A Healthy Digestive System Will Keep You Looking Young And Full Of Energy

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Dear Aintjos,
One of the questions I always ask a patient is,
"How is your digestion?" and, for the most part,
they report that it’s OK. Then, I take their pulse
according to Chinese medicine and look at their
tongue to see what else I can find out. Both
tongue and pulse diagnosis are very accurate in
determining the treatment. Looking at the tongue
gives a general idea as to which organ is most
affected and the prognosis for resolving it. The
tongue is the only muscle in the human body we
can see. I look at its length, size, shape, color,
and any details about the coat. Each one of these
things tells me something different. The tongue
reveals the quality of blood circulating in the
body, how the lymphatic system functions, the
presence of yeast or other growths in the body,
how a person is digesting, and any longstanding or
constitutional conditions.

When you visit your Western doctor, the nurse
usually takes your pulse, but it’s only a minor
diagnostic tool used mainly to determine heart
rate and blood pressure. However, it is very
important in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). I
feel the patient’s pulse and notice not only the
rate, but also many other qualities such as its
length, width, amplitude, how deep and close to
the bone, how close it is to the surface, and its
force. Pulse diagnosis gives information on the
state of balance of the body as a whole, the state
of Qi, yin and yang, blood, the state of
individual organs, and even the person’s overall
constitution.

Many times, I’ll find that the stomach and spleen
pulse are out of balance. That’s when I start to
ask more questions about my patient's digestion
and general energy level, like "How often do you
have a bowel movement?" Some people think it’s
normal to only go three or four times a week.
Well, guess what? They are constipated. You should
move your bowel a few times a day, but not all
doctors agree. Bowel health is an important topic
as changes in bowel movement can be a sign of a
health problem. But before you begin to worry
about how “normal” you are, you have to know what
a regular bowel movement is for you.

Many people wrongly believe that having regular
bowel movements means you move your bowels every
day. However, everyone’s bowels are unique to
them, and what’s normal for one person may not be
normal for another. You can have a bowel movement
anywhere from one to three times a day at the
most, or three times a week at the least, and
still be considered regular as long as that’s your
usual pattern. "More or less frequent would be
considered abnormal, but not necessarily cause for
alarm," says gastroenterologist Arthur Magun, MD,
clinical professor of Medicine at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in
New York City. Arthur, I know you are a
specialist, but I have found from working with
people over the years that, if we can change their
patterns to at least having a good, well-formed
bowel movement a day, their overall health and
vitality improve as well as their skin tone and
even their energy level.

If you increase your intake of veggies, drink more
water, exercise, and worry less, your overall
digestion and bowel movement will improve.

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  Dear Aintjos,


I was at Art Wynnewood this past weekend over
President’s Day. Miami always offers a lot to see
in the way of art. There was an array of works
from street artists and muralists, emerging young
talents, and a few renowned contemporary and
modern artists. This is the first year I visited
this show. They have a unique approach
characterized by an exhibition on the sixties
focusing on Miami’s institutions. I noticed there
was a lot of Chinese art which focused on the
three stages of life: Birth, Middle Age, and
Death.

Most of us have no idea how rare it is to take
birth in human form and waste this precious and
extremely rare opportunity for self-realization.
There is a story entitled “A Blind Turtle in
Search of a Floating Wood.” In the Mahaparinirvana
Sutra, the Buddha used the metaphor of a blind
turtle in a vast ocean to explain how difficult it
is to be reborn as a human. Suppose there is a
small piece of wood floating on a vast ocean. The
wood has a small hole the size of which is just
enough for the head of a turtle to pop into. There
is a long-lived sea turtle in the ocean. Once
every one hundred years, this turtle comes out
from the bottom of the ocean and pops his head
into the hole of the wood. It is just as hard as
for the blind turtle to encounter the small piece
of wood on a vast ocean and let its head go
through the hole in the wood piece as it is to be
born as a human.

We don’t realize what an opportunity we have been
gifted and, unfortunately, most people send the
gift back unopened. Yet, despite this fact, most
waste this extremely rare and precious
opportunity. A human life that is spent merely
sleeping, eating, and procreating is no better
than the life of an animal. To really use the gift
of life, one must be open and be able to free
oneself from the three poisons of Worry, Struggle,
and Blame. There is a famous teaching and mantra
that does just that – frees one of the entrapments
of life and our ego fixations. This teaching is a
must to have a spiritual life.
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I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and
Happiness.