Why do people get sick and how does pathology develop in our bodies?

Pathology of 8 Constitution Medicine

When the ten major organs are functioning properly in relation to each other as they are constitutionally designed to do, the person feels well. However, when the natural harmony between organs looses its proper balance, the person does not feel well. The pathology is not in the organ, but in between organs. Often, patients go through several expensive lab tests in the hospital only to be informed that nothing is wrong with their organs. The real pathology resides in the invisible space between the organs (meridians). Even when the organ itself shows definite pathology such as an ulcer, the pathophysiology of the ulcer is not in the organ.

Take bug spray as an example. If there are lots of dirty dishes left over the kitchen table and windows are not closely shut, bug will come in. The problem of this “disorder” (pathology) is not bugs. One can use one spray to kill roaches, another to kill flies, and still another spray to kill ants, etc.. only to create more mess in the kitchen and receive very short lived relief from the bugs. Unless things in the kitchen are not in correct relation to each other (clean dishes in the cupboard, remains of food in the garbage can, dirty dishes in the dishwasher, windows properly closed, etc.) the pathology will exist no matter how many sprays are used.

It is really sad to see how many people must take more than six medications a day for the rest of their lives! The truly holistic healing must heal the relationship between each of the ten major organs. Glaucoma is another good example where a true pathology should not be found in the organ of the eyes, but in the relation between the liver and other organs.

Etiology of 8 Constitution Medicine

Then what causes this disharmony between the organs which was in proper harmony when we were born? Because people do not live a life as they should live! They eat the wrong foods, pursue the wrong careers, live in the wrong housing, take baths the wrong way, choose the wrong spouse, etc.. The ignorance of one’s own constitution leads one into a life style which eventually causes the disharmony between the organs.

The wrong diet is so far the major etiology in 8 Constitutional Medicine.  Every food has its own unique FORCE. If we eat certain foods for along time, the particular Force of that food will increase the physiological function of a certain organ whose Force it is identical with.

Take someone with Pulmotonia constitution for an example. He is born with lungs that should produce about 100 watts (as a figure of speech) of metal Force and normal people need only 50 watts of Force. Then, we can assume his lung is far stronger than other people. He will make a good signer, a swimmer, a good athlete, a good doctor, and a scientist. But if he grows up in a dairy farm house, eating lots of red meat and dairy products for years and years, the Force of his lung will go way over 100 watts. If his lung Force is around 140 watts, he will suffer from frequent cough, asthma, and irregular bowel movements. If it goes over 300 watts, he can even develop colon cancer. That is why proper dietary instructions are the most important for patients at the One Arrow Acupuncture clinic.

Treatment

The best way to correct the disharmony between organs is to use acupuncture, regulating the five element points of each meridian of the ten major organs. General acupuncture points are not used, because they do not have a direct command of the organ Force. Herbs can be used for the preventive purposes only. After patients are treated, they must be instructed to live their lives according to their own physiological destiny.

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