Guest guest Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Greetings, I have been lurking here for a few months, learning, digesting and learning some more. Does cold sensitivity or " cold naturedness " corelate with any other meridian imbalances (other than Kidney)? Thanks, Diana Chinese Traditional Medicine , " victoria_dragon " <victoria_dragon wrote: > > Please do a search for Kidney Yang Deficiency. > > I could have written your post. Been there, experienced that. I have > been known to need a heavy quilt in June, and I've always lived in > southern states in the US! > > Here are some of the other possible symptoms of Kidney Yang > Deficiency: Does not feel thirsty often and prefers hot liguids like > soup when one does drink. In extreme cases may be bothered even by > room temperature liguids (too cold). In extreme cases may even have > an adversion to drinking because it cools the person down more. At > times has to urinate frequently and produces large amounts of > colorless urine. > > Bowel movements may be mushy and soft or there may be a special kind > of " constipation " called " colonic inertia " . There is a lack of > peristalsis to move the fecal matter through the large intestine. > > The person may require a lot of sleep and feel sleepy a lot. When > the person lies down, there is a tendency to curl into a fetal > position. If the person also has breathing problems (a special > subcategory of Kidney Yang Deficiency called Kidneys Refusing to > Receive Qi (aka Grasp Qi), the breathing problems may be aggravated > by the fetal position. The person may have to make a conscious > effort to uncurl in bed. > > Speech and movements will be slow. So will the pulse (unless the > person also is overweight or in some cases Blood Deficient). That's > an effect of Cold. Fatigue can be crushing. There are several > imbalances that can result in fatigue, but Kidney Yang Deficiency > results in the most severe fatigue of all. Keep in mind that Yang > activates, warms, and dries. > > The tongue will be pale, and the coating white. The complexion will > be pale, probably with a shiny cast (unless there is significant > Blood Deficiency, and then it will be dull pale). > > Kidney Yang Deficiency is treated with Kidney Yang tonic herbs and > Herbs to Warm the Interior. You may have one of the best Herbs to > Warm the Interior sitting in your spice rack and not even realize > it. Dried ginger. > > Dried ginger is contraindicated in cases of Yin Deficiency With Heat > symptoms, in cases of Hot Blood, and during pregnancy. There is > some risk of it bringing on premature contractions. If it needs to > be administered during pregnancy, it needs to be done under the > guidance of a trained healthcare professional. > > It's always best to consult a trained healer if one is nearby where > one lives. If not, try a very small amount of powdered ginger from > your spice rack stirred into a cup of hot water, and sip it. You'll > want to start out with a small amount like 1/16th to 1/8th of a > teaspoon. If dried ginger is something you will benefit from, > chances are you will know it within a few minutes. You'll feel a > nice warm feeling starting to spread through you. You may feel a > little more energized and perked up. > > If there is no TCM healer in your area, this is something else you > will need to know. Whenever a person is Kidney Yang Deficient, the > person almost always also is Kidney Yin Deficient though to a much > lesser amount. In fact, if the Kidney Yang Deficiency is severe, it > may even mask the Kidney Yin Deficiency Symptoms. But it's still > there, and if it's not treated also, in time the Kidney Yin > Deficiency may become more severe than the Yang Deficiency. > > Kidney Yang Deficiency is one of those things that take a long time > to treat. The longer it has gone on, the longer it will take to > treat. Treatment will have to be changed from time to time. The > person may start out needing far more Yang tonic herbs than Yin > tonic herbs, but as the Yang tonic herbs take effect more and more, > over the months the amount of Yang tonic herbs will need to be > deccreased. Somewhere in there, the amount of Yin tonic herbs may > need to be increased. > > If the Yang Deficiency and Interior Cold have been going on for some > time, it may take weeks or even months of treatment with Yang tonic > herbs and Herbs to Warm the Interior to result in the skin feeling > warm to the touch. > > One thing you'll want to be especially careful of if using dried > ginger is if the tongue has no coating. This is a sign of Stomach > Yin Deficiency, and taking ginger without also taking an herb to > increase Stomach Yin could research in problems. You'll also want to > pay attention to the tip of the tongue. If it is very red - even > though the rest of the tongue is pale, dried ginger could result in > too much Heat building up in the Lungs. You'll want to include > something in your treatment that counters this. > > Your need for ginger will be less in the summer than in the winter. > In time, you may not need it at all in the summer. > > Eggs are a good Yin tonic and Blood tonic food. So if there are no > problems with eggs, you may want to consider including some in your > diet. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Chinese Traditional Medicine , " djlieb " <djlieb wrote: > Does cold sensitivity or " cold naturedness " corelate with any other meridian imbalances > (other than Kidney)? Cold - like the other Pernicious Evils (Damp, Wind, Dryness, Heat) can invade any of the meridians. The first two invaded are the Bladder and the Small Intestine meridians because these are the most Exterior of the meridians. This is why the outer hand of some (not all) migraine sufferers will be colder than the other hand prior to a migraine developing. Cold has invaded the Small Intestine meridian on that side of the body. Western doctors didn't know anything about TCM (Traditional ), but they've known for at least two decades that if the migraine sufferer can warm up that hand, the migraine can be prevented. They didn't understand why this was happening; TCM explains why. If the invading Cold is not stopped, eventually it reaches the Interior of the body. It reaches the Organs. To understand TCM, it's important to understand what the Exterior and the Interior of the body are. The Exterior is the head, neck, arms, legs, skin, muscles, meridians, and bones. The Interior is the Organs of the body. Each of the Organs are particularly vulnerable to one or more Pernicious Evils (Cold, Heat, Wind, Dryness, Dampness). The Organ which is most vulnerable to Cold is the Kidneys. The Kidney meridian is no more vulnerable to Cold than the other meridians are. BUT the Kidneys (Organ) are more vulnerable to Cold than to any other Pernicious Evil. It will weaken them. The Spleen also is vulnerable to Cold. The Spleen is most vulnerable to Dampness, but Cold comes in a fairly close second. Cold can weaken the Spleen too. The usual route Cold in the environment takes when it invades the body is from the Exterior to the Interior. However, Cold also can invade the Stomach, the Intestines, and the Uterus directly. It doesn't have to go through the meridians to get to these Organs. It can invade them directly from the environment. The Kidneys are most vulnerable to Cold, and the Spleen is very vulnerable to Cold. This doesn't mean that cold can't affect other Organs as well. You've already seen that there can be Cold in the Stomach Organ, the Intestines (Organs), and the Uterus (Organ). Cold can cause problems in other Organs as well. For example, Dampness and Cold can team up to cause a problem called Damp-Cold in the Bladder. For example, Invasion of Lungs By Wind-Cold. Mostly what I have discussed are Organ problems caused by Cold invading. I want to mention one of the meridian problem - Stagnation of Cold in the Liver Channel. Cold lodges in the Liver meridian in the lower area of the trunk of the body in the area of the genitalia. There can be a lot of pain and contraction. The scrotum can contract in men; the vagina may shrink in women. Arthritis and rheumatism - called Painful Obstruction Syndome or Bi Syndrome in is a combination of Wind, Cold, and/or Dampness in the Exterior. The meridians, bones, and muscles are being affected. To summarize, Cold from the environment usually invades the Exterior (includes the meridians) first and then advances to the Interior, but the (Organs) Stomach, Intestines, and Uterus can be invaded directly by Cold in the environment. Cold invading from the environment is an example of an Excess problem. That's another term you'll need to be familiar with in order for this to make sense. Excess problems are problems caused by there being too much of something. In this case, too much Cold. Another example of Excess Cold is that caused by the person eating too many foods and herbs with a cooling effect on the body. All foods and herbs (and prescription drugs) have what is called thermal energy. That means that they will have either a cooling, neutral, or heating effect on the body. Foods and herbs will be classified according to if their thermal energy is Cold, Cool, Neutral, Warm, or Hot. Excess problems are caused by there being too much of something. In contrast, Deficiency problems are caused by there being too little of something. There is such a thing as Deficiency Cold, aka Yang Deficiency. The function of Yang in the body is to heat, activate, and dry. When a person is Yang Deficienct, there is not enough Yang to properly heat and activate the body. The Cold that is caused by there not being enough Yang is called Deficiency Cold. The treatment principle for treating Deficiency is that you add what the person lacks. In this case, Yang and Heat. The treatment principle in treating Excess imbalances is to take away what is too much. You remove the Cold from the enviornment by putting the person in a warm place. You cut down on the number of foods you eat that have a cooling effect on the body. You expel the Cold from the body. Cold damages Yang. It damages Qi. The Kidneys and the Spleen are particularly vulnerable to Cold. The Kidneys supply the Yang (and the Yin) to the rest of the body. The Spleen plays a major role in Qi in the body. Cold not only damages Yang, it damages the Kidneys which supply Yang to the rest of the body. Cold not only damages Qi, it damages the Spleen which plays such a critical role in providing Qi for the body. The effects of Cold can be a snowballing situation. If Excess Cold invades repeatedly or only once and lodges in the body, eventually Yang and the Kidneys and the Spleen are going to be damaged by this Excess. When the Yang is damaged and the Kidneys no longer are able to supply enough Yang to the body, the person is going to have both Excess Cold and Deficiency Cold problems. The Kidneys are going to get more and more damaged. The damaged Spleen is not going to be able to help produce Qi for the body. Protective Qi (aka Defensive Qi) is going to become Deficient too. Protective Qi is a special kind of Qi that circulates at the surface of the body and protects the person from Invasion by Exterior Pernicious Evils. The person is going to become more and more prone to invasion by Pernicious Evils in the environment. The situation snowballs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 A person who's body is low in fatty acids can make the body feel cold too. Borage oil is useful. But you can try different ones. Liz D. - " candy58581 " <candy58581 <Chinese Traditional Medicine > Monday, February 27, 2006 4:36 PM [Chinese Traditional Medicine] cold > I have interest and would like to learn anything I can about feeling > cold all the time. > > Thyroid and all that are normal. I constantly feel coldness to the > bone. I am never warm. Constantly have issues with others that the > house is not warm enough and I put on more clothes and still and cold. > > Interesting in learning if there is any herbal product one could take > to help feel warm. > > Anyone else heard of this. I usually get warm when it is 80-90 > degrees. We only see those temps for about 3 months out of the year. > > I know one answer would be just move in the winter to a warmer > climate. Have though of going south for the winter. > > Information please. Thank you candace > > Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine > Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Victoria, are you talking about cold in a literal way, like being exposed to cold weather? I was just thinking about how all through my school years I had to walk quite a way to get to my bus stop and then stand there in the cold and wait for the bus no matter how bad the weather was. Over time would that weaken a person's kidney yang? victoria_dragon wrote: > Chinese Traditional Medicine , " djlieb " <djlieb wrote: > > > Does cold sensitivity or " cold naturedness " corelate with any > other meridian imbalances > > (other than Kidney)? > > Cold - like the other Pernicious Evils (Damp, Wind, Dryness, Heat) > can invade any of the meridians. The first two invaded are the > Bladder and the Small Intestine meridians because these are the most > Exterior of the meridians. This is why the outer hand of some (not > all) migraine sufferers will be colder than the other hand prior to > a migraine developing. Cold has invaded the Small Intestine meridian > on that side of the body. Western doctors didn't know anything > about TCM (Traditional ), but they've known for at > least two decades that if the migraine sufferer can warm up that > hand, the migraine can be prevented. They didn't understand why this > was happening; TCM explains why. > > If the invading Cold is not stopped, eventually it reaches the > Interior of the body. It reaches the Organs. To understand TCM, it's > important to understand what the Exterior and the Interior of the > body are. The Exterior is the head, neck, arms, legs, skin, > muscles, meridians, and bones. The Interior is the Organs of the > body. > > Each of the Organs are particularly vulnerable to one or more > Pernicious Evils (Cold, Heat, Wind, Dryness, Dampness). The Organ > which is most vulnerable to Cold is the Kidneys. The Kidney meridian > is no more vulnerable to Cold than the other meridians are. BUT the > Kidneys (Organ) are more vulnerable to Cold than to any other > Pernicious Evil. It will weaken them. > > The Spleen also is vulnerable to Cold. The Spleen is most > vulnerable to Dampness, but Cold comes in a fairly close second. > Cold can weaken the Spleen too. > > The usual route Cold in the environment takes when it invades the > body is from the Exterior to the Interior. However, Cold also can > invade the Stomach, the Intestines, and the Uterus directly. It > doesn't have to go through the meridians to get to these Organs. It > can invade them directly from the environment. > > The Kidneys are most vulnerable to Cold, and the Spleen is very > vulnerable to Cold. This doesn't mean that cold can't affect other > Organs as well. You've already seen that there can be Cold in the > Stomach Organ, the Intestines (Organs), and the Uterus (Organ). Cold > can cause problems in other Organs as well. For example, Dampness > and Cold can team up to cause a problem called Damp-Cold in the > Bladder. For example, Invasion of Lungs By Wind-Cold. > > Mostly what I have discussed are Organ problems caused by Cold > invading. I want to mention one of the meridian problem - Stagnation > of Cold in the Liver Channel. Cold lodges in the Liver meridian in > the lower area of the trunk of the body in the area of the > genitalia. There can be a lot of pain and contraction. The scrotum > can contract in men; the vagina may shrink in women. > > Arthritis and rheumatism - called Painful Obstruction Syndome or Bi > Syndrome in is a combination of Wind, Cold, and/or Dampness in > the Exterior. The meridians, bones, and muscles are being affected. > > To summarize, Cold from the environment usually invades the Exterior > (includes the meridians) first and then advances to the Interior, > but the (Organs) Stomach, Intestines, and Uterus can be invaded > directly by Cold in the environment. > > Cold invading from the environment is an example of an Excess > problem. That's another term you'll need to be familiar with in > order for this to make sense. Excess problems are problems caused by > there being too much of something. In this case, too much Cold. > > Another example of Excess Cold is that caused by the person eating > too many foods and herbs with a cooling effect on the body. All > foods and herbs (and prescription drugs) have what is called thermal > energy. That means that they will have either a cooling, neutral, > or heating effect on the body. Foods and herbs will be classified > according to if their thermal energy is Cold, Cool, Neutral, Warm, > or Hot. > > Excess problems are caused by there being too much of something. In > contrast, Deficiency problems are caused by there being too little > of something. There is such a thing as Deficiency Cold, aka Yang > Deficiency. > > The function of Yang in the body is to heat, activate, and dry. When > a person is Yang Deficienct, there is not enough Yang to properly > heat and activate the body. The Cold that is caused by there not > being enough Yang is called Deficiency Cold. The treatment principle > for treating Deficiency is that you add what the person lacks. In > this case, Yang and Heat. The treatment principle in treating > Excess imbalances is to take away what is too much. You remove the > Cold from the enviornment by putting the person in a warm place. You > cut down on the number of foods you eat that have a cooling effect > on the body. You expel the Cold from the body. > > Cold damages Yang. It damages Qi. The Kidneys and the Spleen are > particularly vulnerable to Cold. The Kidneys supply the Yang (and > the Yin) to the rest of the body. The Spleen plays a major role in > Qi in the body. Cold not only damages Yang, it damages the Kidneys > which supply Yang to the rest of the body. Cold not only damages > Qi, it damages the Spleen which plays such a critical role in > providing Qi for the body. > > The effects of Cold can be a snowballing situation. If Excess Cold > invades repeatedly or only once and lodges in the body, eventually > Yang and the Kidneys and the Spleen are going to be damaged by this > Excess. When the Yang is damaged and the Kidneys no longer are able > to supply enough Yang to the body, the person is going to have both > Excess Cold and Deficiency Cold problems. The Kidneys are going to > get more and more damaged. The damaged Spleen is not going to be > able to help produce Qi for the body. Protective Qi (aka Defensive > Qi) is going to become Deficient too. Protective Qi is a special > kind of Qi that circulates at the surface of the body and protects > the person from Invasion by Exterior Pernicious Evils. The person is > going to become more and more prone to invasion by Pernicious Evils > in the environment. The situation snowballs. > > > > > Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine > Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Chinese Traditional Medicine , Nancy S+13 <nancy wrote: > > Victoria, are you talking about cold in a literal way, like being > exposed to cold weather? I was just thinking about how all through my > school years I had to walk quite a way to get to my bus stop and then > stand there in the cold and wait for the bus no matter how bad the > weather was. Over time would that weaken a person's kidney yang? Yes. Especially if there was a tendency to Yang Deficiency. It's like a contest. Which is stronger? The person's Protective Qi or the Pernicious Evil? Theoretically, if Protective Qi is strong enough, a Pernicious Evil could never invade. But the amount of Protective Qi a person has varies according to a lot of factors. Maybe the person hasn't been getting enough sleep. Maybe the person's diet has been bad or the person ate too many sweets at a party. One morning the Protective Qi wasn't adequate enough for how cold it was. The Cold invaded and attacked the Yang and weakened the Kidneys. The process began. There were too many repeat mornings like this, and the Kidneys and the Yang never fully recovered. There are other things that could do it as well. The person's Protective Qi would have been adequate if the person had dressed warmly enough. But because the person did not dress warmly enough, the Cold was stronger than the person's Protective Qi. What's dressing warmly enough will vary. For example, the person might be dressed warmly enough for 40 degrees F but not for 30. Or, the individual might need more layers of clothes than most people do. Some people are born with a tendency to developing Yang Deficiency and having Kidney imbalance. When considering Pernicious Evils, one considers 3 factors: The severity, the duration, and the suddeness. The person may have enough Protective Qi to withstand temperatures in the 30s (F) but not the 20s or the teens. This is severity of Cold. If the Pernicious Evil is present for a long time, eventually the Evil could invade. This is duration. Like walking and waiting in the cold morning after morning. The last factor is how sudden the Pernicious Evil appeared also can be a factor. Say that a person has enough Protective Qi to withstand temperatures going down to the teens IF the drop in temperature occurs gradually enough. Like temperatures gradually declining through the autumn until they bottom out in winter. But that same person may not be able to handle a rapid drop in temperature. The body has time to adjust. That person may not be able to handle a drop of 20 degrees F that occurs in say one hour. If the drop had occured over a period of hours, the person could have handled it. But not that sudden of a drop in one hour. This is what sometimes happens to some people in the summer. There may be a sudden drop in temperature before a storm, and that drop is too much in too short of a period of time for the individual. The person develops a cold. The same thing can happen in winter when it's unseasonable warm. Something else you consider is what's normal for that time of year. The individual may have no problems handling temperatures in the 50s (F) in the spring and fall, but that temperature in the summer could cause problems for some individuals. Other factors may make a person unusually vulnerable to a Pernicious Evil. For example, women are more vulnerable to Dampness when they're having their periods than when they are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Chinese Traditional Medicine , " Elizabeth Dettrey " <mytidbits wrote: > > A person who's body is low in fatty acids can make the > body feel cold too. Borage oil is useful. But you can > try different ones. I want to emphasize this even though it's not a part of TCM. Not yet, anyway. The omega-3 EFAs (Essential Fatty Acids) can be especially important in this. The omega-3 EFAs have been called " nature's antifreeze. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Thank you! I'm learning so much from this list! Nancy S+13 victoria_dragon wrote: > Chinese Traditional Medicine , Nancy S+13 <nancy wrote: > > > > Victoria, are you talking about cold in a literal way, like being > > exposed to cold weather? I was just thinking about how all > through my > > school years I had to walk quite a way to get to my bus stop and > then > > stand there in the cold and wait for the bus no matter how bad the > > weather was. Over time would that weaken a person's kidney yang? > > Yes. Especially if there was a tendency to Yang Deficiency. > > It's like a contest. Which is stronger? The person's Protective Qi > or the Pernicious Evil? Theoretically, if Protective Qi is strong > enough, a Pernicious Evil could never invade. > > But the amount of Protective Qi a person has varies according to a > lot of factors. Maybe the person hasn't been getting enough sleep. > Maybe the person's diet has been bad or the person ate too many > sweets at a party. One morning the Protective Qi wasn't adequate > enough for how cold it was. The Cold invaded and attacked the Yang > and weakened the Kidneys. The process began. There were too many > repeat mornings like this, and the Kidneys and the Yang never fully > recovered. > > There are other things that could do it as well. The person's > Protective Qi would have been adequate if the person had dressed > warmly enough. But because the person did not dress warmly enough, > the Cold was stronger than the person's Protective Qi. What's > dressing warmly enough will vary. For example, the person might be > dressed warmly enough for 40 degrees F but not for 30. Or, the > individual might need more layers of clothes than most people do. > > Some people are born with a tendency to developing Yang Deficiency > and having Kidney imbalance. > > When considering Pernicious Evils, one considers 3 factors: The > severity, the duration, and the suddeness. > > The person may have enough Protective Qi to withstand temperatures > in the 30s (F) but not the 20s or the teens. This is severity of > Cold. > > If the Pernicious Evil is present for a long time, eventually the > Evil could invade. This is duration. Like walking and waiting in > the cold morning after morning. > > The last factor is how sudden the Pernicious Evil appeared also can > be a factor. Say that a person has enough Protective Qi to withstand > temperatures going down to the teens IF the drop in temperature > occurs gradually enough. Like temperatures gradually declining > through the autumn until they bottom out in winter. But that same > person may not be able to handle a rapid drop in temperature. The > body has time to adjust. That person may not be able to handle a > drop of 20 degrees F that occurs in say one hour. If the drop had > occured over a period of hours, the person could have handled it. > But not that sudden of a drop in one hour. > > This is what sometimes happens to some people in the summer. There > may be a sudden drop in temperature before a storm, and that drop is > too much in too short of a period of time for the individual. The > person develops a cold. The same thing can happen in winter when > it's unseasonable warm. Something else you consider is what's normal > for that time of year. The individual may have no problems handling > temperatures in the 50s (F) in the spring and fall, but that > temperature in the summer could cause problems for some individuals. > > Other factors may make a person unusually vulnerable to a Pernicious > Evil. For example, women are more vulnerable to Dampness when > they're having their periods than when they are not. > > > > Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine > Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 A friend told me that if I keep my body tempature at a certain temp I will never caught a cold is that true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Your body creates a feverlike state during exercise, so it's OK to heat up to prevent a cold. Just make sure you aren't too tired to exercise, because that stresses the immune system. If your immune system is strong, you don't need to worry about becoming chilled. On the otherhand, if you feel weak or stressed, wear a scarf around your neck and even a hat on cold, windy days. , " hawk4796 " <groundhawk2 wrote: > > A friend told me that if I keep my body tempature at a certain temp I > will never caught a cold is that true. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 ---look into ph or acid alkaline balence and virurses and colds it seems to be a major player Have you ever changed your dietary habits to more fruits and vegetables, or experimented with non-animal flesh dishes? Improving a lifetime of eating habits is not an easy task. Regardless of the reasons, most are not aware of the physiological necessity of a plant-based diet. The pH scale ranges from 1-14. The highest acid level possible is a 1pH. The most alkaline level possible is a 14pH. The proportion of acid minerals relative to alkaline minerals is the major factor I use often to understand what is happening internally. Body chemistry has a delicate range between 6.8-7.4 pH for proper maintenance of health. This pH range is necessary for the whole body to function well physically, emotionally, and mentally. That is not a philosophy; it is a physiological fact for cellular integrity. The environment of the stomach is acidic, while the intestine environment " ideally " is alkaline. I use the word " ideally " with intention. Due to the poor diet of our modern culture, the intestines are generally more acidic than nature intended it to be. As the landscape of dis-ease is created, it turns into an environment of parasitic and bacterial infestation, opposed to an alkaline symbiotic homeostasis. Would you prefer creating a toxic, acidic, anaerobic, parasite-laden, and systemically dis-eased body, or an alkaline, oxygen rich cellular system, which is vitally strong, and capable of defending itself against common illnesses associated with an average lifestyle? The decision is yours. Every action you take is a choice toward health or death. Which will you choose? Characteristic of Alkalinity There are five alkaline-forming minerals, also known as acid-binding minerals. These minerals are: calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and iron. Each of these are important for creating a healthy alkaline environment. These minerals bind with acid minerals and evacuate those acidic and toxic substances. Consuming more alkaline foods allows for a mucousless body. A vision of a mucous-free body is no sinus congestion, chronic lymphatic congestion or swelling, fluid accumulation in the lungs, joint calcification, calcium deficiency, etc. A person who has properly balanced pH will be happy, content, free of body aches, and muscle cramps. They will enjoy being emotionally stable and mentally clear. The result are extraordinary because the tissues will exist in their natural and optimal alkaline environment, conducive for health. Thoughts and emotions are powerful forces that can alter our internal chemistry. Happy people can life longer and healthier because a positive attitude will help create an alkaline environment. As you may have already guessed, negative thoughts and emotions create acidic waste. I have observed many people who have average to fair diets live a healthier life because their outlook or disposition is joyous. Conversely, a person with dark thoughts and aggressive emotions will not find greater health on a better diet until they deal with the greater underlying issues of negativity. The graph on frequency illustrated how the emotional and mental energies have a greater influence on the body than the lower frequencies of fresh produce or herbs. The same holds true with their effects on body pH. Sunlight effects the levels of acid within the body as well. An alkaline chemistry is enhanced by the presence of full spectrum sunlight. The opposite is true in the absence of sunlight. Darkness creates acid build-up within bodily tissues. The effects compromise the immune system, skin vitality, vitamin D production, and more. Realize to the marrow of your bones that intention with integrity produces the best health possible. There are no quick fixes for the long-term health and well-being. Alkalinity creates: Sense of oneness & harmony Allows for friendly bacteria Healthy organs & glands Decreased body aches Diminished illness Relaxed behavior Mucousless body Cellular health Well-being Happiness Acidity creates: Irritability Depression Mucous build-up Autointoxication Anxious behavior Increased illness Cellular degradation Increases body aches Allows for bad bacteria Sense of separation & pain In 1911, Dr. Alexis Carrel began what is now called " The chicken heart study. " While working in his laboratory he discovered that it was possible to keep a chicken heart alive as long as it remained in a colloidal nutrient solution and replenished it faithfully every 48 hours. By following this simple procedure he was able to sustain the life of that tissue for 25 years! A second study which used different cellular tissue had similar results. These are remarkable findings. Imagine this possibility; all creatures upon this planet have the opportunity for immortality. By supplying a cell with its required nutrition and removing any metabolic or toxic waste, it can live indefinitely. Characteristics of Acidity Acidity, by its nature, breaks down bodily tissue. It is created by metabolic, dietary and environmental waste. The minerals which are acid-forming also known as alkaline-binding minerals are: phosphorous, chlorine, sulfur, silicon, iodine, and bromine. Acids are highly irritating to delicate internal tissue. An acidic chemistry will promote tissue dis-ease and symptomatic side- effects. Cells can adapt to their unnaturally acidic environment. That abnormal cell-growth is often diagnosed as tumorous or cancerous. My research and experience has shown that most dis-ease is a result of acidic build-up and an anaerobic environment. This may sound over simplified, yet it is the initial " root cause. " In addition, when acidic accumulation is not eliminated properly, body alkalinity decreases and acidity increases. An acidic pH will greatly disrupt the body's mineral balance of the three dominant alkaline minerals: sodium, calcium, magnesium. The body will take calcium from the bones to neutralize the acid environment. Eventually it will use up or transmute its own reserve of alkaline minerals to balance its chemistry. When toxins remain: calcium deposits, tissue inflamation, joints and bones deterioration, swollen joints, body aches, tumors, lymph congestion, excess mucus production, skin problems, allergies, colds, flu, swollen tonsils, loss of eyesight. In addition to this, a host of severe aggravation will occur from yeast and parasitic infections. As a natural metabolic process, acids are created and ideally released out of the 5 eliminative organs: bowels, kidney, lungs, skin and lymph. All dis-ease, from viral infection to organ dysfunction, will develop acidic waste. When the proper proportions of quality nutrition and water are consumed, then optimum health is achievable. The body works in various ways to remove the poisonous waste. Eventually it must be removed. Suppressing a healing opportunity or toxins with synthetic drugs will inhibit body's janitorial service from serving you properly. When symptoms are suppressed acidic waste does not it to leave the body. These waste products dry-up and become dormant pockets of condensed waste without an adequate outlet. This causes the surrounding tissues to mutate. If the acid environment is left unregulated it will eventually result in abnormal cell-growth. If health tissue is able it will encapsulate the toxic and abnormal cells to keep it from further harming local tissue. Saliva & Urine testing is simple. pH ranges of bodily fluids: saliva pH 6.8 - 7.8 urine pH 6.3 - 7.2 You can determine the body's pH through self-testing urine and saliva with pH/litmus paper. The highest quality litmus paper available shows distinct color changes in 0.0.2 increments; this is essential for an accurate analysis. With greater sensitivity you can better detect changes. It can be helpful to test yourself daily or weekly to see how pH levels can fluctuate. SALIVA: Take a saliva reading before and after meals. The alkaline levels of your saliva should be greater after meals because there is an abundance of alkaline-rich minerals in saliva. Then test your saliva 10-15 minutes after a meal. If the pH level does not rise within the pH ranges, then your alkaline mineral reserves are low. If the pH drops, this indicates a severe alkaline mineral depletion. Leave enough time after eating to test saliva fluid and not the food's pH level. URINE: For best test results, reserve your urine pH in a glass container for a 24-hour period. This will show the level acidic wastes are being excreted. In the morning and during cleansing or fasting there may be more acid waste. You can likely see urine pH become more alkaline as the day progresses. Balancing Body pH for Better Health In a nutshell - maintaining proper body tissue pH is critical for staying healthy. The pH (parts/percentage Hydrogen) scale ranges from 0 (very acidic) to 14 (very alkaline). Most people are born into this world with a pH near or at 7 (neutral pH). If you can keep your body tissue pH somewhere between 6.5 - 7.0 it is very difficult to get sick. A near neutral pH (green-blue range) is the goal. This is why most of the health and wellness folks are always eating green foods in abundance; these foods are loaded with alkaline elements to keep the pH balanced. Alkaline tissue holds 20 times more oxygen than does acidic tissue and this oxygen rich environment is critical for maintaining health and snuffing out the bad guys (anaerobic bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.). Blood serum pH never changes (always a 7.37) if it changes more than .2 up or down you will die. However your body tissue pH will fluctuate constantly based on your diet and the foods/drinks consumed. Most every cancer patient tested will show a pH of 4 - 5, very acidic! This acidity of body tissue drives out the health giving oxygen. Low oxygen = an environment ripe for cancer. Cancer thrives in an oxygen deficient environment. Acidic pH = cancer magnet! HOW TO GET A GOOD pH READING? One of the best ways to get a fairly accurate reading of one's tissue pH is to pass a litmus paper through a urine stream first thing in the morning. The 1st urine in the morning is a pretty good indicator because the body has had all night to process the entire days nutrient ingestion and balance itself out, hence a good indicator of real body tissue pH. Do not be surprised if you test acidic. Most folks initially will test very acidic in the yellow zone (pH 4-5). Time to make changes to move this into the green zone (pH 6.5 - 7). Urinary pH is always more acidic than the saliva. A normal urinary pH reading in the morning should be somewhere between 6.0-6.4 while in the evening hour a healthy range is considered to be somewhere between 6.4 - 6.8. The pH of the saliva should be slightly more alkaline than that of the urine. A healthy pH for saliva fluctuates somewhere between 6.6 - 7.0. The best way to make your pH more alkaline is to stop consuming things that make acidity levels greater in the body- cola soda pop is a 2.0! It takes 32- 8 oz glasses of pH 8 water to counter balance 1 can of soda pop! Coffee is a 4! Most beer is somewhere between 2.5-4.2 depending on the brand. Folks that consume huge amounts of soda pop and/or beer are usually acidic and are magnets for most illnesses including cancer. Potassium and sodium are both 14 on the pH scale, calcium registers a 12 and magnesium is 9- all alkalizing elements for the body to shift the pH alkaline. Shifting pH normally takes some time so do not become discouraged in your climb out of the acid tank. Young children with high vitality levels will normally be alkaline and if they are not will normally return to an alkaline tissue pH in a matter of just a couple of weeks on the Eniva minerals along with minor dietary changes (eliminate soda pop and all sugar for quickest change). Adults take longer. You are probably looking at 3-4 months in your endeavor. Every mineral has an optimum pH that it likes and performs best in. Iron for example will perform best when the body tissue pH is between 6.0 - 7.0 while iodine has a much more narrow band width of performance (6.3 - 6.6). If the tissue pH is further out than this the body cannot maximize the mineral nutrient to effect the healing it should. For over five years researchers at Meridian Institute have been looking into the connection between pH (acid/alkaline) balance and viral infection - a link noted by Edgar Cayce in several of his psychic readings. With the recent epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and continued concerns about common conditions such as colds and flu, our interest in this field has expanded to explore basic science and clinical projects to test the Cayce hypothesis. Here is an overview of what we have found so far and where we are headed. Some simple preventive measures will also be discussed. Understanding Viruses Viruses are extremely small parasitic life forms, the smallest living things on Earth. In essence, a virus is a minuscule pocket of protein that contains genetic material. Although viruses can remain dormant outside a living body, they only become active when in contact with live tissue. Once a virus infects a cell by penetrating the cell membrane, it can either lay dormant (lysogenic infection) or begin reproducing itself (lytic infection - the more common pattern). When a cell becomes full of virus, it bursts releasing the virus to infect other host cells. A wide variety of diseases are caused by viruses including the common cold, flu, warts, measles, hepatitis, herpes, smallpox, and AIDS. SARS is just the latest in a long list of viral parasites. Unlike bacteria that can usually be effectively treated with antibiotics, viral infections are often unresponsive to modern medical treatment. If the virus causing a disease has been discovered, a serum may be developed to provide inoculation against that specific virus. The most common approach to virus protection is to avoid contamination by infected individuals. Viral pH Dependency Laboratory experiments (in vitro) have confirmed that many viruses require a mildly acidic environment to attack host cells. At Meridian Institute we are interested in determining exactly how this physiological fact manifests within the human body (in vivo). Understanding the role of pH balance in viral infections may provide preventive and therapeutic breakthroughs for dealing with epidemics including the recent outbreak of SARS. To appreciate the relevance of pH for viral infection, let's first review some facts about acid/alkaline balance. The acid/alkaline continuum ranges from 0-14 with 7 as neutral. The lower end of the scale (below 7) is acid and above 7 is alkaline. Acid/alkaline balance is extremely important to normal physiology. For example, the blood will maintain a slightly alkaline range of 7.35 to 7.45. Extended pH imbalances of any kind are not well tolerated by the body. The management of the pH factor is so important that the body's primary regulatory systems (especially breathing, circulation, and eliminations) closely regulate acid-alkaline balance in every cell and system. Certain viruses (including the rhinoviruses and coronaviruses that are most often responsible for the common cold and influenza viruses that produce flu) infect host cells by fusion with cellular membranes at low pH. Thus they are classified as " pH-dependent viruses. " Drugs that increase intracellular pH (alkalinity within the cell) have been shown to decrease infectivity of pH-dependent viruses. Since such drugs can provoke negative side effects, the obvious question is whether more natural techniques can produce the same result. Possible Relevance to SARS The World Health Organization has concluded that SARS is produced by a new virulent strain of coronavirus. Specific research on the possible pH dependency of the SARS virus has not yet been done. It is well known that coronavirus infectivity is exquisitely sensitive to pH. For example, the MHV-A59 strain of coronavirus is quite stable at pH 6.0 (acidic) but becomes rapidly and irreversibly inactivated by brief treatment at pH 8.0 (alkaline). Human coronavirus strain 229E is maximally infective at pH 6.0. Infection of cells by murine coronavirus A59 at pH 6.0 (acidic) rather than pH 7.0 (neutral) yields a tenfold increase in the infectivity of the virus. If the strain of coronavirus responsible for SARS shares the pH characteristics of these other coronaviruses that are pH-dependent, this could be a valuable clue to effective prevention and treatment strategies for this frightening epidemic. Perhaps keeping a balanced or slightly alkaline pH environment for the body's tissues can provide viral protection or enhanced healing for SARS and common viral agents that cause respiratory infections. Edgar Cayce's Recommendations Edgar Cayce affirmed the importance of pH balance with regard to common viruses that cause colds and flu. Cayce repeatedly insisted that such infectious agents do not thrive in an alkaline environment. When asked how to prevent colds, Cayce replied, " by keeping the body alkaline. Only in acids do colds attack the body. " (3248-1) Cayce recommended using litmus paper to test the pH of urine and saliva as an indication of the pH balance of the body. We now have more precise means for monitoring pH in the form of pH paper and digital pH meters. As a practical preventive measure, Cayce's suggestions for alkalizing the body emphasized eating an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables, especially salads: " ... if an alkalinity is maintained in the system - especially with lettuce, carrots and celery, these in the blood supply will maintain such a condition as to immunize a person. " (480-19) Consuming citrus fruit and juices was also a common alkalizing suggestion in the readings that addressed concerns about cold and flu infections. Meridian Institute Research We reported a preliminary study on dietary effects of urine pH in January 1999 (Vol 3 No 1). The study was done to test Edgar Cayce's recommendations for testing urine as a marker for systemic pH balance. Our conclusion was that following Cayce dietary recommendations of eating primarily alkaline-producing foods (such as fruits and vegetables) does indeed tend to alkalize the urine. We have contacted leading researchers in the field of rhinovirus infection studies to make them aware of the possible role of acid/alkaline balance and seek feedback on how to do scientific studies to test the Cayce hypothesis in vivo - with human subjects. If it turns out that SARS is produced by a pH-dependent coronavirus, we will certainly make sure that the clinical researchers who do in vivo studies of viral infections are made aware of this potentially important factor. Rhinovirus infection studies are done at several leading universities, usually to test the effectiveness of drugs that may help to prevent or relieve the symptoms of colds. Small amounts of solution containing rhinovirus are dropped into the noses of subjects to intentionally infect them under controlled conditions. Interestingly, about five to fifteen percent of subjects do not get colds even when the virus is carefully placed onto the nasal mucosa. Could it be that the pH of the resistant subject's nasal mucosa is alkaline (or neutral), preventing the rhinovirus from infecting the cells inside of the nose? There have been several published studies on nasal mucosal pH with varying results. Some researchers have concluded that the pH of nasal secretions vary with sleep, rest, ingestion of food, emotional states, and menstrual cycles. Other scientists, using different technology, have failed to confirm these results. Clearly much work needs to be done in this area to establish consistent outcomes. We have tested equipment from two of the leading companies that sell devices that can measure nasal pH and have learned that there is significant variability in the instruments, apart from the complexities of measuring pH in different people and within the same person over time. In , " hawk4796 " <groundhawk2 wrote: > > A friend told me that if I keep my body tempature at a certain temp I > will never caught a cold is that true. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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