Staying Healthy With the Seasons
Elson M. Haas
Language: English
Pages: 296
ISBN: 1587611422
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Nature'¬?s cycles affect not only the external climate, but also our internal health and mental well-being. With this as its primary tenet, STAYING HEALTHY WITH THE SEASONS revolutionized the fields of preventive and integrated medicine when it was first published in 1981, and introduced a seasonal approach to nutrition, disease prevention, and mind-and-body fitness. A leading practitioner of the season-based lifestyle theory, Dr. Elson Haas provides simple, logical advice for achieving glowing good health: Bring the mind and body into balance with the earth, and consume a diet that emphasizes in-season, chemical-free foods. Joining Western and Eastern medicines with seasonal nutrition, herbology, and exercise practices, this timeless classic, revised for the 21st century, provides the keys to staying healthy from spring right on through winter.
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menstrual cycle, the rapidity and degree of childhood growth, and the onset of adolescence and menopause. Other internal cycles are reflected in our emotional, mental, and physical energies as well as more subtle ones which influence our creativity, compassion, appreciation of beauty, our self-awareness, and our spiritual awareness. There is indeed as much to be aware of within ourselves as there is outside us. This is an important key to health. We must take the time to check our inner senses
within us in winter surfaces and wants to come forth in the full bloom of spring to be later nourished by the summer sun and bring the fruits of autumn. The beginning of spring is March 21st, the time of the spring equinox, when day equals night. For the next six months daylight, the sun and yang principle, will be dominating our lives. You may now feel a new spark and power, and be filled with inspiration and energy to act upon your ideas. This is a good time to take a look at your life and
several other systems do. This is often confusing, but the associations with Metal in the Chinese system are very similar to the aspects of Air in astrology, and in both Eastern Indian and North American Indian systems. Both Air and Metal energies are expressed in the inner workings and activities of the mind, and in developing ideas, writing, and speaking. Degrees of mental clarity can be compared to Metal’s varying forms, which range from crude, impure, and dense ore to a shining,
clinical use. However, with attention to changes in the body hair and to the skin’s health and vitality, we can get some reading on the state of well-being of the Metal element. Lungs and Large Intestine In the Chinese system, the Metal element is associated with the lungs and large intestine, and the autumn season. This is a good time to work at keeping these organs strong and healthy. If you are one of those with a history of digestive or bowel weakness, or of long winters of colds and lung
only leads to poor assimilation, but provides a site for bacteria and viruses to grow, just as it does in other parts of the body like the sinuses and respiratory tract. If your body cannot handle toxins through the normal eliminative systems, the excess toxins and mucus may begin pouring out through the sinuses. The pouring forth of mucus is in fact a cleansing as the body tries to get better; but full head, full mind, and no energy may be the result until this process completes itself. You can