2025: Transformation in the year of the Wood Snake.

The snake, being an animal that is arguably the most grounded one since half of its body is constantly on the ground, is a symbolic reminder for the need to be grounded in order to fully change and evolve. The snake is historically and cross culturally a symbol of transformation, intuition, wisdom and mystery. In Indian culture, the snake is associated with Kundalini Shakti, the life force energy that goes up the spine and can unblock blockages within our energy system help us to embody more our internal power. It is not a coincidence that the most grounded animal, the snake, is also the animal cross culturally associated with transformation. This is the wisdom of nature speaking though symbolism. Being grounded in the midst of change is important because it allows us to change fully; when mind, spirit, emotions, and the denser aspect of our energy being; our physical body are all on board with change, we are able to integrate the change.  Helping the integration of change within the denser aspect of energy that is housed within the physicality of our flesh allows change to be integrated into our being so that we embody the transformation instead of it only being a thoughtform or fleeting state of consciousness.

Our Chong meridian is our blueprint, it is the foundation of our individuation as a soul in a body. The Chong meridian begins in the womb for women and in the prostate for men, this lower dan tian area where the Chong begins represents an area of creative and sexual potential where new life and creative energy can be birthed into existence

Because Chinese medicine is a nature based medicine, it borrows ideas of the natural world to explain what is going on within the body; this is a way of relating the body as a microcosm to the earth and its natural phenomena which make up the macrocosm. This allows for a deeper understanding of the energetics of Chinese medicine, by relating health and illness in terms of the natural world, this gives us nature as a point of reference, which carries with it a universal expression.

According to CAM “Acupuncture can be helpful in managing the pain associated with Fibromyalgia.” Acupuncture helps to manage pain by increasing blood flow and stimulating the body’s natural pain reliving endorphins, Acupuncture also works on the part of the brain that governs serotonin, which helps with improving the mood. According to one randomized controlled study about the effects of Acupuncture on Fibromyalgia, “Acupuncture has proven effective in the immediate pain reduction in patients with fibromyalgia, with a quite significant effect size.”

Diabetes Mellitus can by classified, in terms of Chinese Medicine, as a Xiao Ke syndrome, or “wasting and thirsting disorder.” Xiao Ke is a disorder in which fluid dysregulation within the three burners has occurred leading to simultaneous fluid deficiency with stagnation and consumptive heat.