Kidney – a place for storing your inheritance –
A vital source in the body
I already told that five organs are essential for the human body in Traditional Eastern Medicine, such as the liver, heart, spleen, lung, and kidney. Also, I have explained that the importance of some organs such as the spleen and the heart; especially, the spleen is the most critical organs to be treated as primary when a person gets sick. Meanwhile, the kidney acts as an important organ in different ways as the spleen or the heart. The kidney stores primal energy for the human body, which is inherited by the parents, like an inheritance. A strength of the body is determined by how much inheritance was the body given from the parents. However, this inheritance needs some caution to treat.
The inheritance called the essence.
The kidney stores called the essence, which is the source of the primal energy for the body. This essence is inherited from the parents. Food comes from a stomach combines with this essence. Finally, it transforms an essential substance for the body. This substance, called the body fluids, makes the kidney moisture to nourish itself. Due to storing the most important thing for the body, the kidney prefers moist. When the kidney can preserve enough amount of the body fluids and provide the whole body, all body parts are nicely hydrated. They can work as they should be adequate. Also, this moisture prevents over-heat not only the kidney but also other organs, which tend to heat up easily.
Does this inheritance last forever?
The answer is NO. The inheritance in the real world is usually money that can increase with investment. On the other hand, this inheritance is decreasing as aged that will never grow again. When this essence has completely gone, there is no source for the energy that means death. The energy source made by spleen is coming from the food; therefore, it is reproductive. However, there is no reproductive feature for the kidney essence. Is there any solution for this problem? The only solution is how to mitigate the curve for dropping the amount of the essence.
Mitigate the curve flatter
Decreasing the kidney essence happens to everyone, especially when people get old; no one can avoid reducing this. Even people are just living; they can’t avoid it because of being used for body metabolism and homeostasis. However, there are a few factors that accelerate this decline. The first is overwork. This overwork includes carrying heavy stuff too much. Interestingly, overload exercise for the body, such as too many weights or loads than it should be, is affecting the kidney as overwork. The second is cold from the foot. On the human body, there are pathways called meridians, of which energy goes inside. The kidney meridian starts from the foot and goes up to the abdomen, where the kidney is. The kidney has both cooling and warming functions; therefore, the cold from the bottom interferes with the warming function of the kidney. This interreference affects the stomach digestive function that leads to malnourishment of the body, including the kidney itself. The third is over sexual activity. The kidney essence contributes to the source of germ cells, such as sperm or egg. Besides, in Traditional Eastern Medicine, sexual activity means exchanging the energy not only of physical substance but non-physical substance. Too much sexual activity consumes energy a lot that leads to excessive consumption of the kidney essence. If you like to have longevity with QOL, how to control these factors in your life is the key.
“in moderation”
In modern society, the kidney essence tends to decrease easily due to its lifestyle. People can’t rest when it should be, forced to work, set too much schedule; everything is excessive activity. Besides, people have more leisure and hobbies than the ancient society that leads to restless life; hence, it becomes over-stimulated. Furthermore, bad eating habit damages the spleen = factory and the stomach = product line that affect the kidney. = warehouse. On the other hands, if the warehouse has a problem for stock, it affects the factory and the product line. In ancient China, people said, “Don’t do too much. In moderation”. Why? Because this is the best way to mitigate the curve of the kidney essence decline flatter. If you like to avoid a sharp curve for the decline, it is the time to think about what is your core value, how to cut back unnecessary things in life. It would not be a bad idea that re-evaluates your life and shift to a slower and lower attitude flight. In moderation at life might not be exciting or glamorous than your previous lifestyle; however, it is not only protecting your health but bringing more fertile in your life.
