The Yang That Rushes,

Herpes

Cold sores have been around for a long, long time but recently they have become dignified by the name 'herpes'. We used to call them fever blisters because they happened mostly during fevers with colds. - short fevers which never went over 101 or 102 degrees F.

Where do they come from? Where do they go? Are they really a sexually transmitted disease? What can one do to get rid of them?

Allopathic medicine claims they are infections of a virus they call herpes, Chinese medicine is not concerned about what virus is there but with why the body let it (the virus) in. That is because Traditional Chinese Medicine is primarily preventative while allopathic medicine is only curative.

So, this essay is about how to prevent herpes on the mouth, tongue and under the tongue. Many more of the diseases caused by Yang Rushing will get scrutinized also.

According to Chinese medical research, herpes is one manifestation of a whole class of diseases named categorically 'Yang Rushing'. These diseases are almost always an after-effect of very high fever diseases like spinal meningitis, rheumatic heart disease, scarlet fever and second or third degree sunburn, the kind that causes skin to die and peel off. (Two of these diseases, AIDS and skin cancer, will not be discussed here.) The yang energies of the body get severely disturbed during these high fever diseases and never really settle back into their proper places again. The yang energies get out of control occasionally, and when conditions are right, they will burst out into a rash or sore on the skin.

I have seen and worked with these ailments with enough people to realize that the Chinese medical conclusion is valid and the treatments effective.

For starts, let's look at the common cold sore or fever blister on the lips or inner cheeks. Here, the yang energy rushes up against the stomach meridian. The ancient treatment is two-fold. First, eat a lot of 'cold' foods like oranges (mandarins are best), coconut, lemons, bananas, pineapples, tomatoes and the spices turmeric, vanilla and spearmint. Sometimes oranges and turmeric will abolish the sores overnight. Second, quit eating cinnamon , cardamon and ginseng. Cut ginger down to a small pinch. These foods are 'hot' and only make the yang rush faster. Then, after the sore goes away, keep on eating these foods and add rye, yellow millet and barley to your diet. If you had been eating these foods before, you would have been far less likely to get cold sores at all.

Some people whose energy balance is fragile can create a cold sore by merely eating a little cinnamon, ginger or cardamom. Red haired and blond people seem most susceptible this way: they sunburn very easily.

When the sore appears on the tongue, the yang is rushing up against the heart meridian and there is little difference in the treatment recommended. The same 'cold' foods (oranges, lemons, bananas, coconuts, tomatoes and turmeric) are effective in prevention and correction. The grain to be added after healing is corn, even popcorn.

When the sores go under the tongue, the problems have moved to the spleen and blood and it is time to see an herbalist and get your food trip together. Your diet is lousy.

Yang Rushing has many other manifestations. One man got a horrible rash on the white part of his eyeball; an allopath called it 'herpes of the eye'. The yang had rushed up against his gallbladder meridian. A couple of acupressure treatments on the liver and gallbladder meridian cleared it up handily. The villain here was some cocaine which gave him more rushes than his body could handle.

Eczema rashes in various places around the body are also evidence of yang energy rushing about particularly against the heart meridian, Eczemas are typically dry rashes which get scaly all over and are messy to look at. In the extreme they erupt in the armpits and the center of the chest or create 'jock itch'. Eating any kind of 'cold' food is helpful and avoiding 'hot' foods including coffee, chocolate, white sugar and Angostura Bitters. Get bottle of orange essential oil or dried orange peel for your spice rack and use it daily. Coconut in and over lots of deserts. Then visit an acupressurist, acupuncturist or shiatzu practitioner.

A friend of mine even had a herpe on his ear, right on the triple warmer spot, after eating ginger.

One of the best foods to eat to control the rushing yang energy is walnuts. The walnuts are reputed to feed the kidney meridian including the gonads and adrenals. When these parts are in good working order they hold the yang in control and store it for future use. There are side benefits here in making the cum healthy, lumpy and white while preventing premature orgasm.

Another manifestation of yang rushing is the premature orgasm. Orgasms of men involve a lot of yang energy and when the body has poor control of the energy, the orgasm erupts quickly and erratically.

Genital herpes and anal herpes are a different story. Here, the liver and bladder meridians are involved and the food that seems to be missing is salad: lots of good lettuce (dont waste time on iceberg), spinach, turnip greens, alfalfa sprouts, mung bean sprouts and a few leaves of any wild thing which is edible. I use avocados freely. Avocados work wonders with "athletes foot' rash between fourth and fifth toes. I dont guarantee this as i have only seen about three or four cases, but it seems to work well.

Yang Rushing is a whole sequence of diseases which are accompanied by red faces and noses and ears and great sensitivity to sunburn. People with these symptoms can eat 'cold' foods all winter and have excellent health, while the rest of us would get colds and flus if we are the same things.

No, Yang Rushing is not sexually transmitted. The sexophobes are at it again. The diseases are an after-effect of high fevers and what you ate, not who you ate.