Hwang Junwoo
Junwoo is my son and a nine-year-old boy. It has been more than 8 years since he began eating Barun Maek Saengsheik starting with 10 grams with yogurt. Junwoo’s mother is a long term member of Barun Maek.
In April of 2023, an ophthalmologist told me that Junwoo’s regular eye examination was 0.7 right 0.7 left, but he had to be observed, waiting for his eyesight to be better or not to decide to wear glasses. On January 31 of 2024, Junwoo’s eye exam follow-up showed that his left vision is 0.3 and right vision is 0.7. Around that time, Junwoo had frequent styes in his eyes as well. Junwoo and I wanted to do the best to recover his eyesight to avoid wearing glasses. We researched sincerely to find and overcome our shortcomings to maintain eyesight through Barun Maek’s understanding of Yin-Yang Five Elements. After a month of accelerated efforts to practice in Barun Maek’s six kinds of methodologies from end of March to April, on April 27 of 2024, Junwoo’s eyesight returned and is maintained to 0.7 right 0.7 left.
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Original Character
- Profile– Earth and Metal Energy person
- Yin Energy Person
- Pulse diagnosis- Extremely strong jugular pulse and weak radial pulse. Three Energy, Water Energy and the 6th Energy were lacking.
- Regulating hot temper
- Improving eyesight to avoid wearing glasses
- Resolving frequent stye
- Balancing Junwoo’s 6th Energy through increasing Barun Maek Saeng Sheik intake and heating up his lower body, he was able to control his temper.
- He improved his eyesight through the recovery phenomena of Tree Energy.
- Frequent stye in his eyes has disappeared in balancing Yin-Yang and cleaning Tree Energy Meridian around his eyes.
To balance Yin-Yang Energy, Junwoo heated up his lower body parts such as his feet until they were warm enough. His feet are relatively cold when compared to other body parts so he soaked his feet in the hot water for 15 minutes daily for a month. It made his energy calm and he relaxes as well.
What you eat also can affect one’s Energy Balance of Yin-Yang Five Elements. Junwoo and I recalled when Junwoo’s stye began in his eyes. At the time, we frequently ate beef, which is Earth Energy meat so it is opposite Energy to what he needed according to the controlling sequence of Five Elements but Junwoo ate it everyday. Furthermore, meat is Yang Energy food which causes one’s Energy up to the brain more than the body and four extremities so this can result in one’s temper increasing as well. Junwoo’s pulse shows that he needs Yang Energy. On 25th of March, his stye was at maximum size. It was a good chance for his mother to encourage him to increase his Saeng Sheik intake and decrease his meat intake.
[ Junwoo’s frequent styes in his both eyes for months while his eyesight was decreasing ]
He started with 10g of Barun Maek Saensheik when he was around 10 kg. He increased the amount of Saeng Sheik from 10 to 20 g but the amount has not been increased although he is now 40 kg since it is not that tasty as a snack or meal. He didn’t even eat properly for about two months before and after when he was notified that his eyesight had deteriorated on January 31 of 2024. According to my explanation, Junwoo increased the intake to 80g for a month from March 25 to April 27 to nourish the 6th Energy as ancient people did, to purify their body and simplify their eating desire. Junwoo hoped his stye was cleaned out. 3 days after increasing the amount of intake, his stye was increased to the maximum size but it started to decrease after that day. The decreasing process took a month. It was not easy to be patient for a nine year old kid so I used Barun Maek Yin Energy herb essence tea as well for a week. I wrote in my report “After taking the herb essence, the size of the stye and his tension was much more durable in a day while increasing Saen Sheik intake was necessary for completely clearing out the debris in and around his eyes since the stye came and reoccurred for six months before increasing. Now, it has not occurred in 7 months.”
After his eyesight decreased, I also started to give Tree Energy meridian massages for Junwoo. It provided a good opportunity for me to encourage Junwoo’s Tree Energy physically and verbally through a benevolent talk. In the meantime, we found many new black spots on his Tree Energy meridian in the following pictures. For the massage process, I recalled how I often showed my temper to Junwoo and cultivated my mind and corrected myself to be educational and benevolent to Junwoo. I realized that my attitude probably was a cause of Junwoo’s lower Tree Energy that contributed to his reduced visibility as Junwoo’s home environment was too tense according to Barun Maek’s understanding of Yin Yang Five Elements.
We started to use woodenware more than metalware such as wooden tables, chairs, spoons and chopsticks and raise water plants. Listening to classic Violin music also let us relax and nourished our Tree Energy. Reading books about great figures in history helps to show a model person for Junwoo to follow as trees look up at the sun and grow to be close to the sun. We applied what we learned from Barun Maek as much as possible with quite big efforts to meet our goal.
On April 27 in 2024, it had been a month since our accelerated Barun Maek Practice. Junwoo’s stye completely disappeared so we checked to see if he had good eyesight. Both eyesight were returned to 0.7 as it was the same in April of 2023 but improved from January 31 of 2024.
What Barun Maek Saw
The virtue of benevolence comes from Tree Energy since it is the spiritual manifestation of Tree Energy. Also, Tree Energy is related to growing up like Tree itself. While kids are growing up fast, kids need plenty of Tree Energy. Hence, Tree Energy is not enough for growing kids easily and it often makes kids angry.
Junwoo and Junwoo’s mother are both Metal Energy people. It means they should nourish Tree Energy so they do not face the consequence of lack of Tree Energy such as frequent anger, being tense, decreasing eyesight as well. According to the supporting sequence, Earth Energy food supports Metal Energy so eating Earth Energy food like beef often caused trouble for Junwoo. Meat itself, from moving animals, has Yang Energy more than general vegetables from less movable nature. His styes and hot temper implied excessive Yang Energy as well.
After increasing Saeng Sheik intake from March 25, Junwoo’s stye looked worse for a while as photos showed. We call it the recovery sign to unveil the true state. Junwoo’s mother is a long time Barun Maek member so she and Junwoo considered the sign positively as purifying the body as ancient people believed and captured it for photos. Thanks to recording of the process for other people who are following the same way. It is related to Trust, the virtue of Earth Energy and meticulous attitude from Earth Energy which is the main Energy of Junwoo’s mother.
Mother is usually an influential part of the environment for nine year old kids. The Korean proverb says, “The child is the mirror of the parent.”. That Junwoo’s mother quickly looked into her inner self was a powerful remedy and her own meaningful cultivation.
“Eyesight is related to Tree Energy and the spiritual manifestation of Tree Energy is benevolence. In this research process, I have realized how benevolence works as well.”
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"I tried to fill in the benevolence and wisdom (智), which were the most lacking to me among Five virtues. Being wiser allowed me to let go of the situation more gently. However, I have given Earth and Metal Energy more, so I know that I have to keep trying to regulate myself in daily sudden situations to be harmonious and I belieave it is a rewarding process."
Research Coordinator
This research project was coordinated by Kim Chae Young. If you would like to work with her please contact her at kimchaeyoung@barunmaek.org
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