In Traditional Chinese Medicine and Esogetic Medicine, physical illness has an emotional/mental/information component — a background layer that physical treatment (even removal) alone doesn't reach. Master Yan (founder of RestoreChi) calls this layer the Five Poisons: 贪 (tān) — Greed Greed doesn't have to mean greed for money. It can mean wanting a child to follow a particular path, wanting attention or recognition, or trying to control an outcome that was never fully within

Master Yan sent us this: "Depression, Joint Pain, Yellow Skin, Poor Sleep — Actually One Problem You go to the hospital but they can't find anything. Yet the problem is real and present. ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Do You Have These Problems? Joint pain, especially in the tendons and bones — ache here, hurt there. Frequent leg cramps, and varicose veins becoming more noticeable. Yellow skin, no glow, no matter how much you care for it. Severe ha

Most people think of diabetes as a blood sugar problem. RestoreChi and TCM see it differently — and the difference matters because, by the time blood sugar shows up in a test, the body has already been compensating for a long time. A distribution problem, not a blood sugar problem The liver converts carbohydrates to glucose. The small intestine absorbs nutrients. The spleen distributes what has been absorbed — sending white and red blood cells, calcium, and nutrients to where

This article is part of an archive series tracing the historic evolution of Master Yan's RestoreChi Specialty Tracks (older articles are not being updated, they serve only as a reference): May 14th, 2022 → Early chill/dampness release, kidney/spleen/liver function, and increase yang tracks (Shifting Perspectives on Detox to Support Embodiment) May 19th, 2022 → Stem track (It's all detox: Remove the sludge from the bottom or pour the lighter stuff out from the top) March 3rd,

Our kids have 6 grandparents. When I try to think about who has the best relationship with them, what seems to matter most is: being young enough to play with them, knowing and respecting your own limits so you do not overdo it and take it out on the kids, working through your own issues so you do not blame the kids for what you did not or do not have, and trusting their parent to do a good job — because the grandparent is supposed to support the parent, not take over their j

This article is part of an archive series tracing the historic evolution of Master Yan's RestoreChi Specialty Tracks (older articles are only being updated as needed, otherwise they serve only as a reference): May 14th, 2022 → Early chill/dampness release, kidney/spleen/liver function, and increase yang tracks (Shifting Perspectives on Detox to Support Embodiment) May 19th, 2022 → Stem track (It's all detox: Remove the sludge from the bottom or pour the lighter stuff out from

This article is part of an archive series tracing the historic evolution of Master Yan's RestoreChi Specialty Tracks (older articles are not being updated, they serve only as a reference): May 14th, 2022 → Early chill/dampness release, kidney/spleen/liver function, and increase yang tracks (Shifting Perspectives on Detox to Support Embodiment) YOU ARE HERE: May 19th, 2022 → Stem track (It's all detox: Remove the sludge from the bottom or pour the lighter stuff out from the

This article is part of an archive series tracing the historic evolution of Master Yan's RestoreChi Specialty Tracks (older articles are not being updated, they serve only as a reference): YOU ARE HERE: May 14th, 2022 → Early chill/dampness release, kidney/spleen/liver function, and increase yang tracks (Shifting Perspectives on Detox to Support Embodiment) May 19th, 2022 → Stem track (It's all detox: Remove the sludge from the bottom or pour the lighter stuff out from the to

When I first started to study “Find Your Truth” they spoke of “functional illness” and it took me a while to figure out what they meant...

Our 4yr old has opted out of JK for about 3wks. We have known for about a year that she has issues with her eyes. I've written several articles on this topic (including " We need to open our minds when our kids present us with problems " and " Eye correction w/out painful drops, scary machines, patches, glasses, or surgery "). However, in the past few weeks, my daughter and I were placed under additional pressure to get her eyes healed now, or meet the mainstream consequences