Awakening a person is the greatest virtue in this world!
Contributing to the world by awakening yourself is the greatest gift!！
A few days ago, my friend Xiaolin came to me with two dark circles under her eyes, saying she had been suffering from insomnia for half a month. The sleeping pills prescribed by the doctor were becoming less effective, and her health check revealed a warning for fatty liver. This once powerful woman in investment banking now felt as if all her strength had been drained: “I eat healthily and exercise every day, why is my body getting worse?”
Opening the Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon), the ancient medical classic from two thousand years ago, already provided the answer: “Anger harms the liver, joy harms the heart, overthinking harms the spleen, worry harms the lungs, and fear harms the kidneys.” Modern medical research has found that when a person is in a negative emotional state, adrenaline spikes can suppress the activity of immune cells, leading to a 60% decrease in white blood cell combat effectiveness. Those sudden illnesses we experience are actually the body sending out a final distress signal through pain.
1. The Five Organs in the Storm of Emotions
At three in the morning in the office, Director Zhang has thrown his proposal in the intern’s face for the nth time. Three months later, the health check report shows that his transaminase levels are five times above normal, and the doctor shakes his head at the CT scan: “The degree of liver damage you have is not like a forty-year-old, but like a sixty-year-old.” The Suwen: Yin Yang Correspondences states, “The liver is associated with anger,” and modern medicine confirms that during anger, blood flow to the liver decreases by 40%, halting its detoxification function.
Aunt Wang, our neighbor, has been unable to cure her stomach issues until a psychologist discovered her excessive longing for her son who emigrated. The Huangdi Neijing states, “Overthinking leads to Qi stagnation,” and excessive worry acts like a tight spell on the spleen and stomach. When anxiety levels exceed a threshold, the repair speed of the digestive tract mucosa can drop by 70%, which is why many people say they “can’t eat when worried.”
2. The Triple Door of Self-Healing
The American Psychoneuroimmunology Society tracked 5,000 cancer patients and found that those who maintained a positive mindset had a 37% higher five-year survival rate. This is not superstition; the “Zheng Qi (Upright Qi) residing within” emphasized in the Huangdi Neijing is being scientifically validated: positive emotions can increase the activity of NK (Natural Killer) cells threefold, which are known as the nemesis of cancer cells.
In the rehabilitation department of Xiehe Hospital, doctors prescribe a special “prescription” for postoperative patients: record three happy events each day. When dopamine levels rise by 15%, the speed of wound healing can increase by 20%. This is not just psychological comfort; it activates the body’s inherent repair program.
3. The Four Steps of Emotional Health
1. Morning Breathing Adjustment: Face the east at sunrise and slowly exhale 36 times using the “si” sound. This is not just simple breathing; it vibrates the liver and gallbladder meridians at a specific frequency. Clinical data shows that maintaining this for three months can reduce liver enzyme levels by 30%.
2. Afternoon Heart-Nourishing Tea: Use 3 grams of He Huan Hua (Mimosa flower) and 5 rose flowers, steeped in water at 80 degrees Celsius. The calming and anxiety-relieving components of He Huan Hua can elevate serotonin levels within 90 minutes, with effects comparable to half a dose of anti-anxiety medication but without side effects.
3. Midnight Calming Technique: During the Hai Shi (9-11 PM), use the palm to massage the Shan Zhong (Ren 17) point in a clockwise direction for 108 times. This point, known as the “Sea of Qi,” when stimulated can increase melatonin secretion by 40%, allowing one to fall asleep three times faster than usual.
4. Emotional First Aid Kit: When anger strikes, immediately press the Tai Chong (Liv 3) point (located in the depression between the first and second metatarsal bones on the dorsum of the foot) with your thumb. This “calming point” can lower blood pressure by 10-15 mmHg within five minutes, which is 100 times healthier than sulking.
Healing begins with awareness.
Grateful for the teachings of ancient sages, the excellent culture of the Chinese nation, the protection of our ancestors, the guidance of Teacher Yan Pingjun, and the connections of heart therapy that allow us to meet! May we always live in awareness, and together cultivate our hearts, nurture virtue, and grow good roots! Striving for moral integrity and continuous improvement towards a better self!
