Health Blog by YinTeing

Does your sweat have the following:

• You generally do not sweat a lot- even though you are quite active
• When you do sweat, it is sticky and it is unpleasant
• Sometimes, you suffer from rashes or a reaction akin to allergy reaction- it’s as if you are allergic to your own sweat

Usually at the gym, many people especially guys will be literally drenched from sweating while they work out at the gym. By nature, I do not sweat a lot even though on vigorous workouts- and if you suffer from the symptoms that I do above, do read on…

From my research into Chinese healing, if you do not sweat or it is little compare to someone who is doing the same activities as you, then it’s a sign that there’s element imbalance in your body. Your body is too cooling- possibly due to the following:

• High intake of raw food like vegetable salad (cooling in nature)
• Drinking a lot of cold / refrigerated drinks
• Taking showers at night or washing hair at night

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I read Dr Mao’s column on Secrets of Longevity at Yahoo Health news. And I find that his articles are very informative- he has attempted to put forward an ancient and effective healing technique in a way that is most easy for one to understand (because in the orthodox text of Chinese Medicine, it would be hard for the untrained to understand the terms and jargons used). 

And yet, I was shocked when I read very negative comments left by some of the readers on the articles that he had written. It is obviously left by readers who find the idea of elements in our body being totally illogical- and not even pausing or keeping an open mind, they write some very sarcastic remarks. 

You may have noticed that lately in this blog, there are more posts written with more energy healing and traditional Chinese medicine cures instead of the more conventional ones that you probably are accustomed to. I am moving and exploring to this part because I’ve found that a lot of answers that cannot be found in conventional medicine could be found in ancient healing systems. 

Following, I want to share some of my observation and personal experiences to show you that by keeping an open mind and learning about ancient healing techniques, they can greatly complement the treatment that you are undergoing now. 

I studied Biology till pre university levels- the Biology pre university paper (STPM) is a very tough paper during my time and high standards were set to it. My mom is a retired staff nurse and I still mix around with her retired friends- they were trained in the days where nursing standards were high and their qualifications were recognized in all Commonwealth countries (the subsequent batches are not longer recognized). She could have easily migrated to UK or Australia because those days, these countries were so short of nurses but she chose to stay back because we were very young then. But her friends who did went overseas to work are now PR of those countries. 

So I had the background- and some of my mom’s friends who were good at what they were doing- when I asked them about a certain health problem, they could give the prescribed options of treatment. 

And yet, most of them are suffering from either one or more of the following problems (and those in orange are what holistic branch of healing could offer):

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There are some studies that mentioned that for people fighting cancer, it is better to take raw food because the nutrients would be absorbed by our body more easily and can be used to fight the cancer cells.

Even though studies may deduce results based on logical rationalization, one cannot ignore the wisdom of Eastern healing that have existing for thousands of years. Anything taken in moderation is okay but brought to the extreme, may result in element or energy imbalance in the body.

Raw food like salad has a ‘cooling’ effect on the body. When the body is too cooling, it causes imbalance in the internal organs such as the spleen and liver that controls the ‘chi’ that governs blood flow in the body. This may not make sense to you but do you notice that your hands, limbs and feet gets numb when you take too much of iced drinks, tea and raw food?

Taking a little iced drink during a warm hot day is okay because on a hot day, the heat can also influence the element composition in our body, causing it to be more heaty. But on cooling or windy days, taking cold drinks or raw food are not good.

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Even though there are as many studies that claim coffee is good for health, the deeper effects of coffee on our health are often not known. Just like we know that cigarrettes are not good for our lungs, many people sort of instinctively know that coffee may not be good for health as some claim or as they would like it to be. Herein, I want to offer some insight into the effects of coffee from the aspect of chi regulation in the Chinese healing systems.

Coffee, even decaffeinated ones is known to be one of the most disruptive substance affecting the smooth flow of liver chi. It is said that it would be tough to correct any liver imbalances if a person is a frequent coffee drinker. Coffee also heats the liver and greatly amplify a person’s emotional temperament.

However, a caffeine addict would suffer withdrawal symptoms when they do not take coffee. At first, try using green tea that is cooling in nature to replace coffee for caffeine dose. Then slowly reduce the amount and eventually eliminate it all together.

In Chinese healing systems, the liver affects the following functions in the body:

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The Chinese herb called ‘Snake grass’  is very effective in curing sore throat.  It works better than antibiotics or sore throat lozenges sold in the market. Here’s how the plant looks like:

Snake grass cures sore throat

The leaf above are bigger than usual because we water the plants with lots of natural fertilizers taken from kitchen waste such as leftover Chinese tea leaf, fruits and vegetable peels, dog poo, etc.

Instructions to use the grass:

1. Pluck a few pieces of the leaf and put on a cup of boiling water:

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A friend of mine recently went for Acu cupping  treatment, a traditional Chinese treatment whereby certain meridian points and energy gateway of the body are activated.  Usually, it is believe that the dampness and wind are trapped in certain part of your body, blocking good chi and energy flow- and also bring about pain, especially during winter, when caught in the rain or in cold weather. The pain due to “wind dampness” does not show up in scans and x-rays and the usual conventional treatment is to give the patient painkillers.

Though I believe that another cause of pain could be muscle imbalance- having blocked energy, chi or meridian flow may also cause the pain.

After the treatment, my friend’s back looked horrible. But he told me that the lower back pain that had been bothering him for quite a while due to his past habit of bathing at night/after gym and taking cold drinks are now gone. He has felt much better.

My friend has been very kind- he has allowed me permission to use the photo if it could benefit others.

I know the do-it-yourself acu-cupping equipment can be bought commercially- consisting of a glass cup, sterile needles and suction equipment. But I do not suggest that you do it yourself because you may not know the correct point to poke the needle- and many people cannot bring themselves to poke their body with a needle.

As usual, you need to know that all forms of traditional treatment are usually all inclusive- that means you usually have to watch your food intake. There are certain forbidden food that will reduce the effectiveness of the treatment and certain food that you need to take more. Also you may have to make some lifestyle adjustment such as not bathing at night.

Recently, a few strangers had passed by me which literally stopped me on my tracks- because the dark rings around their eyes were so obvious. It has then prompted me to research to find out why exactly people have dark rings around their eyes- I was concerned that it could be related to the life vitality.

In Traditional Chinese healing system that is applied in TCM for thousands of years, the eyes is closely associated with the liver and kidney health. If the dark rings are accompanied by the following symptoms, you may want to do more research about holistic ways to improve your kidney health- be it via homeopathy, ayurveda or traditional Chinese medicine:

• Constantly feeling tired
• Knee pain or knee discomfort
• Lower back pain or sharp pain around the areas of one or both kidneys
• Frequent urination
• Hair loss
• Menstrual cycle disorders
• Hearing problems

Conventional Methods for Dark Eye Rings or Panda eyes

Panda eyed look cute on a panda but on a human...

Usually, the following remedies are suggested:

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In 2005, during my visit to Thailand, we went to a hospital set up by a monk, Phra Paponpatchara Pibanpaknitee in Sakorn Nakhon located in North East Thailand. When I first saw him, he had a bandage wrapped around his neck and that time, his hospital was quite new (I found out later that the bandage was there because he had throat cancer). He told us that he applied the holistic as well as spiritual healing methods. He used herbs to treat the cancer, at the same time, having the patient to practice meditation and prayers to calm their minds, dedicate merits and help in their healing. Even if the patient (most of them who were already end stage when referred to him) may not survive, at least he/she would leave the body in a more peaceful and less frightened state of mind. And some of these patients were being abandoned by their families. So the funds to build his hospital were mainly raised through generous donations from the public. 

Last year at another function, I met this monk again in Bangkok. He told us that he just came back from Taiwan where he was learning about a healing method to be applied in the hospital. Fortunately, this time I got his name card. If you are interested to find out more about his work, you can contact:

Phra Paponpatchara Pibanpaknitee

Tel:  081-  601- 6960 / 081- 111 7107

081-601-6960, 081-111-7107 or e-mail ppp@khampramong.org or  ppparokhaya@gmail.com

(from overseas, you can dial 0066 81 601 6960 or 0061 111 7107))

Fax: 042- 779 276

Website: www.khampramong.org  (you can use Google Toolbar to translate the page into English)  or http://khampramong.org/khampramong_eng.html for the English version

Email: ppp @ khampramong dot org or ppparokhaya @ gmail dot com (take away the spaces and replace the dot with a real dot when sending the email)

Objectives in operations.

1. To help patients with cancer of all types in the following cases.
   a. Patients in late stage cancer. That can not be improved with treatment procedures best. In the current medical plan. Disease or poor forecasting (Poor Prognosis) such as cancer, liver cancer, bile duct, etc..b. Cancer patients receiving treatment with medicine today. Or has some other plans already. And require additional treatment of the disease combined measure your fishing ย court.

   c. Group of patients who do not want to maintain the current plan. And access to treatment by this method.

     d. Those risks and trends that may have cancer, such as the Hepatitis B virus infections and patients who lack capital. Not been able to maintain the current pattern to be expensive. Or group of patients to medical treatment plan with Thai herbs only.

2. Combination approach to treatment plans Thai tradition and western China plans to maintain the way of other medical options. Based on the wishes of the patient is located. A voluntary patient’s own. To select the treatment approach.
Help a fellow creature. (Especially cancer patients) with no claim or charge of medical care

Note: The website is in Thai- use your Google Toolbar to translate the contents to English. Then click on the navigation bar on the top left of the site- Google Toolbar (if you don’t have a Google Toolbar, you can install one from Google.com ) to read the contents in English.