Five Taoist Elements for Organs and Emotions

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Element Metal Water Wood Fire Earth
Yin Organ Lungs Kidneys Liver Heart Spleen & Pancreas
Yang Organ Large Intestine Bladder Gall Bladder Small Intestine Stomach
Sensory Organ Nose Ears Eyes Tongue Mouth
Body Part Skin Bones Tendons Pulse Muscles
Body Fluid Mucus Urine Tears Sweat Saliva
Sound SSS CHOO SHH HAW WHO
Color White Blue Green Red Yellow
Yang Emotion Courage, Righteousness, and Justice Gentleness & Stillness Generosity, Kindness, and Forgiveness Love, Joy, and Happiness Openess, Trust, and Fairness
Yin Emotion Sadness & Depression Fear Jealousy & Envy Hate, Cruelty, and Impatience Worry, Anxiety, and Mistrust
Season Autumn / Fall Winter Spring Summer Indian Summer
Months August, September, and October November, December, and January February, March, and April May, June, and July No months
Climate Dry Cool Moist Warm Mild
Taste Pungent Salty Sour Bitter Sweet
Sense Smell Hearing Sight Speech Taste
Smell Rotten Putrid Rancid Scorched Fragrant
Planet Venus Mercury Jupiter Mars Saturn
Direction West North East South Center
Trigram ☱ ☵ ☳ ☲ ☷
I Ching Lake Water Thunder Fire Field
Mental Quality Rationality Resourcefulness Spontaneity Passion Honesty
Life Adulthood Old Age & Conception Early Childhood Pre-puberty Adolescence
Animal Furred Shelled Scaly Feathered Human
Combat Splitting Drilling Crushing Pounding Crossing

Ancient Taoism is rooted in the belief of a Universal Force, which has two qualities known as Yin and Yang, the polarities of the primordial force. Taoism believes the universe is made of five physical elements:

  1. Metal
  2. Water
  3. Wood
  4. Fire
  5. Earth

There are five immaterial processes of energy that are expressed in the material elements:

  1. Metal = energy solidifying
  2. Water = energy sinking
  3. Wood = energy expanding
  4. Fire  = energy rising
  5. Earth = energy centered

These elemental processes are expressions of energy that can be found in both nature and the universe. The very same forces that we find in nature with the five elements, can be found In humans we find their expressions in our five major organs. The five expressions of energies can be observed moving the galaxies.

The Big Dipper Ceremony Workshop by Master Zhongxian Wu

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In anticipation of Master Wu’s workshop we started doing a little more research into the Big Dipper and Taoist astrology. I found a number of online references and the one that I found most interesting is Master Chia’s Taoist Nine Star Astrology, which I found to be not extremely dense, but more dense than I wanted it to be. The theory as I can best understand it is that the Earth’s movement and energy patterns are based on the energy fields of nine points that comprise of:

  • The Vega Star (1 point)
  • The Big Dipper (8 points)
  • The North Star (1 point)

The North Star is the Earth’s boss star, which the boss changes about every 26 thousand years when the Earth’s axis changes (axial precession). Currently the Earth’s boss star is Polaris, which is considered a yang star. Our next North Star is Vega, which is a yin star. There is also Thuban, which was our last boss star and is considered a neutral star.

In this article it also talks about a Nine Star Chi Theory, where it theorizes about nine distinct electromagnetic phases that occurs from a wobbling on the Earth’s axis (not to be confused with axial precession). These slight wobbles changes the relationship of the Earth’s North/South polarities to the nine points (Vega, Polaris, and the Big Dipper), which then affects the human electromagnetic field. Each star has an important and integral part of each of the nine electromagnetic phase, so during each transformation phase certain stars are accentuated. Transformation phases encompases:

  • 5 Fire Years
  • 5 Earth Years
  • 5 Water Years
  • 5 Wood Years
  • 5 Metal Years

These transformation phase are represented within the nine year cycle, and each year is either a yang or a yin. The article also goes on to talk about a Nine House Astrology, which has something to do with how humans during their lives migrate through the yearly, monthly, daily, and hourly sequences of transformations. The Earth has ten branches, which are five yang energies elements and five yin physical elements. I think these have something to do with the I-Ching Pakua.

Nine Directions and Five Elements:

  1. Water (+)
  2. Earth (-)
  3. Wood (+)
  4. Wood (-)
  5. Earth (+ & -)
  6. Metal (+)
  7. Metal (-)
  8. Earth (+)
  9. Fire (-)

Using the Magic Square, these formations can be converted into Sacred Geometry:

4 9 2
3 5 7
8 1 6

This Magic Square has something to do with the movement of the spiraling Universe. The rest of the article goes into mathematical detail how the I-Ching Pakua uses the Magic Square to calculate the nine year cycle of your life.

I also found interesting information about the Big Dipper in relation to the Swastika. Of course the Nazis appropriated the symbol for their own cause, but if you don’t know, he Swastika is an ancient religious symbol that dates as far back in Hinduism, which is the oldest known surviving religion in the world.

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The Big Dipper Ceremony

Veronica and I first learned of the importance of the Big Dipper in relation to Taoism came from Mantak Chia’s Portland workshop in 2017 and his Awaken Healing Light Meditation where you connect with the Big Dipper and collect it’s red energy into your body. This year we went to Master Wu’s Big Dipper Ceremony on December 8, 2017 at the Motion Massage Studio in Portland, Oregon. This would be the second Master Zhongxian Wu workshop that we have been to. 

Just after stepping inside the venue, we were visually greeted with battery powered candles on the floor in a dimly lit yoga studio. The candles were arranged on the floor similar to the graphics of Master Wu’s Chinese Shamanic Cosmic Orbit Qigong book, which looks like two Big Dippers, one mirrored on top of each other. The ceremony consisted of:

  1. Sitting mediation
  2. Circle walking

In the sitting meditation we used a Big Dipper hand mudra as we repeated a chant from Master Wu, which I cannot remember and was not allowed to record. We also visualized the pattern on floor of two Big Dippers in our tan tien. The circle walking was very similar if not exactly the same to the baguazhang circle walking. Baguazhang is a form of internal martial arts that can be thought of as Tai Chi Chuan, and Hsing-i Chuan. We circle walked around each candle on the floor for as many revolutions as we liked. It was interesting feeling the energy charge of the room change during the ceremony. Veronica especially felt a difference when Master Wu participated in the circle walking. After the ceremony we enjoyed conversations with others in the workshop. We had an enjoyable conversation from someone who came all the way out from San Francisco to participate. For the cost of $50 bucks for the both of us, it was a well worth experience.

Universal Healing Tao Training with Senior Instructor Jon Weston – Day 7

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On my sixth day of training with Jon Ashley Weston we reviewed all the previous practices and I learned the fusion 2. The second fusion has something to do with the creative cycle and moving energy around in the thrusting channels and the belt channels. There a lot of questions about the fusions that I don’t understand. I will have to read Mantak’s book to get a better idea about what the fusion practice means.

Full session:

Universal Healing Tao Training with Senior Instructor Jon Weston – Day 6

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On my sixth day of training with Jon Ashley Weston we reviewed all the previous practices and finished up the rest of the first fusion of the Fusion of Five Elements. The first fusion deals with creating the internal mechanism to collect left over energies (climate, sensory, and negative energies) to transform into useful healing energy. I’ll be learning the fusion 2 on Wednesday.

Full session:

Guided Meditation (Inner Smile, Microcosmic Orbit, Testicle Breathing, Fusion 1, and Six Healing Sounds):

Iron Shirt:

Universal Healing Tao Training with Senior Instructor Jon Weston – Day 5

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On my fifth day of training with Jon Ashley Weston we reviewed the previous practices of The Inner Smile, Healing Light Meditation (Opening the Cosmic Orbit), Chi Self Massage, the Six Healing Sounds, Iron Shirt Chi Kung set, and the Testicle Breathing practice. Today I learned some of the Fusion of Five Elements, which I found challenging to say the least. I still feel like I am playing catch up with the Iron Shirt practice.

The Professor had an interesting story about a group of his colleagues from Grand Master Mantak Chia’s school went into the Himalayan mountains in search of some masters. A guide or translator recommended that they visit a certain cave and check out this guy doing some good work. When they found him in the cave he told them that he is practicing from what he learned from a book. He took out the book and it was Mantak Chia’s Fusion of the Five Elements.

Full session:

Iron Shirt:

Inner Smile – Fusion of Five Elements Formula 1

Inner Smile – Fusion of Five Elements Formula 2 and 3

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Universal Healing Tao Training with Senior Instructor Jon Weston – Day 4

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On my fourth day of training with Jon Ashley Weston we reviewed the previous practices of The Inner Smile, Healing Light Meditation (Opening the Cosmic Orbit), Chi Self Massage, the Six Healing Sounds, and Iron Shirt Chi Kung set. I learned the Healing Love through the Tao today, which completes the first level of my Universal Healing Tao training.

I have had to rewrite this several times, because I want to be fair and honest. Today session was especially interesting. As I listened to The Professor talk about the gender differences with respect to Taoist philosophy, I was reminded how gender and generation can help shape one’s belief system. Usually when I encounter this I let it go, because it is hard to change an older mind. I understand that our bodies have limitations, that of course can get into gender politics. I don’t like to put bodily limitations on people, given that I experienced enough racism growing up. I like to keep an open mind when ever I am in a learning situation. With all that being said, if you listen to the full session, you may find a lot of the talking points to be offensive and sexist. I think Jon is a good person, just as I do as most men from that generation. I also think this circumstance is a little different as Jon believes that as light bodies (spirit & soul) we are all gender-less and that we choose for individual reasons to be the bodies that we are in now. I don’t think Jon thinks to discriminate against one’s gender and he acknowledged that one can over come one’s bodily limitations. I think Jon believes that nature has a smooth path and to go against it leads to suffering. Is he wrong? I don’t know, but I do know if we set expectations and limitations for gender and race it will most likely lead to discrimination.

Full session:

Iron Shirt:

Healing Love:

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  1. Sitting or standing, The Jade Staff is 90% of an Orgasmic erection.
  2. Inhale: claw feet, clench fists, buttocks, tuck in chin, clench teeth, tongue to palate, pull in eyes and look up to the crown. Hold breath.
  3. Inhale again pulling up the genitals, anus, and lightly squeezing the perineum; draw energy to the perineum. Hold breath and spiral energy for a nine count. Exhale and relax. Microcosmic Orbit.
  4. Inhale again pulling up the genitals, anus, and lightly squeezing the perineum; draw energy to the sacrum. Hold breath and spiral energy for a nine count. Exhale and relax.
  5. Inhale again pulling up the genitals, anus, and lightly squeezing the perineum; draw energy to the T11. Hold breath and spiral energy for a nine count. Exhale and relax.
  6. Inhale again pulling up the genitals, anus, and lightly squeezing the perineum; draw energy to the C7. Hold breath and spiral energy for a nine count. Exhale and relax.
  7. Inhale again pulling up the genitals, anus, and lightly squeezing the perineum; draw energy to the Jade Pillow. Hold breath and spiral energy for a nine count. Exhale and relax.
  8. Inhale again pulling up the genitals, anus, and lightly squeezing the perineum; draw energy to the Crown. Hold breath and spiral energy for a 18 to 36 times.
  9. Microcosmic Orbit
  10. Collect energy

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Do this practice preferably after the Microcosmic Orbit. Here are various positions to do this practice:

  1. Sitting on the edge of the chair with your scrotum hanging free.
  2. Standing with feet shoulder width apart.
  3. Lying down on the backside with a pillow under the head.

The practice:

  1. Put awareness into the testicles and spiral energy around them. Inhale and feel the testicles pull up. Exhale and feel the testicles lower. Feel the testicles breathing.
  2. Small sip of air into:
    1. Sperm Palace (spiral 9 times)
    2. Scrotum (spiral 9 times)
    3. Perineum (spiral 9 times)
    4. Sacrum (spiral 9 times)
    5. Kidneys (spiral 9 times)
    6. T11 (spiral 9 times)
    7. C7 (spiral 9 times)
    8. Jade Pillow (spiral 9 times)
    9. Crown (spiral 18 to 36 times)

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Do this practice preferably after the Microcosmic Orbit. Here are various positions to do this practice:

  1. Sit with your vagina and perineum unconstrained.
  2. Standing with feet shoulder width apart.
  3. Lying down on the backside with a pillow under the head.

Place both thumbs on the navel and use your index fingers to form a triangle. The index fingers is where the Ovarian Palace is located. Spread out your pinkies–underneath is where your ovaries are located. Put awareness into the ovaries and spiral energy around them. Inhale and feel the vagina close. Exhale and feel the vagina open. Feel the vagina / ovaries breathing.

  • Small sip of air into:
    1. Sperm Palace (spiral 9 times)
    2. Scrotum (spiral 9 times)
    3. Perineum (spiral 9 times)
    4. Sacrum (spiral 9 times)
    5. Kidneys (spiral 9 times)
    6. T11 (spiral 9 times)
    7. C7 (spiral 9 times)
    8. Jade Pillow (spiral 9 times)
    9. Crown (spiral 18 to 36 times)

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Universal Healing Tao Training with Senior Instructor Jon Weston – Day 3

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On my third day of training with Jon Ashley Weston we reviewed the previous practices of The Inner Smile, Healing Light Meditation (Opening the Cosmic Orbit), Chi Self Massage, and the Six Healing Sounds. I was introduced to the Iron Shirt Chi Kung: Embracing the Tree, Holding the Golden Urn, the Golden Turtle Immersing in Water, the Buffalo Emerging from the Water, Golden Phoenix Washes its Feathers, and the Iron Bridge. The postures were more or less the same as my dad taught me, but the Professor gave me refined detailed corrections. I think it will take a good amount of time to get situated with the Iron Shirt practice by Mantak’s linage.

Full session:

Full Guided Session:

Iron Shirt Chi Kung:
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  1. Bellows Breathing 9 – 18 times
  2. Exhale into the ground. Flatten stomach and lower the diaphragm
  3. Small sip into:
    1. Front anus
    2. Middle anus
    3. Back anus
    4. Right side anus and pack the right kidney
    5. Left side anus and pack the left kidney
    6. Upper abdominal
    7. Middle abdominal
    8. Lower abdominal
    9. Perineum
  4. Hold breath
  5. Exhale into the ground
  6. Breath in and breath out. Connect to the Cosmic Golden energy. Feel a connection between the mid-eye and the palms of the hands. Feel a rocking back and forth.
  7. Sole, palm, and Bone Breathing

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Yang:

  1. Bellows Breathing 9 – 18 times
  2. Exhale into the ground. Flatten stomach and lower the diaphragm
  3. Small sip into:
    1. Front anus
    2. Middle anus
    3. Back anus
    4. Sacrum
    5. Soles of the feet
    6. Knees
    7. Perineum
    8. Sacrum
  4. Hold breath

Yin:

  1. Exhale into the ground and turn the hands over and move them into the yin posture.
  2. Draw in the red energy of the Big Dipper and the violet light of the North Star. Feel the weight of the energy above you.
  3. Draw the energy down to the tan tien guiding it down with your hands. Feel the hands expand with chi.
  4. Bring the hands to the sides. Push the heals of the palms down and the index fingers lifted and straight.
  5. Breath in the blue healing energy of the Earth. Regulate your breath. Feel yourself rooted into the Earth.

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Turtle:

  1. Put the fists in front to prepare to lower the body into the turtle posture.
  2. Bellows Breathing 9 – 18 times
  3. Small sip into:
    1. Front anus
    2. Middle anus
    3. Back anus
    4. Right side anus and pack the right kidney
    5. Left side anus and pack the left kidney
  4. Hold breath
  5. Exhale and get into the posture:
    1. Step both feet out to the sides to widen out the stance.
    2. Lower your butt down first, then bending your whole upper body forward.
  6. Small sip into:
    1. Sacrum
    2. Ming Men
    3. T11
    4. C7
    5. Jade Pillow
    6. Crown
  7. Hold breath
  8. Exhale into the ground

Buffalo:

  1. Get into the posture
    1. Head looking up / straight forward
    2. Drop your butt down
    3. Curved back
    4. Arms and hands relaxed and dangling to the ground
  2. Bellows Breathing 9 – 18 times
  3. Drop head back down and slowly stand up and raise hands up above the head town to the sides. Bring the hands to the sides. Push the heals of the palms down and the index fingers lifted and straight.

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Phoenix:

  1. Bellows Breathing 9 – 18 times
  2. Sweep hands to the sides with the palms facing up
  3. Small sip and raise hands:
    1. From genitals to kidneys
    2. Liver & spleen
    3. Lungs & heart
  4. Exhale ‘SSS’ and push palms out
  5. Small sip using crane’s beak hands move energy from:
    1. Sacrum to T11
    2. C7
    3. Crown
  6. Exhale ‘CHOO’ and press hands down in front of the body
  7. Exhale again then rotate hands out to the side and:
    1. Flex finger tendons out
    2. Spread toes
    3. Stick tongue out to your chin
    4. Cross your eyes by looking at your nose
    5. Pull up your genitals
  8. Sweep hands to the sides with the palms facing up
  9. Small sip and raise hands:
    1. From genitals to kidneys
    2. Liver & spleen
    3. Lungs & heart
  10. Exhale ‘SHH’ and push palms out
  11. Small sip using crane’s beak hands move energy from:
    1. Sacrum to T11
    2. C7
    3. Crown
  12. Exhale ‘HAW’ and press hands down in front of the body
  13. Exhale again then rotate hands out to the side and:
    1. Flex finger tendons out
    2. Spread toes
    3. Stick tongue out to your chin
    4. Cross your eyes by looking at your nose
    5. Pull up your genitals
  14. Sweep hands to the sides with the palms facing up
  15. Small sip and raise hands:
    1. From genitals to kidneys
    2. Liver & spleen
    3. Lungs & heart
  16. Exhale ‘WHOO’ and push palms out
  17. Small sip using crane’s beak hands move energy from:
    1. Sacrum to T11
    2. C7
    3. Crown
  18. Exhale ‘HEE’ and press hands down in front of the body
  19. Exhale again then rotate hands out to the side and:
    1. Flex finger tendons out
    2. Spread toes
    3. Stick tongue out to your chin
    4. Cross your eyes by looking at your nose
    5. Pull up your genitals

Iron Bridge:

  1. Stand with hands at sides. Thumbs & index fingers touching (root chakra mudra), hands placed behind the kidneys

Yin:

  1. Bellows Breathing 9 – 18 times
  2. Inhale to kidneys
  3. Inhale to kidneys
  4. Arch backwards
    1. Chin tucked in
    2. Legs straight
    3. Open chest

Yang:

  1. Exhale
    1. Lower head bending forward to the ground one vertebra at a time
    2. Relax
    3. Breath into the kidneys and draw the body slightly up, then exhale
      1. Repeat at the right side
      2. Repeat at the left side
      3. Repeat at the middle
    4. Stand up slowly
    5. Bring hands up the side and close
    6. Collect the chi

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Universal Healing Tao Training with Senior Instructor Jon Weston – Day 2

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My second day of training with Jon Ashley Weston consisted of an overview of The Inner Smile, and learning the Microcosmic Orbit, Chi Self Massage, and the Six Healing Sounds. On the first day of training, he let me know that I could record our sessions, which is really helpful for me to remember the details about the concepts behind the practices. I apologize for the “beeping” noises, I was getting notifications on my vibrating phone.

Full session:

He taught me that The Inner Smile is always done first as it transmutes your energy into positive energy, which you don’t want to be moving negative energy inside you. The Six Healing Sounds are always done last to cool the body. The sounds release the heat, and the movements release the heat in the connective tissues. All the other practice go in between The Inner Smile and The Six Healing Sounds.

I took the original audio from above and cut them into shorter files for easier use:

Full Guided Session:

The Inner Smile:

Opening the Microcosmic Orbit (The Healing Light):

Chi Massage:

The Six Healing Sounds:

Learning the Inner Smile Taoist Qigong Meditation

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Full Meditation With Subliminal Affirmations

Full Meditation Without Subliminal Affirmations

Front Line Meditation With Subliminal Affirmations

Front Line Meditation Without Subliminal Affirmations

I have been learning and practicing the Inner Smile since January 2017. Below is what I have gathered from Grand Master Chia’s workshop, books by Mantak Chia, and from The Professor who is a senior certified UHT instructor. When I was studying from The Professor, he was kind enough to let me record our sessions. I used those recorded sessions as guided meditations, which were very helpful. I have created my own guided meditations, that are much more concise and tailored for my own learning practices.

The Inner Smile is a basic level one meditation / qigong practice in the Universal Healing Tao (UHT) system. When I first started learning the Inner Smile I found it hard to get into it, but one day I noticed something very different. I could very distinctly feel my 3rd eye pulsing, which was something I have never experienced before. I was an eye opener (see what I did there). I think it was that point in which my opinion of this simple meditation grew, and as I took this practice more seriously, I started noticing other sensations in my body that helped confirm to me that this meditation was doing something very positive inside me. This “simple” meditation is in fact very powerful.

The theory behind the Inner Smile is that our organs can store our emotions, and the goal of the Inner Smile is to transform any negative emotions into positive emotions. For example the Liver stores the positive emotions of kindness and generosity while on the flip-side, can also store the negative emotions of anger, frustration, jealousy, and envy. By directing your attention to your body you can clean, transform, and energize your organs with positive virtues. It is a great way to start your day. There are three paths or lines in the Inner Smile. The front line (Functional channel) focuses on your organs, the middle line works on your digestive system, and the back line (Governor channel) on your central nervous system.

In order to do the Inner Smile Meditation properly, you need to know what and where you are smiling to, which gives an excellent opportunity to test your knowledge on your body and appreciate the hard work that your organs do for you every minute of your life. Once you know what your organs look like and where they are located, it makes it possible to make a connection to them. When you can make a connection to them you can heal them.

Anatomy Refresher

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Thyroid & Parathyroid Glands

The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located between the larynx and the trachea–just below the larynx, and sitting on top of the trachea. The parathyroid glands are four small glands located on the back of the thyroid gland; two on each lobe. The thyroid gland is responsible for regulating the body’s metabolism. When the thyroid is happy, it gives out the correct amount of hormone that your body needs. If it is unhappy, it might not produce enough, slowing down your bodies functions. If your thyroid is overactive, it could lead to goiters and Graves’ disease. The parathyroid glands regulate the blood calcium levels. Calcium balance is extremely important for the functioning of the heart, nervous system, kidneys, and bones. With thyroid-disrupting endocrine disruptors (environmental estrogens) on the rise, it is important to keep these glands happy.
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Heart & Thymus

Your thymus is located between the heart and breastbone. The pinkish-gray organ has two thymic lobes. Your thymus develops and trains your T cells, which are white blood cells that defend against deadly pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. When the thymus gland is under stress it can shrink up to 50% within a week, thus decreasing its ability to regulate the immune system.
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The heart is about the size of a fist, and behind the breastbone, slightly to the left. The heart pumps blood through the cardiovascular system. Recent scientific discoveries have proven that the heart has its own functional “brain” that it uses to communicate with the brain and most of the body’s major organs. The Chinese have known this for a long time. They regard the heart as the Emperor and houses the mind. The body is like a kingdom and at the center is the heart which rules the other organs, who govern  their own territory, and have unique roles in helping maintain the kingdom.
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The lungs are a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located in the chest, which provide the body with vital oxygen while also removing carbon dioxide before it can reach hazardous levels.
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The liver is located in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen (under the rib cage), below the diaphragm, and on top of the gallbladder (underneath the right side) and stomach (mostly underneath the left side). The liver weighs about three pounds and is a dark red/brown cone shape. The liver’s primary function is to filter blood from the digestive tract to the read of the body. The liver can regenerate if you treat it well. Some other functions include:

  • Stops bleeding by blood clot regulation
  • Produces bile for digesting and detoxification
  • Converts excess glucose in to glycogen for energy storage

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The spleen is located in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen (under the rib cage), and to the left of the stomach. It is purplish in color and is about 5 inches wide and 6 ounces. The spleen’s main role is to filter the blood by recycling damaged and dead cells. The spleen also helps fight bacteria.
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The pancreas is located in the abdomen behind the stomach and next to the small intestine. It is about six inches long and is connected to the first section of the small intestine called the duodenum. The pancreas is actually two glands that are intimately mixed together into one organ. The pancreas produces hormones (endocrine function) and enzymes (exocrine fuction). The production of hormones (insulin and glucagon)  go into the blood stream regulate the blood sugar levels. The production of enzymes, which are really powerful, help with the digestion of food, which makes the pancreas an integral part of the digestive system.
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The adrenal glands sit on top of each kidney. Their functions are extremely important to our well being as they play a vital role in producing much needed hormones. The adrenal gland has two distinct components, the outer part called the adrenal cortex and the inner part called the adrenal medulla. The adrenal cortex creates three hormones:

  1. Mineralocorticoids: Aldosterone helps maintain the body’s salt & water levels, which in turn, regulates your blood pressure and keeps the kidney hydrated.
  2. Glucocorticoids: Cortisol is known as the stress hormone, because it is released during times of stress (fight or flight). Cortisol helps regulate blood sugar levels, metabolism, and help reduce inflammation.
  3. Adrenal androgens: DHEA and Testosterone are sex hormones. They play a role in early male sex organ development. Women use these hormones predominately during puberty.

The adrenal medulla secretes:

  1. Epinephrine: Adrenaline boosts your strength and performance, as well as gives you heightened awareness. The ability to feel pain is also reduced.
  2. Norepinephrine: Noradrenaline increases alertness, and focuses attention.

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The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs found on the left and right sides of the body at the back of the abdominal cavity, one on each side of the spine. The right kidney is slightly lower and smaller than the left. The kidneys move down upon inhalation. Adult sized kidneys are about four and a half inches in length. Men can feel their kidneys by gently rubbing their testicles. The kidneys collect waste and extra water from the blood that gets flushed out of the body as urine. The kidneys also create hormones that help regulate blood pressure, create red blood cells, and strengthen bones.

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The Sexual Palace is an area that both men and women have. The Sperm Palace for men, is located at the base of the penis, behind and below the pubic bone (approximately 1.5″ inside the body). The Ovarian Palace for women, located above the pubic bone. Women can locate it by placing the tips of their thumbs to together at their navel, then touch their extended index fingers together to form an upside-down triangle with their hands. Where the index fingers join marks the spot. Men’s prostate gland is located just below the bladder and it is about the size of a walnut. The Skene’s gland or female prostate gland is located around the lower end of the urethra.

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Food and liquids enter and exit your body in this order. This information is useful for the middle line.

  1. Mouth
  2. Pharynx & Esophagus
  3. Stomach
  4. Small Intestine
    1. Duodenum
    2. Jejunum
    3. Ileum
  5. Large Intestine
    1. Cecum
    2. Ascending colon
    3. Transverse colon
    4. descending colon
    5. Sigmoid colon
    6. Rectum
    7. Anus

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