two months later I developed shingles, and when I got married and started trying to conceive, I developed atopic dermatitis. Both subsided when the stress was reduced, but my skin is a barometer for my heart.

The independence of my only daughter, whom I conceived after 14 years of trying, caused more emotional turmoil than I had imagined.
Once she actually moved out, she became more appreciative of her family than before and started doing chores she never did before, so I felt relieved that there were many good things that came of it, but it seems it had accumulated firmly in my body.
A notification through hives; the skin is a mirror of the heart.

Third time's the charm, so this time I'm going to make sure I properly heal myself.
I won't push myself too hard. I won't try to please others. I'll do what I love. I'll rely on others.
And... I'll cut back a little on my daily beer (lol).
(Since having a drink with my husband is also a way to relieve stress, I'll just cut back a little.)

Physical care and emotional care
Because both are connected, an approach from both sides is necessary.
If you pretend not to see when your heart is screaming, your body will send you a notification.
If you just deal with it with temporary itch relief at that time, it will become complicated
and it won't be a fundamental solution.
I think that when you care for your body, your heart feels relieved and relaxes, so it's necessary to use that as an opportunity to face yourself and let your heart relax even more.

For my hives too, I will not put a lid on my emotions, saying 'You were worried, weren't you?' or 'You're sad, aren't you?', and I will provide the necessary physical care while being close to my heart.
Even though I call myself a 'Translator of Body and Heart Voices,' I realized I still wasn't listening to my own voice enough. Thank you, hives, for making me realize that.

Can you hear the voices of your body and your heart?

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