Jing luo, Negative Energy & Nutrients (4)

"Huang Ti Nei Jing"- the earliest Chinese Medical text stated that for a person to be health the positive energy or “Yang energy” and the negative energy or “Yin energy” or “cold energy” must always be balanced otherwise if the negative energy is higher than the positive energy then most likely the person will be suffering from some sickness. Negative energy or cold energy will block the meridian thereby obstructing the flow of “qi xue” or “blood energy” in the body which in turn will affect or hinder the supply of blood nutrients to our body cells. In such an event sickness will surface as stated in "Huang Ti Nei Jing" that all internal sickness will surface externally, it is the organ that is sick and not the external organ or appearance. If a person is sick then it is likely that his meridian is being blocked and to ease the blockage one can beat or massage the meridian externally or with the use of herbs to ease or remove the blockage internally through the organs. What is negative energy ? From modern scientific point of view “Yin or cold energy” can be construed as negative energy and if it is negative energy then it is possible that such energy comes from the electrons or due to the effect of electrons and if that is the case then negative energy can also be classified as free radical because free radical has unpaired of electron. If there is excess of free radicals in our body, they will attack our cells which cause them to mutate to become a cancerous cells or they will cause acceleration of aging process or cause the skin to be coarse .From the reports of scientific and medical research it is evident that at least 70 chronic degenerative diseases such as cancer, Parkinson disease, Alzhemier's diseases, asthma, joint pain, heart diseases, rheumatism, aging, cataracts, ARMD etc are caused by free radicals besides those caused by lack of essential nutrients. The speed of free radicals attacking our cells is at lightning speed. It is about trillions times a second and it also causes chain reactions in our body cell thus you can see the attack encompasses the entire body thus even if our body is as thick and as hard as a wall it would collapse after some time !

经络、寒气及营养（4）

黄帝内经说人体的阴阳气要平衡，如寒气多过阳气那么人体就会生病。寒气过多就会堵塞经络。黄帝内经 说诸并于内，必形于外，经络堵塞了就要疏通经络，就要敲打经络，从外面来打通经络或服用草药从内脏来打通经络。寒气从近代科学的角度来看可能是负电子或由电子所引起的， 也可说是游离子 或有称自由基 之一， 因为游离子 或有称自由基 的形成是由于它有单数的电子在它外围的轨道而 造成它的不稳定。游离子或自由基过多就会攻击人体细胞，令细胞变质而变成癌细胞，不受身体的控制而自由生长 或令人加速老化，皮肤粗糙 。根据科学与医药界报道至少有七十多种以上的病症 如：帕金森氏症，衰老症，药物引起的耳聋症，精神分裂症，老年痴呆症， 癌症,心脏病,心肌梗死，衰老, 炎症,中风,动脉硬化、肿瘤，肺气肿等都与自由基有关。游离子攻击细胞的速度非常快速，每秒几兆次, 而又会引起连锁反应更加速破坏细胞的攻击如此看来游离子的攻击涵盖了整个身体。就是硬厚的墙， 时间久了也会垮更何况是人的细胞呢！

Jing Luo, Negative Energy & Nutrients (3)

Though goji or wolfberry has oxygen radical absorbency capacity or ORAC scale of about 25,300 however in order to tap the potent effect of wolfberry, one has therefore to combine it with other appropriate antioxidants so as to produce the synergy effect. As stated early the efficacy of herbs is what it contains in the plant, that is, what types of minerals, vitamins and phytochemicals etc. This indirectly means that right types of herbs and with right combination can help to ease or remove the blockages of meridian in our body. The minerals must be plant based and not from inorganic source such as those derived from soil or petrochemicals. Minerals, vitamins and phytochemicals derived from plants are readily absorbed by our body and hence the word “bio-availability” is often used to describe the readiness of these nutrients being absorbed by our body. Inorganic source is therefore not bio-availbility. Dr. Brian R Clement who is the director of Hippocrates Health Institute wrote a book entitled “Supplements Exposed – The truth they don't want you to know about vitamins, minerals and their effects on your health” stated that there is a difference between the naturally occurred vitamins and those synthesized. Synthetic vitamins normally will not be readily absorbed by our body and at times can pose risk to our health. For instance naturally occurred vitamin C can be readily absorbed by our body whereas the synthetic one cannot be readily absorbed though both may be called as ascorbic acid. The difference is more obvious when polarized light passes through the naturally occurred vitamin C, the light will bend to the right. Thus health supplement will normally label such vitamin as “d” which means “dextro” or right to indicate that it is from natural source whereas when polarized light passes through synthetic vitamin C, the light will split into two; one to the left and the other to the right. Thus the supplement label will often be marked “dl” . “d” means “dextro” ie right and “l” which means “levo” ie to the left. Though structurally synthetic vitamin C and naturally occurred vitamin C may look similar but in fact it is not the case and their respective property is also different. Look therefore can be misleading !

经络、寒气及营养 (3)

虽然 枸杞籽 的氧气吸收能力（oxygen radical absorbency capacity 或称为ORAC) 的指数大约为25，300 但是要发挥它的功能，它必须跟其它恰当的抗氧化物剂配合，它才能产生协同作用 ，生生不息的效益。 草药的真正功效就是它富含各类的矿物质，维生素，植物化学等等。 这也是说恰当的矿物质，维生素，植物化学等等再配合恰当的组合能够帮助打通人体的经络。而所谓的矿物质是由植物中所得到的并不是由土地 或石油 或无机原料中所提炼出来的。 植物或草药中所含的矿物质，维生素，植物化学等等是 有机营养，它们能被身体所吸收或接纳， 这就是科学家所说的“ bio-availability” 。根据 Hippocrates Health Institute 的 董事，Dr. Brian R Clement, 的其著作“Supplements Exposed – The truth they don't want you to know about vitamins, minerals and their effects on your health” 中说从 无机原料或石油 中所提炼而得到原料来合成为维生素 或矿物质 跟从植物中所得到的矿物质，维生素，植物化学有所区别。人工合成的不但不能被身体所吸收或接纳反而有可能会危害到健康。比如 维生素 C, 天然的 维生素 C 能被身体吸收或接纳 但人工合成的 维生素 C 多数不能被身体吸收或接纳。从科学研究的试验中也发现到当极化光波透过天然的 维生素 C ，光波会折向右 。因此天然的维生素 C 保健品有时会注明 “d”。 它带表”dextro”。 它的意思是“右” 。该注明是告诉你 该 维生素 C 保健品 是天然的产品。 反之当极化光波透过人工合成的维生素 C 时，光波会分叉，一向左，一向右，保健品有时会注明 “dl”. “d” 代表 “dextro”（右） 而 “l” 代表 “levo” （左）。如此看来天然 的维生素 C 和人工合成的维生素 C 有区别之分， 虽然有时 形状（分子形状）可能相像。它们的的特性也有区别。形象可能有误导之时!

Jing Luo, Negative Energy & Nutrients (2)

The efficacy of herbs is due to the fact that they contain in them plant minerals, vitamins, phenolic acids and phtochemicals and is not a simple herb or plant per se only. As the content of plant minerals, vitamins, phenolic acids and phtochemicals is of minute quantity, one has to consume them for a long period of time in order to see the effect however we must also bear in mind that not all herbs or plants can be used to ease the blockages of meridian. We have to conduct clinical trials in order to ascertain which herb or plant that has such capability. When a Chinese medical practitioner prescribes herbal medicine for his patient, his herbal medicines will consists of a variety of herbs and rarely uses a single herb. It is because when herbs mixed, boiled and consumed together, it will produce some synergy effect and this practice had been proven to be correct by scientist researchers. One of such instances is the finding made by the world's foremost antioxidant research scientist Dr. Lester Packer who authored a book entitled “The Antioxidant Miracle “ in which he stated that though there were many antioxidants around but the best combination of all would be vitamin C, vitamin E, glutathione, CQ 10 and lipoic acid. As these antioxidants will not only enhance the effect of other antioxidants but also in the process of removing free radicals it re-generates the used antioxidants. Synergy therefore is the key word not only in the area of antioxidants but expands to other areas as well.

经络、寒气及营养（2）

草药的功效在于它所含有的矿物质，维生素，植物化学等等 而不是我们所看到的草药而已。由于草药所含有的矿物质，维生素，植物化学等等的数量少，人们通常须要长时间的久服用才能看到效果。我们也必须明了并不是所有的药物都能打通经络，有些能而有些不能， 必须从临床的试验才能确定何种药物能打通经络。中药的配方多数是应用几种草药，用恰当的草药混合在一起服用，它们能产生协同作用 (synergy effect)，能发挥意想不到的功效，这也是近代科学家所得到的结论。其中的一个好的列子是：抗氧化先驱研究者 Dr. Lester Packer 在他的著作里-书名为 “神奇的抗养化物剂“ 说: 从他的研究中，他发现到最有效的抗氧化物剂并不是靠单一的抗氧化物剂而是一个恰当组合。在几百种的抗氧化物剂里，他找到最佳的抗氧化物剂组合那是：维生素 C, 维生素 E ，谷光甘肽（glutathione）, 辅酶10（ CQ 10）, 疏辛酸（lipoic acid）因为它们在清除游离子或自由基时能产生协同作用 ，生生不息， 这也是科学家所说的SYNERGY EFFECT。

Jin Luo,negative energy & nutrients (1)

One of the oldest Chinese medical text entitled “Shang Han Lun” or literally translated as “The theory of Injury related to Negative Energy” is about the use of herbal medicine to remove the blockage of meridian in our body. Hence it is obvious that method of removing blockages of meridians is not limited to beating or massaging the points along the meridians but there is other way too, namely, through the use of herbs or plants. The difference between the two is that beating or messaging the meridian is easing or removing the blockages by external means whereas the use of herbs is to ease or remove the blockages internally through the internal organs. What is in fact herbs ? From modern scientific point of view, herbs contain plant minerals, vitamins and phytochemicals etc and they are in fact nutrients which are required by our body. For instance the most widely use herb by Chinese and Chinese traditional Medical practitioner is goji or wolfberry. In the past Chinese Medical practitioner used it to treat or for prevention of eye diseases or diseases related to the eyes but they did not know the actual medical value. They did not know why it was effective for treatment eyes diseases or how it could help to prevent such diseases. What they did know then was that it was the medicine for the eyes. They did not know there were other usages for this wonderful herb goji or wolfberry. According to the researches done by the research institutes it was revealed that goji or wolfberry is nutritionally rich, it contains beta-carotene, Vitamins C, B1, B2 and other , minerals, antioxidants, vitamins and amino acids. It also contains β－Cryptoxanthine, Betaine, zinc, iron, copper, calcium, germanium, selenium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin B6 pyridoxine, and vitamin E. The content of germanium is about 3 times that of ginseng. It also has high content of lutein and Zeaxanthin which is beneficial to the eyes. Lutein and Zeaxanthin are antioxidant. They can help to lower the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD). It helps to improve immunity system, vision and protect liver. As an antioxidant goji helps to reduce free radicals in the body. The oxygen radical absorbency capacity or ORAC of goji or wolfberry is on the scale of about 25,300 whereas widely used prunes is only about 5,770. The higher the ORAC level the better it is for the body.