I can heal myself. 24. Keep in good health by yin and yang

In China, there is a saying that you should eat radishes in the winter and ginger in the summer. This is the same as eating hot food, samgyetang, in the summer heat, and eating cold noodles or dongchimi, cold food, in the cold winter. In the summer, yang energy comes out and the stomach becomes cold, so you eat warm food to protect yourself. In winter, because yang energy collects inside, you cool it down with cold food. This is a representative method of health through food.

Oriental medicine includes health care and treatment as ways to maintain a healthy mind and body. Health is seeking to improve health by focusing on self-management, and treatment is treating what is already sick. A healthy lifestyle is a way to control the vital body and live according to the laws of nature through proper eating habits, appropriate exercise, and mental discipline.

In order to live according to the laws of nature, maintaining the balance of yin and yang (homeostasis) is the most basic. In Korea, Sasang medicine is mainstream, whereas in China, the constitution is diagnosed and prescribed based on yin and yang. First of all, people with a strong Yang energy constitution cannot tolerate heat, sweat a lot, are impatient, like to get out there, and are good at revealing their feelings to others. The face is red, the head is large, the eye rings are raised, and the overall feeling of energy is rising.

People with strong yin energy tend to get cold a lot, often have cold hands and feet, are introverted and patient, and do not reveal their emotions often. The body is larger than the head, and the eyes are lowered, giving an overall calm feeling. If neither of these is the case, as long as you have a well-balanced constitution of yin and yang and do not have any special symptoms, there is no need to choose between foods. You can eat a variety of warm and cold foods.

First-generation immigrants have a latent sense of obligation to settle down in a foreign land, leading goal-centered and work-centered lives. As they are not accustomed to enjoying joy, gratitude, and leisure in every moment, they tend to remain tense. The continuation of this state of tension can easily become a basic condition that causes various diseases. So, I would like to share information on curing methods over several occasions.
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Dr. Jin-man Kim, director of Peace Oriental Clinic