02.19.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:03 pm by Administrator
Wang Zhong-Yue’s “On Tai Chi Quan”: Tai Chi comes from Wu Chi, is the mother of Yin and Yang. In motion, it separates (yin and yang); in stillness, they fuse. It is not excessive or deficient; When it bends, it straightens.
Like most Chinese classical writing, it is difficult to understand. Why and how can bending and straightening happen at the same time? How do Yin and Yang separates and fuse? What are Yin and Yang which Tai Chi refer to? In the end, how does it all relate to your body movement when you are doing Tai Chi?
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02.07.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:07 am by Administrator
Phoenix’s temperature drops to 30s (F) at night and early morning. I still see people wear very thin clothes. Maybe they are from Northern freezing cold regions. 30s to them is warm. But I’d like to talk how cold invasion can hurt Yang energy, and cause health problems.
The common symptoms of cold invasion is sneezing, stuffed sinuses, and running noses. Most people refer to it as allergies. Well, western doctors also say so. So don’t argue with it.
Wind cold invasion can attack different parts of body. If you back is exposed to cold, your UB meridians may be hurt. If cold accumulates, your upper back may form a thick layer of fat, which is your body’s natural response. If your frontal part is exposed to cold, your lung meridians and its related stomach meridians will be affected. If sides are exposed to cold, GB meridians will be affected. Cold Qi accumulated in GB meridians can cause Gall Bladder function drop, further cause difficulty of digestion.
Let me discuss in more detail with two examples.
If cold invasion happens in frontal (as discussed above), it affects lung, can cause lung deficiency. Lung deficiency can lower the ability of body absorbing water, which in turn you lose the healthy color of your skin. This dehydration cannot be easily corrected by taking more water. In fact, in this case, more water will cause more burden to kidney and cause more problem. The person may also feel depressed. The correct way to expel cold from lung is to increase blood Qi, cultivate enough blood Qi, in other words, your body stores enough energy to combat cold and expel the cold from your lung.
If cold invasion happens on back, it affects GB meridians. You will feel pain on your shoulders and neck. Have difficulty to turn your neck. You feel your upper back is locked. Headache or migraine is also common, plus sore throat, and/or coughing. Skin scrapping is the best way to remove cold from your GB meridians. (See 1/13/08 blog)
So, if you have above symptoms, maybe you have been exposed to cold. If the symptoms persist, the only way to solve the problem is to increase your own blood Qi, which is related to your immune system, but not quite the same.
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