GiGi
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Organ Clock Theory Tuesday June 20 2006 16:42 IST Dr Usharavi
In our daily routine, when our every act is time bound, did you know that our vital organs too are time bound..? The 12 organs in our body are owning 2 hours in a day according to the relevant time of the organ clock. In traditional Chinese medicine, diagnosis and the treatment are based on the dynamic theory of energy flow. This energy flow is continuous in our body in definite path. This vital energy is termed as `Qi', which has three levels that is superficial, deep and intermediate. It is possible to cause changes in the body by influencing this Qi flow at the superficial level, which is called `Acupuncture Therapy'.
3 am to 5 am - Lungs
This organ clock theory in Acupuncture therapy is used to treat many complications for better results. The energy enters the lung (organ) channel at 3 am, when a day starts originally.
Symptoms of particular organ is shown at that particular time, it is an alarm to the patient and good diagnosing point to an acupuncturist. Human body mechanism is a miracle and always it sticks to nature. The peak hour of each organ is 2 hours. The treatment according to the organ clock balances the vital energy flow in our body, so that lacking energy will gain by tonification of acupuncture points and stagnated energy is transferred by sedation of specific points.
Of course, this theory surprises anyone at first sight, but seen deeply the practical biorhythmic activity can be identified. A day always starts at 3 am which is the time for lungs, the foremost organ. Ayurvedic physicians, siddhars, rishis, naturapaths at earlier times used to wake up at 3am, which is defined as `Brahmamuhuratha time'. Probably this time is good for breathing exercise, so that lung will gain more energy from universe and later travels continuously.
Acupuncture theory adds more, by diagnosing the patients symptoms which shows severe for lung disorders. A single point in lung channel is stimulated at this time to cure the lung disorders. So, both for diagnosis and treatment, the organ clock helps extensively. People having this disorder will have a disturbed sleep, like cough, sneezing or nasal congestion at this time.
5 am to 7 am -Large Intestine
Next to lung time is the large intestine i.e., from 5 to 7 am, when the bowl is emptied. Proper evacuation is needed, if failed, particularly large intestine points are needled to care the problem.
7 am to 9 am - Stomach
Next time is for stomach organ i.e., 7 to 9 am, so that breakfast is taken. Moreover, ulcer, gastritis, acidity, loss of appetite, headache cares are treated with relevant acupuncture points in stomach organ time.
9 am to 11 am - Spleen
Again, the next organ is spleen, its time is 9 to 11 am. It is very special, hence the persons who feel very tired and sleepy is the indication of diabetic symptoms later in life. A snoring sleep at this time is not advisable.
11 am to 1 pm - Heart
11 am to 1 pm,is a time where cardiac problems are targeted at this time. Usually cardiac patients sweat a lot and feel suffocation.
1pm to 3 pm -Small Intestine
1 to 3 pm is the time for small intestine, the organ for digestion, allergies, muscles, soft tissues, lips, mouth, genito-urinary disorders and general tonification. Symptoms of these problems may rise in this time. A complete digestion is supposed to be done to maintain the whole body health. Those who skip or don't fulfill the food intake, may suffer from insufficient food energy.
3 pm to 5 pm - Urinary Bladder
The next organ in line is the urinary bladder, timing from 3 to 5 pm, which looks after spine, sense organs, internal organs, kidney and urinary bladder disorders.
5 pm to 7 pm - Kidney
The next is for the kidney organ 5 to 7pm, which can used for treating all chronic problems in our body. Apart from this, it is also a special time for treatment of kidney disorders and hair loss.
Yes, cosmetic acupuncture is a boon to acupuncture. Patients who are suffering from Alopecia and Alopecia Areata have good results in cosmetic Acupuncture where kidney points are stimulated in this particular time.
7 pm to 9 pm - Pericardium
Likewise 7 to 9 pm is for pericardium, where the psychiatric and cardiac patients are treated.
9 pm to 11 pm - Endocrine System
And 9 to 11 pm., is the time which controls the endocrine system, reproductive organs and temperature in our body. Most of the infertility cases are treated in this time.
11 pm to 1 am - Gallbladder
Next is 11 to 1 am gallbladder, the special organ for insomnia and muscular pain. At last 1 to 3am is for liver, the store room for our body. If this is distributed, the body is terribly tired, eyes burning and leads to total weakness. These patients can be treated to have good sleep.
Again, the day starts, cyclic flow to complete the 24 hours for 12 organs. Man has to stick to nature for better living. Biological clocks govern every living thing, in motion, rest, sleep, chemical composition, excretion, regulation of tissue fluids, glands and organs.
The circulation is repeated for every twenty four hours which is called as circadian rhythm.
With this "clock" it is fairly easy to determine which organ needs special attention.
Take care.
This worked for me - my roughest time was always between 3 to 7 PM when I was supposed to cook dinner! My back was killing me, I was super sensitive to the stainless steel stove, etc. until I figured out my kidneys, etc. needed more support. If I ha then what I have today, I would take my little green laser and treat the whole area for a couple of minuteswith any of the remedies. We have learned so much - but you have to be open-minded.
Take care.
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SForsgren
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I always wake up between 1am and 3am which I believe is the liver time.... Good info. Thanks for the post Gigi.
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sparkle7
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I had bad insomnia for a while. My circadian clock really got skewed. I don't know if I can agree that the traditional Chinese medicine idea is accurate.
I've heard of it before... I have had times in my life when I worked the night shift. The Chinese doctor said that was a "no-no".
I've also always tended to be a night owl. When I got ill - this became more extreme. I don't know what happens to this clock idea if you go through an illness like Lyme that interrupts this concept of body function.
I have also done some reading on tongue diagnosis (which is also a traditional Chinese concept). I thought I had a spleen problem judging from my tongue. I asked my MD about it & he thought that many ideas from ancient diagnostic techniques were outdated & not all that useful.
I bought some moderately expensive Chinese herbs to treat my spleen & didn't see any difference.
We live in a world that uses electric lights & is open 24/7. I'm not sure that this concept of timing the organ function still applies judging from my own experience. It would be nice to think there is some kind of universal order to things but I'm not sure it works that way.
It would be interesting to put these ancient ideas to some kind of tests. Chinese medicine has been very useful to me for some conditions that I've had but didn't help others at all.
I have found it to be inconsistent. Also, the traditional Chinese herbal treatments are really inconvenient & taste terrible - if you do it in the prescribed manner.
I have had very good results with herbs but for some reason the Chinese approach has been a bit lacking for me. Not that I haven't tried...
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GiGi
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Sparkle, if it doesn't fit you, don't do it. Very simple. TCM is only a few thousand years old!
For millions if not billions of people TCM seems to work. Right now, a very ill friend of ours is in China to be treated for Parkinsons that does not seem to respond to conventional treatment.
The organ clock very definitely works for me. If I overdetoxed and did not have the right liver protectives on board, I woke up at 1-2-3-4 AM. Preparing for that eventuality more carefully by taking Undo 243 or simly any of the other herbals, I did not have problems.
It is also well known that many gallbladder attacks happen late evening.
I post some of these "crazy" ideas that I have learned over the years with the intent of creating awareness in general. I hope you don't object.
If you are referring to insomnia or sleeplessness because of electric lights, etc. many of us have or had a damaged pineal gland damaged by mercury. Read www.neuraltherapy.com/Neurotoxin Elimination etc. I had times where I didn't sleep a wink several days in a row. Now, Mercury gone/i.e. load reduced - healthy sleep restored all night.
With a positive approach, things can and do happen.
Take care.
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I have generally been pretty responsive to chinese medicine....Qi Gong and acupuncture in addition to my western lyme meds were really quite helpful over the years
However, I am now in full Lyme relapse in part b/c I put too much trust in an Energy Medcine practioner (recommended by my LLMD no less!)
So I think healthy skepticism is good and right now am taking a break from "alternative treatment" while I get back on track. But I will prob start back with acupuncture in a couple months...
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sparkle7
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Don't get me wrong, GiGi. I really appreciate your input...
Chinese medicine just didn't seem to do it for me. Just because something is thousands of years old doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement.
Some ideas can become entrenched in a kind of magical thinking, especially if they are from an "exotic" culture or foreign to us.
Whatever works is good - whether it's hard core drugs or herbs or meditation or distance healing...
A Chinese emperor thought mercury was the exlir of life & ate mercury until he died of some kind of dementia from heavy metal poisoning.
If you wake up during the night, it may be something different then that your body clock telling you something. If you feel this explanation is true to life for you - then it's good.
I just don't think it's true... Everyone is different. I might be healthier if I had a good sleeping schedule & was "normal" but I've never been like that. Even when I was a young kid...
I've always been a night owl. I don't know if it's psychological, physiological, or due to my large intestine.
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