256 Year Old Chinese Herbalist Li Ching-Yuen, Holistic Medicine, and 15 Character Traits That Cause Diseases
The herbalist had 23
wives and raised more than 200 children
According to the
official records, herbalist Li Ching-Yuen was born in China in 1677 (although
he himself claimed that he was born in 1736). Throughout his long life, he
constantly practiced herbalism and martial arts. In 1930, the New York Times
newspaper printed an article in which they published official Chinese
government documents that were uncovered. These documents, dating back to 1827,
contained official congratulations on Li Ching-Yuen's 150th birthday. Later
documents, dating back to 1877, contained official congratulations on his 200th
birthday.
How did he do that?
Li Ching-Yuen
expressed his longevity formula in one sentence: "Retain a calm
heart, sit like a turtle, walk swiftly like a pigeon, and sleep like a
dog".
Let's add a few more
interesting historical facts to this story. Chinese army general Yang Sen
invited Li to visit him, and offered him an opportunity to teach Chinese
soldiers martial arts. The general could not believe how youthful his guest
was, even though he had reached an age of 250 years old.
Li Ching-Yuen died on
the 6th of May in 1933. He told his students that he had completed all his
tasks in this lifetime, and he was now ready to come home.
It is possible to find
other interesting stories about Western health prodigies and Eastern Yogis who
lived for over 100 years. Not only did they survive for this long, they also
thrived—youthful, active, and full of enthusiasm. What could we learn from
them?
Holistic medicine is
all that we need
These days, even
modern medicine agrees: 70% of all illnesses materialise because of
negative thoughts or emotional stress. Illnesses attributed to this cause
are called “psychosomatic,” and they are the biggest headache of the whole
mainstream healthcare system.
Sometimes several days
of elevated stress is all that is needed to open up a gastric ulcer. Sometimes
several years of it is all it takes to develop diabetes or heart disease, not
to mention poor general health, lowered productivity, and lack of happiness.
Doctors and scientists unanimously agree that our thoughts directly affect the
activity of our organs and the state of our bodies in general. Ancient medicine
is classified as holistic, because it takes care not only of the physical body,
but also of the psyche, as well as one's personal lifestyle. This method allows
one to remove the cause of the illness, rather than merely treating the
symptoms, therefore stopping it from reappearing. Modern medicine, on the other
hand, deals with the consequences of the illness—bodily ailments. This is why
the illness often comes back, since the cause of the illness is not actually
being treated.
This is where one of
the biggest secrets to health reveals itself—our thoughts can heal us. There
are multiple recorded stories that discuss people who were severely ill and
healed themselves with the power of thought, despite doctors losing all hope.
One of such impressive story tells us about Morris Goodman, who, in 1981, was
involved in a plane crash and was supposed to die due to irreversible spine
damage and a punctured diaphragm. The man's life was supported by a breathing
ventilator, and the only movement he could do was blinking. However, this man
was aware of the power of thought, and in just a few days successfully
regenerated his own diaphragm and could breathe independently. He also consciously
regenerated his damaged spinal cord and started to move all of his limbs.
Doctors could not understand the situation at all because this just “could not
be happening.” After a few months, however, Morris Goodman began to walk again,
and eventually fully recovered. This is only one of many cases that are
happening all around us. Thoughts cannot only make the body ill, but can also
help it recover from incurable diseases.
Causes of hard to cure
diseases from a different angle
The ancient ayurvedic
health sciences not only prove the existence of psychosomatic illnesses, but
also present a list of specific illnesses caused by specific character traits.
What else could the thoughts be dependent on if not on the character?
Here are a few
examples that could explain the causes of disease you or your loved ones may be
suffering from:
- Jealousy - causes oncological diseases, weakens the immune
system.
- Vengefulness - causes insomnia and throat diseases.
- Inability to find a solution to
a situation - causes lung diseases.
- Lacking moral principals - causes chronic diseases, infections, and skin
diseases.
- Being too categorical or
unwavering in beliefs -
causes diabetes, migraines, and inflammations.
- Lying - causes alcoholism, fungal infections, and
weakens the immune system.
- Aggressiveness - causes gastric ulcers, acid reflux, and warts.
- Reticence - causes schizophrenia and kidney diseases.
- Cruelty - causes epilepsy, asthma, and anemia.
- Seeking conflicts - causes thyroid enlargement.
- Apathy - causes diabetes.
- Inconsistency or being fickle - causes infertility.
- Being rude or insulting - causes diabetes and heart diseases.
- Anxiety - causes digestive system disorders, heart, and
skin diseases.
- Greed - causes oncological diseases, obesity, and heart
diseases.
An interesting fact is
that it is enough to cure your character, and the relevant diseases go
away permanently. This is especially important to know for those who suffer
from diseases such as diabetes and cancer, for which modern medicine does not
have a cure.
Three ways to live
healthfully and truly feel good
It will involve
working on yourself—however, this investment will pay off greatly in the long
run. Here are three methods, tested throughout three millenniums:
- Start monitoring your thoughts. Spend five minutes every evening writing down how you
felt that day. Remember the situations you encountered and emotions you
felt. What negative character traits does that uncover? What do you plan
to do tomorrow to start improving yourself and to change those particular
character traits? It is very important to write everything down.
- Try to think more about things
that make you happy. This
is the miracle of positive thinking. When you concentrate on the things
that you like, it's as if you move to a different frequency of vibrations,
and the body starts to heal itself. Even better, there will be a greater
number of good things in your life, because everything you think about becomes
reality, including the problems that bother you. Concentrate on things you
enjoy and watch how everything begins to change.
- Try out meditation. During meditation, the body and mind rest and heal
themselves. You can read more about meditation in the article “How To Own
A New Ferrari And Be As Smart As Einstein, Just By Calmly Sitting On Your
Couch”.
Illness is simply our
body's signal about an incorrect (or, rather, non-beneficial) lifestyle.
Firstly it manifests as anxiety, fear, and negative thoughts. Only then, if no
effort is made to work on oneself, the body sends a more powerful signal to get
your attention and make you think about what you are doing wrong, in the form
of physical symptoms.
Leave only the useful
and meaningful things in your life. Because everything that is useful to you is
always useful to others.
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