用老祖宗的方法管理情绪：五行相克且相生 This is the method mentioned more than 2000 years ago in "Discussion on Principles of Yin-Yang Doctrine and its Relations with Natural Things and Phenomena", a chapter of Plain Questions. The content includes "anger impairs the liver while grief restricts anger"; "joy impairs the heart while fear restricts joy"; "anxiety impairs the spleen while anger restricts anxiety"；"melancholy impairs the lung while joy restricts melancholy" and "fear impairs the kidney while anxiety restricts fear." This method of checking one emotion with another is based on the principle of excess curing excess。 “五情相克”的方法早在2000 多年前的《黄帝内经素问》(小编注：《黄帝内经素问》简称《素问》，是现存最早的中医理论著作，相传为黄帝创作，大约成书于春秋战国时期。突出阐发了古代的哲学思想，强调了人体内外统一的整体观念，从而成为中医基本理论的渊源。)讨论五行学说与自然现象的章节中就有涉及。“五情相克”的内容包括“怒伤肝而悲能胜怒；喜伤心而恐胜喜；思伤脾而怒胜思；忧伤肺而喜胜忧；恐伤肾而思胜恐。”这种方法的理论依据是“五行相生相克”(小编注：五行相克，指的是事物的相互克制、制约或抑制的关系，如木克土，土克水，水克火，火克金，金克木。五行在中医理论中是指构成天地万物的五种基本物质，用以说明世界万物的起源和世界是物质多样性的统一体。) 1 Fear restricts joy 恐胜喜 This is a method to restrain great joy impairing the heart and restore mental functions by applying fearful factors to astringe the dissipated cardiac spirit. The method is often applicable to endless laughing as well as emotional disorders due to excessive joy。 这是一种利用使人恐惧的事物收敛心力、抑制狂喜对心脏造成伤害 ，恢 复 心脏功 能的方法。通 常 用于治 疗 笑 病 以及狂喜导 致 的情绪紊 乱 。 2 Anger restricts anxiety 怒胜思 This is a method to restore functions of the heart and spleen by using irritating factors to restra...
