The last month of spring is full of clarity, brightness and the coming of heavy rain to allow everything to unfold and grow strong and firm. In this powerful expression of life comes the day to remember the dead on Qing Ming, the cleaning of the graves and celebration of the ancestors, considered present despite their absence.<\/p>\n
Yin changes to visible yang in the blossoming trees, the beauty of the rainbow and the flying birds. Duckweed grows, the turtle dove attracts its mate, the hoopoe appears in the mulberry tree.
\nJoy is mixed with Contention and Decay, needing purification and cleansing. Be ready for Change, Resolute and cautious as a Traveller.<\/p>\n
The third Peach month brings river bathing for cleansing and the transition from spring to summer.<\/p>\n
Importantly this third spring month relates to branch 5, chen \u8fb0 earth and the stomach meridian, both extremely helpful to ground and support the liver, especially in this abundant time. Many points are useful here, eg ST 25, ST 37 and ST 39 for digestion and the intestines. ST 21, ST 22 and ST 24 are men gate points to harmonise the middle heater. ST 28, ST 29 and ST 30 are effective in gynecological problems.<\/p>\n
Heat is the climate and both liver and stomach are affected by it, so the 3rd month matching meridian of the small intestine is helpful to create ye fluids eg SI 1, SI 2 and SI 5.
\nThe qi gong exercises activate thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10 and help prevent seasonal illnesses.<\/p>\n
Introduction to Five Periods Six Qi system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Celebrate life and remember the dead in this final culmination of spring! Cleanse and purify to prevent illness. Use the stomach and small intestine meridians to help the liver with their nourishing, blood-building and fluid-producing points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":54139,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1895,1906],"product_tag":[1447,1445,2585,2586,2587,2584,24,1563,2313,577],"class_list":["net-of-knowledge-course-product","post-54141","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-acupuncture-courses","product_cat-classical-chinese-medicine-courses","product_tag-10-heavenly-stems","product_tag-12-earthly-branches","product_tag-24-fortnightly-solar-periods","product_tag-6-climates","product_tag-64-hexagrams","product_tag-72-x-5-day-periods","product_tag-acupuncture","product_tag-chinese-astrology","product_tag-four-phases-of-menstrual-cycle","product_tag-four-seasons","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","product-type-variable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/54141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=54141"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=54141"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=54141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}