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TCM: Body Typing Systems: Western Glandular System

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In the West, the three basic body types are named according to the apparent strength of the various endocrine glands ( ie. Adrenal type, Pituitary type or Thyroid type ). This classification system is based upon extensive studies of the effects of excess and deficient amounts of hormones from the respective glands ( 15 ). For instance, an "Adrenal type" of person ( ie. strong adrenal glands ) has the same type of features as are caused either by taking excess adrenal hormones over a long period of time, or that result from diseases which cause excessive levels of these hormones ( 15 ). Fundamental to this classification system is the variable size of endocrine glands in different persons.

It is well known, especially through the work of the distinguished American scientist, Roger Williams ( 16 ), that the size and weight of endocrine glands vary enormously from person to person. Adrenal glands, for instance, were reported to vary in weight from 7 to 20 grams in normal adults while the thickness of the gland varied from 0.5 to 5.00 mm, or a tenfold variation ( 16 ). This variation, according to Williams, would also be expected to result in a tenfold variation of adrenal activity. A separate study reported the case of a patient, who eventually died from adrenal failure, who was found, at autopsy, to have, no recognisable adrenal gland ( he had some adrenal "tissue" ).

When it comes to the actual production of adrenal hormones, Williams emphasises the fact that not only does the total production of these hormones vary significantly between different persons, but additionally, the variation in individual adrenal hormones is much greater ( 16 ). Production of hydrocortisone for instance, has been shown to vary tenfold in normal healthy males. As is noted by Williams, if "unhealthy" persons were included in these studies, such variations would have been much greater.

Similarly, while the weight of normal thyroid glands was reported by Williams to vary from 8 to 50 grams, other studies have also reported a wide variation in thyroid activity in "normal" persons, including a fivefold variation in the levels of protein-bound iodine ( 16 ). Differences in thyroid function are also illustrated by examining the incidence of goitre in areas where iodine levels in the soil are so low that iodine deficiency goitre is endemic ( 17 ). Such studies reveal that there are many individuals in these areas whose thyroid function is unaffected by this deficiency ( 16 ). Conversely, in areas where there is no iodine deficiency, this deficiency disease still occurs ( 16 ).

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What’s the difference between bird flu and swine flu?

For bird flu you need tweetment, and for swine flu you need oinkment.

The news has been filled with dire predictions for the flu season. We’re all being encouraged to run out and get our inoculations. Before you do so, you may consider what I had previously written in the “Notes to Health and Nutrition Section”of this blog.

Many years ago I read a copy of a speech delivered by Rudolf Steiner to an audience in London in the 1920's. He spoke of how all our lives we've been encouraged to use an intermediary in all areas of our lives except in our economic life in which we all are actively engaged: we've had the church or organized religion for our spiritual needs; the medical profession for our health needs; government for our political and social constructions, etc.

The point was, I think upon reflection, that it would be only in our direct interaction with the economy that we would come to see the truth in how we have been controlled throughout history. As we realize the validity of this perspective, we must also begin to take back control and responsibility for all aspects of our lives.

I have spent a lot of time learning about alternative medicines and gravitating toward Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). I found TCM to be most intuitive and easy to grasp with relatively little time expended in acquiring a working knowledge. It's all about balance.

I believe that traditional medicines, whether they be native American, African, Ayurvedic, Chinese, Tibetan, etc., are all remnants of a global system of health which has been lost through history after the cataclysms which wracked our planet some 5,000 years ago. These systems of health are predicated on prevention and a recognition of the importance of balance in our intellectual, spiritual, physical and emotional lives. I encourage you to explore these venues for health. I have included a number of my favorite books and other which i have found helpful to get you started on this journey back to wholeness.

Once one no longer looks to the “authorities” as being responsible for our health needs there are more common sensical, less expensive, and natural alternatives. I have been a big proponent of Dr. James Duke’s herb book The Green Pharmacy. (This is the best herb book I know of listing herb usage by maladies rather than alphabetically by herb—much easier to use.) He also hosts an excellent web site with a section devoted specifically to the Swine Flu Outbreak. Be sure to notice “The Response” section located on the right side beneath “The Challenge” section for links to other resources.

When I studied Chinese medicine, I learned that astragalus root is the best herb in Chinese herbology for boosting the immune system. I recommend purchasing the root from the bulk section of your local health food store, and adding a couple of inches of the sliced root to soups and rice, small bits to hot teas, or anything you simmer while cooking. The herb has a subtly sweet taste and doesn’t unnecessarily distort the flavorings of your dishes.

Learning how we may individually bring balance to our lives in all things; from the food we consume, to the people and situations we experience daily is a necessary step toward wholeness and reclaiming our own personal sovereignty. It also can be extremely personally satisfying and fun as well.

“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” Hippocrates

“Death begins in the colon.” Elie Metchnikoff

We all most probably have a very complex relationship with food. Is it only something we eat to fuel our lives? Is our choice of food an emotional response to the chaotic world around us, or a culturally learned tradition inherited from our ancestors? We don’t spend a lot of time looking at our accumulated eating habits and choices and what role these preferences might have on our health, energy, emotions, and quality of life.

Where does our food come from? What is the shape of the soils from which it is grown? How is it processed, prepared and consumed? How might our mindless consumption of various types of food together ultimately lead to illness and infirmity as we age? There are lots of issues related to what we put into our bodies.

I have always had a keen interest in food and in many ways am quite hedonistic. I love all kinds of food, and I love to experiment by trying new cuisines and new recipes. I also have an intense interest in health. The two are not mutually exclusive.

Years ago, my employer whose wife’s health continued to deteriorate in spite of his ability to afford the very best health care available, called me into his office to ask my advice regarding what he might do for her failing physical condition. I was at a loss as to what suggest. My only response was that as he was having no positive results from the allopathic medical system, he might investigate alternative medicines. He then asked that I research the alternatives. Thus began my study of alternative medicines.

I first found an online book about nutrition and how the soils have been depleted of nutrients by modern agricultural practices. I read of how agriculture since the 19^th century has been selecting crops where yield and how the crop looked were given much more emphasis than the nutritional content of the product. As a result the foods we consume have much less nutritional value than those consumed by past generations. This new understanding of what has been lost though the centuries because of these practices prompted me to visit, for the first time, the local health food store.

On my first expedition into an organic, health food store I was bewildered with the long rows of vitamins and supplements which took up at least a third of the store and much more space than the produce section. I remember being perplexed and wondering if one wanted to be healthy, how would one know where to start? My personal inclination is not to take a pill or supplement. Could I improve my health solely though diet? Thus truly began a journey into health.

I began reading extensively on health and healing. I progressed from soil science, to homeopathy (which I found too complex, the Materia Medica was huge), to Ayurvedic medicine, and finally settling on studying Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). I had then found a system which resonated with me. The Chinese medicine seemed to apply most to the temperate climate in which I lived. I also found the whole system to work intuitively. From a basis of yin/yang and balance, I came to see that the system works from an energy perspective related to the electro (yang)-magnetic (yin) energy of the universe in which all life exists.

Yin is an expansive energy and yang a contractive one. Everything in existence falls within these polarities. In the summer, a yang season, in order to balance it is best to eat yin foods like leaves, summer watery fruits and vegetables in order to dispel heat and balance oneself accordingly to the season. In winter, a yin season, yang contracted foods are best eaten in order to adjust to the season as they are warming. We can then come to easily understand the good judgment of eating local foods grown in season. We do crazy things like consuming icy cold drinks (extreme yin and cooling) in the winter and big fat juicy hamburgers (extreme yang and warming) in the summer. For years I personally was freezing when the temperature dropped below 70 degrees. Especially the winter was a problem. I would come home at night, snuggle into bed to warm up and eat dinner, take a hot bath and then return to spend the rest of the evening in bed under the covers. I later learned I suffered from “internal cold.” The foods I was consuming were creating a cold environment within my core, so naturally I could not regulate my external temperature.

We have long ago forgotten the wisdom related to food and energy. Most religions retained this information as in the dietary food laws in the Book of Leviticus in the Christian Bible. Unfortunately the knowledge was privileged and up to the time of Martin Luther was enforced with restrictions by the church. The basis for understanding food energy and proper combining was not taught by the religious hierarchy but rather used as means of controlling and bilking the people. Luther’s lists of ninety-five theses which he nailed to the church door in protest of abuses by the Church hierarchy, an event which is purported to have set off the Protestant Reformation, addressed the Church’s selling of indulgences and pardons. Among other things, the poor were quite upset by the aristocracy’s use of indulgences in relation to increasing their personal meat consumption. Once the break with the church occurred, meat consumption in Europe sky rocketed resulting in an over utilization of protein which persists to this day, to our personal physical detriment and that of our planet as well. Methane gases produced from animals is the second biggest component of green house gases, even more so than automobile emissions.

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There are five primary flavors and thus energies which are also important to understand in order to maximize one’s health. These flavors should ideally be consumed from healthy sources. Our bodies are always seeking balance, but we have been apt to misread its clues by our unbalanced diets and lifestyles. Basically the five flavors are: pungent, bitter, sour, sweet, and salty. Pungent dissolves toxins in the body, bitter and sour cleanse and eliminate these toxins, sweet is fortifying, and salty is softening. Daily we need each of these flavors in our diet. Often food cravings are the result of an imbalance. For instance, when one craves sweet rather then going and eating a Snickers bar you might rather balance the craving eating something bitter, pungent or sour.

The importance of diet cannot be overstated. Generally women being more yin suffer yin excess diseases and the converse for men; enduring more yang excess diseases. Women eat too much sugar—extreme yin, men eat too much meat and potatoes—extreme yang. The resulting polarity excesses affect not just our personal health but our relationships to each other and the planet as well.

I wished to introduce this topic when first reading warnings about the swine and avian flu alerts. A virus such as the flu is an extreme yin condition and might be balanced with extreme yang. For instance, I have been sharing this remedy with friends for a number of years: at the onset of a cold, when your sinuses are drippy and secretions watery and clear, if immediately you have either a strong, fresh ginger tea or a tablespoon of miso paste in hot water, pretty much you can stop the cold in its tracks. You have balanced the energy. I first learned about how the knowledge of food energies might be practically applied in times of catastrophe, when I read of a Japanese doctor who applied this information to his patients affected by the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Generally chemicals are extreme yin so he counseled his patients to consume extreme yang until rebalancing.

I begin learning TCM over 12 years ago. At the time, I suffered from numerous maladies that I equated to “just growing older.” By adapting a new diet, and making up various herbal teas to address each health issue I was able, one-by-one, to assist the natural intelligence of my body to seek balance, and heal the problem before it was able to develop into a health crises. The primary tool on my bookshelf is The Green Pharmacy by James A. Duke—an herb book catalogued by malady rather than by herbs. Generally, one should never use one sole herb. Through my study of Chinese herbology, I learned to balance the energies of the herbs I used for the teas; sound familiar? Use leaves (yin) and roots (yang). Many roots which are beneficial for liver health are very bad tasting so use of herbs like peppermint, spearmint, etc., can help mask the offensive flavors. Don’t overuse a remedy. If you must continue a remedy for any duration of time, give your body a rest periodically by discontinuing its use for a few days. By experimenting with creating my own herbal teas, I produced some very pleasant tasting beverages for healing my body. Who says that what’s good you has to taste bad or be offensive? It’s quite satisfying to be able to reclaim one’s health in such a manner without spending a lot of money. All one needs is a desire to learn, experiment, and learn to pay attention to the signals from your body. For too long we’ve been encouraged to turn over the responsibility of our lives to some “authority.” My personal credo has been, and I mean no disrespect, “if the authorities knew so damned much, why are there so many damn problems.”

See the “Health and Nutrition” section below for more information and resources.

Foods Categorized by Yin & Yang

Extreme Yang Foods				Mod-erate	Foods				Extreme Yin Foods
Some Chemi-cals, Drugs & Roots	Fish & Seafood	Whole Grains & Grain Products	Beans & Bean Products	Sea Vege-tables	Veg-etables	Fruits	Beverages	Tropical Fruits	Stim-ulants
Refined salt	Carp	BrownaRice	Asuki beans	Agar-agar	ROOT:	Fresh & Dried	Roasted teas	Aspar-agus, Avocado	Black & Green Teas
Iodized salt	Clams	Millet	Black-eyed peas	Arame	Beets	Apples	Spring water	Bananas, Brazil nuts	Mint tea
Crude Gray Sea Salt	Crabs	Barley	Black turtle beans	Dulce	Carrots	Apri-cots	100% Grain coffee	Cashews, Coconut, Dates	Other stimu-lating teas
Ginseng	Cod	Whole wheat	Chick-peas	Hijiki	Parsnips	Black-berries	Other trad. non-stimulant teas	Eggplant, Figs, Grapefruit, Mango	Coffee, Decaf coffee, Soft Drinks
Insulin	Flounder	Oats	Kidney beans	Irish Moss	Ruta-baga	Blue-berries	Fruit juice	Papaya, Spinach, Potatos	Cinna-mon, Curry, Nutmeg
Thyro-xine	Haddock	Rye	Lentils	Kelp	Turnips	Cant-alope	Cider	DAIRY	Other spices
Various others	Herring	Wild rice	Lima beans	Kombu	Potatos	Grapes	Vegetable juice	Butter Cheese	PRO-CESS-ED FOODS
EGGS	Lobster	Quinoa	Mung beans	Wakame	ROUND	Melons	Barley Green juice	Ice Cream	White Rice, White Flour
	Oysters	Pastas	Navy beans	Others	Broccoli	Lemon	Sake	Milk	Refined grains
MEAT	Red Snapper	SEEDS & NUTS	Pinto beans	SEA-SON-INGS	Cabbage	Olives	Almond milk	Sour and whipped creams	Instant grains
	Scallops	Almonds	Split Peas	Un-refined sea salt	Cucum-ber	Oranges	Natural fermented beer	Yogurt	Canned foods
POUL-TRY	Shrimp	Chest-nuts	Miso	Rice vinegar	Green beans	Pears	Natural fermented wine	SWEET-ENERS	Frozen foods
	Sole	Filberts	Soy sauce	Vinegars	Mush-rooms	Plums	Other natural quaility	Aspartame	Sprayed foods
FISH & SEA-FOOD	Other White-meat fish and seafood	Peanuts, pine nuts, pista-chios	Other beans and bean products	Barley malt, Rice malt	Onions, squashes, Swiss chard	Water-melon, Rasp-berries	SWEET-ENERS	Blond, brown & cane sugars	Irrad-iated foods
Bluefish	CONDI-MENTS	Pecans	PICK-LES	Grated ginger root	Wax beans, other	Other temper-ate clim-ate varieties	Barley malt	Corn Syrup	Foods produced w/ chem-icals, additives,perserv-atives, etc.,
Salmon	Goma-shio	Sesame seeds	Pressed	Lemon juice	WHITE GREEN LEAFY	GAR-NISH-ES	Rice syrup	Corn syrup	Vitamin pills, Mineral supple-ments
Sword-fish	Nori	Sun-flower seeds	Sauer-kraut	Orange juice	Bok choy	Grated ginger, Grated horse-radish	Maple syrup	Chocolate	Other food cap-sules, tablets & similar products
Tune	Mus-tards	Walnuts	Soy sauce	Black & red peppers	Carrot tops	Red pepper	Fruit juice	Dextrose	SOME CHEM-ICALS & DRUGS
Other red-meat & blue-skinned varieties	Other trad-itional condi-ments	Other temper-ate climate varieties	Other trad-itional types	Mus-tards, oils and other natural season-ings	Celery, other greens	Other trad-itional gar-nishes	Cooked fruit, dried fruit	Fructose, Glucose	Amphe-tamines

5 Element Correspondences

	Wood(Yang)	Fire(Yang)	Earth(Neutral)	Metal(Yin)	Water(Yin)
Season	Spring	Summer	Late Summer	Autumn	Winter
Climate	Wind	Heat	Humidity/dampness	Dryness	Cold
Direction	East	South	Center	West	North
Problem
Hot	Headache, rash	Heatstroke	Ulcer	Cough, thirst	Sparse urine
Cold	Indigestion	Weak heart	Nausea	Shortness of breath	Frequent clear urine
Remedy
Hot	Aloe, Dandelion	Chrysanthe-mum flower tea	Aloe, cumin	Lo Han Kuo Beverage	Saw palmetto, parsley
Cold	Ginger	Hawthorne	Ginger	Thyme, clove	Clove
Organs:
Yin	Liver	Heart	Spleen	Lung	Kidneys
Yin organ time	1am-3am	11am-1pm	9am-11am	3am-5am	5pm-7pm
Yang	Gall bladder	Small intestine	Stomach	Large intestine	Bladder
Yang order time	11pm-1am	1pm-3pm	7am-9am	5am-7am	3pm-5pm
Taste	Sour	Bitter	Sweet	Pungent	Salty
Color	Green	Red	Yellow	White	Black
Odor	Rancid	Scorched	Fragrant	Rotten	Putrid
Sound	Shout	Laugh	Sing/Whine	Weep/sign	Groan
Emotion	Anger	Joy, jubilance	Sympathy, worry	Grief, depression	Fear
Reflexology	Middle finger	Little finger	Thumb	Ring finger	Index finger
Orifice	Eyes	Ears	Mouth	Nose/throat	Urinary
-from Hadady	Sight	Speech	Taste	Smell	Hearing
Sense organ	Eyes	Tongue	Mouth	Nose	Ears
-from Svoboda
Indicator	Nails and tendons	Complexion	Lips	Hair(Body)	Hair(Head)
Helpful grains	Wheat	Glutinous millet	Millet	Rice	Beans/peas
Develop-ment	Germination growth	Growth ripening	Transformation	Maturation harvest	Decay storage
Planet	Jupiter	Mars	Saturn	Venus	Mercury
Substance	Blood	Spirit	Fluids	Qi (chi)	Essence
Tissues fortified	Tendon, fascia	Blood vessels	Flesh/Muscles	Skin, body hair	Bones
Virtue	Kindness	Humility	Faithfulness	Fairness	Wisdom
Secretions	Tears	Sweat	Saliva/Lymph	Stool, spittle	Urine, reproduc-tion
Manifest-ation	Nails	Facial color	Lips	Skin/body hair	Teeth/head hair
Controls	Earth	Metal	Water	Wood	Fire
Injured by	Wind	Heat	Damp	Dry	Cold
Activity	Seeing	Walking	Sitting	Reclining	Standing

Control cycle functions as counter/balance to promotion tendency within the Generative cycle and ensures the maintenance of equilibrium: Wood uproots and loosens Earth; Fire melts Metal; Earth contains and obstructs Water; Metal penetrates and cuts Wood; and Water extinguishes Fire.

Therapeutic Use of the Five Flavors

	Wood	Fire	Earth	Metal	Water
Organs:
Yin	Liver	Heart	Spleen	Lung	Kidneys
Yang	Gall bladder	Small intestine	Stomach	Large intestine	Bladder
Taste	Sour	Bitter	Sweet	Pungent	Salty
	Cleansing	Laxative, stimulant	Sedative	Stimulant, digestion	Drying
Common Actions	Obstructs movement therefore useful in checking diarrhea & excessive perspiration.	Reduces body heat. Dries body fluids. Induces diarrhea (which can be used to reduce fever)	Improves digestion. Slows down acute symptoms. Neutralizes the toxic effects of food.	Induces perspiration. Promotes energy circulation. Dissolves toxins.	Softens hardness (has been used to treat lymph nodes & other symptoms re: hardening of the muscles and glands.
Examples of foods	Vinegars, lemons, apricots, grapes, raspberry, plum, etc.	Greens, green tea, asparagus, vinegars, celery, lettuce, etc.	Most vegetables and grains.	Black pepper, cloves, garlic, ginger, green onion, red pepper, etc.	Sea salt, sea vegetables, soy sauce, barley, etc.

In the diet of a healthy person the flavors should be balanced, with the sweet flavor predominating, because the Earth Element and its associated flavors-are considered the most central aspect of the body and its nourishment. Such balancing is simple. It means that each day the sweet flavor—the primary flavor of most carbohydrates such as grains, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and fruit—should be accompanied by small amounts of bitter, salty, pungent, and sour foods. Very often these primary sweet carbohydrates will contain sufficient secondary flavors themselves; otherwise, condiments can be used. When health is poor and during acute disease conditions, it is usually helpful to change just two flavors, emphasizing one obviously important flavor and restricting a contraindicated one.

The flavors not only create balance but also bring a person into harmony and seasonal influences. Should one be out of balance, first balance the individual, and then work for seasonal attunement as much as possible without violating the individual’s internal climate.

Recommended layman’s introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine: Daniel Reid’s The Complete Book of Chinese Health and Healing.

Food Tastes: A Quick Reference

Taste	Balance With
Bitter	Pungent, sweet, salty (also sedating)
Sweet	Bitter, pungent, sour (also drying)
Pungent	Bitter, sour, sweet (cooling, sedating)
Salty	Sour and bitter (cooling and moistening), also sweet and oily (sedating)
Sour	Pungent

Often food craving are the result of an imbalance. For instance, when one craves sweet rather then going and eating a Snickers bar you might rather balance the craving eating something bitter, pungent or sour.

Examples of Yin & Yang

	YIN	YANG
Attribute	Centrifugal Force	Centripetal Force
Tendency	Expansion	Contraction
Function	Diffusion	Fusion
	Dispersion	Assimilation
	Separation	Gathering
	Decomposition	Organization
Movement	More inactive, slower	More active, faster
Vibration	Shorter wave & higher frequency	Longer wave & lower frequency
Direction	Ascent & vertical	Descent & horizontal
Position	More outward & peripheral	More inward & central
Weight	Lighter	Heavier
Temperature	Colder	Hotter
Light	Darker	Brighter
Humidity	Wetter	Drier
Density	Thinner	Thicker
Size	Larger	Smaller
Shape	More expansive & fragile	More contractive & harder
Form	Longer	Shorter
Texture	Softer	Harder
Atomic particle	Electron	Proton
Climatic effects	Tropical climate	Colder climate
Biological	More vegetable quality	More meat quality
Sex	Female	Male
Organ structure	More hollow & expansive	More compacted & condensed
Nerves	More peripheral, orthosympathetic	More central, parasympathetic
Attitude, emotion	More gentle, negative, defensive	More active, positive, aggressive
Work	More psychological & mental	More physical & social
Consciousness	More universal	More specific
Mental function	Dealing more with the future	Dealing more with the past
Culture	More spiritually oriented	More materially oriented
Dimension	Space	Time