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[Music] traditional Chinese medicine has a very very different way of looking at health and disease it's a way that on one level is both scientific and intuitive where you don't need a study to say that coffee is good for you or coffees bad for you because after two hundred thousand years human beings as animals we have our built-in barometer for what is good for us and what is not good for us now in this video I want to share five Chinese medicine philosophies or practices that can help you understand whether or not you're healthy and how to be healthy in this modern world hey I'm Alex Hein author of the book master the de currant doctoral student in traditional or classical Chinese medicine now I've included the first link in the description right there is actually a free pdf on how to add ten years to your life with five Chinese medicine practices so that's a little print off a little infographic you can download in the first link in the description now the first Chinese medicine longevity practice and understanding is that in Chinese medicine everything is about flow flow is the number one principle in nature things are always changing and the when they're not that's a bad sign so we all know that when you drink from a stream in nature I mean at this point they're all contaminated but theoretically speaking at this point in human history you want a drink from flowing water because it's less of a chance of bacteria viruses mold anything that's gonna make you ill increases in stagnant water the human body is the same way it's a micro reflection of nature where the human being that is stagnant is more likely to build arterial plaque is more likely to get a whole host of modern-day illnesses and diseases but in the same token this is the reason why Chinese medicine flow is more important than this diet good for me is that diet good for me is this clinically proven is that clinically proven we don't need a study to say coffees bad for you coffees good for you because if coffee improves the flow of your body for some people that's constipation for some people that helps your digestion but for other people like me coffee gives me indigestion and will give me acid reflux so flow is the number one criteria and Chinese medicine that we used to evaluate foods diets herbs lifestyle all of that indicates flow or lack of flow now the second practice is that yes number one longevity is all about flow but the very specific way of understanding how old things in your life affect flow are also key so for example emotions diet weather sleep and work all of these affect the flow of chi or energy in your body for example a diet that is more raw vegetables is energetically cold in Chinese medicine which is almost considered across the board bad for people but especially people with weak digestion emotions like anger which is like oh I'm going to like smash your head in is obviously an upward outward energetic move so people that already have too much upward outward our contraindicated on one level from expressing that emotion they need to express more of the emotions that are grounding and settling and withdrawing so for example an emotional state you could say that's more settling is the state of surrender or allowing so that's why we see for example the high powered ambitious entrepreneur like myself who's like this like let's go let's go let's go they have too much of this this pattern in their life and so very often they're prone to illnesses and diseases that have this kind of energetic quality to it you feel it in the pulse you can feel it sometimes with yre meais or pounding you see it in the insomnia because there's too much up and it's not enough down you can think of it just like a pharmaceutical drug drug we take uppers Downers right some people pop coffee in the morning and they take xanax at night or alcohol this kind of forward motion is an upper and so a person that is too up can't come down they can't sleep they can't be less high-strung they can't be less angry and so everything related to their diet too related to their lifestyle related to sleep to exercise should all be more downer in their quality the third thing is that in Chinese medicine health comes from the balance between all things the systems in their body and the systems in your life and the systems in nature as opposed to just focusing on the reductionist one thing like you're hurt toe so in California there's been this epidemic going on where there's an overgrowth of these sea urchins over spawning that's eating the kelp and the kelp forests are key for so many factors in the natural biome there and so you could think okay the biomechanical view is do we just kill the urchins right let's just like get divers pluck them all out kill them eat them whatever poison them put something in the water to get rid of the sea urchins or do we just plant more kelp right we plant work help maybe the sea urchins take longer to eat them but what they did was brilliant instead they introduced the natural predator of the sea urchin which is otters the Otters ad sea urchin left sea urchins been more help this is a word-for-word analysis of how Chinese medical five-phase theory works because in Chinese medicine it was observed over thousands of years that certain organ systems are more related than others so for example Earth is called the mother of metal the earth organs are spleen in your stomach you could think digestion the metal organs or your lung and your large intestine so in ancient times these physicians learned that a person who has excess in the stomach excess in the digestive organs it'll impact the metal organs the lung the large intestine so maybe one ramification of that is a person as overeating all is bloating and then is producing mucus and saliva and that reflects not only in like clearing the throat this is the lung almost that mucus or you can look at it in terms of how it affects the colon obviously your large intestine is affected when you're overeating you're bloated you get smelly gas and weird stools so in Chinese medical theory the point is that instead of attacking the sea urchin said of trying to fix the colon sometimes what we do is we go to the mother we go to the sea otter and we reintroduce something that establishes the balance at a higher order or level the fourth thing here is that in Chinese medicine we always treat the spirit or the consciousness first now there's a lot of very interesting research on how people that are happy unrushed unhurried they love their lives that is as much of a reduction in heart disease risk factors as diet and exercise that's pretty crazy that's pretty insane because according to biomedical science humans are material therefore the only thing that matters is diet exercise cholesterol lipids etc but it just is not true and in Chinese medicine 3,000 years ago we have a medical text that said first and foremost above all treating the Shen the spirit of the patient is the most important thing above all before you treat anything else and so you can look at that in your own life in terms of okay I've got this illness this chronic illness or I'm burning out as an entrepreneur or there's all this stuff going on with my digestion and of course Americans the first thing we think is how do what diet do I do what diet do I change but in my opinion that's the wrong question and it's important to think the higher level the higher order is what about my spirit in terms of the state the quality of my life my thoughts my hurried approach to life how can I change that first the last quality here our last understanding is that in traditional Chinese medicine were always trying to bring things back to the middle and you can almost have this kind of fun transliteration exercise because in Chinese though characters for Chinese medicine are Dhoni SoDo means middle which is all the same character why in China middle kingdom or middle country and you can almost think of it as the medicine of the middle if the pulse is too weak we try to bring the pulse up if the pulse is too excessive we try to bring the pulse down the patient's too hot we try to cool them down if they're too cold we try to warm them up if they're too weak we try to build them up if they're too excess we try to clear the excess and so everything we do like one of my first mentor said if you can get the patient to have good sleep regular appetite and good diet regular bowel movements daily and to being a good settled mood daily that by itself is sometimes 70 80 90 percent of the work of healing from illness and disease so if we can bring things back to the middle that by itself allows the body's natural healing response the consciousness to direct the body to figure out what it needs to do to bring itself back to a state of homeostasis and that at the end of the day is really what medicine and healing is so I hope that helps five unconventional ideas from Chinese medicine on healing and wellness now of course I've included that free download the five daily rituals to add ten years to your life with traditional Chinese medicine classical Chinese medicine it's the first link right in the description box there you can also check out my last two videos right there and right there [Music]
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Raw vegetables are not bad for you, they’re good for you. What would have made them bad in ancient Chinese times is contamination from putting animal feces on the ground as fertilizer, not knowing about germs, and then consuming the germs from improper washing. That’s why western science is much better, because it discovered germ theory in a scientific objective way and not a convoluted false sorry about “cold energy”.
Very well done. Thank you. I’m sharing with my patients and connections
So happy I found your channel!
You can see a person's Shen in the shine of their eyes. If you look at a drug addict's eyes they are completely dull with no shine. No Shen.
This is soooo informative, i learn TCM few days ago and find it so interesting to learn. Thank you!
9:16 the middle way
Memo: dhongi=middle
Memo: shen=spirit of the patient
Memo: emotions influence u as much as food
Memo: coffee can give indigestion and acid reflux
Memo: human being that is stagnant is more likely to build plaque like water
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Read comments section bring tears 😢 thank you❤
I am learning about TCM and although I enjoy and mostly agree with what you’re presenting. It is a little difficult for me to navigate because I have around 2 chronic illnesses, the top one being severe Narcolepsy with Cataplexy . I don’t enjoy the prescription medication I take , but nothing else seems to work as well. My point is that basically, most Americans (and I’m sure other cultures) blame themselves for their illnesses and that can lead to only feeling worse and hurting their health by trying to force themselves to be “normal” whatever that is 😹. I encourage you to consider being a bit more gentle when talking about chronic illnesses. I understand what you’re trying to communicate, and I think TCM is something that takes a bit of patience and self awareness in a positive way , however there are many others out there who may be offended by the way you are phrasing it? That would be a shame because that could make some people take it too personally and not listen to what you’re saying. No offense intended.
When you said you have to first heal the mind and soul in order to heal the body..
I felt that deep in my soul..
And started crying because
I've been through so much in my 40 year's.. that I've never let go or healed from..
That brings emotions of tears every time i think of everything.. 🥺
So i have to learn how to heal before i learn how to heal my body
I have watched a few of your videos so far… You have made these concepts so clear and easy to understand! I appreciate your way of speaking as well… steady and easy to pay attention.
Thanks Dr. this is very helpful as my acupuncturist said you have cold body but she couldn’t explain further.
This video was enough incentive for me to buy your book, thank you.
I’ll take a plate of sea urchin.
Wow. This makes so much sense to me! Ty
would be better if you stated the exact quote and source for 'spirit first'.
How we do fix #4?
Wisdom
Wish i had understood treating spirit first when i started down this path 15 years ago
Awesome well done
Chinese medicine would have saved me a lot of time and stress, because my symptoms were typical of a particular pattern. I'd like to see a world here in North america where Chinese medicine is integrated into the western medical world. I think there are a lot of us with liver qi stagnation who think our symptoms are just what it's like to be an adult… I guess I was one of the lucky ones because I properly burnt out and had no choice but to seek help or else, but many people probably just live their whole lives slightly nhappy.
🔥🔥🔥🔥Props to U 🙌🏿🙌🏿 studies on studies is bad science…. a distraction to Negate wisdom of nature
Love all you videos. Im obsessed with how you say "insomnia".
I really enjoyed this thankyou..can u make more videos addressing how emotions affect organs too please?..
I grew up with TCM in the home… And it's the first time I've ever heard anyone discuss the power of regulating one's spirit — such a powerful principle and makes me even more so impressed by how truly life-changing TCM can be!
Longevity is about flow in Chinese Medicine
What affect flow should be noticed
Health comes from the balance of all things
Treating the spirit that comes first
Bring things back to the middle