How does a change in Xie Chi level affect our body?

The increase and decrease in Xie Chi level will both result in illness symptoms. Although both symptoms are similar, the causes of the illness symptoms are different as the Xie Chi levels are going in opposite directions. We need to have separate treatment procedures for patients whose Xie Chi level is increasing versus the patients whose Xie Chi level is decreasing.

When a patient of weak Yang energy level develop illness symptoms (Discomfort feeling), there exists two possibilities. One is that the patient’s Xie Chi level is decreasing, the other is that the patient’s Xie Chi level is increasing.

When a person’s Xie Chi level decreases from level 1 healthy level to level 2 weak Yang level, the body will start show signs of the lack of Xie Chi in the form of illness symptoms. There are two ways to relief these symptoms. One is that the person improves his sleeping pattern and increases his Xie Chi level back to level 1 healthy level. The other way is to ignore these symptoms and continue living the unhealthy lifestyle and let the body’s Xie Chi keep decreasing. As the body’s Xie Chi drop from level 2 weak Yang level to level 3 weak Yin level, the body’s diagnostic system will only take care of problems that are life threatening. Minor illness will be ignored which means that the illness symptoms will disappear. Although the patient may feel that his body is healthy, but in fact the body has actually gotten worse.

Conversely, when a person’s Xie Chi level increases from level 3 weak Yin level to level 2 weak Yang level, the person may feel some illness symptoms that were none existent before. In this case, the patient may feel that his body’s condition has gotten worse, but in reality the condition has actually improved and Xie Chi level increased.

Many people have had the experience of getting ill during a vacation. During normal work days, the body’s Xie Chi level falls into level 3 weak Yin level. Once the person gets a chance for a vacation, the Xie Chi level rises back to level 2 weak Yang level and the person receives illness symptoms as a result. When the same person returns to work after the vacation, the Xie Chi level will drop back to level 3 and the illness symptoms will disappear. My suggestion for this type of patients is that they should try to find a time for a long vacation. It is important to give the body enough time for Xie Chi to replenish and for the body to repair itself.