solar plexus
Nerve cluster, abdomen
The solar plexus is a network of nerves located behind the stomach, roughly where the ribs meet.
A blow to this area causes intense pain and difficulty breathing—the classic "punch to the gut" that doubles someone over: He caught an elbow to the solar plexus and went down gasping.
Figuratively, something that hits you in the solar plexus strikes at your emotional core.
Shocking emotional blow
- windedShort of breath
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- blowMove air forcefully
- strike zoneHittable pitch region
tender spot · weakness · exposed · defenseless · susceptible · flinch · wince · breathless
Upper central abdomen
- diaphragmMuscle separating chest, abdomen
- abdomenTorso's lower cavity
- gangliaMasses of nerve tissue
- autonomicSelf-regulating without awareness
sympathetic · viscera · thoracic · aorta · pancreas · adrenal glands · liver · spleen
Instinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- butterfliesFluttering insects or nervousness
- visceral reactionInstinctive physical response
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
hunch · premonition · somatic · fight or flight · nervous stomach
Burning force of nature
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- transformationThorough change in form
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
inner strength · determination · assertiveness · autonomy · identity · ego · digestion · citrine
gut punch
Shocking emotional blow
strike zone · tender spot · weakness · exposed · defenseless · susceptible · flinch · wince · breathless · incapacitated
epigastric
Upper central abdomen
autonomic · sympathetic · viscera · thoracic · aorta · pancreas · adrenal glands · liver · spleen · gastrointestinal
gut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- butterfliesFluttering insects or nervousness
- visceral reactionInstinctive physical response
sixth sense · hunch · premonition · somatic · fight or flight · nervous stomach
fire element
Burning force of nature
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- transformationThorough change in form
confidence · inner strength · determination · assertiveness · autonomy · identity · ego · digestion · citrine · tiger's eye
- nerve structuresganglion, dorsal root ganglion, dorsal root ganglia
- torsoabdomen, belly, midsection, trunk, core
- Pressure Pointsgroin, throat, temple, jaw, eyes
- autonomic systemsympathetic, parasympathetic, vagus nerve, fight or flight, rest and digest
- energy anatomychakras, meridians, prana, chi, qi
- punchesjab, uppercut, haymaker, left hook, right hook
solar plexusspine
Column of vertebrae
lumbar region · lower back · extremities · skull · cranium
solar plexusbrain
Seat of cognition
cerebral cortex · spinal cord · brainstem · cranial nerves · central nervous system
solar, plexus, solarize, solarization, solarized, solarizing