The organ clock

Name: The organ clock
Brand: Li Wu, Prof. TCM Univ. Yunnan
SKU: ISBN-978-3-86374-144-0
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Living in the rhythm of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

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8th edition August 2022, paperback

12 x 19 cm, 190 pp.

ISBN-978-3-86374-144-0

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Rushed, irritable, exhausted: our rhythm of life is out of balance. Stress symptoms and health problems are the result. With the organ clock, an important principle of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), it is easy for us to listen to our internal clock again, regain balance and thus activate healing processes!

How does the organ clock work?

Our organs are busy around the clock keeping the organism alive and warding off harmful influences. According to experts in traditional Chinese medicine, they follow their own rhythm. Every two hours, a certain organ is supplied with increased amounts of Qi energy via the meridians. During such peak phases, the organs respond particularly well to alternative healing methods such as acupressure, acupuncture and medicinal teas. The organ's peak phase is followed by a rest phase. If this up and down, this alternation between yin and yang, is in balance, then we feel healthy and well.

Finding inner balance with the organ clock

If we always wake up at a certain time of night drenched in sweat or feel tired in the afternoon, then this can be a sign that we are out of rhythm. A look at the tables in the book "The Organ Clock. Living in the Rhythm of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)" shows which organ and which meridian should be active at this time. Using this initial diagnosis, you can identify disharmonies and select the appropriate natural healing methods for your complaints.

Li Wu, Qi Gong master, alternative practitioner and professor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Yunnan University), gives us a well-founded, easy-to-understand introduction to the complex system of TCM medicine in his book “The Organ Clock. Living in the Rhythm of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)”:

Qi, Yin and Yang and the teaching of the five elements - compactly explained
How our body is supplied with energy via meridians and partner meridians
A look at the organ clock: Which organ is active at what time?
Medicinal herbs, massages, acupuncture and acupressure - which natural healing methods help?
Prevention and treatment with methods of complementary medicine

Living in the rhythm of nature

We are part of nature. And just as nature follows the changing seasons, we too have our own rhythm. Only when we live mindfully and in harmony with our internal clock can we find our way back to our natural biorhythm - and thus to well-being and health. However, when health problems such as obesity, high blood pressure or cardiovascular problems get out of hand, it is high time to get back to basics. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been dealing with the diagnosis and cure of such problems for centuries and, with the principle of the organ clock, gives us an easy-to-understand diagnostic option. This makes it easy for us to listen to our internal clock again!

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"An easy-to-understand and clear TCM guide that describes the functions of our organs, their peak and rest phases, and also symptoms and complaints, as well as healing teas, Tai Chi Chuan exercises and acupressure points. Highly recommended!"
Susanne Strobach, Coaching, Mediation, Training for Companies & Individuals, July 2014

"Li Wu embodies the bridge between Eastern and Western culture and medicine. In China he is a doctor of medicine, in Germany he is a naturopath and researcher at a naturopathic institute in Munich. (...) All of this qualifies Li Wu like no other to bring TCM closer to us. In just under 190 pages, Li Wu summarizes the concept of the organ clock as a fundamental part of TCM, covering the history, descriptions of organ functions, treatment tips and a table for reference. This is an art, especially when we then understand even better how TCM, Western conventional medicine and naturopathy can complement each other. And it confirms Li Wu in his role as a great teacher of TCM and mediator between the medical cultures of Asia and Western conventional medicine."For the full review...
Peter Kensok, Best ofwww.buecher-blog.net, Volume 6 (2014)

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Introduction: Man suffering from civilizational illness

In the 21st century, people have become increasingly alienated from their natural rhythm of life. Our daily schedule is often no longer determined by the natural rhythm of day and night, the rhythm set by the sun, or even the change of seasons, but is structured by a multitude of obligations and pressing tasks to which our everyday lives must be adapted on a daily basis.

Whether in your professional or private life, day or night, you have to be reachable and available at all times and ideally on the move as quickly as possible. After all, nothing drives others to the brink of despair more than slowness.

Often there are only a few moments in which you can really relax and catch your breath. And even if a wasted day is good for your soul now and again, a chronic guilty conscience quickly cancels out the relaxing effect.

Many people therefore feel constantly stressed, rushed, overstimulated and at some point simply exhausted. Or they develop typical stress symptoms, which are then "treated" with medication - far removed from the actual causes. Sooner or later, most of us suffer from regularly recurring sleep disorders, migraines, gastrointestinal complaints or lack of energy, even depressive moods. Even if these are often "only" psychosomatic complaints, they should always be interpreted as warning signals. They tell us that we should listen more to our own bodies, to our internal clock. Because every detachment from the rhythmic processes of nature has a negative effect on our health and well-being in the long term.

According to the millennia-old healing knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine, nature and even the infinite cosmos are subject to constant change - an interplay of phases of activity and rest, of Yin and Yang, of the dynamic interplay of opposites. If this sensitive balance is disturbed, the entire system gets out of sync. What was already written in the "Book of the Yellow Emperor", the ancient fundamental work of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is more true today than ever:

“(…) Nowadays people are different. Deep down they are slaves to their emotions and worries.
They overexert their bodies with hard work.
They no longer follow the rhythmic changes of the seasons and thus become vulnerable to attacks by 'predators' and winds."

(Excerpt from the book)

The organ clock

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