Guest guest Posted September 28, 2002 Report Share Posted September 28, 2002 Thank you, Yogi! I found this post very, very interesting and useful!! - Anna > " yogiguruji " <yogiguruji >Fall and Traditional > >Good Morning! > >Fall and Traditional > >Fall. The air becomes a bit crisper, you can see and smell the >changing of the leaves... everything slows down, the days shorten, >and Halloween is just around the corner. > > >Traditional (TCM) offers practical advice for >adjusting to seasonal changes. One of the basic concepts in TCM is >the 5 Element Theory of correspondences. Each element has an >associated season, emotion, taste, organ... > >The Season of Autumn is associated with the element Metal. The >emotional aspect is Grief. The predominant taste is Spicy. The >associated and most effected organ in Fall are the Lung and Large >Intestine and the most common external element is Dryness. > > >The Seasons, Stress, and Colds and Flus > >Seasonal change, like any change, can cause stress. The main agent of >stress in TCM is Wind. Wind is said to be the " agent of 10,000 >diseases, " (The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine). Wind >is understood to be not just the movement of air, but also, any >sudden change. TCM has known for thousands of years that stress can >cause sickness, and modern research has certainly proved this. > >To combat stress, stay on a routine. To avoid colds and flus, keep >your immune system up, and cover your neck whenever outdoors. Stay >out of drafts, and avoid excessive air-conditioning. It is >interesting to note that a cold in the summer can be caused by too >much air-conditioning; this (a 'cold'cold) is considered >an 'unseasonal pathogen' in TCM and is harder to treat than a >seasonal pathogen (e.g. a 'hot' cold in the summer). > > >Metal People > >The character of metal is " sharp, retracting, and finishing. " People >can be metal; well-organized, strong boundaries, methodical, >principle-oriented, analytical, favoring order. They are the ideal >scientists. Emotionally, they can be distant. They tend to favor >intellect and reason over emotion. > > >Dryness > >Dryness is a common problem in Autumn. Dryness can manifest as >constipation, dry throat, dry skin, dry eyes, dry brittle hair, >thirst, and lack of sweat. Most people do not drink enough fluids >regularly, let alone in the Autumn. Spicy food can cause or worsen >dryness. Watch out for getting stuck in the vicious cycle of craving >the same food that makes your symptoms worse! > > >Grief and Nostalgia > >With Fall comes " gathering in, stocking up, mingled with a sense of >loss as the light begins to fade and the air chills, " (Between Heaven >and Earth, p.205). Grief is, of course, quite natural and appropriate >in many situations. But excessive and/or long-term grief can harm the >Lung system (a group of correspondences including but not limited to >the actual biomedical lungs), and likewise, people with Metal or Lung >problems can be frequent grievers, criers. And let's not forget that >more positive form of grief... nostalgia, tends to occur more in >the 'Fall' of our lives. > > >Andrew Pacholyk, LMT, MT-BC, CA >Peacefulmind.com >Alternative medicine and therapies > for healing mind, body & spirit! > > > > > ************************* Allergies bothering you? After years of suffering from allergies, asthma and chronic bronchitis that would NOT respond to conventional antibiotics, I feel fantastic and it's allergy season!! I owe my current good health to the wonderful power of enzymes!! I'd tried other enzymes before but now use THE ULTIMATE ENZYME formulated specially for the Frequency Foods company. Read more about this and other great products at: http://www.selfhelp.ubiquitousonline.com/ ************************* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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