Chapter 3 - Are Paida and Lajin suitable for those weak in Qi?

Are Paida and Lajin suitable for those weak in Qi?

Diseases and aging are caused by declined yang-qi (right qi) in the body. The way to replenish yang-qi is to clear our meridians, as “smooth flowing meridians are the best tonic”. However, many people, including experienced doctors of Chinese medicine, are not able to grasp this point. From a scientific perspective, Paida and Lajin can induce generation of “endogenous medicine” in the body. It has been proven in front-line scientific research (Please refer to Prof. Gerard Karsenty’s findings published in Cell Journal, August 2007 Issue) that joints, skin, muscles, tendons and bones are not only kinematic systems; they are the largest human endocrine system. As such, when Paida and Lajin work on them, meridians, tendons, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, nerves and other systems will be gradually cleansed; organs, blood and even body cells will be re-optimized. This not only enhances the immune system, biochemical substances needed by the individual, or “endogenous medicines”, such as hormones, stem cells, insulin, adrenaline, enkephalin, etc. will also be automatically generated.

This is clearly explained in Chinese medicine: Paida and Lajin replenish yang-qi (right qi), which enhances the circulation. When aided with food therapy (e.g. ginger and date soup), the body will have sufficient yang-qi, and diseases are kept at bay. Smooth flowing meridians can enhance yang-qi, which acts as an anti-virus software in the body that automatically removes viruses, swellings, tumors and other diseases. Therefore, replenishing weak Qi should be done on the premise of smooth flowing Qi in meridians. Otherwise, nourishments entering the body may spur the growth of diseases instead of replenishing the body.

Hence, as long as one is alive, Paida and Lajin can be practiced; however, it should be noted that the intensity should be increased gradually from light to heavy; and the duration be lengthened gradually according to one’s condition and tolerance. 


COLUMBIA NEWS.

Research Shows Skeleton to be Endocrine Organ.

Crucial to controlling weight and metabolism; discovery opens door to therapy for type-2-diabetes. 

Bones are typically thought of as calcified,  inert structures, but researchers at Columbia  University Medical Center have now  identified a surprising and critically  important novel function of the skeleton.  They’ve shown for the first time that  the skeleton is an endocrine organ  that helps control our sugar metabolism  and weight, which makes it a major  determinant of the development of  type 2 diabetes. The research, published in the August 10  issue of Cell, demonstrates that bone cells  release a hormone called osteocalcin, which  controls the regulation of blood sugar  (glucose) and fat deposition through  synergistic mechanisms previously not  recognized. Usually, an increase in insulin  secretion is accompanied by a decrease in  insulin sensitivity. Osteocalcin, however,  increases both the secretion and sensitivity of  insulin, in addition to boosting the number of  insulin-producing cells and reducing stores of  fat.  In this published research, authors show that  an increase in osteocalcin activity prevents  the development of type 2 diabetes and  obesity in mice. This discovery potentially  opens the door for novel therapeutic avenues  for the prevention and treatment of type 2  diabetes.  “The discovery that our bones are responsible  for regulating blood sugar in ways that were  not known before completely changes our  understanding of the function of the skeleton  and uncovers a crucial aspect of energy  metabolism,” said Gerard Karsenty, M.D.,  Ph.D., chair of the department of Genetics and  Development at Columbia University Medical  Center, Paul Marks Professor in the Basic  Sciences, and senior author of the paper.  “These results uncover an important aspect of  endocrinology that was unappreciated until  now.”

Karsenty and his colleagues had previously shown that leptin, a hormone released by fat cells, acts upon and ultimately controls bone mass. They reasoned that bones must in turn communicate with fat, so they searched bone-forming cells for molecules that could potentially send signals back to fat cells.  

The researchers found that osteocalcin, a protein made only by bone-forming cells (osteoblasts), was not a mere structural protein, but rather a hormone with totally unanticipated and crucial functions. Osteocalcin directs the pancreas’ beta cells, which produce the body’s supply of insulin, to produce more insulin. At the same time, osteocalcin directs fat cells to release a hormone called adiponectin, which improves insulin sensitivity. This discovery showed for the first time that one hormone has a synergistic function in regulating insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity, and that this coordinating signal comes from the skeleton. Additionally, osteocalcin enhances the production of insulin-producing beta cells, which is considered one of the best, but currently unattainable, strategies to treat diabetes.

People with type-2-diabetes have been shown to have low osteocalcin levels, suggesting that altering the activity of this molecule could be an effective therapy. That hypothesis is supported by the Columbia research, which showed that mice with high levels of osteocalcin activity were prevented from gaining weight or becoming diabetic even when they ate a high fat diet. Analysis of mice lacking the osteocalcin protein showed that they had type 2 diabetes, increased fat mass, a decrease in insulin and adiponectin expression, and decreased beta-cell proliferation.

This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the American Diabetes Association, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The researchers are now examining the role of osteocalcin in the regulation of blood sugar in humans and are continuing investigations into the relationship between osteocalcin and the appearance of type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Published: August 09, 2007
Last modified: Aug 09, 2007

Chapter 3 -“Anti-virus software” and the meridian system

“Anti-virus software” and the meridian system (“杀毒软件”与经络系统)

“Can Lajin cure tinnitus?” “Can it cure headaches?” “Diabetes?” “What about hypertension?” All these questions have one thing in common — they are asked in terms of “disease names”. Yet what I want to emphasize is that people should first ignore the “disease names”. When you are trying only to suppress symptoms, problems will arise. For instance, “hypertensive” patients try all they can merely to reduce blood pressure to standard levels; and “diabetic” patients try every possible means just to lower blood sugar levels. (“拉筋能治耳鸣吗？”“拉筋能治头痛吗？”“糖尿病？”“高血压呢？”这些问题都有一个共同点，都是以“病名”来问的。但我想强调的是，大家首先要忽略“病名”，当你一味地抑制症状时，问题就来了，比如“高血压”患者想尽一切办法只是为了把血压降到标准水平；“糖尿病”患者想尽一切办法只是为了降低血糖。)

People should realize that according to Chinese medicine, all diseases are complex diseases, i.e. diseases are all interrelated. Do not look at a “disease” as an isolated phenomenon; instead, treat related diseases altogether. I call it “carpet bombing”. And, whether there are diseases or not, just drop the bombs first, as there could be various potential diseases lurking in your body that you might not even be aware of. Diseases that are detectable by modern medicine are just tip of the iceberg, there are many more yet to be detected. Often times, medication against one disease leads to onset of other diseases. However, what frequently happens with Paida and Lajin is that: when one disease is targeted, other diseases are cured as well. I encountered this when I cured some gynaecological disorders by chance while treating people with other diseases. I have thus become a “gynaecological expert” without realizing it. It is indeed quite amusing. (人们应该认识到，中医认为，一切疾病都是复合病，也就是疾病都是相互关联的。不要把一种“病”当作一个孤立的现象，而要把相关的疾病一起治，我把这叫做“地毯式轰炸”。不管有病没病，先扔炸弹，你的身体里可能还潜伏着各种你不知道的潜在疾病。现代医学能发现的疾病只是冰山一角，还有更多的疾病没有被发现。很多时候，治好了一种病，其他的病也跟着来了。然而，拍打拉筋经常发生的是，治好了一种病，其他的病也跟着好了。我就遇到过这种情况，我在给别人看病时，偶然治好了妇科病，就此不知不觉地成了“妇科专家”，说起来，还挺有意思。)

The human body has an innate “self-healing system” that cannot be seen or touched; it is known in Chinese medicine as the meridian system (system of energy channels). In Western medicine, it might be described as the “nervous system” or the “urinary system”. Chinese medicine holds that “where ‘Qi’ flows smoothly, there will be natural blood flow”, and the actual work of driving blood flow is done by “Qi”. Furthermore, “Qi” is not visible to the naked eye, but cutting-edge scientific instruments can now detect the existence of “Qi”. I have a physicist friend named Zhang Changlin, whose book Invisible Rainbow elaborates on scientific proof of the existence of “Qi”. (人体具有与生俱来的看不见、摸不着的“自愈系统”，中医称之为经络系统，西医称之为“神经系统”或“泌尿系统”。中医认为“气行则血行”，而真正推动血行的是“气”。另外，“气”虽然肉眼看不见，但先进的科学仪器可以探测到“气”的存在。我有一个物理学家朋友，张长林，他的《看不见的彩虹》一书详细阐述了“气”存在的科学依据。)

When practicing Paida and Lajin, we are actually activating the “anti-virus software” in our body, i.e. the self-healing power. Once activated, it scans the entire body to cleanse all stagnant or blocked meridians. That is why one feels such sensations as soreness, numbness, swelling, pain, itchiness, cold, heat, etc. during the process. One feels pain where meridians are blocked. Where there is a minor obstruction (like a narrowed water pipe), when the “anti-virus software” is activated through Paida and/or Lajin, “Qi” will move faster and you will feel some numbing and swelling sensations; sometimes, all the sensations of soreness, numbness, swelling, and itchiness will sweep over you; sometimes, you will feel a warm sensation after the meridians are cleared; sometimes, you can even feel the cold being expelled from your body. (我们拍打拉筋的时候，其实就是启动了身体的“杀毒软件”，也就是自愈能力，它启动之后会扫描全身，把淤堵的经络都清理掉，所以才会有酸、麻、肿、痛、痒、冷、热等感觉。经络不通的地方就会有疼痛的感觉。如果有一点堵塞（比如水管变窄），拍打拉筋启动“杀毒软件”之后，“气”就会运行得更快，会有麻、肿的感觉；有时候酸、麻、肿、痒的感觉全都来了；有时候经络打通了，会有温热的感觉；有时候甚至能感觉到寒气从身体里排出来。)

People are accustomed to treating a disease as an isolated phenomenon, and are prone to being misled by the disease name; they only want to get rid of the disease without being otherwise bothered. Unfortunately, this is not the way to treat diseases.
Then, what should be done? Remember the analogy of “anti-virus software” I just mentioned? (人们习惯于把疾病当成一个孤立的现象，容易被疾病的名称误导，只想摆脱疾病，而不去理会其他事情。不幸的是，这并不是治疗疾病的方法。那么，该怎么办呢？还记得我刚才提到的“杀毒软件”的比喻吗？)

Whenever I am asked if this or that disease can be cured, my answer would be, “Please remember ‘anti-virus’! ‘anti-virus’!” By that, I mean in treatment of diseases, we should target the entire body, as a holistic system. Try to recall which meridian hurts most when doing Lajin, the Urinary Bladder Meridian, right? That’s the one located behind the knees. It runs from head to toe, and is the largest detoxification channel in our body. Cleansing this meridian cures numerous diseases, such as lower back and leg pain, liver problems, kidney disorders, gynaecological disorders, prostate disorders and so on. This is because the Urinary Bladder Meridian is linked to the lower back and legs, and is connected to the Spleen, Liver and Kidney Meridians. Some people can neither straighten the raised leg on the Lajin bench, nor can they have the lowered leg touch the ground. This indicates problems with the Urinary Bladder, Liver, Spleen, and Kidney Meridians. There are three “yin” meridians (the Spleen, Liver, and Kidney Meridians) along the inner side of the legs, and once cleared, diabetes, hypertension, gynaecological and prostate disorders will all be cured. Some people like to slap the Gall Bladder Meridian on the outer side of the legs; actually, it is more crucial to Paida the inner side of the thighs, which will deliver benefits that you may have never expected. (每当有人问我这个病那个病能不能治好的时候，我的回答都是：“请记住‘抗病毒’！‘抗病毒’！”我的意思是治病要从全身着眼，整体着眼。大家回忆一下拉筋的时候最疼的经络是膀胱经，对吧？就是膝盖后面的那个经络，从头到脚，是身体最大的排毒通道。疏通这个经络可以治很多病，比如腰腿痛、肝病、肾病、妇科病、前列腺病等等。因为膀胱经通腰腿，又通脾经、肝经、肾经。有些人在拉筋凳上抬起的腿不能伸直，放下的腿也不能碰到地。 这表明膀胱、肝、脾、肾经有问题。腿部内侧有三条“阴”经（脾、肝、肾经），一旦疏通，糖尿病、高血压、妇科病和前列腺病都会好起来。有些人喜欢拍打腿部外侧的胆经；实际上，拍打大腿内侧更为重要，这将带来你可能从未想过的好处。)

I recently discovered an additional type of disease that can be treated with Lajin. Guess what can be most effectively treated among males, especially in older men? The answer is prostate disorders. A leader with the Department of Retired Officials told me that over 90% of the retired officials have prostate problems. They would travel great distances looking for all sorts of remedies, but the effects were only temporary. However, by practicing Paida and Lajin, the efficacy is almost immediate, and the effective rate is above 90%. (最近我发现一种病可以用拉筋来治疗，你猜什么病对男性，特别是老年男性最有效？答案就是前列腺疾病。一位离退休干部局的领导告诉我，离退休干部90%以上都有前列腺问题，他们不远千里去找各种药，但效果都比较短暂，而拍打拉筋则立竿见影，有效率在90%以上。)

Why does Huang Di Nei Jing place so much emphasis on meridians? Because by cleansing meridians, health problems can be solved once and for all. But how come some people give up on meridian therapies shortly after applying knowledge of the meridian system in treatment of diseases? The answer is that the meridian system is quite complex, and that the number of acupoints along the meridians makes it an even greater challenge. Thus people find it hard to even start. This is the reason why I have chosen Lajin, because in Lajin, once the key principle is grasped, the rest will fall in place. The truest path is the simplest. The Lajin method may appear simple, but it stretches and clears all the meridians. Stretch as much as you can, and the pain will target blockages along the meridians. The moment you activate this “anti-virus software”, it starts to scan your entire body, carrying out diagnosis and treatment at the same time. Self-healing is that simple! (《黄帝内经》为什么重视经络？因为疏通经络，健康问题就能一劳永逸地解决。但为什么有些人在运用经络知识治病后不久就放弃了经络疗法呢？因为经络系统非常复杂，经络上的穴位众多，难度更大，让人难以下手。这也是我选择拉筋的原因，因为拉筋只要掌握了要点，其他的就都水到渠成了。真正的道，其实就是最简单的。拉筋的方法看似简单，但却是把所有的经络都拉通了，你能拉多大，痛就痛在经络上的堵塞处。当你启动这个“杀毒软件”的那一刻，它就开始扫描你的全身，一边诊断，一边治疗，自愈就是这么简单！ )

Blocked Qi Release Technique (BQRT)

When you contact me, please state the following:

Name you prefer to be called:

Age:

Symptom and duration: (For example. lower left back pain for the last 3 years or right shoulder pain since 2010).

Your Location:

• I will then reply you ASAP and ask for more info.
• If you are bedridden or hospitalized, I regret to inform you that I am unable to assist you at the current moment.
• I reserve the right not to entertain your message(s) should I determine that you are not suitable for me to assist and no explanation will be provided.

And for compensation for my time and energy, well, for the current moment you just donate in any form to any charity of your choice nearest to your location.

Once again, if you (or your loved ones) are suffering some sort of discomfort/pain (physical or emotion), you really got nothing to loose by contacting me as I am ready to help you achieve a better quality of life.

 

BLOCKED QI RELEASE TECHNIQUE

In traditional Chinese culture qi (also called Ch’i and pronounced as chee) is the vital energy that flows in every living organism. Similar concept to qi – gi (Korean), ki (Japanese) Prana (Indian), pneuma (ancient Greece), mana (Hawaiian), lung (Tibetan), ruah (Hebrew).

Basically, the flow of qi within a person will determine his/her well being. However, the flow of qi can be blocked (tangled, causing the flow to be disrupted) when the person experiences a significant event. And all of us experience many significant events in our lifetime, thus, this will result in many blocked qi within our body. Our body will adjust to the blocked qi and thus we may not feel any discomfort or our body may tolerate/accept it.

Having said the above, blocked qi can also happen because of events that may seem insignificant to us when our body is vulnerable (tired, sick, under stress, etc).

With time, because our inner life force energy flow is not perfect due to blocked qi (the vital energy flow is tangled and accumulated in a form of a ball, thus emitting vibration to the rest of our body); it will trigger problems to other parts of our body, our well being will eventually be affected and our body will tell us something is wrong by showing up as symptoms (e.g. migraines, shoulder pain, neck pain, etc).

Google the following subjects to have an insight about Qi and releasing blocked Qi:

1. Qi wikipedia. Qi is a Chinese word and is also known as Life Force and Vital Energy.

2. Blocked Qi Release Technique.

First thing first, you have to sign up for the Blocked Qi Release Technique Course. It is a four days course from 9am to 6pm.

 The Blocked Qi Release Technique was taught by the Master himself, Mr. C K Tan. The class had about 30 people from various faiths including 2 doctors and 4 engineers . Each and everyone of students were amazed with their new found skill to help not only themselves, their family members but others too. What impressed anyone most is, at the end of the four days seminar, all students experienced some kind of healing (may it be physical or emotion), were happier and a much loving bunch of people.

 

And the Blocked Qi Release Technique has nothing to do with religion, for it is not a religious seminar. Nobody is going to preach religion to the student and try to influence anyone on any religion. A person practicing the Blocked Qi Release Technique intention is purely to release the blocked qi that is affecting his/her or another person’s health; so that the person being “treated” can have a better quality of life.

 

Blocked Qi Release Technique Beginner and Advance courses by Master C K Tan .

 

In no way am I claiming that I can cure any diseases or you should you stop taking any of your medication.

 

If you are sick (e.g. fever, infected with a contagious disease) or suffer from physical injury (e.g. broken bone or have been shot), go see a doctor. However, if your doctor can’t assist or diagnose the cause of your discomfort which you are experiencing for months or years (e.g. migraine, wind, shoulder pain, back pain, hand pain, leg pain or any part of your body has issues) or other perpetual problems that is affecting your quality of life (e.g. eczema, insomnia, frequent anxiety attacks, can’t concentrate on your work, get agitated easily, ED and etc) and you have no one else to ask for help, then maybe I can assist you. As for removing addiction to cigarettes, that has nothing to do with blocked qi but purely one’s own choice.

 

Now I say maybe I can assist you, this is because I am not a miracle healer and sometimes your health issue may not be due to blocked qi but instead is due to other factors like parasites, environment (e.g. toxic gas or polluted water), allergies, toxins (e.g. alcohol, tobacco and drugs), geopathic stress (you should also google to read more about this) and etc. Basically, what I do is to determine if there are Blocked Qis related to your issue and release it so that your Qi (Vital Energy) flow improves and your body can heal itself.

 

So, if you (or your parent or your child or someone you know or even your pet) has issue(s) that is affecting your ability to live life to the fullest, you have nothing to lose by having me assist you or your loved ones to achieve a better quality of life by using Blocked Qi Release Technique.

 

With the Blocked Qi Release Technique, you will not experience any sort of pain since I am not going to insert any needles or put pressure on any part of your body. There are no side effects because I am not prescribing any sort of medication or supplements.

 

And if I cannot be of any assistance… well, you are no worst off compared to your current state. But if you do not try it, it may be your lost.

 

I am now offering my assistance to EVERYONE ON PLANET EARTH .

However, if you are nowhere near to where I am, I am still able to assist you in releasing your blocked Qi through long distance “healing”.

MY FIRST SUCCESSFUL CASE OF RELIEVING PAIN

My very first case of helping another person after I completed the Blocked Qi Release Technique Seminar was on the morning of 25th May 2016. I have known this lady for more than a year. I asked her if she had any pain in her body? She said she had “waist” pain. I asked if she was experiencing the waist pain at that moment and she said no. So, I said, if you have no pain, how am I going to help you?

 

The lady then said that she has pain in her left knee. I then asked her how long she has been experiencing the pain and what is the scale of the pain at that moment. She replied that she has been having pain to her left knee for the last 6 months and she rated the pain at that moment to be 3 out of 10.

 

Now, I have something to work on, i.e. Left Knee Pain for last 6 months and pain level at 3.

 

I then tried to identify the blocked qi that is contributing to the lady’s left knee pain. After I released the blocked qi (the entire process took less than 10 minutes), I asked her what is the scale of the pain? Well, she then checked and to her surprised, she said the pain was gone. Well, I was surprised too as I did not expect the pain to immediately disappear completely!

 

This particular lady only had 1 blocked qi contributing to her left knee pain. Some people may have more than 1. If you recall, in my case, BY released more than 6 blocked qi that contributed to my extreme discomfort in the soles of my feet.

 

The next day at around 9pm, I whatsapp her to ask if she still had pain in her left knee. She replied, her left knee was okay and thanked me.

 

I tell you, the feeling of being able to assist this lady by relieving her suffering and her being grateful to me is the best feeling in the world

ZILLION THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT AGAIN

Last but not least, I would like to thank each and every one of you for reading this.

 

May you all be blessed with perpetual good health and happiness always

With love,

K K

 

 

Human Body Energy Clock

“Why do I keep waking up at 3am?” I couldn’t figure it out. It was driving me crazy. I would go to bed exhausted, usually some time between 11:30pm and 1am, sleep a few hours, and then wake up with a mind full of stress, worries, anxiety, negativity, etc. When I looked over at the time, it would be around 3am. It was happening just about every night. It got to the point where any time I woke up, I was like “Oh, it must be 3am” and sure enough, when I looked at the time, it was 3:08 or 3:15 or some time right around 3am.

Of course, if you google “waking up at 3am”, you will come up with all kinds of different reasons including many that are supernatural or demonic (after all, it’s referred to as the witching hour). However, I decided to dig deeper. I had remembered reading somewhere that 3am is the time that the liver goes into its cleansing mode so I began digging around there. Soon I found myself learning all about the Chinese Body Clock.

The Chinese Body Clock is based on Chinese medicine and the body organ Qi(energy) cycle. It’s the idea that there is a cyclic flow of energy through the body that moves in two hour intervals through the various organ systems. See diagram above. Click on the diagram for a larger version.

So for each two hour window, there is an organ system operating a peak energy. As per – http://pathways4health.org/2010/03/04/the-chinese-body-clock-energy-patterns-through-24-hours/

“When one organ is at its peak energy, the organ at the opposite side of the clock, 12 hours away, is at its lowest ebb. For example, between 1-3 a.m., the liver reaches its peak, doing its work to cleanse the blood, while the small intestine, the organ responsible for the absorption and assimilation of many key nutrients, is at its ebb. What does this tell us? Principally, that it must be taxing to the system to deal with late night meals and snacking. The body is not programmed to accommodate the modern habit of late-night screen-based stimulation and the eating habits that go with it. When we eat late at night, food is not well absorbed by the small intestine and the liver has little opportunity to do its job of housekeeping.

The idea, then, is to try when you can to plan daily activity around an organ system’s peak energy, while avoiding actions that can tax a system when its energy is at its lowest ebb. Think of lifestyle habits you might modify in order to better synchronize your system’s energy ebbs and flows:

Lungs: With the lungs at their peak energy in the early morning, you might want to schedule aerobic exercise at this time rather than later in the day. And, if you must speak through the long work day, presentations given earlier in the day benefit from greater lung energy. Laryngitis can set in late afternoon when lung energy is depleted .

Large Intestine: To get the day off to a good start, give yourself enough time early in the morning to honor the normal elimination function of the large intestine.

Stomach/Pancreas/Small Intestine: Try to eat heavier meals early in the day—at breakfast when the stomach is at its peak, and at lunch, to catch Qi’s expanding/warming energy as it crests at midday. Eating larger meals of the day early delivers nourishment to the small intestine when it is strongest, which aids absorption and assimilation.

Kidneys: The kidneys are aligned with the adrenals, the glands that produce cortisol to help us spring out of bed in the morning. Early morning, from 5 a.m.-7 a.m., is when kidney energy is weakest—a reason that people with depleted kidney energy often have trouble waking up to a new day.

Liver: The liver stores and cleanses the blood, a fact that becomes more interesting as we consider personal experience. Have you ever partied too much in the evening, and awakened in the wee hours of the morning feeling “off” and unable to fall back to sleep? Chances are good that you were tossing and turning between the hours of 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. when your alcohol over-loaded liver was struggling to do its work. The timing of the liver’s peak activity also speaks to consuming the last meal of the day as early as possible. The liver’s daily programming assumes an early dinner and bedtime. Before electricity and the light bulb, people ate supper and retired early, allowing time for the last meal of the day to digest so that the liver could be most effective in its peak hours of activity. The “work shift” of the liver, then, reinforces the concept of making the last meal of the day a light one that is consumed on the early side. The more time that passes after food is eaten before peak activity of the liver, the better the liver will be able to carry out its myriad of functions.”

I found that very interesting because I had a very hard time getting out of bed in the morning, and I also tended to eat dinner very late, usually making it my biggest meal of the day. Maybe that was why I kept waking up at 3am? In fact, nothing in my daily routine corresponded with the organ energy cycle. I also thought it was very interesting because I’m always trying to maximize how much I can get done in a day and in order to do that, it requires sustaining a good level of energy throughout the day. There were some days when I just had no energy, and I felt like I just couldn’t get going.

Before rearranging my schedule and my life, I decided to become more conscious of my body in relation to this energy clock theory. So as I went about my day, I kept in mind the various organ cycles.

I noticed that if I ever got gas (the intestinal kind), it was usually in the early morning, before I really woke up. I made it a point to look at the time – 5:30am. Hmmm. Large intestine cycle. My stomach would start growling around 8am. I always figured it was because I hadn’t eaten since the night before and it wanted breakfast which I always put off for another hour or two. Maybe it was because my body was in the stomach cycle? I always liked to sit down and get work done in the morning around 10am or so because I felt clear-headed and efficient. That corresponded to the chart. And I’ll be damned if I wasn’t always peeing in the late afternoon. Bladder cycle. I thought “Maybe I should give this body clock thing a try and see what happens”.

It’s been over a week now and I feel great! I’ve made some adjustments to my schedule to correspond to the organ cycles and I’m kind of amazed by it. I go to sleep around or by 11pm with a 50 oz. bottle of water on the night table next to my bed. I set my alarm for 6am. I don’t wake up at 3am anymore but sleep straight through to 6am when my alarm goes off. I still hit snooze once or twice, but by 6:20 I’m usually sitting up and have started drinking the water. I drink about 24 to 32 ounces before even getting out of bed. I can literally feel it traveling through my system and hydrating my body. I have breakfast around 7:30 or 8am and make lunch at the same time. I get as much food related activities out of the way while I’m in the stomach cycle. Prepare snacks, clean the kitchen, plan dinner, etc. At 9am I’m at my computer working and being productive, getting stuff done. Once the heart cycle rolls around at 11am, I send and respond to emails, reach out to family and friends, head to my office, and have lunch. At 1pm, it’s back to work tackling problems, responding to emails and issues, and analyzing data. Between 3pm and 5pm, I love having a cup of tea and making more work progress, perhaps delving into some research and analysis. I now try to have dinner before 7pm and start winding down my daily activities by 9pm or 10pm the latest. With some quiet time to just relax and read before sleeping.

To help with staying on these cycles, I’ve been setting the alarm on my phone to go off at the start of each cycle from 7am until 9pm. Mostly just as a conscious reminder. Some days I’m truly amazed at how great I feel, how much energy I have, and how much I can accomplish. Other days, when it seems everyone in my world needs me to drop everything and solve their problems, it can be more of a challenge. Sometimes there’s no time for lunch before 1pm or no time for dinner until after 7pm, but I can adjust to live more in harmony with the cycles. The most amazing thing for me has just been the fact that I’ve been up, out of bed, awake and with good energy before 7am! And of course, not waking up at 3am anymore is an added bonus.

Here’s a link for more information – http://www.spiritualcoach.com/chinese-body-clock/

“Why do I keep waking up at 3am?” I couldn’t figure it out. It was driving me crazy. I would go to bed exhausted, usually some time between 11:30pm and 1am, sleep a few hours, and then wake up with a mind full of stress, worries, anxiety, negativity, etc. When I looked over at the time, it would be around 3am. It was happening just about every night. It got to the point where any time I woke up, I was like “Oh, it must be 3am” and sure enough, when I looked at the time, it was 3:08 or 3:15 or some time right around 3am.

Of course, if you google “waking up at 3am”, you will come up with all kinds of different reasons including many that are supernatural or demonic (after all, it’s referred to as the witching hour). However, I decided to dig deeper. I had remembered reading somewhere that 3am is the time that the liver goes into its cleansing mode so I began digging around there. Soon I found myself learning all about the Chinese Body Clock.

The Chinese Body Clock is based on Chinese medicine and the body organ Qi(energy) cycle. It’s the idea that there is a cyclic flow of energy through the body that moves in two hour intervals through the various organ systems. See diagram above. Click on the diagram for a larger version.

So for each two hour window, there is an organ system operating a peak energy. As per – http://pathways4health.org/2010/03/04/the-chinese-body-clock-energy-patterns-through-24-hours/

“When one organ is at its peak energy, the organ at the opposite side of the clock, 12 hours away, is at its lowest ebb. For example, between 1-3 a.m., the liver reaches its peak, doing its work to cleanse the blood, while the small intestine, the organ responsible for the absorption and assimilation of many key nutrients, is at its ebb. What does this tell us? Principally, that it must be taxing to the system to deal with late night meals and snacking. The body is not programmed to accommodate the modern habit of late-night screen-based stimulation and the eating habits that go with it. When we eat late at night, food is not well absorbed by the small intestine and the liver has little opportunity to do its job of housekeeping.

The idea, then, is to try when you can to plan daily activity around an organ system’s peak energy, while avoiding actions that can tax a system when its energy is at its lowest ebb. Think of lifestyle habits you might modify in order to better synchronize your system’s energy ebbs and flows:

Lungs: With the lungs at their peak energy in the early morning, you might want to schedule aerobic exercise at this time rather than later in the day. And, if you must speak through the long work day, presentations given earlier in the day benefit from greater lung energy. Laryngitis can set in late afternoon when lung energy is depleted .

Large Intestine: To get the day off to a good start, give yourself enough time early in the morning to honor the normal elimination function of the large intestine.

Stomach/Pancreas/Small Intestine: Try to eat heavier meals early in the day—at breakfast when the stomach is at its peak, and at lunch, to catch Qi’s expanding/warming energy as it crests at midday. Eating larger meals of the day early delivers nourishment to the small intestine when it is strongest, which aids absorption and assimilation.

Kidneys: The kidneys are aligned with the adrenals, the glands that produce cortisol to help us spring out of bed in the morning. Early morning, from 5 a.m.-7 a.m., is when kidney energy is weakest—a reason that people with depleted kidney energy often have trouble waking up to a new day.

Liver: The liver stores and cleanses the blood, a fact that becomes more interesting as we consider personal experience. Have you ever partied too much in the evening, and awakened in the wee hours of the morning feeling “off” and unable to fall back to sleep? Chances are good that you were tossing and turning between the hours of 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. when your alcohol over-loaded liver was struggling to do its work. The timing of the liver’s peak activity also speaks to consuming the last meal of the day as early as possible. The liver’s daily programming assumes an early dinner and bedtime. Before electricity and the light bulb, people ate supper and retired early, allowing time for the last meal of the day to digest so that the liver could be most effective in its peak hours of activity. The “work shift” of the liver, then, reinforces the concept of making the last meal of the day a light one that is consumed on the early side. The more time that passes after food is eaten before peak activity of the liver, the better the liver will be able to carry out its myriad of functions.”

I found that very interesting because I had a very hard time getting out of bed in the morning, and I also tended to eat dinner very late, usually making it my biggest meal of the day. Maybe that was why I kept waking up at 3am? In fact, nothing in my daily routine corresponded with the organ energy cycle. I also thought it was very interesting because I’m always trying to maximize how much I can get done in a day and in order to do that, it requires sustaining a good level of energy throughout the day. There were some days when I just had no energy, and I felt like I just couldn’t get going.

Before rearranging my schedule and my life, I decided to become more conscious of my body in relation to this energy clock theory. So as I went about my day, I kept in mind the various organ cycles.

I noticed that if I ever got gas (the intestinal kind), it was usually in the early morning, before I really woke up. I made it a point to look at the time – 5:30am. Hmmm. Large intestine cycle. My stomach would start growling around 8am. I always figured it was because I hadn’t eaten since the night before and it wanted breakfast which I always put off for another hour or two. Maybe it was because my body was in the stomach cycle? I always liked to sit down and get work done in the morning around 10am or so because I felt clear-headed and efficient. That corresponded to the chart. And I’ll be damned if I wasn’t always peeing in the late afternoon. Bladder cycle. I thought “Maybe I should give this body clock thing a try and see what happens”.

It’s been over a week now and I feel great! I’ve made some adjustments to my schedule to correspond to the organ cycles and I’m kind of amazed by it. I go to sleep around or by 11pm with a 50 oz. bottle of water on the night table next to my bed. I set my alarm for 6am. I don’t wake up at 3am anymore but sleep straight through to 6am when my alarm goes off. I still hit snooze once or twice, but by 6:20 I’m usually sitting up and have started drinking the water. I drink about 24 to 32 ounces before even getting out of bed. I can literally feel it traveling through my system and hydrating my body. I have breakfast around 7:30 or 8am and make lunch at the same time. I get as much food related activities out of the way while I’m in the stomach cycle. Prepare snacks, clean the kitchen, plan dinner, etc. At 9am I’m at my computer working and being productive, getting stuff done. Once the heart cycle rolls around at 11am, I send and respond to emails, reach out to family and friends, head to my office, and have lunch. At 1pm, it’s back to work tackling problems, responding to emails and issues, and analyzing data. Between 3pm and 5pm, I love having a cup of tea and making more work progress, perhaps delving into some research and analysis. I now try to have dinner before 7pm and start winding down my daily activities by 9pm or 10pm the latest. With some quiet time to just relax and read before sleeping.

To help with staying on these cycles, I’ve been setting the alarm on my phone to go off at the start of each cycle from 7am until 9pm. Mostly just as a conscious reminder. Some days I’m truly amazed at how great I feel, how much energy I have, and how much I can accomplish. Other days, when it seems everyone in my world needs me to drop everything and solve their problems, it can be more of a challenge. Sometimes there’s no time for lunch before 1pm or no time for dinner until after 7pm, but I can adjust to live more in harmony with the cycles. The most amazing thing for me has just been the fact that I’ve been up, out of bed, awake and with good energy before 7am! And of course, not waking up at 3am anymore is an added bonus.

Here’s a link for more information – http://www.spiritualcoach.com/chinese-body-clock/



The Chinese “Body Clock”


The Body-Energy Clock is built upon the concept of the cyclical ebb and flow of energy throughout the body. During a 24-hour period (see diagram that follows) Qi moves in two-hour intervals through the organ systems. During sleep, Qi draws inward to restore the body. This phase is completed between 1 and 3 a.m., when the liver cleanses the blood and performs a myriad of functions that set the stage for Qi moving outward again.

In the 12-hour period following the peak functioning of the liver—from 3 a.m. onward—energy cycles to the organs associated with daily activity, digestion and elimination: the lungs, large intestine, stomach/pancreas, heart, small intestine. By mid-afternoon, energy again moves inward to support internal organs associated with restoring and maintaining the system. The purpose is to move fluids and heat, as well as to filter and cleanse—by the pericardium, triple burner (coordinates water functions and temperature), bladder/kidneys and the liver.

Lessons Based on the Body Clock

When one organ is at its peak energy, the organ at the opposite side of the clock, 12 hours away, is at its lowest ebb. For example, between 1-3 a.m., the liver reaches its peak, doing its work to cleanse the blood, while the small intestine, the organ responsible for the absorption and assimilation of many key nutrients, is at its ebb. What does this tell us? Principally, that it must be taxing to the system to deal with late night meals and snacking. The body is not programmed to accommodate the modern habit of late-night screen-based stimulation and the eating habits that go with it. When we eat late at night, food is not well absorbed by the small intestine and the liver has little opportunity to do its job of housekeeping.

The idea, then, is to try when you can to plan daily activity around an organ system’s peak energy, while avoiding actions that can tax a system when its energy is at its lowest ebb. Think of lifestyle habits you might modify in order to better synchronize your system’s energy ebbs and flows:

Lungs: With the lungs at their peak energy in the early morning, you might want to schedule aerobic exercise at this time rather than later in the day. And, if you must speak through the long work day, presentations given earlier in the day benefit from greater lung energy. Laryngitis can set in late afternoon when lung energy is depleted .

Large Intestine: To get the day off to a good start, give yourself enough time early in the morning to honor the normal elimination function of the large intestine.

Stomach/Pancreas/Small Intestine: Try to eat heavier meals early in the day—at breakfast when the stomach is at its peak, and at lunch, to catch Qi’s expanding/warming energy as it crests at midday. Eating larger meals of the day early delivers nourishment to the small intestine when it is strongest, which aids absorption and assimilation.

Kidneys: The kidneys are aligned with the adrenals, the glands that produce cortisol to help us spring out of bed in the morning. Early morning, from 5 a.m.-7 a.m., is when kidney energy is weakest—a reason that people with depleted kidney energy often have trouble waking up to a new day.


Liver: The liver stores and cleanses the blood, a fact that becomes more interesting as we consider personal experience. Have you ever partied too much in the evening, and awakened in the wee hours of the morning feeling “off” and unable to fall back to sleep? Chances are good that you were tossing and turning between the hours of 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. when your alcohol over-loaded liver was struggling to do its work. The timing of the liver’s peak activity also speaks to consuming the last meal of the day as early as possible. The liver’s daily programming assumes an early dinner and bedtime. Before electricity and the light bulb, people ate supper and retired early, allowing time for the last meal of the day to digest so that the liver could be most effective in its peak hours of activity. The “work shift” of the liver, then, reinforces the concept of making the last meal of the day a light one that is consumed on the early side. The more time that passes after food is eaten before peak activity of the liver, the better the liver will be able to carry out its myriad of functions.