Heaven Earth Natural Therapies Clinic

 A Balance of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine

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The Healing Essence Newsletter

Winter Edition 2006

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Winter Rhythms

       Winter is here and it really feels like a southern winter with rain and cold temperatures. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, winter is the time that the Qi (Chi) of the body goes inward, the skin closes and keeps the heat within to warm the internal organs. This is the time of year to hibernate, rest and restore the internal strength. It is a great time to stay home read a novel and eat warm nourishing, salty soups.

       At an emotional level winter is a great time to contemplate the eternal questions of why we are here in this body at this time on the planet. In clinic this is one of the biggest issue that I see people struggle with, “why am I here or what am I supposed to do with my life?” Sickness is the time when these questions are asked the most. Sickness makes us slow down and take the time to look at our lives. We question what are we doing and are we really happy and content with where we are in life.

      Sickness is also a very powerful way of not looking at our lives. It can keep us busy with our body and it can be a defence against looking at what we need to change in our lives to be healthy and happy.

       In our society sickness is treated as a failure, that something has gone wrong and it must be fixed. We don't see it as a chance to take the time to reassess, rest and recharge. In natural medicine we see colds, flus etc. not so much as a virus attacking from outside but that the immune system has been weakened and the body is simply house-cleaning. Natural Medicine practitioners support this by giving acupuncture, supplements and herbs that help the cleansing process. If this process gets stopped by over medicating it doesn't allow the body to fully heal and in the long run may lead to even more serious conditions

       I often see people who are on 5 to 8 medications per day. I wonder if half the drugs are there to treat the side effects of the other half. Another big problem is that no one including the drug companies have done any research on the combined side effects of all the medications taken together.

      What is becoming even more alarming is how quickly we are willing to medicate our children, especially when it comes to emotional problems. In the USA, some states insist that all children who are trouble makers at school are now forced to have medication, if they don't they aren't allowed to attend school. In fact schools get government grants depending on how many children they have on medication. At the same time no attention is made on the type of food being served in the cafeteria. In fact big food companies are now given contacts to supply school lunches.

Only aware parents are questioning the dangers of too much fat, food colourings, food enhancers and sugar in the diet. They recognise that a poor diet may lead to learning and behavioural problems such as ADD, ADHA and Dyslexia.

       I just recently saw a very interesting TV report on how giving children capsules of Essential Fatty Acids, are helping them to behave normally and regain emotional and mental balance. The report went on to show some food products that say on the labels they have no chemicals or additives in them are blatantly lying. Helping our children to have a happy healthy peaceful life can be as simple as reading the food labels and supplying supplements.

      When it comes to children's emotional health, simple techniques such as Educational Kinesiology and EFT (emotional freedom techniques) can quickly clear any stress. These techniques are easily taught to kids, giving a child a wonderful tool for self empowerment and self improvement. I might add, it is also helpful to the parents.

       There are so many stresses and strains in today's modern lifestyle. (I am still waiting for all that spare time computers were supposed to give us). We think that we are free of the rhythms of nature. That we can drink what we like, eat what we like and generally ignore the seasonal changes. What we have forgotten is that our bodies still relate to the energy patterns of each season and that we need to trust in our body's innate wisdom.

       There is a time and a season to move and a time and season to rest. We don't have much of a winter here on the Gold Coast and yet our body systems will react accordingly to the cold, contacting energy of winter. Remember to enjoy the process of going inside and take the time to rest and recharge those batteries.

 In good health Robert Kendall            

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Queensland. 4220 - Australia

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