Posts Tagged ‘Strong Winds’

The best time to drink water and why

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
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Jack Frost is alive and well in most parts of
northern USA. My friends and family report
freezing cold weather and are bundled up in their
winter cocoon. I don’t miss old man winter a bit.
I did enough cold, ice and snow when I lived in
Michigan and Colorado. Sunny Miami Beach is for me
this time of the year! Although it’s been
unusually warm in the high 70’s and even in the
80’s this time of the year, not bad and I am
surely not complaining!
What we are getting in the Sun Belt is strong
winds daily but as long as the ocean doesn’t rise
too quickly….. I am good.

In the Chinese five-element system this time of
the year, “Winter” is ruled by the water element
and corresponds to the Kidney and the Urinary
Bladder. It’s represented by the color blue
or black, has a salty taste and is most associated
with ears, hearing and alert-stillness. The
direction is north and the negative emotion
is fear, and the positive one is wisdom /Awe. As
you would expect the environment is cold,
of course it would be “it’s winter time.”
You may have forgotten how important it is to stay
hydrated all winter. We usually think more about
hydration in the hot summer, but winter cold
weather can dry you out like a prune. There is
less moisture in the air, you are in heated homes
most of the time all of this can suck you dry.
Water is the drink of choice to keep your system
well hydrated.

How many folks do you know who say they don’t want
to drink anything before going to bed because
they’ll have to get up during the
night?!?



Why do people need to urinate so much at
nighttime?

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Gravity holds water in the lower part of
your body when you are upright (legs swell). When
you lie down and the lower body (legs etc.) seeks
level with the kidneys, it is then that the
kidneys remove the water because it is easier. We
need water to help flush the toxins out of your
body; I bet you didn’t know this; there is a
correct time to drink water… Very Important!
Drinking water at a certain time maximizes
its effectiveness on the body: Two glasses of
water after waking up helps activate internal
organs. One glass of water 30 minutes before a
meal helps digestion, one glass of water before
taking a bath – helps lower blood pressure and a
glass of water before going to bed can help avoid
stroke or heart attack.




Also drinking water at bed time will help prevent
night time leg cramps. Your leg muscles are
seeking hydration when they cramp and wake you up
with a Charlie Horse.

If you have a
blockage in your digestive system your entire body
is out of whack. The problem is that when we get
blocked up, the toxins accumulate in our cells,
blood, tissues and organs. When they are stored
there for any length of time all kinds of health
problems rear their ugly heads. Basically our
digestive track is a large tube running from the
mouth to the anus. If you put in good fuel
(food) and clean water, everything does its job
and moves through the tube unobstructed and you
feel good.

Don’t let your diet plug you up, make you sick and
fat.

There is a product that I have been recommending
to my patients and hundreds of them are getting
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Essentials. It oxygenates your body as it detoxes.
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I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth and
Happiness

Dr. Wu Dhi

Boost your Immune System Naturally

Monday, May 7th, 2012
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It has been raining and raining and
raining in South Florida all week!
The weather has been unusually cool for this
time of the year and every day we are getting
strong winds. In Chinese medicine, one of the most
dangerous and illness producing culprits is the wind.
Wind diseases are colds, stiff necks and sore achy backs.

Wind is Yang in nature and tends to injure the
blood and Yin. Wind is often the vehicle through
which other climatic factors invade our bodies.

A wind disease mimics the action of the wind
itself in nature; it arises quickly and changes
rapidly. It moves swiftly, blows and sways the
tops of the trees. There is a saying that captures
the characteristics of the wind.
“Sudden rigidity is due to the wind.”

This refers to the clinical manifestations resulting
from both internal and external wind. An internal
wind disease can cause a paralysis like a stroke
and an external wind can cause facial paralysis
or simply a stiff neck.

The main manifestations of wind disease are:
Its onset is rapid
It causes rapid changes in symptoms and signs
It will move from one side of the body to the other.
It causes tremors and convulsions as well as stiffness and paralysis
It affects the top part of the body
It usually affects the lungs first
It affects the skin and causes itching

People come into my office all of the time with chills,
shivers, and they can’t stand being in the cold.
Their circulation is impaired. All of these are
considered wind diseases. It is like going into a
restaurant and the air conditioner is blowing on your back,
you immediately want to move tables because it affects the lungs.
The next thing we know is we are sneezing and
coughing and end up with a runny nose and mucus.

If a person has a strong constitution, their Whei Qi or
defensive Qi is strong and the wind will not enter the
pores but if a person has a relatively weak constitution,
they end up with a head cold, cough and runny nose overnight.

One of the doctors in the office has a young woman
who works for him and burns the candle at both ends.
She starts early in the morning, works till seven and
then goes to her second job as a cocktail waitress from
8 till 4 in the morning. When she is not working she
parties hardy! Her immune system is shot!
And she is only in her twenties. If anyone ever
gets sick in my office, no matter what it is, they
always see me first! She said, “Dr. Wu, I have a
sore throat, stiff muscles, I think I am catching
a cold, can you help me??”

I asked her what she has been doing and she
said that she went for a walk and got chilled from
the strong prevailing winds. I immediately opened
up the blockages to clear exterior wind invasion and
put her on a remarkable product that seems to work
for everyone when it comes to colds, flu’s, runny nose,
achy stiff body, and cough. It is called Vira-Qi!

http://rechargingqigong.com/qi-essentials-vira-qi.html

These amazing little pills combine medicine form
Chinese medicine, aravetic medicine (Hindu medicine)
and Western herbs. I find this combination to be one of
the most powerful immune builders that prevent and
irradiate wind invasions (the common cold, flu’s and coughs).
She took 6 pills for only 2 days and to her amazement she
was back to her old tricks. Now I am hoping that in the future,
she pays attention to her health but in the meanwhile,
Dr. Wu is keeping her healthy and strong!

I wish you the best in your Health,
Wealth and Happiness

Dr. Wu Dhi