The Season of Fire
By: William A Rogers
Wednesday
June 21st was the first day of the summer season. Ancient Taoist
masters developed wellness theories for each season utilizing the Five Elements
of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and water. Fire is the element of summer. For those
who wish to use a proactive approach to health I will discuss a few Taoist
concepts for health maintenance during the summer season of fire.
The Heart is
the Yin organ associated with the Fire element of summer and the Small
Intestine is the Yang organ. Mars is the planet, red is the color, love and joy
are positive summer emotions and hate and impatience are negative summer
emotions. I find it interesting that the planet Mars is associated with the
color red and the act of war by many who had little or no understanding of
these ancient Taoist concepts.
Heart
attacks are more common in the summer and emotion plays a major part. Negative
emotions such as anger and impatience can be a greater risk to the heart in the
summer. Negative emotions also create
problems for our small intestine. The small intestine is the digestive tract
between the stomach and cecum. Absorption and digestion are not the only
functions of the small intestine; according to Taoist theory the small
intestine also helps the body digest unsettled emotions.
During the
hot summer months negative emotions of anger, worry, sadness, fear and
impatience should be avoided as much as possible. If the small intestine
becomes over loaded with negative emotions it can become unhealthy. An
unhealthy small intestine can cause hormonal and menstrual disorders for women.
It can also develop mucus in the lungs and be the cause of back pain and varicose
veins.
The Harlem
Ki Energy Center www.kienergycenter.com can help you develop a proactive approach to
summer health with meditation classes and special Ki small intestine organ
massage treatments. Ki treatments can help the small intestine eliminate toxins
caused by negative emotions. Meditation can eliminate negative thoughts which
can help develop the positive summer emotions of love and joy.
Call my
direct line at 646 329-6727 to schedule an appointment at our Harlem wellness
center; or send an email to yourway2wellness2014@gmail.com.
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