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How to determine the energy status of Yin Yang Five Elements and the 6th Energy  in the human body

Human beings exist between heaven and earth. The Yang energy of the sky and the Yin energy of the earth flows through the human body and mind, giving the material manifestations of male and female, and the spiritual manifestations masculine and feminine. This is the heavenly reason that the creator put in place for the harmony and balance of human life. The Five Elements (Tree-Fire-Earth-Metal-Water) and the Sixth energy, which are created by the intersection of Yin and Yang, also flow through the human body and spirit. Let’s look at the body composition, which is the material manifestation of this flow.

The softness of the Tree energy (緩) is stored in the liver and gallbladder. The liver and gallbladder that store and digest oil are soft, and when they become hard, they become diseases. The divergence and hotness of the Fire energy (散) are stored in the heart and small intestine. The heart releases blood with heat, and the small intestine diverges food into small pieces to make nutrients. The conglomeration and solidity of the Earth energy (固) is stored in the spleen and stomach. Both organs become sick when they become droopy or loose. The healthy stomach also reflects the fact that the amount of meals and meal times must be set. The tightness and compress of the Metal energy (緊) is stored in the lungs and large intestine. When all of them are unfolded, the alveolus, the size of a soccer field, compresses air in the lungs, and the large intestine compresses the digestive residue by using the inner wall wrinkles three times the size of itself like an accordion. When they are loose, they become sick. The smoothness and tolerance of the Water energy (順) are stored in the kidneys and bladder, which help the water flow in the human body. If the kidneys and bladder become solid and cannot increase the volume, or if it becomes divergent and does not contain moisture, it becomes a disease.

The tissues of the body are also material manifestations of the Five Elements in the human body. The softness of the Tree energy manages the muscles that need to be softened and flexible such as contraction and extension. The divergence of the Fire energy manages the blood that is released throughout the body. The sticky solidity of the Earth energy manages the flesh. The tightness of the Metal energy manages the skin tightening the body. The tolerance of the Water energy manages the bones that is a large nutrient storage, supports the body, and holds the organs. The 6th energy manages the nerves, which is the code connected with God, in the literal meaning of Chinese characters, and shows the state of “harmony and balance” within the human body.

The face also contains the energy of Five Elements. The softness of Tree energy is captured in the eyes. The divergence of Fire energy is contained in the tongue that is used to talk. Earth energy is put in the mouth through food, either directly or indirectly from Earth. Metal energy is put in the nose where it stands sharply and tightly. Water energy is contained in the ears that hold and embrace sound from the outside. The state of the 6th energy appears through facial expressions.

A man in his 40s who applied for counseling in Barun Maek Research once came to help his high school daughter. He said that it has been two years since the child’s legs have been unable to walk due to pain repeatedly, and could not find the cause even after performing an comprehensive examination of inflammation, nerves, bones or joints at a university hospital.

Each joint also has a response from the Five elements, but the child had pain in the knee joint, which was organized by the Earth energy. The Earth energy was also very weak in the child’s pulse, checked by the Baru Maek pulse diagnosis method. When I talked to the child, she had been overworking her stomach by repeatedly fasting and overeating without telling her parents about her weight management.

After 30 minutes of making her eat strong Earth energy foods and stimulating relevant acupoints, the child’s pain was considerably reduced and the knee became stronger. Since the symptoms are in the legs, it was not easy to find, in the way of Western medicine, that the cause was the lack of Earth energy stored in the stomach. His daughter, who got better in unexpected ways, took an “intermediate level class of Barun Maek” with her father. When she learned that the spiritual manifestation of Earth energy among the Five Elements was “trust,” the daughter was amazed by what she had experienced, which she had skipped meals without her parents knowing, was like “causal retribution.”

As shown in the table, the principle of the controlling sequence and supporting sequence among the Five Elements in nature is also reflected in the human body. Just as tree roots control the solidity of earth, people with strong liver and gallbladder, who have more Tree energy, have relatively weak spleen and stomachs, which are stored Earth energy. People with strong kidneys and bladder, which are stored more water energy, have relatively weak and small heart and small intestine, which are stored Fire energy just as water controls fire. Therefore, we must be humble and cooperate with each other to make up for our shortcomings endlessly.

In light of the science of the Yin and Yang Five Elements that were recognized by examining the preparation of the creator in ancient China, let’s find the strong and weak parts of your body, tissues, and faces today. If you have found it, consider connecting it with energy and moral manifestation, as in the table at the bottom. Understanding these correspondences helps you understand the human body and assess the balance and imbalance of your Yin and Yang, Five Elements, and fill the lacking energy.

According to the ancient science of the Yin and Yang Five Elements, if your gaze is gentle, your liver and gallbladder will be healthy, and if your tongue is warm and you are polite, your heart will be warm and healthy. Talking less and listening more will strengthen your kidneys and bladder. Isn’t every phenomenon in the human body, good or bad, a sign that makes me look back and a creator’s mercy? Isn’t this what ancient Chinese enlightened people wanted to leave in the thought frame of Yin, Yang, and Five Elements a thousand years ago?