Jang Sungja is an Earth and Metal Energy person. It means that she has a lack of Tree, Fire, and Water Energy often. She contacted lacquer trees by accident and developed allergic symptoms quickly since she originally had excessive Earth Energy. In this case, breathing difficulties could occur in severe cases, so it was important to alleviate  quickly. To do this, we had to  find out what kind of energy lacquer had in the Five Elements. Barun Maek’s chief researcher Eunji inferred that lacquer was the energy opposite to Tree Energy because the culture of eating it with chicken, which is Tree Energy meat, was developed in Korean society. Usually, popular foods are harmonious with opposite Energy in Five Element analysis. When she urgently looked for the other data, she found that lacquer can be neutralized by mixing beans and eggs, which are also Tree Energy materials. After being asked to analyze the energy of the Five Elements of lacquer, she recommended strengthening Tree Energy and to wait and observe for more data. 

Lacquer was used as a disinfectant to prevent insects. Ingredients that act as a disinfectant often have a strong bitter taste. Examples include chlorines used in swimming pools and charcoal used for the purpose as well. So, it can weaken the skin with the strong Fire Energy. Lacquer also served as a rich resin to repair broken earthenware. Jang Sungja’s feedback that Tree Energy juice is more effective with salt showed Lacquer has Fire Energy, since salt is Water Energy which can control Fire Energy.

Koreans are the only people who eat lacquer in chicken soup. It is also used as a Korean medicine called dry lacquer. There is a record of Korean traditional medicine that warms the body and relieves blood clots. To reduce allergic reactions when it is used as a medicine, it is  put in water boiled for 6-8 hours. Putting it in water weakens the lacquer’s Fire and Earth Energy.

Sungja is a person with a strong Earth and Metal Energy, so her reaction was so severe that her whole body was swollen in less than five minutes due to the addition of strong Earth Energy from lacquer. People with severe allergies may have difficulty breathing, and those who are not severe may have a slight reaction after 48 hours, and the degree and time of the reaction of lacquer vary from person to person. It is natural that the natural five elements of energy of the person experiencing them are different.

On the 3rd day, the healing effect was increased by taking a bath with buckwheat flour since buckwheat is a tree energy grain which has a lot of the 6th Energy having no taste. The swelling of the body is a sign, showing it is necessary to take out, so it is important to stimulate acupoints on the relevant meridians used to remove bad energy.

Through this experience, members of Barunmaek learned that lacquer is a material having Fire and Earth Energy even though it is highly Earth Energy. In addition, when an allergy occurs, analyzing the energy of the material which was contacted is very helpful to recover quickly by the controlling sequence.

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