One of the most important subject in Chinese 5
arts or Chinese Metaphysics would be health
well being and healing through traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) known as Yi, 醫. According to two of the oldest record related
to human health, TCM and aryuvedic, human were born with self-healing ability to
balance and harmonize energy (qi). Overtime due to certain life style, activity or
diet which impact the balance harmony and cause health problem. TCM can be used to bring the balance through
multiple healing method such as acupuncture, herbs etc.
TCM is based on the fundamental of Chinese
metaphysics principle of ying /yang with the five elements for both polarity. TCM
classified various body organ as 5 element with ying and yang polarity.
During the birth time of the person had already absorbed the energy of the
moment from year, month, day and hour element,
therefore those element energies become a building block to a person
body. Some people are known to have
weaker organ could be due to the element is either lacking during the time of
birth or being combine/clash away or punish in the interaction between elements
in the birth chart. A bazi consultant
should be able to give a clue through the decoding of the birth chart and there
could some enhancement we can make through man luck. Please refer to my earlier article on birth
chart in relation to the elemental energy (Birth chart ; 4 pillars)
Element
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Ying
Organ
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Yang
Organ
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Interesting
facts
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Wood
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Liver
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Gall Bladder
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A person with good quality wood
element will have a good vitality as liver associated to wood. Liver purified blood that bring nutrients
to the rest of body.
Liver detox is essential in
maintaining
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Fire
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Heart, pericardium
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Small intestine, triple burner
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When there is fire water clash in the birth
chart and environment energy, high chance of heart attack
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Earth
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Spleen
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Stomach
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It is advisable to drink warm water or
exercise to get heat to strengthen digestive system. Fire strengthen earth
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Metal
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Lungs
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Large intestine
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A body defense system depend very much on
strength of lungs and colon. Lung can be nourish through breathing of good
quality air.
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Water
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Kidney
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Urinary/Bladder
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Drink a lot of water to flush out the
toxin in the kidney
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Chinese metaphysics is about study of energy
pattern within ourselves and the environment.
Human energy derive from the food
we take, in order to stay healthy we
must keep a balance diet which had become a universal mantra. Balance diet in TCM means balance between ying/yang and 5 elements. TCM practitioner had divided in food into
ying (cooling food) and yang (warming food) follow by 5 element category base
on taste and color.
Ying
Cooling food examples
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Yang
warming food examples
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Vegetables, fruits, fish, honey, watermelons
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Black pepper, cherry , chives, spices, dates, garlic,
ginger, lamb
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Elements
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Taste
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Colour
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Food
example
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Wood
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Sour
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Green
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Oats, wheat, green vegetable, avocado, grape, lemon, lime
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Fire
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Bitter
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Red
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Amaranth,
corn, red bell pepper, tomato, beet, cherry, persimmon
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Earth
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Sweet
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Brown
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Millet, barley, peas, cabbage, carrot, spinach, fig,
orange, papaya
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Metal
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Pungent
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White/Grey
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Rice,
almonds, asparagus, broccoli, celery, apricot, banana, pear
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Water
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Salty
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Blue/Purple
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Buckwheat, walnut, Kale, mushroom, seaweed, water
chestnut
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Since we derived our energy from food we take,
it is advisable to take food as close as possible to its natural form and fresh
direct from the source. This mean food from should come from short supply chain
from farm to consumer where it is fresh and wholesome in energy. The existence of human species Homo sapiens
could be trace back to more than 30000 years ago and we have evolve in several ways, however our body biochemistry had not change
that much. Our body enzymes are design
to breakdown natural food into energy packet which our body cell can easily
absorbed. Unfortunately processed food
had becoming popular over the years for the convenience and taste that it offer has “contaminated” our eating habits. Processed food had to go through a long
supply chain where each transformation step had altered the natural chemical thus the energy structure of the food cell. Our
body could not recognize the modified chemical structure and therefore could
not metabolized the food properly. What
is not absorbed in our body will become toxin.
Natural Food chain which consist of 3-5 chain before comsumption |
Processed food chain which could consist of 10 or even more chains |
Food that are over processed could contain harmful
chemical. As the saying goes, you are
what you eat, therefore if you eat too
much junk food, imagine what will happen
to you. Processed food with too much
salt, sugar, chemical will have an effect on body and brain chemistry. All unwholesome chemical from food become
toxin to our body and could cause our cell to grow differently and cloud our
mind. There had been many study that claimed successful healthy people diet are
natural food in small portion. Gluttony could over work our digestive system which
mean imbalance to our body which confuse our mind. All energy in our body are diverted to digest
food and not in thinking with wisdom. Remember
that number one resources to become successful is healthy body and mind.