Original Yang – TCM & Moxibustion

3 Major Causes of Illness (3)- Supplement Original Yang- Anti-aging

December 10, 2019December 8, 2019 by Moxaman

Supplement Original Yang

According to “Suwen”, women start to show signs of aging from age of 35, while men from 40. This coincides with my treatment experience, where many people are all normal in their twenties, but all of a sudden start being plagued by illnesses when reaching forty. This does not mean he was immune to illnesses the twenties, but the body was full of Qi and Blood at the time and Righteousness Qi prevailed in the battle against the evil. Beyond 40, however, people start to age, Original Qi reduces and if it could not be replenished in time, physical weakness would result and the evil would manifest.

How to fight this?
The only way is to supplement the Original Yang. After curing my patients who were physically weak, I would tell them to start performing regular regimen moxibustion*, on major acupoints such as Guanuan, Mingmen, Zusanli, etc. In “Compendium of Materia Medica” it was mentioned that mugwort has nature of Pure Yang, therefore is a great supplement for Original Yang deficiency.

When Original Yang is abundant, physical condition could be restored to as good as the twenties, thereby dispelling all diseases.

*Severe adverse effect may occur, one should not perform any type of moxibustion without instruction of person of rich experience or professional.

3 Major Causes of Illness (1) Dispel Cold-evil – Cervical Spondylosis

December 6, 2019 by Moxaman

Cervical Spondylosis*

From a previous post, we know that Cold-evil, Qi stagnation, and Original Yang deficiency are the three major causes of illness among modern people. If these three factors could be dispelled, health would be restored most of the time. Therefore, as long as one follows three principles of expelling Cold-evil, dredging meridians, and supplementing Original Yang, most illnesses could be cured without seeing a doctor.

Cold-evil is the biggest external cause of modern illnesses. Take myself as an example, I am in my sixties now and still surf the internet for several hours each day. When keeping my neck in the same position for extended period of time, it is easy to catch cold, so I too was affected by a common disease-cervical spondylosis. So I started to wear a portable moxa box behind my neck** (similar to the picture below), which is a popular moxibustion method nowadays.

I recall not feeling any particular heat behind my neck after the first time, but utter chill. When touching the skin with hand, it was already very hot, but I did feel much cold. Since then I always felt my neck was cold. This is the sign of cold exiting the body; because moxibustion is based on the power of fire/heat, which could restrain the Cold-evil, and expel the cold lurking deep inside the neck.

I held on for a month, and then my neck felt warm, and cervical spondylosis was healed. This is an example of the principle of expelling Cold-evil.

*These cases are selected from a book “Various Diseases Treated by Moxibustion”, written by Shan Xiamin, a renowned Chinese doctor .

**Severe adverse effect may occur, one should not perform any type of moxibustion without instruction of person of rich experience or professional.

Moxibustion Case: Headache

December 5, 2019 by Moxaman

Headache*

Once I treated two young people. Both of them had headache, but the cause and symptoms are completely different. The first person was sleeping under vent of AC for a whole night, and felt swelling headache after waking up, which followed the same rhythm of the heartbeat. According to TCM theory, this headache is result of Liver-Yang hyperactivity due to Qi and Blood stagnation, caused by retention of Exogenous Evil.

The second patient had headache where the head felt empty and pain after spending several whole nights surfing the internet. This was caused by deficiency of Qi and Blood, because Original Yang was insufficient and unable to reach the head, so the pain felt empty. The cause of their headaches was different, so was the treatment.

I performed moxibustion** to the first guy on acupoints of Sishengcong and Taichong, the goal was to open up the Qi, so it would help circulation of the Blood and eliminate the headache.

As for the second guy, I performed moxibustion** on acupoints of Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, and Xuehai, which was intended to nourish the Kidney-Yang. When Original Yang rose to the head, the head would no longer feel empty.

These two patients are very typical, one caused by invasion of Cold-evil, which led to stagnation of Qi in the body that further blocked the meridians. The other was physically weak, and Original Yang insufficient. According to my experience, Cold-evil, Qi stagnation, and Original Yang Deficiency are the three primary causes of disease of modern people.

In my career I encountered many patients just like these two patients. Their illnesses may be different, but all of the same causes of Cold-evil, stagnation of Qi, and deficiency of Original Yang. The diseases ranged from minor ones as cold and cough, to grave ones like heart attack and stroke.

I always remind my patients of these three major causes of disease and ask them to take better care of their health. After all, ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’.

*These cases are selected from a book “Various Diseases Treated by Moxibustion”, written by Shan Xiamin, a renowned Chinese doctor .

**Severe adverse effect may occur, one should not perform any type of moxibustion without instruction of person of rich experience or professional.