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17. When one uses chopsticks, one moves 30 bones, 50 muscles – can prevent Alzheimer, dementia

18. Take care of the spleen and stomach – that function to digest and distribute food, that nourish and send Qi to the heart.

19. The lungs are like a lid on a teapot.  If there is a problem with the lid, no tea/fluid will flow out through the spout which is like a lower organ in the body.  Thus, if there is a problem with a lower body organ, the source of the problem could be the lungs, e.g. prostate problem can be traced to lung problem.

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15. TCM emphasises diet and regiment.

When you wish particularly to eat something, it reflects the needs of the body, what the body needs most.

16. Ancient saying:

A man needs to cultivate
- mind like a child
- desire like a tortoise
- diet like an ant
- stride like a monkey

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Physicality beyond control

 

Physicality beyond control

does not dampen

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11. For good health
i. conduct self well
ii. go along with heaven and earth; its changes – 6 extremes i.e. wind, cold, heat, dryness, dampness, extreme heat
iii. regulate six desires that arise from eyes, nose, mouth, tongue, ears; seven  emotions, i.e. joy, anger, anxiety, contemplation, grief, terror, fright
iii. balance five flavours, i.e. sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent
iv. exercise 
v. Emulate nature – nature is most accepting, e.g. the sun does not choose to shine on certain people only

12. Life and death in TCM’s perspective – different forms of existence

13. Re-analyze topic of life as one grows old ( a person’s life can be simply divided into the first 50 and the last 50)

14. Concepts in TCM - Yin and Yang, Qi

a. Possibility of Qi deficiency:
at/after 50 years old – spleen qi
at/after 60 years old – heart qi
at/after 70 years old – lung qi

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8. TCM is a combination of
i. path of proper behaviour
ii. path of health
iii. path of successful effort

9. TCM is like a tree
- roots (firm, cannot be uprooted/toppled, like proper behaviour)
- growth rings (represent health, many rings represent strong health)
- fruits (wisdom of efforts and talents)

10. Good health means a person is ‘centred’, ‘balanced’, i.e. do not under-do or over-do

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6. Pay attention to internal organs – e.g. take care of stomach, spleen – a sign of any sickness is loss of appetite

7. Interconnectedness in TCM

i. Human beings and the environment

a. Composition of man equals that of heaven and earth, e.g. 360 joints = 360 days; 4 limbs = 4 seasons

b. Man made in the likeness of heaven

ii. Live in harmony, Yin and Yang in balance

a. Eat and drink moderately

b. Daily life should have regularity

c. Labour should have purpose, i.e. do not simply expend energy

iii. Treat disease not yet contracted

iv. Mutual relationship among body organs

a. Observe promotion and restraint in the cycle of the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) - in restraint is promotion, in promotion is restraint

b. Yin-Yang interplay - maintain dynamic balance

v. Stresses self-healing abilities of body

vi. Respect differences in individuations, constitutions, i.e. do not use same treatment or apply same medication

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