Tips from the Yellow Emperor’s Medicine Cabinet
When the true light appears,
the whole planet turns to face it.
Deng Ming-Dao
“The three months of Summer are the season for luxurious growth.
The Qi of Heaven descends and the Qi of Earth arises.
All things become fruitful with the intercourse of the two Qi.
According to the season go to sleep late and arise early.
Do not grumble about the heat, stay cool in summer, stay cheerful and do not get angry.
Be lively like the plants that are blooming, keep your yang Qi in good circulation.
This is the way to nurture the growth of Qi.”
The Yellow Emperor’s Clissic on Internal Medicine
The Palace of the Universal Yang (June 21) Meditation
The time of longest day’s, maximum brightness and Yang.
Facing south, using the Hawwww sound, as you exhale visualize breathing out dirty Qi and red energy from the lungs, breathing in, draw in clouds of healing red energy and visualize the body becoming beautiful red jade.
Herbs for Summer
Health problems from hot weather can be aggravated by eating too much meat, greasy fried, spicy foods and alcohol.
Green Teas are drunk to help stay cool in summer and help cool the body they are soothing and clean tasting. One of the best green teas is Long Jing or Dragon Well Tea. Also MInt tea (Bo He) is very cooling.
Cooling foods
Xi Gua – Watermelon cools the body & nourishes fluids
Mung Bean – very cooling
Cucumber cools the skin use internally and externally
Cool off in hot weather with cooling foods like fruits and vegetables. Drink lot’s of fluids.
Some foods that are harmonious with early summer include:
apricot, beet, bitter melon, black coffee, broccoli, celery, coffee, cucumber, dark, unsweetened chocolate, escarole, ginger, job’s tears, lettuces such as boston, chicory, endive & romaine, lemon balm, loquat, lotus root, lotus seed, mulberries, mung bean, okra, peach, peppermint, persimmons, pumpkin, radishes, red lentils, red peppers, red plums, rhubarb, soy beans, spinach, strawberry, summer squashes, tamarind, teas, tomato, water chestnuts, watermelon, Chinese yam, zucchini, and others.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine is not designed to be a quick fix. It can however provide
you with the tools to cultivate good health the year round. Typical illnesses seen in the clinic in summer include:
- Anxiety, Restless
- Dream Disturbed Sleep
- Memory problems (dehydration)
- Heart Problems
- Hot flashes
- Hot painful joints
- Digestive Trouble
- Insomnia
- Lack of Joy
- Palpitations, Poor Circulation
- Sleep Problems
- Back pain, knee pain
Late Summer The Earth element is at the center of it all and so these
problems can be seen in any season, however many Chinese Doctors especially associate them with late or indian summer.
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Worry Overthinking
- Abdominal Pain
- Achy heavy limbs
- Irritable Bowel, Loose Stools
- Appetite Digestive Problems
- Indigestion
- Distension/bloating
- Dyspepsia
- Gastritis