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All companies have potential money that it has to turn into actual money.  Though every company is different, the idea of a warehouse that stores and distributes goods is fairly universal.   Digestion, Rotting, and Ripening… Classically, the Stomach Official is known as “The official of rotting and ripening.”  This speaks to the act of putting food in and getting a different product out.  Starting at the mouth, the body is able to break down massive molecules into the tiniest building blocks, which we use all over our body.  It’s a truly amazing feat to see a steak turned into a hair.   How does this relate to a warehouse?  Most companies have some sort or service that they have.  At some point, an order, which is just words, needs to turn become a product that the customer gets.  That transformation is a form of digestion and leaves the company […]

I heard a quote once about sports teams:  “The team is a reflection of the coach.”  The same rings true about a company, that it is a reflection of its owner/creator.  The concept for the company was once the “baby” of the owner, growing from a single budding idea.  The owner is what gives the company a soul.  The owner is the person who gets interviewed on the morning shows, gets their picture taken for the cover of a magazine, and gives the speech at the company picnic.     The House of the Shen… It’s impossible to talk about the Heart without mentioning the Shen (soul).  In fact, when reading the Chinese characters for Heart, it reads as “an empty house for the Shen.”  During the day, the Shen spreads like a fire through the woods, and at night, it returns to the Heart where it settles for the […]

To survive in any society one needs to know who to trust and who not to trust.  As a young child, we learn not to trust strangers.  As teens, we have friends we can tell secrets to about crushes.  As adults, friends are there for financial advice and therapy sessions.  This trust stems from the Pericardium Official’s ability to open up and allow people access to our heart.       The Heart is so important it needs it’s own personal bodyguard…  It would be impossible to talk about the Pericardium, also known as the Heart Protector, without talking about the Heart.  In Chinese Medicine, the Heart is the Emperor or the President/Owner as you’ll read in the next newsletter.  The Heart is the soul of a country or a business and in fact where your soul lives in your body.  Imagine if people had free access to your soul, your […]

Whether we like it or not society exists and society will have their opinions of us.  100% of the time, public perception of us is different than our true selves.  When we go out into public, the Triple Warmer (also known as The Triple Burner, Triple Energizer, Triple Heater, or San Jiao) comes alive and plays a role in how we present ourselves to the world.  At times, we will be “warm” and at other times we will be “cold”.  This isn’t necessarily an indication of our true selves because even the warmest and kindest of people will seem cold at times.  It all depends on our read of the situation.   The Thermostat:  In Chinese medicine, the Triple Warmer is known as the “Official of Balance and Harmony”and is also responsible for the spreading of warmth and life to all parts of the body.  As a fractal, the Triple […]

If You’re Not In the Obit, Eat Breakfast/The Blue Zones   There’s a new HBO Documentary out made by Carl Reiner about aging called If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast.  It focuses on many people over the age of 90 and why they were thriving!  It featured such names as Mel Brooks, Tony Bennett, Betty White, and Dick Van Dyke. What is your vitality score? https://apps.bluezones.com/en/vitality   A prominent interview in the movie was with author Dan Buettner, who wrote The Blue Zones.  This is a book that I wrote a Newsletter for back in 2010!  So I dug it up to take a look at what the book said.  For those who don’t know about the book, it looked all around the world to see what cultures had the highest percentage of people living to the age of 100 and tried to figure out why.  First the […]

The Small Intestine Official can be the easiest to understand from both western and eastern perspectives because it has the same function from both perspectives: sorting.   The Western Small Intestine:  When you put food into your system it first gets digested by the stomach and then moves into the small intestine.  Once in the small intestine, the food goes through the maze of intestinal flora (probiotics) and villi (micro-absorbers) on its way down the digestive system.  The small intestine’s job is to absorb nutrients and allow waste products and other non-helpful parts to simply continue on the journey out of the body.  Problems occur when the flora becomes improper and when the villi get misshapen; creating holes in the wall of the small intestine.  This allows what should be eliminated to remain in the system where they are now able to create havoc and need to be detoxified.    […]

In Chinese Medicine the Gallbladder is known as “the decision maker” and is said to make literally every decision you make.  When to chew, when to swallow, what word to type, etc.  Because the Gallbladder is involved in every decision from major to minor, it’s almost like it’s split into many little parts and has an effect in all parts of the body, like it’s the manager of that part.     Helping give perspective to make proper decisions:  A balanced Gallbladder will see things for what they truly are, making sure that perspective is right.  Only in this way can a decision be made that leads toward balance.  This differs from the Kidney which only sees the truth.  A good analogy would be a mediator as they have to take into account all sides, not just the truth that each is presenting.  Any good mediator also keeps in mind […]

Classically, in Chinese Medicine, the Liver Official gets named “the general of the army”, but I feel that “The CEO” holds more understanding in today’s culture.  The biggest job of the CEO is making a long term plan.  Any person who has a strong and balanced Liver knows the path they want to take and are currently on in life.     What if I don’t have a path in life?  That’s ok, it just means we need to retune your Liver.  It’s possible you abuse it a lot, or generally haven’t given it the chance to be the CEO because other people have told you what to do every step of the way.  Give yourself the chance to choose your path and you’ll find it’s fulfilling and rather easy.  Life is about picking a path and adjusting along the way, not back-peddling and completely changing direction.   I’ve abused […]

The Perfect Acupoint for Star Wars Characters   The acupoint KDY 26 is called “Amidst Elegance” and helps a patient realize that they can move on from past events that they feel shameful about.  When I first learned about this, I connected it to Darth Vader and how he almost ruined the Star Wars galaxy but righted himself energetically by killing the Emperor.  Afterward, as he is dying, he tells Luke, his son, how he felt saved.   Since that day, I’ve always called it “Darth Vader” point, telling patients that if he can come back from the dark side, they can come back from what lingers in their past.   KDY 26 and Darth Vader then sparked the idea for me:  What acupoint do other characters in Star Wars need?  The trick is picking a moment in time that they would need the treatment since each character grows throughout the […]