The invasion of cold in the body usually happens gradually, little by little, the result of minute increments of cold. Thus, small chunks of what you need to run your body (Yang Qi) are eliminated from the storehouse of energy we all must have in the ‘bank’. It could also happen with the ill advised icing of an injury, or after birthing or with engorged breasts being iced. The cold splinter then takes up residence and causes major circulation and Yang Xu wastage problems until it is removed – often never even suspected to be there.
People are starting to wake up . . This will help explain to you why the Yang Qi is wasted and what you can do to change this. All the low thyroid/energy problems that you are experiencing may be assisted through such a simple thing as paying attention to all the ‘old wives’ tales’ and taking the cold out of your life, and out of your body. Sometimes the effects of COLD INVASION catches up with you very quickly:
We can blame ‘aging’, but often this is just a metaphor for overuse and the absence of maintenance. You may feel a gradual departure from your usual vibrant, happy, healthy self. You can blame the many other things that are impacting on or in your busy life. Without a model to make sense of the concept of cold invasion, you may also view your deteriorating health as just genes, or ‘bad luck’.
Equally, you could recognise your refusal to listen to what your body is trying to tell you: your body’s warnings. Get rid of all sources of cold and look after yourself the way your grandmother would advise. Look to the vaginal steaming and the ways acupuncturists may use to remove cold from your body.
What wastes Yang Qi?
1 – Cold invasion – little increments over a life – or one huge amount – at birth, at an accident, one wrong move with post birthing medical foolishness – no traditional society would be this stupid!!Adding in cold may numb the pain temporarily – but it stops the blood from healing the wounds.
2 – Exhaustion
3 – Insufficient rest (especially continual late nights). All of this will catch up with you.
Then what happens?
1. Cold slows your circulation, interfering with self-healing and your self regulating body system
2. Cold, that has entered from any source, lodges in your tissues and remains there, while your Yang Qi attempts to neutralise it (until you provide for its permanent exit)
3. Accumulated cold energy impairs the body’s normal functioning and creates pockets for dis-ease to fester over time.
Throughout life, we experience small doses of cold energy exposure. The impacts of these small exposures will be worse if we are tired or rundown when the event occurs. This applies equally to cold ingested from drinking cold drinks to cool our heartburn, to the breeze that tickled our skin while we slept, to the cool showers we take to cope with summer heat.
Cold adds up
Numerous small incidents create a residue of cold in our bodies, splinters of trapped cold energy, that interfere with our body’s innate wisdom and give rise to problems we have unknowingly self-generated.
These cold ‘splinters’ eventually manifest as generalised or ‘arthritic’ aches and pains.
Cold stopping up your circulation may show up as:
1) – Menstrual cramping/aching that is relieved by the application of heat.
2) – Or growing masses of any description – as the DAMP /phlegm is blocked from moving – Yang Qi keeps everything circulating.
3) – Or a generally sluggish metabolism and digestive system.
4) – Or allergies and myriad metabolic issues that can plague people who have invited cold in to weaken their Yang Qi.
What to do?
Take out the cold – and rescue your Yang QI – see more here ..