Mother is smiling again today. Its Sept 1st,
Labor Day, and the kids have gone back to school,
and the mothers are just getting their life back
after a long summer until it is Thanksgiving and
Christmas when the entire family will be coming
home again for the holidays.
Whats Labor Day, anyway, just a long weekend?
Labor Day was originally organized to celebrate
various labor associations’ strengths of and
contributions to the United States economy. But
now, it marks the end of summer and its largely a
day of rest and that long, long weekend that we
all love so dearly.
The first of September also marks a special time
in the 5-element system. We have moved into late
summer or Indian Summer ruled by the Earth
element, which controls the stomach and spleen.
Although there 
any real length for Indian
Summer, the Daoist usually give it about a month
spanning at the end of summer and the beginning of
autumn. It is a time associated with heat and
humidity when summer comes to the end and
harvesting starts to the beginning of autumn,
which will start on the September 22nd, the
Autumnal Equinox.
The spleen is responsible for everything that we
eat and drink and turn it into Qi and blood. It is
considered key to manufacturing blood through its
function of extracting the Qi from food. The
spleen also controls the blood by containing it in
the blood vessels. The nature of the Earth element
is to hold and contain. If your spleen is weak,
blood can leak out of the vessels. The spleen is
also responsible for clarity of thought and our
ability to concentrate. When the spleen is weak,
our thinking is unclear and we worry excessively.
In this way, our mental and physical digestion is
very closely linked.
The function of the spleen is so pervasive that
its power is not limited to one season, just as
the Earth is the foundation of everything. The
Earth element feeds all the other organs and it
gives everything life. This is the time of the
year that we start to close out our summer
activities and prepare for the Fall. Start eating
more root vegetables and less melon and more
apples and pears.
Its a time to set your goals for the Fall and
Winter seasons. I suggest that you start now and
make a vision board using the system of the
ancient Magic Square. To find out more, check this
out
http://rechargingqigong.com/magic-square-workshop.html.
I will spell out exact details on how to work with
the Magic Square to overcome all obstacles in your
life.
I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth and
Happiness!
Dr. Wu Dhi
P.S. Energy Medicine Radio will be live tomorrow,
September 2nd, Tuesday at 8:00 PM EST on
www.bbsradio.com/energymedicineradio on Station 2.
Our special guest will be the Fitness Guru, Matt Furrey.
