The Internal Causes of Disease with Peter Mole

The Emotional Roots of Illness — Acupuncture, Qi & the Inner Landscape of Health with Peter Mole

In this illuminating episode, we sit down with Peter Mole — one of the UK’s most respected acupuncturists, Dean of the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, and a founding member of the British Acupuncture Council. With more than forty years of clinical experience, Peter brings a rare depth of insight into how Chinese medicine understands the emotional and internal origins of illness, and why true wellbeing cannot be separated from the nature of our inner life.

Peter shares how qi moves, stagnates, and expresses itself through the body; how emotional patterns become embodied; and why constitutional tendencies shape both personality and resilience. We explore the key diagnostic methods of acupuncture, including pulse and tongue reading, as well as the subtle art of tracking the movement of qi through the needle. Peter explains the distinctions between prana and qi, the relationship between physical and psycho-emotional treatments, and the importance of working at the level of body, mind, and spirit.

Throughout the conversation, Peter reflects on the value of meaningful work, healthy relationships, and living in harmony with nature and the Tao. He offers a grounded, compassionate perspective on stress, grief, anger, and fear — and how the body reveals our unresolved emotional life. This episode opens a wide doorway into the wisdom of Chinese medicine and its holistic view of human health.

In this episode, we explore:

• How Chinese medicine understands the emotional roots of illness
• Qi, prana, and the subtle energetic anatomy of the body
• Pulse and tongue diagnosis as reflections of internal state
• Tracking the movement of qi through acupuncture
• Constitution and Five Element theory
• Physical vs. psycho-emotional treatment approaches
• How emotional stress becomes embodied
• Spirit (Shen) and the role of meaning and purpose
• Living in harmony with nature and the Tao

About Peter Mole

Peter Mole is the author of Acupuncture for Body, Mind and Spirit and co-author of Five Element Constitutional Acupuncture. He has practiced acupuncture since 1978 and has lectured extensively throughout Europe, Israel, and the USA.

www.wolvercoteacupunctureclinic.co.uk