Happy Earth Day 🌎 Carl Sagan comes to
mind. “To my mind, there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we have ever known.”
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
“Nature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumines his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.”
-Alfred Billings Street
“Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives.” Thomas Berry
“Let Nature be your teacher.”
William Wordsworth
The wood element is associated with new life and growth and truly captures the upward push needed for roots and shoots to emerge. With the liver’s body part being eyes, it’s no wonder the glaze of yellowing eyes tells a story! It is common knowledge of alcohol’s effects, but dare I mention the elephant in the room? Many over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medications MAY cause liver damage. Just saying, that list is far too long to name. And I don’t dare speak that truth out loud in front of God and everybody,
just read the small Print! Please!
I double dare you!
When the Liver is over-taxed, the
personality traits may be expressed in the emotions of irritability,
depression and anger.
When in balance the organs of spring, the liver and gallbladder, brings a well spring of lovely expressions. That is, a balanced liver directs Qi or life-force energy, towards a time of movement, creativity, growth, and renewal.
For 5,ooo years, TCM Practitioners use what is called “The Organ Body Clock.” This principal studies Qi. Qi is known as vital life force energy that moves through the organ systems throughout the body.
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🌗1am - 3am 🌚 is liver time. 🌓
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You may have an issue; if this hour finds you frustrated and unable to sleep. This may indicate problems with your detoxification pathways. Known as too much energy or a Yang condition. Yang also expresses emotions such as anger, frustration and rage.
I politely teach a “short fuse.”
Liver Anatomy and Function Facts 101. With over 500 vital functions identified with your liver, you may shiver over your lack of care. ‘Less is More’ definitely plays a role in Liver exposure. Self care should begin with less of the “offenders.” By now there is full awareness that your intake makes a difference. Often, I may have seen big improvements with folks who took the responsibility and reduced their intake of choices that were high in: alcohol, land salt, sugars, unhealthy fats and processed foods. Ya know my platform of “Less is More.”
On that note, it would only be fair to start being a good caregiver to your liver! To this I say as Ben Franklin did some 300 years ago, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Just as Spring’s cooling color of green is associated with the liver, so maybe sound! Some say in the
Theory of 6 Organ
Sound Vibration;
the sound sshhh may transform the energy inside the liver's frustration or anger into kindness. Think librarian. 💨 Shhhh 💨
Learning this Organ Breath work in the Golden Gate Park, we would inhale imagining a cooling green light. The exhale’s focus was on the ‘organ’s sound.’ Sshh. We were taught to imagine on the exhale’s sound that a grey or black smoke was coming out of the organ being worked on. Long slow deliberate breaths filled with mindfulness. In and Out as we Imagined Dissolving, Emptying, Expelling, Releasing
Sshhh
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Like I needed another reason to love our Avocado trees. Turns out Avocado naturally contain an amino acid called glutathione. The naturally occurring
l-glutathione, is what is called the “master antioxidant”
for it is found in every cell of your body! Studies point to
it’s ability to cleanse the liver of toxins; so the studies indicate;) Studies also show, our body’s ability to produce or convert this nutrient declines with age. Although, I walk the walk with food as my medicine, every spring finds me doing a round of it’s precursor NAC or the catalyze enzyme SOD
along with a sublingual
l-glutathione, as I
love on my liver.
Cruciferous vegetables deserve your attention. Especially Broccoli (known as DIM) that may be helpful due to its content of ‘Indole.’ A study shows … “Indole, which is present in gut bacteria and cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, kale, cauliflower, and Brussel sprouts, can control non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It also addresses how this natural compound may lead to new treatments or preventive measures for NAFLD.”
The Ancient and modern system known as Ayurvedic Medicine has used Turmeric and Ginger for 4,000 years. This has withstood the test of time and may be helpful as an anti-inflammatory, to treat digestive and liver problems.
Curcumin is the active constituent of turmeric, and has been touted as a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidant’s action is to scavenge molecules in the body known as free radicals. Unchecked Free Radicals may cause damage to cell membranes and may even tamper with DNA! This is another one, you best educate yourself on for Self-Care! For your consideration:
Other nutrient dense foods that may support, balance, cleanse or aid in producing digestive fluids mostly share the Liver’s cooling color of green. The darker greens are rich in what is referred to as the “plant’s blood,” chlorophyll!
Ready for a mind bending Fun Fact. One of my “favorites” to teach. The blood of plants and humans are identical except for the core of the molecules! The only difference is that iron is at the core of hemoglobin while magnesium is at the core of chlorophyll!
“As Above so Below. “
The presence of chlorophyll in our blood stream may help to remove environmental toxins. Greens such as: Arugula, Beet, Collard, Dandelion, Kale, Mustard, Sea Weed, Sprouted Micro-Greens and Swiss chard etc.
Spring Onions that may
flush toxins.
Silymarin laden plants such as Artichokes, purple Berries and
Milk Thistle.
Vitamins and Minerals can be hard to measure in food sources. That being said here is a short list that may be helpful:
-Vitamin C All Citrus with
especially grapefruit.
-B Complex especially Folic Acid, B6, B12
-Choline think Egg Yolk.
-D3 think SunShine Vitamin.
-Vitamin E in natural form.
-Enzymes especially Lipase.
-MCT Oil.
-Selenium think missing trace
mineral in our soils.
Speaking of soil, it is time to visit the third of my top three nutrients. (ie Probiotics then comes Enzymes and now Minerals.) Sadly, our children’s children’s security of naturally raised wholesome foods has been; and is being depleted with our outlandish-mismanaged farming practice.
Think of the Bible’s focus on rotation etc lost; along with nutrient dense foods. The first to go is biome, enzymes and minerals!
For nearly 4 decades, I have been known to refer to Minerals as the
“Spark of Life.”
I noticed now that they are being touted as the
“Spark Plug of Life.”
Well, there you go, need I say more? Here are my suggestions for your consideration, that may help detox, support and/or balance your liver.
ZEOLITE FUN FACTS 101 The name “zeolite” is s Greek word that means “boiling stones” forming when lava meets water. Literally as old as the hills for some scientists estimate that the first zeolite “cage like” minerals formed over 300 million years ago. As the searing hot lava clashes into ice cold seawater, zeolite forms a unique cage-like structure and negative surface charge. Tiny cages enable zeolite to act as a “molecular sieve,” filtering molecules based on their particle size. That is, zeolite may pick up “the bad guys” and may replace it with “the good guys.” Do your due diligence when considering this one, for all zeolite has not been treated the same! Clean raw material matters! God only knows what exposures mankind may have been subject to in these unprecedented times!
Photo Credit Kris Archbold
SHILAJIT
Lastly, allow me to introduce you to the mineral SHILAJIT, found mostly in Himalayan mountains of India and Tibet. Once again, I defer to the Ancient system called Ayurveda. The origins translates to the “Science of Life;” Ayur = Life, and Veda = knowledge/science.
High, like 17,000 feet in the pristine Himalayan mountain Shilajit is formed from decaying vegetation over the centuries. Rich in Fulvic acid, Humic compounds, along with 70+ types of trace minerals. These micronutrients, when bioavailable, may increase your mitochondria levels that may play crucial roles on the body energy generation and activity on cellular level. Talk about Original Medicine! These minerals derived from ancient plant material, are as old as the hills, and just may be the ‘spark’ mankind needs from Mother Earth’s apothecary.
Sadly, in this season of mankind’s affairs; there’s plenty a reason for “shorten fuses.’ Tender Loving Care is a must, when caring for our liver’s “warrior like spirit” temperament.
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We must Find + Stay Calm to Carry on
🙏 “God Bless Us, Everyone” 🙏
An apple a day, and now “The rest of the story.” The Medical Journal actually studied this. Here’s the results: “The study tells us that the ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ aphorism was coined in 1913 but was based on the original form with a different rhyme, some 149 years ago in Wales: ‘Eat an apple on going to bed and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread,’ went the proverb in Pembrokeshire. The daily apple eaters in the study were more likely to successfully avoid prescription medication than the people who did not eat apples.”
🍎 “How do you like them apples?” 🍏
“Will wonders cease to exist?”
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Talk about Original Medicine
🍏Thyme to Upset the apple cart…🍎
That being said, here goes the dreaded and wretched Disclaimer! And I quote “Statements regarding dietary supplement meds, have not been evaluated by the FDA I am not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.”
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