Jul 19

For the ancient Chinese physician, a negative or habitual emotional state would often indicate an organ that was imbalanced or diseased.

For instance, it was observed that people who tended to worry and obsess often had digestive issues like diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating and indigestion. Conversely, poor digestion tends to affect the mind causing worry and rumination. In fact, worrying and poor digestion are one connected phenomenon.

When we worry or ruminate, our thoughts tend to turn over again and again. We are not able digest our thoughts which obsess the mind. The form of the thought, often an image, scenario or sound, blocks the mind and inhibits the natural energy of transformation. This is why thoughts are often called thought-forms. Trans means to go beyond. If transformation is to take place, we have to go beyond the form, and “transform.” Proper digestion is mental and physical transformation and central to good health.

Transformation is digestion and vice versa. The Chinese classified the organs involved in digestion; the pancreas, spleen and stomach into a phase they called earth. They used the word phase because all human processes and events are moving and transforming in time. Though some people translate the word phase as “element’, the word element conveys something static. A phase is a state of being and becoming and it implies movement.

There are five phases in Chinese medical philosophy: earth, metal, water, wood and fire. The earth phase is all about transformation. We take the form of the earth into our body as food and make it into something else: the energy and life force of survival itself. When we are transforming, we are going beyond our current form: emotionally, mentally and spiritually. We go beyond mere bodily survival to realize the freedom of the innate awareness that we truly are.

Digestion is based on the principle of transformation: we take in form, or earth, and we transform it, or take the form and make utilizable energy out of the earth. The physical earth, food, in this alchemical reconfiguration, then becomes subtle energy for thought. And the more positive the thought, the more we are able to digest those thoughts back into freedom of thought altogether.

If we are not transforming our food well and absorbing it well, we will not transform thought well and we will ruminate or worry. Interestingly, cows are called ruminants. Rumination is the term we use to describe a cow chewing on its cud. A cow’s stomach has 4 compartments, so they ruminate for long periods of time, while humans need to be able to transform more quickly.

I have personally heard more than one friend lament after gaining weight: “I feel like a fat cow.” Why do they feel like a cow? Because they are not able to transform their food, so they ruminate and worry.

Each of the organs has a specific emotional and mental state associated with it as part and parcel of its continuum of energy, that is why in Chinese medical thought it is much more useful to use the term body-mind instead of body or mind. Body is just dense mind, or the unconscious mind and mind is just subtle body, or the self awareness of a discrete existence.

Our herbal formula, Dia-Slim, enhances and balances the stomach/spleen/pancreas energy and allows you to transform both food and thought. Dia-Slim not only helps you short circuit sugar cravings and burn more fat, but it helps clear the mind of unwanted thought-forms as well. It helps you digest your thought so you don’t ruminate or worry as much.

Jul 15

As a practitioner of Chinese medicine and developer of the herbal formula Dia-Slim, I recommend taking 5ml twice a day in between meals. Using Dia-Slim will help curb your appetite, balance your blood sugar and short circuit your sugar cravings. By reducing sugar and carbohydrate cravings, Dia-Slim makes it easier to make healthy food choices while you are losing weight. Additionally, the formula will help you increase fat burning during exercise.

As we developed the Dia-Slim herbal weight loss solution, we knew we wanted to use organic Chinese herbs and we have sourced these very carefully to ensure that our formula is pure and clean.

Dia-Slim can be bitter to taste for some people. If you find Dia-Slim bitter, this simple herbal recipe will help you.

In a tea or coffee mug:
1. Add one dropper of stevia.
2. Add one teaspoon of Dia-Slim.
3. Squeeze one quarter of a lemon into the cup.
4. Add a 1/2 cup hot water.
5. Stir briskly and let sit for 5 minutes.
6. Drink and enjoy.

This herbal recipe for weight loss will taste good. Stevia also will help satisfy your desire for a sweet taste. To learn more abour Dia-Slim, go here.

Jul 13

In Chinese medicine, the kidneys energetically link to the sense of hearing. They also rule and govern the bones. Western medicine knows the biochemical mechanisms by which the kidneys form and break down bones: osteoclasts and osteoblasts, both created in the kidneys, help reabsorb old bone and lay down new bone.

Osteopenia and Osteoporosis both indicate a decline in bone mass and integrity. Of course, as one ages the health of the bones can decline and they can become weak and fragile over time, but how might one prevent bone loss and ensure strong, healthy and flexible bones well into old age?

While in western medicine biochemistry is the method of understanding and intervention, in Chinese medicine, energy is fundamental. I often see patients who are losing bone density and their hearing simultaneously. Yet, few understand that hearing is a skill that can be practiced, and that from a Chinese medical perspective, practicing hearing can energetically enhance your bone health.

So take some time to enhance the energetics of the kidneys by not only listening but deeply hearing and absorbing the sounds and vibrations around you. Could it be that in the same way that walking and weight training exert pressure on the bones making them stronger, sounds exert vibration on the bones that increase their strength? Try listening with your bones and find out.

Keeping your hearing sharp, your mind alert, and your bones strong will certainly create the living energy necessary for long life.

Chinese herbal formulas like Dia-Slim can balance your blood sugar, regulate your adrenaline and help you not only lose weight naturally but maintain healthy bone balance for life.