The Hidden Issues Of Ovarian Cancer
by Rebecca Prescott
Dr Christiane Northrup has some interesting insights into the emotional and
energetic issues associated with ovarian cancer. Whilst it is impossible to
generalize emotional and energetic responses, she highlights the issue of rage
in ovarian cancers. She describes the ovaries as being 'female balls' which
means they relate to an active participation in the world in a way that
expresses our unique creative potential, as women, on an individual basis.
She says: "...we as women must be open to the uniqueness of our creations and
their own energies and impulses, without trying to force them into predetermined
forms. Our ability to yield to our creativity, to acknowledge that we
cannot control it with our intellects, is the key to understanding ovarian
power." (p187, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom)
She relates the issue of rage as deriving from being in an abusive
relationship - not necessarily physically abusive, though of course this could
be the case. And it may not necessarily be a personal or intimate relationship.
It could be with work, societal, or even spiritual. But it embodies a way of
relating and dealing with something or someone, where the woman involved feels
controlled by the situation and does not believe in her ability to change it, or
herself. It is a denial of her innate power and self-sovereignty. A denial of a
woman's innate dignity, creativity, spirituality, and complexity.
Interestingly, Dr Northrup notes that ovarian cancer is linked to a diet high
in fat and dairy food. Dairy products in Oriental medicine, are associated with
the liver meridian. Meridians are energy conduits, and though they have a
specific anatomy, they are not equated necessarily with the organs of the same
name, as understood in conventional western medicine. The emotion associated
with a liver meridian that is out of balance, is rage and anger.
Oriental medicine believes that diseases start in our energetic body first,
and then progress to the physical body. And certainly not all women who have a
high fat and high dairy diet develop ovarian cancer. Dr Northrup suggests that
women take care of their ovaries and uterus by reclaiming and expressing
whatever this deep creative energy is for them. She suggests taking the time to
do this daily.
A recent scientific study has also found that drinking two cups or more of
tea a day can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by 46%. This study was done in
Sweden over a 15 year period. Sweden is a country where there is a higher risk
of ovarian cancer, as are other countries with a high dairy consumption (Denmark
and Switzerland).
References:
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?id=64537
Dr
Christiane Northrup, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (Piatkus, 1995)
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