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Some of your illnesses (skin, GI, fatigue, arthritis) may be cause by food allergies. There are various ways of testing what you may be allergic to. Here are the top 10 foods that people are allergic to:

• dairy
• gluten
• eggs
• peanuts
• corn
• soy
• sugar
• citrus
• chocolate
• vinegar

You can try eliminating these foods for 3 weeks and then add one food back at a time, every three days. See how you feel!

~ Miki, Health Guide (Chi Fountain Integrative Medicine)

A 35-year old single male diagnosed with Schizophrenic paranoia with catatonic periods came to see a CNT practitioner. The patient’s medical history consisted of previous treatment for depression (related to his father’s death) when he was 20 years old. Complaints consisted of: pain, abdominal and navel cramps, insomnia, constipation, poor digestion, and constant fatigue. The patient was undergoing treatment with psychotherapy, acupuncture, and massage for the previous year and was introduced to CNT in the second year of treatments. The CNT practitioner worked on his liver, heart, kidney, and spleen tensions, and suggested self-help exercises and a special diet in order to aid in his constipation. After four months of these sessions, the pain and tension in the patient’s abdomen started to release. As a result he was able to exercise as well as interactions with surrounding people, and began to lead a normal life.

Reference: Mantak and Maneewan Chia. Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organs Chi Massage. Healing
New York: Tao Books, 1990.

A 43-year old woman suffering from anguish, neurosis, and paranoia resulting from parental abuse was treated by acupuncture and CNT. Her medical history consisted of a blockage in the intestines, insomnia, and neck/shoulder/back pain.

At the beginning of her treatments, the patient expressed a series of negative emotions; treatments were scheduled bi-monthly to allow for gradual healing. Relaxation techniques and self-help exercises were offered by the CNT practitioner, who continued to work on the heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, and gall bladder.

Ultimately, the patient’s energy and self-image were restored, her pulses were balanced, and her pain and insomnia were diminished.

Reference: Mantak and Maneewan Chia. Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organs Chi Massage. Healing New York: Tao Books, 1990.

Using gentle and defined organ massage, Chi Nei Tsang (CNT) is used to move blocks, tensions, toxins, stresses, and illnesses that manifest through these organs. CNT has beneficial effects on the body’s digestion, lymphatic, nervous, endocrine, urinary, reproductive, musculo-skeletal, and energy systems.

Chi Nei Tsang practitioners have a working knowledge of the internal organs and their functions: the lymphatic, circulatory, and nervous systems, the energy channels, the muscles and fasciae, and the interrelationships among all these facets in the body. Chi Nei Tsang complements conditions such as:

• Promotion of wellness: immune enhancement, mood balance, depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, anguish, neurosis, paranoia, schizophrenia
• Chronic symptoms: pain management, chronic fatigue
• Internal: abdominal pains, loss of appetite. Indigestion, diarrhea, constipation, diabetes, pulmonary conditions
• Genito-urinary and reproductive: impotence, dropped bladders, dysmennorhea, PMS, labor contraction inducing, pain management during delivery, PMD and pre/post-natal symptoms.

References:

1. Larth, Christopher. “Chi Nei Tsang; Internal: Organ Taoist Massage.” EbSCO AltHealthWatch Database: Positive Health. December 1998.
2. Mantak and Maneewan Chia. Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organs Chi Massage. Healing New York: Tao Books, 1990.