Chinese Natural Healing
Natural health and healing cannot be taught: it has to be assimilated and experienced. Natural healing is invisible internal energy (known as qi) flowing from your conscious mind into the natural and man-made world around you. It is a continual stream of energy transforming the chaos (caused by accumulated toxins and distorted thoughts) within your body and mind into healing power, thereby putting you on the road to recovery and health rejuvenation.
Natural healing is a long and slow process of transformation, requiring much love, kindness, and compassion, and, above all, patience. Such transformation may be attainable through Zen meditation, which opens the door to self-knowledge. In fact, Chinese healing is self-knowledge itself, and you are your own healer. Yes, only you know your body's constitution, only you know your own needs, and only you can activate the natural healing power inherent in you. With intuitive knowing of who you are and what you want from life, you become aware of the intuitive wisdom in perceiving the true nature of reality, in particular, that of natural health.
With intuitive wisdom, you begin to cultivate the art of living well, which holds the key to natural health and health rejuvenation for longevity living. This also forms the foundation of Chinese healing, which is quite different from that of Western medicine.
Western medicine bases on the medical model in which a doctor identifies a set of symptoms of a disease or disorder, and makes a diagnosis to confirm the doctor’s examination; it focuses on pathology, drug, and surgical therapies; it is essentially disease-symptom management.
The Chinese health and healing approach, on the other hand, bases on the balance and harmony of an individual - more specifically, the natural health for healing and health rejuvenation. It aims at removing the fundamental causes rather than just the symptoms of a disease or disorder. The Chinese health and healing is a wholesome approach.
To illustrate, the Western healthy-living approach emphasizes fad diets, such as the Atkins Diet, and the South Beach Diet, among others). These diets are self-limiting in that an individual may stop the diet upon reaching the targeted weight loss. In addition, these diets are behavior changing, requiring an individual to eat less, or not to eat certain types of food. As such, their results are not lasting as indicated by constant body weight fluctuation. The Chinese natural health, on the other hand, has an open-ended goal, focusing on changes in attitudes in the physical, the mental, and the spiritual well-being; it is an ongoing process with lasting results.
The Chinese healing and natural health approach encompasses not only science, but also philosophy and religion as well.
The science of Chinese healing is based on not the constantly changing research data but the eternal wisdom that has been refined over many thousands of years. It is the science of truth expressed in natural health.
The philosophy of Chinese healing is based on the thinking of the sage seeking harmony, peace, and longevity.
The religion in Chinese healing is deemed only as disciplines conducive towards sublime states of being in which all aspects of life are appreciated through enlightenment.
Thus, the Chinese health and healing has its foundation built on thousands of years of culture and the philosophical teachings of Buddhism, Taoism and Zen. From that foundation come the 9 pillars of wisdom on the art of living well. Essentially, Chinese healing is a simple practical science of natural health in which principles are universally applicable to each individual's daily existence.
The way of Chinese healing may not necessarily be a better way, but it certainly offers profound wisdom of a different kind.
Interestingly, Okinawa (a state of Japan) has the world’s most concentrated centenarians (individuals over 100 years old). Okinawa, Japan, and Hong Kong are the top three areas of the world in life expectancy, and for one good reason too: they all incorporate both the Eastern and Western approaches to natural healing and health rejuvenation in their health care systems. This is something worthy of note.
On this site, there are 9 pillars upholding the premise of Chinese healing and natural health for wellness and longevity - the Chinese art of living well:
The Pillar of Health Attitudes
Health attitudes lead to diligence, which is one of the seven virtues of a healthy lifestyle for natural healing.
The Pillar of Mind Power
Mind power can change your health attitudes and dispel distorted thinking through Buddhist meditation. Mind power can create the reality of natural healing.
The Pillar of Anger Management
Anger management does not look back in anger. The Zen lifestyle for natural healing is living in the present with no great expectation.
The Pillar of Stress Control
Stress control is mindlessness of aging, forgetting the weight control problem, and abandoning the love of money - all life stressors preventing natural healing.
The Pillar of Mindfulness
Mindfulness of a healthy love relationship, which embraces Buddhist compassion, loving kindness, and generosity, is conducive to natural healing.
The Pillar of Healthy Living
Healthy living, a prerequisite of natural healing, maintains the body through fasting and detoxification and preserves the mind through optimum mental health.
The Pillar of Chinese Healing
Chinese healing is based on the five elements, and the yin and yang philosophy. Their balance and harmony bring about natural healing and health rejuvenation.
The Pillar of Chinese Health
Chinese health is predicated on the principle of qi, blood, jing, and shen, and the balance of yin and yang for natural healing and health rejuvenation.
The Pillar of Rejuvenation
Health rejuvenation, with the free flow of qi, healthy breathing, and restful sleep, complements recovery, ultimately leading to natural healing.
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
Music on the site from The Last Emperor by David Byrne
Disclaimer: The author is merely expressing his own opinions on different aspects of Chinese health and wellness, and is not proffering any medical advice on any health issues.
Natural healing is a long and slow process of transformation, requiring much love, kindness, and compassion, and, above all, patience. Such transformation may be attainable through Zen meditation, which opens the door to self-knowledge. In fact, Chinese healing is self-knowledge itself, and you are your own healer. Yes, only you know your body's constitution, only you know your own needs, and only you can activate the natural healing power inherent in you. With intuitive knowing of who you are and what you want from life, you become aware of the intuitive wisdom in perceiving the true nature of reality, in particular, that of natural health.
With intuitive wisdom, you begin to cultivate the art of living well, which holds the key to natural health and health rejuvenation for longevity living. This also forms the foundation of Chinese healing, which is quite different from that of Western medicine.
Western medicine bases on the medical model in which a doctor identifies a set of symptoms of a disease or disorder, and makes a diagnosis to confirm the doctor’s examination; it focuses on pathology, drug, and surgical therapies; it is essentially disease-symptom management.
The Chinese health and healing approach, on the other hand, bases on the balance and harmony of an individual - more specifically, the natural health for healing and health rejuvenation. It aims at removing the fundamental causes rather than just the symptoms of a disease or disorder. The Chinese health and healing is a wholesome approach.
To illustrate, the Western healthy-living approach emphasizes fad diets, such as the Atkins Diet, and the South Beach Diet, among others). These diets are self-limiting in that an individual may stop the diet upon reaching the targeted weight loss. In addition, these diets are behavior changing, requiring an individual to eat less, or not to eat certain types of food. As such, their results are not lasting as indicated by constant body weight fluctuation. The Chinese natural health, on the other hand, has an open-ended goal, focusing on changes in attitudes in the physical, the mental, and the spiritual well-being; it is an ongoing process with lasting results.
The Chinese healing and natural health approach encompasses not only science, but also philosophy and religion as well.
The science of Chinese healing is based on not the constantly changing research data but the eternal wisdom that has been refined over many thousands of years. It is the science of truth expressed in natural health.
The philosophy of Chinese healing is based on the thinking of the sage seeking harmony, peace, and longevity.
The religion in Chinese healing is deemed only as disciplines conducive towards sublime states of being in which all aspects of life are appreciated through enlightenment.
Thus, the Chinese health and healing has its foundation built on thousands of years of culture and the philosophical teachings of Buddhism, Taoism and Zen. From that foundation come the 9 pillars of wisdom on the art of living well. Essentially, Chinese healing is a simple practical science of natural health in which principles are universally applicable to each individual's daily existence.
The way of Chinese healing may not necessarily be a better way, but it certainly offers profound wisdom of a different kind.
Interestingly, Okinawa (a state of Japan) has the world’s most concentrated centenarians (individuals over 100 years old). Okinawa, Japan, and Hong Kong are the top three areas of the world in life expectancy, and for one good reason too: they all incorporate both the Eastern and Western approaches to natural healing and health rejuvenation in their health care systems. This is something worthy of note.
On this site, there are 9 pillars upholding the premise of Chinese healing and natural health for wellness and longevity - the Chinese art of living well:
The Pillar of Health Attitudes
Health attitudes lead to diligence, which is one of the seven virtues of a healthy lifestyle for natural healing.
The Pillar of Mind Power
Mind power can change your health attitudes and dispel distorted thinking through Buddhist meditation. Mind power can create the reality of natural healing.
The Pillar of Anger Management
Anger management does not look back in anger. The Zen lifestyle for natural healing is living in the present with no great expectation.
The Pillar of Stress Control
Stress control is mindlessness of aging, forgetting the weight control problem, and abandoning the love of money - all life stressors preventing natural healing.
The Pillar of Mindfulness
Mindfulness of a healthy love relationship, which embraces Buddhist compassion, loving kindness, and generosity, is conducive to natural healing.
The Pillar of Healthy Living
Healthy living, a prerequisite of natural healing, maintains the body through fasting and detoxification and preserves the mind through optimum mental health.
The Pillar of Chinese Healing
Chinese healing is based on the five elements, and the yin and yang philosophy. Their balance and harmony bring about natural healing and health rejuvenation.
The Pillar of Chinese Health
Chinese health is predicated on the principle of qi, blood, jing, and shen, and the balance of yin and yang for natural healing and health rejuvenation.
The Pillar of Rejuvenation
Health rejuvenation, with the free flow of qi, healthy breathing, and restful sleep, complements recovery, ultimately leading to natural healing.
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
Music on the site from The Last Emperor by David Byrne
Disclaimer: The author is merely expressing his own opinions on different aspects of Chinese health and wellness, and is not proffering any medical advice on any health issues.
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