I heard this story today which is deeply inspiring for all of us who are searching for health….

In the ancient days, a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) teacher challenged his students to go out to nature and find him one single thing from nature that’s not healing. The students went out and point to a few things:

  • the stone is not healing. The teacher responded: “of course the stone is healing, it’s made of minerals and minerals are healing”
  • the tree bark is not healing. The teacher responded: “of course the tree bark is healing, cinnamon is from the bark and it regulates blood sugar and strengthen immune”
  • the dirt is not healing. The teacher went on: “of course the dirt is healing, it has a lot of probiotics and helps to create the healthy gut flora..”

and the story goes on with the sunlight, the sound from nature, etc…every single thing from nature is healing “in the old days”. Nowadays, we’re very cautious about what goes on / grows on those “nature” only because there have been environmental changes that weren’t there before, there has been chemical pollution that wasn’t there, etc. Food from nature (including plants and herbs) all are vital in nourishing the entire ecosystem including humans. Hence, whole foods are our best gift from nature and the most healing to our bodies! Not the processed food where you can’t even tell what they are made from nor the synthetic drug that nourished your health (that wasn’t designed by nature!)

今天聽到一個很有啟發的故事：
曾經有一位中醫這樣教他的學生，你們去大自然找一樣不能用作治療的東西給我看看。他的學生跑到大自然，然後跟老師說：

  • 石頭沒有療愈功效。 老師回應：”石頭當然有療愈功效，石頭是礦物質，礦物質可以幫助療愈啊“
  • 樹皮沒有療愈功效。老師回應：”樹皮當然有療愈功效，肉桂就是樹皮，它不但可調節血糖，也可增強免疫力。“
  • 污泥肯定沒有療愈功效。老師說：”污泥怎麼沒有療愈功效，它有很豐富的益生菌，幫助身體建立健康的腸道益生菌。“

其外還有陽光，風聲等等，所有大自然給我們的都有療愈功效。今天我們會對在大自然生長的都存疑，這是環境污染，化學污染，氣候改變的問題，並不是大自然的本來意圖。大自然賦予的食物，草藥都是為了滋養整個自然界，這當然包含了人，由此可見天然草藥與食物是最有智慧的營養，並不是那些你看了都不知道它從何而來的加工食品或合成的藥品！善待大自然，善待自己！