Hello Beautiful person! Welcome back to healing your grief two minutes at a time. This week, I want to do a little Part 2 on the gut, except this time I want to focus a little bit more on the foods that you can eat that might be really helpful for your system and to help support your organs as they go through their grieving process. Now I know you might think I’m gonna say get your Ben & Jerry’s and your Doritos but no, I am not. I know that is temporary fix, and I know we all do it, and it’s fine but if you’re really having a tough day and you want to find a way to help support your body, here’s what you can do.
As we have talked about in the past, grief resides in our lungs and our lungs are actually connected to our large intestine in what is called a pair channel. Those two organs are actually a part of the metal element channel. The metal element channel is a grouping that Chinese medicine has put together to help assess different diseases and challenges in our bodies but everything on the metal channel is supported by white food. Think apples or pears or almonds. The other really cool piece is if you think of an almond, which organ does that look like? It actually looks like the lungs and it is what is really helpful for the lungs. A lot of the Chinese suggestions for food as medicine are foods that actually resemble the organs in our body. Lungs is the almond. Walnut is our brain. As a little side note. Eat white for our metal elements- large intestine and lungs.
Our heart is connected to our mind but our heart is actually paired with our small intestine- the other half of our digestive tract and they are a part of the fire channel. Everything red is really supportive of these pieces. Think red grapes, red peppers, red beans. Everything red is really supportive. If maybe you feel a little more heart broken for the day, maybe switch over to white if you find yourself sighing a little more, or if it’s harder to catch your breath or if you just feel like you have a weight on your chest. All of which are totally natural grieving symptoms.
Try it! Try healing yourself with food. See if it’s helpful. Try to watch your sugar for the day and certainly get your probiotic. If you haven’t already, I included the link down below because that will really help you keep your serotonin levels in check and I wish for you a wonderful week. I hope this is really helpful. I can’t wait to hear your comments down below and I’ll see you next week.
Here is the link for my probiotic recommendation: Metagenics – Ultra Flora “> Metagenics Ultra Flora Plus
If you want to learn more about the element channels, check out this cool chart: http://www.yinyanghouse.com/theory/chinese/five_element_acupuncture_theory
Thank you so much Dr. Julie Lung for your amazing support and continual outpouring of knowledge. You are such a blessing to this world. If you live in the peninsula area and are looking for an amazing acupuncturist, check her out www.sunshineacupunture.com