Healing with Common Herbs (3)

Red Shiso

We have now understood that

a herb garden is actually a "medicine box".

Here, we discuss how should we "design"

this "medicine box"

ie. what herbs are essentials in our garden?

As most herbs that we grow in the garden

have relatively short life span,

the functions of these herbs 

are mostly likely inclined towards detoxification.

It's not a bad idea to design

a medicine box which 

mainly do detoxification.

This is because in traditional healing,

detoxification often is a pre-requisite for most prescriptions.   

In holistic healing,

there are two important systems that need to be detoxified:

Intestine and Liver  

To address the above requirements,

there are 3 families of herbs

that we should grow in our gardens:

(A) Mint family

E.g. Peppermint, Shiso, Rosemary, Thai Basil, Tulasi, Cat Whiskers (leaf, stem & flower)

This family of herbs help to cleanse the Large Intestines, and help purgation.

Due to some established TCM concepts, 

Large Intestine and Lung systems are directly associated,

mint family will naturally detoxes the lung system too

(B) Hibiscus family

E.g. Red hibiscus (flower), White hibiscus (flower&leaf), Lady Finger(fruit), Roselle(fruit), 

This family of herbs are known to be slightly laxative,

therefore, they help in small and large intestinal health.

Very often a choked up digestive system, 

bring about fever, dirty blood and bad skins,

Hisbiscus family is hence good in bringing down fever, 

and improving skin quality.

(C) Chrysanthemum family

E.g. Chrysanthemum (flower), chamomile (flower), ulam raja/cosmos (flower and leaf), mugwort (leaf), TongHao (leaf),

This family of herbs are good at detoxifiying the liver,

and therefore can mitigate high blood pressure, sore throat, 

infections, inflammation and eye problems.

The above 3 families of detoxing herbs usually can be grown with ease.

When our gardening skills mature, 

we could also try growing  

(D) Ginger family

E.g. Ginger (root), Galangal (root), Turmeric(root), 

to perfect the "collection".

This family of herbs will take 9-11months to grow,

and require soil which is rich and fertile.

-- 3 characters are hinted, root, age and minerals.

Hence we know these herbs are good for building life force!

Whenever we feel any form of disorder just start sets in,

ginger or tumeric roots are always a good remedy!

Ginger family goes very well any of the above detoxing family

to balance the Yin and Yang, or 

to mitigate any overpowering detoxifying effects.

The numbers of herbs we "should" grow in our garden

is basically endless.

But with the blessings of only 4 types of herbs above,

a lot of common sicknesses could be quickly attended to.0

Next, we will study a little deeper, 

how a lot of modern ailments can be creatively remediated

using the 4 family of herbs from our garden. Stay tuned :)

 

Best wishes,

Kee Yew

#healingherbs

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Healing with Common Herbs (2)

Other than identifying 

Manifestation
of life force
from a seed

through the forms of the herbs, 

whether they enhance life force or detoxify interferences,

there are also some other characters 

that provide some tips:

Life Force Enhancing herbs are often:

. firm and tough in appearance 

    e.g. lotus seed, astragalus root

. "aged" (either biological age or fermented age) 

    e.g. 7yr ginseng, 20yr lingzhi, 3yr hatcho miso 

. very rich in minerals/salty 

    e.g.  ginseng, macadmia, goma-shio (salted black sesame)

 

Detoxifying herbs are often:

. soft and easy to tear

    e.g. mulberry leaves, fresh oyster mushroom, ulam raja

. watery or juicy (succulent)

    e.g. pear, pumpkin, aloe vera

. bitter or astringent in taste

    e.g. phyllanthus, moringa leaves, basil

. aromatic, pungent or spicy 

    e.g. chilli, cumin, cinnamon  

Thanks to the wonderful spectrum 

of herbs/plants in this world, 

we now understand that

we have never been deprived of good medicines.

Basically, when we are unwell,

we first need to know whether 

we are in need of 

.life force replenishing?

.detoxification? or 

.sometimes both?

Then anything around us that fit the criteria 

will help.

For instance, 

if one is feeling unwell, having cold hand and cold feet,

then one may want to consume some astragalus 

which is a root, rich in minerals, tough in appearance.

If astragalus is not available,

it's not a bad idea to consume shio-goma

which is tough black sesame seeds toasted with sea salt that is rich in minerals.

In situation where somebody has been constipated for 4days,

he may need to consider taking 

Aloe vera

which is succulent, soft leaf , bitter in taste

or    

Mint 

which is aromatic, easy to tear, leaf structure astringent in taste

Possibilities are many!

This is also why we should always have 

a herbal garden ever readily accessible 

wherever we live.

Herbal garden is our first aid medicine box.

We shall discuss this further in the next post,

on what essential herbs/plants we should have in the garden :)

 

Many Blessings To All!!

Kee Yew

#healing herbs

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Healing with Common Herbs (1)

Fresh Herbs from Garden

Gone is the era

we entrusted our health and wellness management

to professionals and modern medical system

which are now corrupt and unscrupulous.

Now is the time

we reclaim the authority of

personal wellness management and

relearn the fundamentals of natural healing.

In contrary to many brain-washing narratives

propagated by pharmaceutical-centric systems,

healing is far from being a rocket science. 

This is especially true when we deal with common herbs

for natural healing of common ailments.

First, we need to understand the two major functions of herbs 

and the types of herbs associated:

(A) Improvement of Life Force

In healing, there are situations where 

the patients are sick because of the deficiency of life force.

Life force is the driver and coordinator of life,

hence when deficient of Life Force,

the patients lack healing power to re-organise their health,

In such cases,

replenishing life force is the logical step.

This infers on herbs that provide life force.

Herbs that provide life force can be identified 

from their forms of:

i. Root

E.g. Ginger, Turmeric, Astragalus, Dongquai, Kudzu, Maca 

and

ii. Seed

E.g. Lotus seed, Walnut, Almond, Black Sesame, Purple Rice, Petai (stinky bean)

The herbs above are generally beneficial for ailments which are associated to

. Poor peristalsis

. Poor sleep

. Poor Immunity

. Hormonal imbalance

. Infertitity/gynecological  disorders

. Weak/Cold limbs

. Cold cough/Asthma

. Depression

 and other symptoms that show the lack of life coordination.

(B) Detoxification of Interference

Another major group of sickness

is often due to intoxication and blockages in bodily systems.

When the bodily systems are interfered by toxins and blockages,

the basic operations of the system will naturally spell troubles.

The logical solution would be

the removing of the toxins and blockages

or in more common term, detoxification.

Herbs that detoxify can be identified from their forms of:

. Leaf

E.g. Basil, Mint, Mulberry leaves, Pandan, Guava leaves, Kaduk, Ulam Raja, Chinese Tea

. Stem

E,g, Lotus root, Cilantro, Parsley, Celery

. Flower

E.g. Rose, Chrysanthemum, Hibisbus flower, Papaya flower

. Fruit

E.g. Roselle, Kedondong, Mulberries, Hawthorn, Lime 

The herbs above are generally beneficial for ailments which are associated to:

. Constipation

. Bloating

. Fever

. Gall/kidney stones

. High blood pressure/glucose/cholesterol

. Dry cough

. Food/Drugs poisoning

and other symptoms that suggest "choking"/disruption of bodily systems

Next, we will discuss futher on other general traits of herbs 

to help understand their healing functions 

(to be continued...)

Well regards,

Kee Yew

#healing herbs

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Dark Tea as Basic Household Medicine

Liu Bao Tea

Some 8 years ago,

I met a tea connoisseur, 

Mr Henry Yau and owner of Cha Zhi Ji.

He educated me about the art and science of tea,

and got me very interested in dark tea 

(especially LiuBao Tea).

During years of learning from Mr Yau,

I gathered that dark tea has traditionally been serving as 

commoners' household medicine since ancient China, 

as it helps digestion, detoxifies our body and tames inflammation.

Modern research publications also have revealed more evidences 

how dark tea could also 

reduce blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol 

on top of its anti-cancer and anti-microbial effects.

It's unfortunate that we are now living in a world where 

pharmaceutical drugs are abused,

herbal healings are surpressed,

medical systems are corrupt. 

Hence, dark tea could be a humble way out 

to bypass the predicaments above,

and to provide avenues for prevention/treatment of

modern diseases/disorders

from indigestion, diabetes, cardviovascular disorders, cancers, 

to microbial infections

to intoxication

to neurological disorders.

While all teas are known for its adverse effects 

on stomach (due to tannin) 

and sleep (due to caffeine),

knowing how to select for good quality dark tea

is imperative if we would like to adopt dark tea

for long term consumption 

as preventive care and 

as a basic household medicine. 

According to Henry,

selecting good quality dark tea 

with less tannin and caffeine, 

being gentle to stomach and sleep,

have to fullfil the following criteria:

1. Centrury-old tea tree:

The older the tea tree, the more life force it has.   

With stronger life force, 

the tea tree does not need to produce much caffeine and tannin

which are meant for the tree's self defence.

2. Grown on highlands:

Growing on highlands with a colder climates,

the tea trees get less attack from pests

which stimulate the production of tannin and caffeine for self defence.

3. Grown organically, without pesticides

Pesticides in unknown mechanism, 

bring about in tea leaves,

substances that attack the stomach.

4. Long time aging

Longer aging of dark tea represents 

more beneficial microbial fermentation.

The microbial activities reduces substances 

which are harmful to the stomach and neurological system,

rendering more comfortable effect after drinking.

Based on the above criteria, 

the good quality dark tea selected

will not only avoid adversities on the stomach and sleep,

it will also be very high in life force.

And life force is key driver of all self healing.

I hope this simple message

can get across the world

to help people realise

good medicine can be relatively cheap and accessible,

despite the threats and fears cooked up daily through immoral media,

by the corrupt complex of 

the commercial, medical, academic and polictical systems.

May all be well!

By good will,

Kee Yew

. #dark tea as medicine 

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Dark Tea as Basic Defence in Unusual Time

Dark Tea

A while ago, I sent some messages to my dear friends,

reminding them 

despite the Cobid crime seems to be easing  

we must not be complacent to continue 

to protect ourselves with daily intake of fermented dark tea. 

The dark tea applies to both

waxed and non waxed individuals, 

as we are being exposed daily varied dosages of 

Spi proteins one way or another.

In other words, 

we are being exposed to elevated level of toxins daily, 

and fermented dark tea can serve as good antidote.

Dark tea neutralises many toxins, 

tames down inflammation， 

inhibits virel replication and

mitigate clottings.

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Suggestion on daily dark tea consunmption routine:

Brew in thermal flask

5g(or 2teaspoon) of fermented dark tea leaves 

with boiling hot water 500-1000ml.

Decant from thermoflask and sip hot slowly during the day

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Examples of dark teas are:

LiuBao Tea

PuEr Tea 

Earl Grey Tea

English Breakfast Tea

If possible, get organic versions, for long term consumption 

to avoid unnecessary complications from pesticides.

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Some important remarks of tea drinking:

*The more aged the dark tea(say above 10years), the higher the potency.

*Do not drink the tea cold, sip hot, pour from thermal flask

*Do not drink near meal time, as dark tea prevents nutrients absorption.

*Avoid drinking tea at late night to avoid affecting sleep among some individuals.

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P/s: these engineered Spi proteins and Spi protein harbouring vireses, are capable of:

1. Inducing inflammation (that kick starts many diseases)

2. Lowering immunity of the hosts (aggravating just any diseases)

3. Inducing prion-like diseases that eventually lead to exponential proteins clottings

We should not take the above lightly at all 

as consequences can detrimental down the years. 

But neither we should lock ourselves down again. 

Ultimately, it is our own responsibilities to fortify our own defence, 

not blaming on others passing on the bugs/toxins.

Many blessings to Humanity,

Kee Yew

#dark tea

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Overcoming Infectious Diseases 克服感染性疾病 (4)

Mutation is natural tool
for evolution into harmonisation
突变是和谐化演进的途径 

During this unusual time, where mainstream media, 

for unknown reasons, spread incomplete and biased information, 

common people become worried about:

(C) Mutation of Infectious Agent

Mutation is not exclusive to infectious agents.

It is a natural property of all biological beings on Earth.

It is a function for biological beings to evolve 

to harmonise with the biosphere.

There are biological beings which mutate

much quicker than others.

This usually happens with more primitive and lower realm beings

-- because these lower beings are more susceptible 

to hostility of the new environment,

and they need to keep shuffling the ways 

they interact with the adverse environment

in order to harmonise and survive.

When new strain of infectious agent emerges,

they are "clumsy and reckless"

creating chaos and even death in the community.

But we know such chaos and death, as mentioned in previous posts,

can be mitigated, by boosting our own immunity, hygiene practices and keeping a distance.

The only goal of the infectious agent is to survive,

it's counter-intuitive for an infectious agent to kill it's host quickly.

Because once the host is killed quickly, 

they will not be able spread to other new individuals and extinct.

The infectious agent once found out that it's too "reckless" (ie too virulent)

it will mutate to tone down 

to eventually cause less severe symptoms or even no death.

Therefore mutation is important 

for these infectious agent to blend into our society.

We know from previous post that 

their blending into our society helps us 

to improve our immunity 

to face other infectious agent in future.

However, modern medicine takes a different view 

on the emergence of infectious agents.

Modern doctors and scientists harp heavily on 

killing, terminating, removing the infectious agent.

During such a hostile process, 

the infectious agent could only respond 

by mutating into more virulent strains. 

The more artificial intervention is exerted, 

the higher the resistance the infectious agent will gain.

Infectious agent's mutation towards hostility 

can be easily solved by stopping artificial interventions

and practice the 'mantra' of:

1. immunity boosting

2. exposure reduction

When we face the infectious agent 

in panic and with fear, 

we buy into modern narrative that 

the infectious agent is our enemy.

We will then adopt hostile measures 

against the infectious agent, 

whirling into a spiral-down viscous cycle.  

Mutation is not anything to fear about.

What is truly concerning is 

human being's intention towards the infectious agent:

A. Terminating the infectious agent? 

     Or

B. Accepting it in sensible intensity of exposure, with boosted immunity

If it is (A) , 

the infectious agent will mutate to defend and to resist, 

and eventually will become more virulent.

If it is (B), 

there is no driving force to mutate into higher virulence. 

Instead, human acceptance will drive it to mutate 

towards low virulence, high contagiousness, 

to establish its existence in our biosphere. 

It is know that throughout human evolution, 

we have accepted so many of these infectious agents 

into our body, even deep down to DNA level, 

that they are now 8% of human genetic material! 

These infectious agents successfully incorporated into our DNA 

so that they get to propagate with human, 

every time, our cell divides

-- interestingly these infectious agents 

often have to offer some kind of beneficial gain of function 

to incorporate into our DNA 

(which will be too elaborate to mention here)

The (B) scenario 

is the exact opposite of modern narrative 

that infectious agents are our enemies.

As mentioned in previous posts, 

we should instead see them as 

our new colleagues at the work place.

They are here for a good purpose. 

But in the beginning, 

we need to keep a sensible distance 

(to prevent being harmed severely)

and deal with them with well-wishing tactics, 

before both parties compromise and agree on 

a mutually beneficial collaborative protocol.

Hope these few posts so far have offered 

some empowering knowledge and clarity

to face the self-inflict illusion of infectious disease crisis.

With metta,

Kee Yew

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在目前的非常时代，

不知为何，主流媒体不断散播片面偏面资讯的当儿，

公众开始担心：

(C) 感染病原的突变

突变不是感染病原独有的。

那是地球上所有生物的自然特质。

突变是生物用来演进的功能，

以和谐地融入生物圈。

有些生物

尤其是原始低等生物的突变率

会比别的来得高。

--这是因为这些低等生物应对

新环境的威胁时，来得脆弱，

而必须不停地变换方法，来应对环境的苛刻

才能和谐地融入生存。

当新的菌株刚浮出时，

它们一般会显得比较“笨拙”，

在社群里制造混乱和伤亡。

不过我们知道，像先前叙述，这些混乱伤亡

是可以通过自我免疫提升、卫生习惯和隔离手法，

得到缓冲的。

感染病原唯一目标就只是求存而已；

把患主快速致死，并不符合病原取向。

因为如果病原快速把患主置之死地，

病原就会和患主玉石俱焚，没办法散播到其他个体，而绝种。

当病原发觉自己太笨拙（杀伤力太强）

自然就会演进

直至不产生严重症状和死亡。

所以说，对于病原渐进融入社会，

突变是很重要的，

先前叙述过，病原的社会融入

能让我们提升免疫能力

帮助我们将来抵抗别的病原。

现代医学却用另一个角度看待

新病原的浮现

现代医生与科学家强力主张

彻底杀灭，使致病原绝种。

在这种强势敌对的手法

只会让病原演进得更加凶悍。

非自然干预手法用得越甚

病原就越变越顽强。

病原对抗性的突变

可以很容易地解决的。

关键在于停止使用非自然干预法

和：

1. 提升自我免疫

2. 减缓与病原的接触

如果我们以恐慌恐惧面对病原

那么就很容易被误导

把病原看成是对敌，

然后施于强悍赶尽杀绝之策，

最后双方卷入每况愈下的恶性循环。

突变根本不可怕。

我们该关注的是

人类对待病原的意向:

A. 赶尽杀绝? 

     还是

B. 用适当的接触程度和增进免疫，来接受病原？

如果是 (A) , 

病原就会越变越固执

越有杀伤力。

如果是 (B), 

病原就没有动力突变成更具杀伤力。

反而，会演进成低杀伤力-高传染力的菌株。 

这样才能跟人类相处于同一个生物圈里。

 

人类进化史上，

我们其实接纳了不少像这样的感染病原，

甚至把它们融入了躯体和DNA里头。

时下的人类遗传物质里估计融入了8%的病原基因！

这些病原成功地嵌入人类DNA，

为的是能和人类同寿，

跟随每一次的人类细胞分裂而流传下去。

--有趣的是，这些病原都得给人类带来新增功能提升

才能换取人类DNA里头的一个座位

（有碍于篇幅，就不再展开解释）

(B) 处境 

恰好跟时下认为病原是敌对的言论

唱反调。

先前说过，我们应该把病原看作是职场上的新同事。

他们加入公司是有一定的功用的。

起初，我们应该跟新同事保持恰当的距离

（避免摩擦受伤），

然后用祝福的心和他们打交道，

直至双方磨合达致双赢合作模式。

希望这数则文章

能赋予有用的知识和清晰感

破除我们自己招感的迷雾，

看穿这个不切实的感染病危机。

盼慈光普照,

其铫

  

{Learning Holistic Wellness for Wisdom and Compassion}

Overcoming Infectious Diseases 克服感染性疾病 (3)

Infectious agent is not our enemy
感染病原本无敌意

Another highly confused issue of infectious disease is:

(B) Infectious Agent 

Most common concept about infectious agent is that

it is the enemy of human beings.

While this is true in some limited context,

in which the infectious agent causes 

paralysis of our normal routines or even death,

infectious agent only causes significant impact

when: 

i. we have low immunity due to 

   improper diet, lifestyle, living environment and mental state

ii. the intensity (dosage and frequency) of 

    exposure to infectious agent is unusually high  

iii. the strain of infectious agent is 

     unusually novel (hence virulent) in its genetic make-up

When we are able to resolve the 3 concerns above,

we can live harmoniously with the infectious agent after infection

The corresponding measures are: 

i. build immunity through nourishing and easy to digest diet 

-- so that our bodies have all the nutrients to function 

-- eating an easy to digest diet will help conserve more energy to be diverted into immunity

 

ii. reduce intensity through social distancing, masking, handwashing and less outing 

iii. restrict cross-borders travelling (containment of the infectious source) 

     so that the novel strain will mutate into less virulent strain gradually

-- from infectious disease studies, we know that

    the more virulent an infectious agent, the less contagious it is; 

    the more contagious the infectious agent, the less virulent it becomes.

    

-- infectious agents in order to improve their own survival (through increased contagiousness), 

    will naturally mutate to become less virulent, given sufficient time to interact with herd immunity. 

   (the next blog post will elaborate more on mutation of infectious agents) 

    

If we implement all the above 3 measures together,

an infectious disease could be overcome within 12-24 months.

Ultimately, an infectious agent is not here to kill humanity 

(hence it's not truly an enemy).

Infectious agents causes chaos and death in a community 

(always for just a temporary transitional period only),

when the community has not yet adjusted with 

the emergence of the new member (i.e. the novel infectious agent) 

in our biosphere (collective term of all living things in a circle) 

We have the same feeling 

when we see a new colleague coming into our work place.

If we adjust well quickly, 

the new colleague actually evolve with us.

If we take longer time to adjust, 

the new colleague may look like our "enemy"

The more "eccentric" this new colleague is, 

the more "pain" we suffer at work place (during the transitional period).

But we know eventually both old and new colleagues will harmonise, 

as we want our lives to move on.

Hope the above information, 

and deeper understanding about infectious agent,

give us more confidence and less fear

during this adjustment period,

By good will,

Kee Yew

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还有一个严重被误解的感染性疾病课题是：

(B)感染病源

虽然在特定的处境，感染病原的确给人们带来生活上破坏，甚至是死亡，

病原一般上只在以下特定条件之下才会带来显著冲击：

i. 由于不良饮食、生活、环境、思维而造成免疫低下

ii. 异常的高密度（剂量和频率）接触感染原

iii. 异常新的感染病原菌株（故杀伤力极高）

如果我们能够解决以上3个关键，

人类染病后是可以和感染病原和谐共存的。

相对应的方案是：

i. 通过营养和容易消化的饮食增强免疫力

-- 确保有充足营养让我们身体灵活操作

-- 易消化的饮食能保守能量，灌注在免疫提升

ii. 通过社交距离、口罩、洗手、少出门来减缓与病原的接触

iii. 限制跨界串行（隔离感染源）来让新株病原逐渐演进到杀伤力较弱的菌株

--  感染病研究显示，

     越是有杀伤力的病原，其感染力越弱； 

     越是有感染力的病原，其杀伤力越弱

-- 感染病原为了确保它们的生存（透过广泛传染），

    若给与足够时间和群体免疫磨合，必然会演进成杀伤力较弱的菌株

    （下一节，将进一步讨论病原演进变异）

    

以上三种方案如果同步进行，

可以期盼在12-24个月克服感染性疾病的肆虐。

毕竟，感染病原本来就不是冲着人类而来的（它们本无敌意）

感染病原造成社群混乱和伤亡（一般也只是暂时性而已）

主要是因为社群还没适应

我们所熟悉的生物圈（我们周遭的生物总和统称）

突如其来的“新成员”（新菌株）

 

正如在一个工作场所，来了一位新同事。

如果大家磨合得迅速，这新同事会跟我们一块儿成长。

如果大家需要更长的时间适应，这新同事就看起来是大家的公敌。

这新同事越是性格怪异格格不入，

大家越是感到“痛苦”（其实是暂时性而已）。

不过最终，大家都知道新旧同事最终还是得磨合的，

毕竟双方都不想活得太痛苦。

希望以上资讯能给予大家对感染病原得深层认识，

在这段适应期，能生起信心，摒除恐惧。

真诚的祝愿！

其铫

{Learning Holistic Wellness for Wisdom and Compassion}