Why Your Lungs Flare Every Fall: The Grief Behind the Cough

Does a cough, tight chest, bronchitis or sinus flare show up at the same time every fall? Dr. Chris Motley knows the pattern well. As a teenager he had bronchitis every October, during his parents’ separation, and this fall his voice gave out again. In this solo episode he shares that story and explains why Chinese medicine connects the lungs with both grief and autumn. He describes how crying helps reset your nervous system, then shows three lung acupressure points and the routine he uses to support his lungs each fall. Sources are in the show notes. Educational only, not medical advice. Contains affiliate links.

Chapters

00:00 A cough that comes back every fall

00:24 Grief, sadness and fall symptoms: coincidence?

01:29 Why my voice sounds like this

02:02 Bronchitis every September as a teenager

03:08 The grief I thought I'd powered through

04:21 The infections hiding behind fall lung trouble

05:32 Why Chinese medicine puts grief in the lungs

06:44 Three lung points you can press right now

08:51 A remedy for boundaries, and what it stirred up

11:08 The night the old grief came back

14:16 Check yourself: the lung and grief questions

16:46 Why fall is the lungs' season

19:04 What falling leaves teach about slowing down

22:08 Overwork, cortisol and fight-or-flight lungs

25:43 How grief turns into tears

28:44 What happens when you never let yourself cry

31:07 The fall lung protocol: homeopathy, herbs, glandulars

35:30 The S-bar and acupressure routine

37:35 Testing for infections, and the recap

40:01 Send this to someone who is grieving

40:50 Disclaimer and close

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