I can heal myself. 30. Deep Breathing

Humans survive by eating food harvested from the ground and air coming down from the sky. You can endure 3 weeks without food and 3 days without water. However, if you can’t breathe, it’s difficult to last more than 3 minutes. Nevertheless, while we place importance on food and water, it is easy for us…
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I can heal myself. 31. The purpose of life

Humanity’s efforts to find answers to the questions of where I came from, where I will go, and what I exist for can be seen in literature, thought, religion, and philosophy. Jesus clearly revealed the reason for his existence, saying, “I was healed only to testify to the truth, and that is why I came…
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I can heal myself. 32. The four cardinal Humaneness, justice, propriety and wisdom

“I looked up to the sky and prayed that I would not have a single bit of shame. I was in pain even when the wind blew through the leaves,” is Korea poet Yun Dong-ju’s prologue. The nature of man given by heaven is good. However, a person cannot become a person only by the…
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I can heal myself. 33. Healthy Life Years (HLY)

A healthy lifespan is not simply a long life, but a period of healthy living without suffering from disease. As life expectancy increases, the period of life suffering from disease also increases, and the difference between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy is more than 10 years. This means that approximately 10 years of old…
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I can heal myself. 34. Ego and original nature

In his book, Gyeokmongyogyeol (擊蒙要訣), Yulgok Yi I of the Joseon Dynasty said, “Based on the heart of reverence for heaven, understanding the providence of nature, brightly revealing goodness, and putting it into practice is something that people must do throughout their lives.” He said. (居敬以理其本,窮理以明乎善,力行以践其实,三者终身事业也) This is shortened to Geogyeonggungri Reverse (居敬窮理力行). This has…
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35. The Principles of TCM. 1. Integrative Medicine

Jeonggisin (精氣神) is the basic unit structure of the human body in Oriental medicine. It is often compared to a candle. Jeong is like the body of the candle, qi is like the flame burning in the candle, and God is explained as the light emitted from the flame.   In other words, essence refers…
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36. The Principles of TCM. 2. Correspondence between man and universe

The correspondence between heaven and man is interpreted as ‘the heavens and people react to each other.’ Cheon (天) means the principle of nature or the universe, and people and nature react, change, and resemble each other through each other. Unlike Western ideas that separate nature and humans and view nature as an object of…
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37. The Principles of TCM. 3. Biological clock

It is said that this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine went to the scientist who discovered the mechanism of the biological clock. The biological clock is a theory that all living things recognize light, set their own time accordingly, and maintain an optimal physiological state by carrying out various physiological metabolism based on this set…
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38. The Principles of TCM. 4. Origin-Analogue Theory

In Oriental medicine, physiological and pathological phenomena are explained and treated using same sex correspondence’, which means that sounds of the same frequency react to each other, and ‘simultaneous energy’, which means that people with the same energy get along well with each other. Apply to. In general, it is said that eating animal liver…
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39. The Principles of TCM. 5. Governing exterior to infer interior

It is known that about 2,400 years ago, a doctor named Pyeonjak (扁鵲) was able to clearly examine the five organs and six parts of a person just by looking at them as if taking a CT or MRA. In this way, knowing the disease just by looking at its appearance was called Shin, knowing…
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