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HERBS ARE NATURE'S MEDICINE
The most important element in the body is WATER. Its
yin/yang organs are the kidneys and bladder. They are the most important organs
because they are responsible for providing all twelve organs in the body with
their personal Chi (energy).
The next most important element is WOOD. Its yin/yang organs are the liver and gall
bladder, because they are responsible for detoxifying our entire body (WHEN IT
IS AT REST)! If you sleep and wake
tired, have restless and interrupted sleep, little inspiration or clarity of
thoughts, your liver needs rejuvenating and balancing.
Treating these two elements with herbs will replenish energy
and rejuvenate functionality. Then your energy rises, digestion improves, sleep
is harmonized and the mind can function more clearly. Drink a full glass of (room temperature)
alkaline water DAILY within 20min of waking, and another within the next hour –
and to experience less fatigue, better digestion and regularity.
Understanding how the elements manifest in your anatomy and
physiology, which herbs to take to improve our kidney and liver functions, will
improve the quality of our physical and emotional health.
WOOD ELEMENT
To discover more about healing with the elements, we must
understand that as “The Home of the Soul” and being the body's largest internal
organ, THE LIVER is ruler over Spring.
The LIVER OPENS INTO THE EYES and is LIKE “A GENERAL OF AN ARMY” because
it maintains evenness and harmony of movement throughout the body! It is the
most important detoxification system in the body and as such, is also most
sensitive to stagnation or stuck-ness (of Energy, Blood, and Meridian Chi).
The Wood Element (liver and gallbladder) rules living,
growing entities: trees, plants and the human body, and all growing structures:
roots, trunk and limbs for trees and plants; the spine, limbs and joints in our
body. The health of the liver and gallbladder is revealed in the finger and
toenails as well as in the muscles, tendons and ligaments. A Wood imbalance can result in spinal
problems, poor flexibility, or a weak-rootedness of an individual; arthritis is
viewed as a wood problem.
Bitter herbs are a good therapy for the liver, as they are
purifying, sedating and heat-dispelling. Alterative herbs are often taken in
spring as blood purifiers. Some COOLING ALTERATIVES are aloe, Echinacea,
plantain, poke root, red clover and goldenseal.
Some HEATING ALTERATIVES are bayberry, cayenne, cinnamon, garlic, black
pepper, and white poplar bark.
FIRE ELEMENT
The HEART is our CENTER of CONSCIOUSNESS and is associated
with the emotions of joy and sadness.
The condition of the heart may be read from a person's tongue and skin
complexion. The Heart not only rules the
blood but it also STORES THE SHEN (Spirit).
When the heart's blood and chi are harmonious, Spirit is nourished; when
the storing of blood is impaired, symptoms associated with the Shen manifest:
insomnia, excessive dreaming, forgetfulness and extreme disorders, like hysteria,
irrational behavior, insanity and delirium.
The small intestines receive the stomach contents and
continues the job of separating good food from bad and absorption of nutrients. Its length and large surface area send the
nutrients from what you eat directly into the blood supply. Disharmonies
manifest as urinary and digestive disorders such as abdominal pain, internal rumblings,
diarrhea or constipation.
These two organs represent the most Yang of all elements,
the Fire Element. The function of the
Fire Element is to provide overall harmony to our circulation and warmth; but
not only to maintain heat but also to give warmth to others.
Herbs to warm and tonify heart yang: aconite, cinnamon, codonopsis,
hoelen, hawthorne berries, marshmallow root.
To reinforce heart chi and nourish heart yin: rehmania, tang
kuei, peony, zizyphus seeds, schizandra.
For the small intestines: goldenseal, Oregon grape root, barberry
root, plantain (seeds) and black haw.
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This information is to help you balance your natural healing energies
and is not intended as diagnosis or cure, nor as a substitute for medical
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