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Ancient Chinese medicine using acupuncture and herbs understands health in terms of energy that is related to body organs and systems.
Jing is in a way the deepest level associated with the organ the kidneys. Why are the kidneys so important?
Jing and Kidneys
Kidney energy represents the deep energy jing which is life force energy given at birth that is lost with age but can be regenerated.
A common defining attribute of jing is “creation energy” associated with kidneys, water, reproductive organs, bones, and the brain.
My Western interpretation of why these are linked together is how they are all creation energy.
• Kidneys regulate water in the body, and water is considered a source of life
• Reproductive organs create life, and are considered a strong source of life force energy in general beyond reproduction, in Chinese medicine.
• Bone marrow produces stems cells that are the most regenerative cellular force.
• The brain creates through thinking and imagination.
Some interesting points about Kidneys and why they are primary from a western perspective:
• The kidneys regulate water and minerals in the body.
• We are over 80 percent water so this helps understand the importance of kidneys.
• Hydration involves minerals, especially the electrolytes sodium, potassium, and magnesium.
• It is interesting that in improving health that minerals and water are often the most important starting point for nutrition and health.
• Bones are mineral dense organ. The stem cells to regenerate tissue, as well as red and white blood cells.
The importance of water is obvious in that it is the way chemical nutrients are delivered.
Water is even more interesting from the point of view of physics as a battery that is charged by the sun, according to newer theories by Gerald Pollack and synthesizers like Jack Kruse. I am not familiar with discussion of sunlight in Chinese medicine.
The charging of water works with mitochondrial of every cell the body to produce energy. Mitochondria are the source of energy, not adrenal glands, the focus of a fashion nowadays.
Mitochondrial are everywhere, kind of like the energy represented in “kidney” as a function of the energy water.
Adrenals: The Myth
Many people see a connection between adrenals and kidneys because adrenal glands are on top of the kidneys. They believe that adrenals are the root of energy and that explains what is meant by kidney energy, as if they just need to cut through all that mystical mumbo jumbo of ancient Chinese medicine.
They do not understand adrenals in the first place. Adrenals is one small organ used to explain the lack of energy of the whole person. There is a lack of understanding of how other hormone command the adrenals and the brain controls hormones. Brain is under kidney energy and explains adrenals, adrenals do not explain kidneys. Adrenal glands are tiny glands that send messages, but do not do the work of larger organs like kidneys. “Adrenal fatigue” is the most overused diagnosis: it just means the person is tired, but does not explain why.
Chinese Medicine Diagnosis & Treatment
Chinese medicine does not simply matches symptoms with herbs and acupuncture points.
Chinese medicine diagnoses individuals in terms of their energy flows and imbalances by taking subtle pulses at the wrist reading the state of 10 organ systems and 12 energy meridians. The focus is on the body’s response to stress, its way of reacting and adjusting.
In the western paradigm a cause of disease could be mercury poisoning, but Chinese medicine does not look at causes that way. It looks at the energetic aspects of organs having trouble responding, either under-active or over-active due to energy blockages in their complimentary relationships.
Clearly the western approach is legitimate in wanting to take something to get mercury out, and I believe that is part of the solution.
The other part of the solution is improving the body’s responses to work effectively, as Chinese medicine intends. The closest thing to that in western treatment is to address autonomic nervous systems dysregulation that is contributing to chronic fatigue, environmental sensitivities, trauma, and many other things. Such programs have worked remarkably when nothing else could for some people.
Chinese medicine uses individual diagnosis for customized treatments:
• Acupuncture needles can even the flow of energy between organs so they can work together. A good treatment can restore a feeling of well being.
• Herbs also bring balance through both energetic properties and chemical nutrients.
Chinese herbalism evolved from a science of observation of what worked and what the attributes of the plant or animal are.
For example, a male moth that can breed without getting tired was observed as potential great jing tonic because sexual energy is one aspect of jing. I know this works because I suggested it to a someone who is getting good results for energy and brain functioning.
Single herbs can work and herbal mixtures can work even better. Some blends are very complex with synergistic properties that more it more powerful than the herbs alone. An extreme amount of insight and time was used to create these.
Deer antler tips are a jing tonic because that is a very fast growing tissue. But deer antler not for every one, the sickest people can’t use it very well because they need to start with something more yin, antler is too yang.
Reishi mushroom is regarded by some as the single most potent and well rounded tonic herb, although that varies with individual compatibility. Each person should get a tonic for their particular energy imbalances at that time or constitutional type, in a sense, for the long term.
Strengthening Jing
Combining western and eastern approaches I found that some of the most important foundational things for energy and treating all symptoms that get addressed when the body has the all the energy it needs to heal itself are: hydration, minerals, and herbal tonics from Chinese medicine.
I personally don’t read my pulse but use a pendulum for energetically test what kind of water to drink and for all mineral and nutrient deficiencies.
To find herbal tonics I test energetically using a pendulum from online catalogs and that has been successful.
Usually one or two herbal tonics are enough, some people need up to four. You don’t need that many because these work energetically as well as nutritionally and you don’t want to try to push your energies in too many different directions. You can feel a little worse by picking the wrong ones. Each tonic does so many things and it’s exciting to read the product descriptions. There can be subtle improvements like peace and awareness.
There is nothing like a well blended and produced herbal tonic, especially jing tonics that get at deep energy. The right selection adds something at a high level that individual minerals and nutrients do not.
Jing is in a way the deepest level associated with the organ the kidneys. Why are the kidneys so important?
Jing and Kidneys
Kidney energy represents the deep energy jing which is life force energy given at birth that is lost with age but can be regenerated.
A common defining attribute of jing is “creation energy” associated with kidneys, water, reproductive organs, bones, and the brain.
My Western interpretation of why these are linked together is how they are all creation energy.
• Kidneys regulate water in the body, and water is considered a source of life
• Reproductive organs create life, and are considered a strong source of life force energy in general beyond reproduction, in Chinese medicine.
• Bone marrow produces stems cells that are the most regenerative cellular force.
• The brain creates through thinking and imagination.
Some interesting points about Kidneys and why they are primary from a western perspective:
• The kidneys regulate water and minerals in the body.
• We are over 80 percent water so this helps understand the importance of kidneys.
• Hydration involves minerals, especially the electrolytes sodium, potassium, and magnesium.
• It is interesting that in improving health that minerals and water are often the most important starting point for nutrition and health.
• Bones are mineral dense organ. The stem cells to regenerate tissue, as well as red and white blood cells.
The importance of water is obvious in that it is the way chemical nutrients are delivered.
Water is even more interesting from the point of view of physics as a battery that is charged by the sun, according to newer theories by Gerald Pollack and synthesizers like Jack Kruse. I am not familiar with discussion of sunlight in Chinese medicine.
The charging of water works with mitochondrial of every cell the body to produce energy. Mitochondria are the source of energy, not adrenal glands, the focus of a fashion nowadays.
Mitochondrial are everywhere, kind of like the energy represented in “kidney” as a function of the energy water.
Adrenals: The Myth
Many people see a connection between adrenals and kidneys because adrenal glands are on top of the kidneys. They believe that adrenals are the root of energy and that explains what is meant by kidney energy, as if they just need to cut through all that mystical mumbo jumbo of ancient Chinese medicine.
They do not understand adrenals in the first place. Adrenals is one small organ used to explain the lack of energy of the whole person. There is a lack of understanding of how other hormone command the adrenals and the brain controls hormones. Brain is under kidney energy and explains adrenals, adrenals do not explain kidneys. Adrenal glands are tiny glands that send messages, but do not do the work of larger organs like kidneys. “Adrenal fatigue” is the most overused diagnosis: it just means the person is tired, but does not explain why.
Chinese Medicine Diagnosis & Treatment
Chinese medicine does not simply matches symptoms with herbs and acupuncture points.
Chinese medicine diagnoses individuals in terms of their energy flows and imbalances by taking subtle pulses at the wrist reading the state of 10 organ systems and 12 energy meridians. The focus is on the body’s response to stress, its way of reacting and adjusting.
In the western paradigm a cause of disease could be mercury poisoning, but Chinese medicine does not look at causes that way. It looks at the energetic aspects of organs having trouble responding, either under-active or over-active due to energy blockages in their complimentary relationships.
Clearly the western approach is legitimate in wanting to take something to get mercury out, and I believe that is part of the solution.
The other part of the solution is improving the body’s responses to work effectively, as Chinese medicine intends. The closest thing to that in western treatment is to address autonomic nervous systems dysregulation that is contributing to chronic fatigue, environmental sensitivities, trauma, and many other things. Such programs have worked remarkably when nothing else could for some people.
Chinese medicine uses individual diagnosis for customized treatments:
• Acupuncture needles can even the flow of energy between organs so they can work together. A good treatment can restore a feeling of well being.
• Herbs also bring balance through both energetic properties and chemical nutrients.
Chinese herbalism evolved from a science of observation of what worked and what the attributes of the plant or animal are.
For example, a male moth that can breed without getting tired was observed as potential great jing tonic because sexual energy is one aspect of jing. I know this works because I suggested it to a someone who is getting good results for energy and brain functioning.
Single herbs can work and herbal mixtures can work even better. Some blends are very complex with synergistic properties that more it more powerful than the herbs alone. An extreme amount of insight and time was used to create these.
Deer antler tips are a jing tonic because that is a very fast growing tissue. But deer antler not for every one, the sickest people can’t use it very well because they need to start with something more yin, antler is too yang.
Reishi mushroom is regarded by some as the single most potent and well rounded tonic herb, although that varies with individual compatibility. Each person should get a tonic for their particular energy imbalances at that time or constitutional type, in a sense, for the long term.
Strengthening Jing
Combining western and eastern approaches I found that some of the most important foundational things for energy and treating all symptoms that get addressed when the body has the all the energy it needs to heal itself are: hydration, minerals, and herbal tonics from Chinese medicine.
I personally don’t read my pulse but use a pendulum for energetically test what kind of water to drink and for all mineral and nutrient deficiencies.
To find herbal tonics I test energetically using a pendulum from online catalogs and that has been successful.
Usually one or two herbal tonics are enough, some people need up to four. You don’t need that many because these work energetically as well as nutritionally and you don’t want to try to push your energies in too many different directions. You can feel a little worse by picking the wrong ones. Each tonic does so many things and it’s exciting to read the product descriptions. There can be subtle improvements like peace and awareness.
There is nothing like a well blended and produced herbal tonic, especially jing tonics that get at deep energy. The right selection adds something at a high level that individual minerals and nutrients do not.
