Each of the five Chinese organs, or Zang, has associated with it a corresponding emotion. This emotion is the quality of energy governed by the respective organ, experienced on a human level. In health this energy flows freely, but in imbalance it becomes stagnant, expressing itself as a recurring emotion. Because the Liver governs the smooth flow of emotion, it plays a role in the stagnation of any of the five emotions. Like the other organs though, it has resonance with a specific quality of energy. The emotion of the Liver is anger.
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