Notes on Inner Qi seminar

Inner Qi seminar

Aligning your sub-conscious for health, wealth and happiness

- Master CK

"Yellow emperor's inner classic on medicine" (aka "Huang Di Nei Jing")

It is about the way of nurturing life.

(Over)Joy affects heart

Anger affects liver 

Anxiety, spleen

Fear, kidney.

Sadness, lungs 

Worry, stomach

Shock, sexual organ

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Unresolved emotions can negatively block qi (energies) that will manifest symptoms in our body system.  

Dr Mercola - world's largest natural health website:

"85% of diseases caused by unresolved emotions... Drugs may not be the solution."

 Blocked qi affects us in 2 ways.

Physically, eg starting with neck pain and back pain etc

Emotionally, eg anxiety, panic attacks, intense emotional outbursts, depression, rage, suicidal tendencies

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Conscious mind - 12%

Analyses

Thinks and plans 

Short term memory (minutes)

Subconscious mind - 88%

Long term memory (lifetime)

Emotions and feelings 

Habits, relationship patterns, addictions 

Involuntary body functions

Creativity

Development stages

Spiritual connection

Intuition 

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The subconscious mind archives and remembers everything we do.

Muscle testing - The subconscious mind responds in congruence with the trut.

To overcome blocked qi, develop a victor mentality instead of victim mentality.

We can change thoughts, beliefs and reaction (inner world) to change the circumstances and situations (outer world)

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Unleash your qi:

Our body is a self healing organism

If you give the body what it needs, it will heal itself. 

Blocked qi release techniques - chart

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Sandra Bravo - healed of fibromyalgia?

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Self healing examples

Conditions and diseases that blocked qi release techniques have helped:.

• Headaches
• Neck pain
• PTSD
• Hypoglycemia
• Chest pain
• Parkinson's disease
• Heartburn
• Cancer
• Night terrors 
• Panic attacks 
• Relationship issues
• Low self-esteem
• Chronic fatigue
• Eye pains 
• Shoulder pain
• Sinus problem
• Depression
• Vertigo
• Infertility
• Insomnia
• Constipation
• Knee pain
• ED/PE/Low libido

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"Unleash your inner qi" intensive seminar

11-12 May

9 am to 7 pm

Carefully designed to guide you step by step to maximise your learning to acquire 

(3,998)

1. The invisible epidemic of blocked qi
2. The causes of blocked qis
3. Muscle  testing yourself and others
4. Releasing a blocked qi from yourself and others
5. Preconception and inherited blocked qi (may be dormant)

Bonus module: worth 1,998

Inner qi meridian tapping (acupuncture without needles)

2 full-day seminar on advanced healing skills - including healing of children, elderly, pets

Surrogate testing 

Proxy testing 

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(Note to self:

Survey shows many Singaporeans are unhappy and unemotional and stressed

I think this is a sign of blocked qi...)

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Healing from a distance

 

Medicinal Herb Blends

Allergy: astragalus, goldenrod, mullein, nettle, plantain, bayberry 
Arthritis: alfalfa leaf, devil’s club bark, nettles, burdock root, comfrey, white willow bark

Blood cleansing: echinacea, yellow dock, red clover blossom, chaparral, uva-ursi

Calcium tea: comfrey root, horsetail, oatstraw

Cold and flu: rosehips, elderflowers, peppermint leaf, yarrow flowers

Detox cleansing: chamomile, peppermint, catnip, hops, lemongrass, scallop, yarrow, yellow dock root

Fasting tea: alfalfa, nettles, yerba mate, uva-usi, juniper berries, rosehips, safe, yarrow, aniseed

Female: black cohosh, red raspberry leaf, blue vervain, blessed thistle, motherwort, partridge berry (squaw vine), vitex (chasteberry), blue cohosh

Headache: blessed thistle, wood betony, rosemary, thyme, gotu kola, chamomile, feverfew, peppermint

Kidney: juniper berries, parsley flakes, uva-ursi, marshmallow, meadowsweet

Laxative: senna leaf, buckthorn bark, fennel seed, licorice root, peppermint, yerba mate

Liver: Fennel, barberry bark, yellow dock root, Oregon grape root

Lower bowel: buckthorn bark powder, cayenne, ginger, barberry bark, cascara sagrada, goldenseal, red raspberry, rhubarb

Lung and bronchial: elecampane, comfrey, mullein leaf, coltsfoot, horehound, hyssop

Nerve blend: valerian, passionflower, hops, chamomile, wood betony, skullcap, vervain, oatstraw

Nursing mother: blessed thistle, red raspberry, nettle, blue vervain, fennel seed, marshmallow root

Pregnancy: red raspberry leaf, nettle, chamomile, lemon balm, passionflower, mashmallow root

Stomach calming: fennel seed, cinnamon, peppermint, papaya leaf, chamomile

Stop smoking: black cohosh, angelica, Echinacea root, calamus, catnip, peppermint, skullcap, slippery elm

Weight loss: juniper berries, cinnamon bark, chickwood, yerba mate, nettle, orange peel, horsetail

How to remove kidney stones naturally

The following videos discuss some measures or home remedies on how to dissolve and get rid of kidney stones naturally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmfUl-nv2T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4HJpunHl2g

I noted that the first video recommends saltpeter or baking soda, turmeric powder, lemon juice and mineral water (I learnt from some articles and commenters that discourage sugar, hence I didn't mention sugar here). I also noted that this medicine is an ancient Indian remedy, and it is recommended for one to take the medicine for two days and then make the medicine again to take for 10 days.

I learnt from the second video that other than drinking enough water daily, it may help to drink water with lemon juice and/or apple cider vinegar. I googled and found this article that shares a similar view on the effectiveness of apple cider vinegar, as well as baking soda, in working in tandem to prevent and/or remove any kidney stones.

"Baking soda with apple cider vinegar is a best natural remedy for removing and dissolving kidney stones, Baking soda is also a very potent cure for kidney stones as it alkalizes the body quickly and removes acid.

Apple cider vinegar enhances the digestive process and the production of HCL due to its alkalinizing effect while in the body. Apple cider vinegar could be used to cure small kidney stones, and is also effective in preventing new kidney stones from forming."

(Source: "Apple cider vinegar and baking soda mixture dissolve kidney stone naturally")

Another article says:

"Preventing kidney stones is sometimes as simple as drinking your ACV tonic each day. A simple tonic can be prepared by mixing a couple of tablespoons of ACV in a cup of water. You can add honey to make it taste better.

If you're interested in using apple cider vinegar kidney stones remedy,it is important that you don't use it without diluting it. Usually, the recommended rate of ACV and water is 1:10. "

(Source: "Apple Cider Vinegar for kidney stones")

Interestingly, this article recommends black tea and green tea as well, other than apple cider vinegar. It says "Studies show that black and green tea reduce the chances of developing kidney stones."

You are not your depression - Prince Ea

"You are this witness, the perceiver of depression, and that which perceives depression is not depressed.
I realised it wasn't me; I observed it, allow it to come and go without resisting it.
This is freedom.
This is truth.
You are greater than anything that comes and goes."

- Prince Ea

Things People With Anxiety Want Their Friends to Know

We are not alone; we are all this together, and we can help and support one another in our individual and collective struggles together.

It may seem irrational to me, but what I'm anxious about is very real for me.
I never know when it's going to hit me. And when it does, I just need you to support me.
Don't give up on me when I isolate myself.
Just having someone you love and trust reminding you to breathe sometimes really helps.
Even when things are wonderful, I'm always waiting for something horrible to happen.
Sometimes when I'm feeling the anxiety, I have no idea why I'm anxious.
For real - it's not you, it's me. Generalised anxiety feels like drowning all the time.
Anxiety doesn't have a "look". I don't have to be trembling or hyperventilating to be anxious.
I need you to reach out to me, even when I'm so anxious I've stopped leaving the house.
I analyse things constantly because of anxiety. I cannot turn my brain off and it can be exhausting.
Anxiety is not an attitude.
Most of the time you won't know I'm having anxiety unless I tell you.
Sometimes I just need to be alone. It's not personal.
I'm still me. I'm not my anxiety.

Energy Healing for Enneagram Type 4

I find this article useful for knowing the various ways in which I - as an individualist - can find healing from low self-esteem and self-worth - often due to being my own inner critic - and make friends with the sense of loneliness and emptiness, as well as learn to feel at home with reality.

For example, I can learn to open my root chakra to become more grounded.

Feeling at home in reality

Fours tend to escape reality into a world of idealized fantasy; this weakens their sense of feeling at home in reality. Their tendency to feel unappreciated can also increase this sense of alienation. Strengthening the Root chakra can help to repair the damage caused by the Four's lack of presence in the physical world.

Mixing green tea with herbs to make slimming tea

Did you know that:

• Green tea,
• Lemon,
• Lemongrass, and
• Ginger

can be mixed and consumed as a slimming drink?

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How To Get Unstuck | Iyanla Vanzant

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuTDWnz6Tgg


I have listened to the video and I love the warm and encouraging message by Iyanla Vanzant. Her compassionate advice on how to get unstuck resonates with me, such as choosing to not live down to other people's expectations of us, who told us that we couldn't do this or that - as I have come to realise it may very well be a reflection of their own self-doubts and their own jealousy - and choosing instead to live the truth of who we really are and what we are capable of, and being willing to do the things that scare us and challenge the false constraints that were imposed on us.

Yes, we can also forgive ourselves for having once believed the things that other people told us about ourselves that were not true, for we didn't know any better then, and like the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes, we will rise from the depths of our fears with renewed strength and wisdom that creates a light that shines bright enough to help, encourage and inspire others as well. https://www.pinterest.com/elizabethheuvel/rising-up-from-the-ashes/

Childhood trauma is stored in the hip (according to somatic therapy).

I noted from this article http://kachinaautumn.hubpages.com/hub/Hip-Emotions-Is-there-sadness-in-your-hips that it is hypothesized that unexpressed emotions are lodged lower in the body such as the hips. It is interesting to know that qigong facilitates self-healing as well as yoga, and the author also wrote the following in the comment section:

"there is a spiritual dimension to this topic which the medical community has yet to acknowledge. In Qi Gong as well they call this area the Dan'tien, the centre of life force energy and potent self-healing. Doing some work on my hip openers / chakras, the feelings I observe do have a cleansing element to it." 

Health benefits of wheatgrass juice

http://touch.organicauthority.com/organicauthority/#!/entry/15-healthy-benefits-of-wheatgrass-juice-you-never-knew,516e13c8d7fc7b5670b520e2

I have checked the very informative website above on the benefits of wheatgrass juice. I learnt that it contains nutrient-dense; contains chlorophyll that increases oxygen in the blood, thereby stimulating circulation, reducing fatigue, preventing cancer and treating inflammation associated with joint pain; improves digestion; and cleanses the liver, among many other health benefits. 

Natural remedies for overactive bladder

I have checked out this article and I noted that among the herbs that may help ease overactive bladder symptoms are the Chinese herbal blend hachi-mi-jio-gan and buchu tea.

Related links
http://www.naturalnews.com/034570_overactive_bladder_lifestyle_health.html
http://alignlife.com/articles/womenshealth/treat_overactive_bladder_naturally

Rehmannia, Eleuthero and Licorice for cortisol management.

I learnt from the article "Adrenal Fatigue vs. Iron Deficiency Anemia" that fatigue could be due to various factors such as low cortisol levels, low DHEA levels, anemia, and/or some other factors, and adaptogenic herbs such as rehmannia, licorice and eleuthero (Siberian ginseng) can help provide adrenal support and reduce stress. Incidentally, I found out that tankwe gin, which can be bought from Chinese TCM stores, contains rehmannia and licorice too. The information leaflet says tankwe gin is nourishing to the blood and helpful to the body building, and can mainly cure weakness, headache, dizziness and anemia, and so on.

Benefits of eating seaweed

I have checked out this informative article on the benefits of eating seaweed, and it is good to know that seaweed is an excellent source of B-vitamin folate and lignans which are anti-cancer, iron, calcium, magnesium, B-vitamins riboflavin and panthothenic acid. I noted that magnesium riboflavin and panthothenic all help to provide relief and resistance to stress, allergies and infection

Some information about autoimmune diseases and Vitamin D

I have checked out this informative article "You may have an autoimmune disease but don't know it!" and noted the list of symptoms that may possibly be associated with autoimmunity. I also noted the author's recommendation of the paleo diet "autoimmune protocol" to address the respective health issues, which I learnt from a related link "Modifying Paleo for Autoimmune Conditions (i.e., The Autoimmune Protocol)" involves healing the gut through healing foods such as bone broth, grass-fed meat, organ meat, fermented foods, etc, as well as ensuring intake of adequate Vitamin D and drinking plenty of water, among other useful measures/activities to aid in healing the gut.

About Vitamin D, the generous dose of sunshine in tropical places such as Singapore enables our bodies to manufacture Vitamin D, which can prevent or treat autoimmune diseases. For example, I found this article "Vitamin D - could it stop 'modern' disease?" that says "gradually, evidence is emerging that links low vitamin D levels to a rise in a whole host of “modern” diseases, some of which were virtually unheard of in the pre-industrial era.... doctors working with these autoimmune diseases, previously sceptical, are now privately hopeful that vitamin D will prove to be a useful addition to treatment." Similarly, this article says Vitamin D halts autoimmune disease. 

Putting a moist towel around our neck can help our body cool down naturally

it is useful and interesting to read this forum about how putting something cold such as a moist towel around our neck helps lower the body temperature because heat is being taken from the jugular vein to the towel. It reminds me of those days years ago when I used to go hiking in the forested areas in Singapore with my fellow members of the school outdoor activities club, where some of us would drape a moist towel around our necks if we happen to be hiking during midday when the sun was especially hot compared to late mornings or late afternoons when the temperature was less hot. I learnt that having a towel around the neck is also handy in wiping sweat.

Herbs for constipation

I have checked out this informative article on herbs for constipation which I find useful as it resonates with my experiences in treating this symptom over the years. I noted that "the gentlest remedies for constipation include increased movement and exercise, certain yoga postures, increase of fluid intake, and dietary changes including increased fiber and fruit... And prune juice may be the most effective and gentlest remedy for constipation." Yes, I can testify to the effectiveness of prune juice which I have been drinking every other morning, mixing it with half a cup with warm water, which helps maintain regularity every two or three days on average, which I believe is normal for me. I have stopped eating yoghurt for the time being though, as I think the cold food may have caused running nose symptoms in the mornings, and besides, prune juice works fine for me. 

I have also taken natural bulk laxative such as psyllium, if I remember correctly, occasionally in the past, and like what the article says, I needed to drink a lot of water for this gentle laxative to do its work properly.

I noted that the mild herbal laxatives include dandelion root, chickweed and yellow dock root tincture, whereas purgative herbs include "aloe, buckthorn, cascara sagrada, rhubarb, and senna... which should be used only as a last resort". I also learnt that "Kathi Kevilles approach is to combine the irritant herbs with tasty ones like peppermint, ginger, and fennel, that also relax the intestines and prevent cramping." Yes, I have been drinking a cleansing herbal tea occasionally recently which is the Pukka nettle, peppermint and fennel tea, and I believe it helps maintain regularity and prevent constipation too.

This formula is good for cleansing blood, thereby skin

The formula of dandelion leaf, nettle leaf, cleavers, plantain herb, green rooibos and lemon myrtle is good for cleansing blood, thereby skin.

Incidentally, I came across an article earlier about nettles - it says "the nettle plant is a powerhouse of nutrition. Its roots and leaves are rich in iron, calcium, and vitamins A and K, and it has been used to treat intestinal weakness, malnutrition, diarrhea and countless skin conditions for centuries in Europe." It is indeed helpful to know that nettles, among the other herbs mentioned above, is good for cleansing blood, and thereby skin too.

Notes on "RHR: Diagnosing and Treating Lyme Disease"

I have finished reading the podcast interview transcript and the comments below the podcast, and I find the overview of Lyme's disease both detailed and informative. The information on Lyme's disease is new to me, and I took some time to google and familiarise myself with the information too. I noted from the podcast that one way to prevent it is to wear long pants and tuck our pants into our socks, and try not to sit under the oak trees in the leaf litter, the high area where ticks tend to hang out when hiking outdoors, especially in wooded areas in North America and Europe. 

Like a reader commented, I also appreciate Dr Schweig’s candor in the even-handed discussion of antibiotics, naturopathic medicine and integrative therapies on treating Lyme's disease. I also noted from a related article that some natural antibiotics that may prevent the onset of Lyme's disease infection include garlic and echinacea. 

Dr. Sunjya Schweig:  And to be honest with you, getting into this world has always been a little bit a struggle because I came at it from a really integrative, complementary, alternative medicine point of view, which is that I wanted to get away from antibiotics.  I wanted to really do my best to respect the gut and the gut immune system and the gut ecology and the microbiome, so I frequently find myself kind of caught where I see these treatments helping, but on the other hand, I’m always concerned and aware of the risks to the human organism as a whole.  So I will also be rotating in a variety of different herbal protocols, whether it’s some of the Stephen Buhner herbs – He has a couple of really good books out, very, very well-researched scientific works on the actions of some of these herbal antibiotics.  I’ll also use a lot of Byron White Formulas, some really great herbal protocols and products, as well as there’s a woman named Susan McCamish who has a group of products that are really helpful.

Related resources 
Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections: Complementary and Holistic Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma Paperback by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Lyme disease - Mayo Clinic

 

Chrysanthemum tea

I have read this article on chrysanthemum tea - incidentally, my mother likes to make chrysanthemum tea occasionally, which we would buy from a traditional chinese herbal medicine store near the neighbourhood wet market - she says the tea is cooling. Like the article also says, it "cools the body and clears the liver.... also supports immunity, reduces high blood pressure, relaxes the nervous system and curbs aging". I would sometimes drink warm chrysanthemum tea during lunch at the coffee shop too.

I happened to have taken a photo of chrysanthemum flowers at the plant nursery which I visited about 3 weeks ago.

I think maybe I can buy a pot of chrysanthemum to grow at home, then we can harvest the flowers which are edible to make chrysanthemum tea to enjoy the health benefits. I found this article that says the chrysanthemum flowers "tend to bloom from May to July".

I have checked out the article on "Heat in the blood - traditional chinese medicine diagnostic patterns", and noted that among the conditions or symptoms that may arise from heat in the blood include skin conditions, and other possible TCM patterns include liver yin deficiency. On a similar note, I learnt from this related article that among the herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity include chrysanthemum.

I found another article that also recommends chrysanthemum flowers to dispel heat generated in the body and resolve the heat rash problem.

"According to TCM principles, heat rash is an outward sign of an internal temperature imbalance. If you have heat rash, avoid eating spicy foods or sugar, drinking hot beverages or alcohol, or taking hot showers or baths-all behaviors that generate heat in the body. Prepare a cooling herbal tea with one tablespoon of peppermint leaves and two tablespoons of chrysanthemum flowers in three cups of boiling water. Steep it for 20 minutes, then strain and cool to room temperature; drink half a cup every few hours until the rash clears."

(From "How to treat heat rash")

"I believe the digestive system is the core of life energy, intuition and longevity." - Nadya Andreeva

I have checked out the article on the 7 happy belly foods, and the photos of some of the foods, such as wild Alaskan salmon, bone broth and lacto-fermented veggies, look delicious. We still have some organic coconut oil left in the kitchen after it has been used for cooking, which I bought some time last year, and I am now using it occasionally for oil pulling or rinsing my mouth in the morning, after having read articles on its health benefits. As for bone broth, I've come to realise too that it is a simple and effective way to improve digestion, and my mother sometimes makes fish bone broth or soup with vegetables for dinner.

I have also come to like kimchi as it is tasty and slightly spicy, as well as appreciate the fact that it has "very high levels of probiotics" and is a potent detoxifier. Like someone commented below the article,  "I've been living in Korea (where kimchi is derived from) for the past year and can tell you %100 that Kimchi has helped with digestion and now I'm an addict! I want Kimchi with EVERYTHING. .... Lastly, some studies show that Kimchi contains compounds that may prevent the growth of cancer! Yay, Kimchi!"

And yes, as I have come to learn about the connection between the gut and the brain, the digestive system is indeed the core of life energy, intuition and longevity. I googled about it , and came across this article that says new research on polyphenols in colourful fruits and vegetables can help microorganisms in our digestive system, and may extend our lifespan, too.