How I love the Meridian Clock - Part II

Then I made two more connections. In my thirties I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, an autoimmune condition that involves inflammation anywhere in the digestive track. In my case I had a lot of involvement in my small intestine. Despite medical opinion that claims it is not possible, I have completely recovered from Crohn’s Disease. However, as I made the correlation between indecision and small intestine time, I realized that my body/mind was letting me know that I was still somewhat vulnerable in this area. That led me to be more consistent about massaging the neurolymphatic reflex points for small and large intestine – down the outside of the legs from hips to knees, and back up the inside from knee to hip. And since I’d had my gall bladder out before the onset of the Crohn’s disease, I began to stimulate the neurovascular points for gall bladder behind the knees at the same time.

I made another connection based on a meridian clock polarity. Liver gets its infusion of chi from the universe between 1 and 3 AM, opposite small intestine time in mid-afternoon. Maybe my small intestine vulnerability didn’t spring out of nowhere! What if treating physicians Had been aware of five element theory when I was a child? They might have noticed a unifying factor in the many symptoms I experienced, seeing their connection to wood element. Liver is the yin organ; gall bladder its yang partner; and the extension of this energy is tendons. Headaches and allergies are frequently related to stagnant or excess liver energy. I had both as a child, followed by tendonitis in my twenties. Finally, as I turned the corner of thirty and wondered: What’s the big deal?”, I developed gall stones, and had my gall bladder removed. The diagnosis of Crohns Disease came three months later. Each set of symptoms was treated by a different medical specialist. And even though each specialist collected a complete medical history, none of them entertained the notion that these symptoms could be examined to reveal a connection between them. Doing so still remains uncommon today, even in the administration of most acupuncture.

 I am grateful that my study of Eden Energy Medicine has helped me notice such relationships, and that I can bring these observations to my classes and work with other individuals.