Morkeaw’s Lecture on the Nine
Pills - Dhamma Alternative Medicine
Plant Genetic
Conservation Project Under the Royal Initiation of Her Royal Highness Princess
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (1 Hour and 21
Seconds)
English Langauge Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=723gIlCdP2A&feature=youtu.be
Thai Langauge Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUVbu1rJD38
Data Collection of the Local Wisdom on “The Nine Pills”
– Techniques on How to Depend on Yourself Using Sufficiency Economy and Dhamma
Question: Could you tell us about your background?
Morkeaw: About myself… Well, I’m a country boy. My
father was a teacher. My mother was a farmer. I went to school in the
countryside. When I was a student, in general I was always one of the top ten
students. Later, I moved to study at the College of Nursing Praputhabat,
Saraburi Province and received my Associate Degree. After that I pursued my
Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health and I graduated with a B.A. in Public Health
Administration from Sukhothai Thammathirat University. After that I studied
Liberal Arts at the Faculty of Integral Development Studies for my Master’s. I
chose to study in this field so that I could do my thesis in Dhamma Alternative
Medicine or using Dhamma for the treatment of diseases. Then I continued my
research until I received my honorary doctorate degree from Sisaket Rajabhat
University in Regional Development Strategies so I could use the knowledge to
help the public. Now I’m studying for my PhD in Community Public Health at
Surindra Rajabhat University. I’m close to finishing now.
Question: Why did you choose to work in the field of
“health”?
Morkeaw: When I was young, I did not plan to work in
the “health” field. I hated hospitals. I was afraid of germs and other things.
I didn’t want to deal with germs. I felt that many people were suffering from
germs. However, when I was a child, I got sick often. I got sick from all kinds
of diseases. I had to receive lots of injections. My life was suffering. Life
has been hard. I really didn’t want to work in this field. I wanted to be a
soldier. So I took a test to become a soldier in the air force. I passed the
exam but I did not report in time so I did not have a chance to be in combat in
this life. Finally, I ended up working in the field of public health. I
originally studied conventional medicine science and eventually other subjects
on medicine.
Question: And how did you end up being an alternative
medicine scholar?
Morkeaw: When I studied conventional medicine science,
I didn’t think that I would be working in alternative medicine. I never thought
that I would be an alternative medicine doctor. Why? Because when I was
studying conventional medicine, I believed that the conventional medicine that
we presently use could solve all problems. That was my general belief before I
studied conventional medicine. Well, I studied it and I graduated. I tried to
use my knowledge in conventional medicine to help the people as much as I
could, but I was not that successful even though I did my best. I think I could
solve maybe only 20% of the problems. Therefore, I realized that I could not
use the knowledge of conventional medicine alone to solve all the problems. It
could only solve parts of it. I respect the area where it can help but the area
that it cannot help, I had to find other ways to solve those. Some we can
solve, some we cannot. We are all stuck! So I decided to study traditional Thai
medicine, alternative medicine, folk medicine both traditionally and
untraditionally; both in Thailand and in other countries. I tried to gain
knowledge as much as I could. I combined all kinds of medicines that I have
learned to solve the problems. The result in average was about 40% in problem
solving. I still couldn’t solve half of the problems. The 40% that I was
solving was not successful. Patients got the same sickness and even more
seriously. It was to the point that I couldn’t use what I learned to solve the
problem. That’s an example. So I thought to myself, “What’s happening?” And
finally…well, I didn’t think that I would discover the Dhamma Alternative
Medicine. I was stressed out. I didn’t know where to go. I didn’t know where to
solve this life problem. I studied all kinds of medicine, but they still didn’t
work. Since I couldn’t solve the problems, I turned to practicing Dhamma. I
read the book of Tripitaka and practiced along with it. I read the Tripitaka,
listened to my teachers and kept practicing. And finally, I have discovered the
truth. Lord Buddha has said how to solve every problem in life, including
health problems. This is what I have discovered. So I use the good points of
other medicines and combine it with Dhamma and the philosophy of sufficiency
economy. This philosophy has been mentioned by the King of Thailand which is in
accordance with what Lord Buddha has mentioned. The essence goes hand-in-hand
beautifully. The Dhamma Alternative
Medicine has the substance that I am interested in. Taking care of health by
addressing the cause using something economical and simple that everybody can
afford is something Lord Buddha has mentioned. It’s exactly what I wanted. I
wanted to be able to solve my own problem. So this is the background of Dhamma
Alternative Medicine.
Question: What do you mean by “Treating Every Disease
for 0 Baht”?
Morkeaw: Why 0 baht for treatment of every disease? The
reason I charge 0 baht is because I feel that the truth of life is people
suffering from sickness and diseases. Firstly, people get sicker and sicker.
Secondly, the costs of treatment get higher. Thirdly, people can help
themselves less and less. This is what people in the present world are going
through. These three issues are huge problems of people these days. When many
people are ill, the have to spend a lot of money to hire other people to take
care of them. They have to hire people with knowledge to take care of sick
people. When they are sick, they can’t take care of themselves. That’s why they
have to save a lot of money to spend when they are sick so they have money for
the treatment. People have to work so hard in order to save a lot of money.
They have to look for ways to make money. I look at this and think “if you are
born poor or you do not have a lot of money, you can’t be strong and can’t cure
yourself.” This world is not worth
living in. Maybe I should just die. Why do I have to live? Just get sick and
die. However, after I saw what Lord Buddha has mentioned, “if you want to get
rid of your suffering, you should consume very little, consume something that’s
easy to find and not harmful to your body.” There are things that we need in life
such as food, clothes and medicine. Lord Buddha emphasizes this in “chatari sutra.” Lord Buddha says that one should only consume little
and economically; something that is easy to find around us; something that is
not harmful to our bodies. After hearing that, I said, “This is it!” I was very
happy. I could cure myself by not using chemical drugs. Except for accidents,
we need Western doctors to take care of us when we are injured. However, we can
balance our bodies to make them strong and the disease will decrease or go
away. This is up to each person. Sometimes when it’s necessary, we need to
depend on Western medicine; only for some people, not for everybody; only a
small percentage, like 10 or 20% that really need pharmaceutical drugs. The
rest of the people don’t need drugs. Therefore, if I train myself, I will not need
any of these drugs. After I discovered this, I felt very happy. I felt that my
life is secured. If other people also discover it, they should be happy as
well. That’s what I think. They should be happy if they have this knowledge and
can take care of themselves. So I decided to spread this knowledge so that
people can become their own doctors. It’s 0 baht to treat every disease. You do
not need to spend any money.
Question:
What are the “Nine Pills” that you discovered?
Morkeaw: Actually, the “Nine Pills” are the nine
practical ways that one can practice in order to keep the body strong and to
reduce illnesses according to the Dhamma Alternative Medicine. I use the word
“Nine Pills” to tell people that it’s a practice that they can use to deal with
diseases. If you take care of yourself correctly, you can be healed. I want to tell
people that when you take medicine, you are doing something to heal yourself.
Now let’s talk about the “Nine Pills.” How did I find out about this? After I
studied the truth of life and the energy inside people, I learned that the body
always tries to push out bad energy and toxins out of the body; and absorb good
nutrients for the body. This is an automatic reflex of the body. It does that
all the time. The body tries to push out toxins all the time in every way. If
the toxin is stuck and cannot be rid of, that’s when sickness arises. I have
learned different ways to get rid of toxins from the body, which ones are the
most effective, etc. I have found different ways to remove toxins and bad
energy out of the body. That’s the discovery of the “Nine Pills.” I use the
technique of balancing the hot and cold elements from the study of various
medicines. I acquired the most knowledge from the “dhamma.” Lord Buddha
mentions how to take care of your health in “sankhiti
sutra.” He mentions about the balance
of hot and cold elements. If life is balanced from the heating and cooling
effects, the body will be far from sickness and suffering. This is mentioned in
“sankhiti sutra” and “chivaka
sutra.” Lord Buddha also mentions
about the balance of the cooling and heating effects in materials and in our
minds as well. For material things, we
need to adjust the elements such as earth, water, wind and fire for each
season. For the mind, we have to face the consequence of our acts or karma. If
we have good karma along with good balance, we will be healthy. If we have bad
karma along with imbalance, we will get sick. It’s written in “sankhiti sutra.” And in “apath
sutra,” Lord Buddha mentions clearly
how a person can become healthy and strong. In “apath sutra,”
Lord Buddha mentions how to balance the heating and cooling effects and how
karma can affect one’s health. He also mentions about reducing desire, anger
and greed. This is the root of diseases. If we do good deeds and can balance
the cooling and heating effects along with reducing our desire, anger and
greed, our mind will become clear and content. If you can do this, Lord Buddha
says that your sickness will reduce immediately. If you do it in an efficient
way, it will disappear immediately and you will be strong right away. I would say
you will be better “at that very moment.”
Question: Could you explain about balancing overcooling
and overheating conditions?
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Morkeaw: We have to start by
learning the principle of balancing the hot and cold elements. You can learn it
from your own body. For example, when we are in the sun, we feel it’s very very
very hot. We don’t feel good. Our energy is down. It is not possible that our
energy is down by not losing any energy. This means, when the body feels hot
and we add more heat to it, the body will feel hotter. Therefore, the body has
to produce more energy to get rid of the extra heat which causes the body to
feel down and fatigue. So if we feel very hot and the body touches something
that is cold, for example being in the shade or in an air-conditioned room or
drinking cold water, our body will cool down. It will feel good with energy. It
is not possible that we can get this kind of energy if the body doesn’t get it
from somewhere. This means when the body feels very hot, it will need some
cooling effects to balance it. Once the body feels the coolness, it will absorb
that and use it as energy. That’s why we have more energy. This is the
mechanical system of our life. On the other hand, when we feel very very very
cold and we are in a place that is even colder, we will not feel good and the
body will feel exhausted. It is not possible that the body is exhausted by not
losing energy. This means while the body is feeling cold and it is exposed to
more cold, the body has to use extra energy to get rid of that coldness.
Therefore, the energy level goes down. However, when we feel very cold and the
body touches something that has heating effects such as being in the sun,
sitting by the fireplace, soaking the body in a hot tub or putting a blanket
around or doing anything that will keep the body warmer, we will feel good and
have more energy. It is not possible to have more energy without receiving it
from elsewhere. Therefore, when we feel very cold and our body touches
something that has a heating effect, the hot and the cold will give balance to
our body. The body will use that to create energy. And how do we know whether we have overcooling
or overheating symptoms, or maybe we have the mixture of both? First of all, we
can tell by how we feel. If we feel good, the body is light with lots of
energy, this means that the body is well balanced. On the other hand, if we
don’t feel happy, we don’t feel good; the body feels heavy without energy;
that’s when the body is not balanced. This is what we have to look at first.
It’s written in the Tripitaka in “anayutsa sutra,”
“kokkachuma sutra,” and “chulakammaviphangkha sutra.”
So if we feel good and light
with energy, it means that the body is balanced and we are healthy. And if we
don’t feel good and light with energy, it means that the body is out of
balance. Now we have to look at how it is out of balance. Once we know the basics, we have to learn how
to fix it. There are three ways of imbalance: overheating, overcooling or the
mixture of both. This can be deceptive. It may be a false overcooling or
overheating condition. So there are three main types of imbalanced conditions.
One is overheating. Most people in our present society are out of balance this
way. This happens mainly because of stress, spicy food, animal products, food
with lots of additives, food with heating effects. They are also exposed to
machines, electric appliances and electronic devices. All of these along with
other pollutions can cause people to have an overheated condition. I would say
about 80% of people are overheated and about 5% are overcooled – with the
opposite reasons. About 15% of the population has the mixture of overcooling
and overheating conditions which happens at the same time. This is a big
picture. And how can we tell if we are overheated, overcooled or both? We have
to evaluate by looking at the main symptom and the “dominant symptom.” If it’s
the main symptom, the symptom never changes. And if it’s a dominant symptom,
80% of the symptom is the main symptom and it may change. So we will have to
learn about the dominant symptom. For
those who have overheating condition, they have the following symptoms: dry
throat; feeling thirsty (and they feel better after drinking water); having
bumps and pain; feeling tightness or numbness; having wound or pus or rash;
having dark urine and little volume; hard stool; feeling low energy and feeling
heavy; having fast heartbeats; expansion of arteries. These are the symptoms of
those who have overheating condition. For those who have overcooling condition,
they have the following dominant symptoms: mouth and throat are moist; not
feeling thirsty; feeling no taste of water, pale lips and mouth; tightness and
numbness in the body; flatulence; dizziness; having cold hands and feet; clear
urine with a lot of volume; loose stool; drop of energy; fatigue; feeling
heavy; soft pulse; contraction of the artery. These are the dominant symptoms
for people that are overcooled. For those who have the mixture of both conditions
- the dominant symptoms can happen at the same time. For example, they have a
fever (heating effect) but are shivering from cold (cooling effect). Another
example is having a headache at the same time of flatulence. Having a headache
is heating and flatulence is cooling. People that have the mixture of overheating
and overcooling conditions can experience that at the same time.
Question: Do you have a way to check to see whether we
have an overheating or vercooling condition?
Morkeaw: We can check by using objects that have a heating
or cooling effect to touch our body. We have to know beforehand what effect
that object gives. For example, plain water has a cooling effect; warm water
has both cooling and heating effects and hot water has a heating effect. Some
of the plants with a cooling effect are yanang, pandan leaves, morning glory,
centella asistica (benjarong) and justicia gangetica (omsaeb). Some of the
plants with a heating effect are turmeric, ginger, galangal, lemon grass, holy
basil, sweet basil, garlic, lesser galangal and pepper. If you mix these two
kinds of plants together, you will get both heating and cooling effects. So we
can use one of these plants to put on our body where we don’t feel good for
about 5 to 10 minutes. We can also keep it in the mouth for 1 to 3 minutes. You
can also swallow it. Wait to see the result in 30 minutes. You can also expose
it to the body in other ways such as putting it in the enema solution or other
manners that they can be exposed to the body. Then wait and see. What makes you
feel good and energized will give you balance and it’s good for you. What makes
you feel uncomfortable and not at ease or not energized will not work for you.
It’s not good for balancing. If your body is exposed to something with a
cooling effect but you don’t feel good, it means that your body has an overcooling
condition. If your body is exposed to something cool and you feel good, it
means that your body has an overheating condition. If your body touches
something with a heating effect and you don’t feel good, it means that your
body has an overheating condition. If it touches something hot but it feels
good, it means that the body has an overcooling condition. If the body feels
good after exposed to both heating and cooling objects, it means that the body
has mixed conditions.
Question: Could you talk a little bit about your health
camp?
Morkeaw: Here’s the background of our “Sufficiency
Economy and Dhamma” health camp. We started off by recommending how people can
take care of their health. Then people started feeling better and they told
other people about it. It’s all word-of-mouth. Then we had more and people that
wanted to join the camp. We cannot take all the people at one location because
people traveled from all over Thailand and from all over the world. Sometimes
it’s hard for people to get to a particular location. Some people can only make
it to the camp that is near to their home. Therefore we have many camps that
have our volunteers. These volunteers get together to do good deeds near their
homes. There are two kinds of camps. One is the main camp at our center at Suan
Pa Na Bun Camp #1 in Don Tan District, Mukdahan Province. Suan Pa Na Bun Camp
#2 is in Cha-uat District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. Suan Pa Na Bun Camp #3
is located at Khlong Sam Subdistrict in Pathum Thani Province. Suan Pa Na Bun
Camp #4 is in That Phanom District, Nakhon Phanom Province. We are planning to
have the fifth Suan Pa Na Bun Camp in Rayong Province. We also have Suan Pa
Photharam at Photharam Hospital in Ratchaburi Province. We also have other
small centers. People who have learned the “Dhamma Alternative Medicine” get
together. Some do it just by themselves. Some do it as a group. They gradually hold health camps in various
parts of Thailand and all over the world. We also go to America to hold our
health camp there. For people in other countries, they learn it from us and
then use it to help each other. Now the knowledge has spread all over the
world. Therefore, our health camp can help many people at the same time. We
charge zero baht to treat every disease. That means everybody can learn to take
care of themselves and cure whatever disease they have. Each person has
different diseases so they can learn to take care of themselves by using the
“Dhamma Alternative Medicine” or combining it with other methods as necessary
and as appropriate. However, we mainly teach how to take care of yourself. Then
we add other supplementary information. It is up to each individual. They can
consider how to use that knowledge accordingly.
Question: Could you talk about some of the cases that
used the Dhamma Alternative Medicine? Have these people’s symptoms improved?
Morkeaw: We have many sample cases. Many people have been
treated by other types of medicines and did not get better, but when they start
using the “Dhamma Alternative Medicine,” they get better. Like Aunt Pahn. She
had many diseases. I think she had 11 surgeries. After she used the “Dhamma Alternative
Medicine,” she felt better and did not need any more surgeries. She gradually
felt better and her diseases gradually went away. Even people with kidney
failure or SLE whose doctors could no longer treat them and they were already
in the ICUs, they started using our method and they felt better. They used our
method while they were in the ICUs. When they got stronger, they kept using it.
People that had kidney failure no longer have it.
Question: For beginners or those who are interested in
the Dhamma Alternative Medicine, where can they get additional information?
Morkeaw: If you want to know about our network, our
locations and our activities, you can follow us on the Internet at morkeaw.net.
You can also get information from us at the Bureau of Alternative Medicine,
Ministry of Public Health.
Pill Number 1 – Taking Herbs to Balance Health Factors
Morkeaw: The benefits of chlorophyll drink from “cooling”
plants: They can protect cells; balance the hot and cold elements in the body.
At the same time, they nourish the blood, eyesight, skin and heart. They also
help with apthous ulcer, cough, fever or even food poisoning. You can benefit
from using these “cooling plants.” Now let’s talk about chlorophyll water. We
can find different kinds of herbs that are easy to find in your area. They
should be plants with cooling effects such as, morning glory, ivy gourd, blue
trumpet vine wan “kaap hoy” (tradescantia spathacea stearn), or “omsap” (justicia
gangetica). You can use other kinds of vegetables that have cooling effects
that you can find in your area. You can choose one or mix them up. The process
of making chlorophyll drink is very simple. You simply prepare clean water or
boiled water or clean filtered water. Then thoroughly clean the vegetables. After
that you can put them in a blender or crush them in a mortar or you can squeeze
or rub them hard. Try to avoid heat during this process. After that, filter it
with a strainer or a piece of white, thin cloth. You will now get concentrated
chlorophyll water. You can drink it to balance your health. It’s very easy to
drink this chlorophyll beverage. After we have the concentrated water, we dilute
it to make the color light green. You can estimate it by looking or you can use
the ratio of 1 to 10. One is the concentrate and 10 is plain water. The
technique is you drink it until you feel good. You can drink this chlorophyll
water when you feel hot or don’t feel good. For example, you need to drink water, right?
You can just drink it throughout the day instead of plain water. If you want to
drink it before a meal, you should drink it at least half an hour before
eating. After eating, please wait for the food to digest for about one hour,
you can drink it instead of water. It’s very easy to keep the chlorophyll
drink. You can keep it in the refrigerator for up to seven days. If the taste
changes, you can use it for something else such as watering the plants. There’s
one thing to be aware of. When you drink it and you feel like it’s stuck in
your throat or you don’t feel good, you can mix it with warm water or you can
mix it with plants with heating effects such as herbs that are used for Tom Yam
soup. They have heating effects. In summary, when you drink chlorophyll water
to balance the hot and cold elements, you have to feel good and more energized
after drinking it.
Pill Number 2 – Gua Sha (Skin Detoxification)
“Gua” means “to scrape” and
“sha” means “toxin.” We use a smooth-edge object to rub around the toxic area
or where there’s a problem. The friction causes heat which stimulates the pores
to enlarge. The toxins in the blood will be stimulated and move to the skin and
eventually comes out. This makes the body feel better. We can use this
technique to help patients with many types of diseases.
The tool that we use is a
small smooth-edge object that we can find around us, such as a coin, a spoon, a
small bowl or a lid. Make sure that it’s not sharp and pointy. You can also use
a “gua-sha” stick or a coconut ladle.
For lubrication, you can use
balm or coconut oil or any kind of cooking oil. Check whether it’s a hot or a
cold day. If it’s a hot day, use a lubricant with a cooling effect. If it’s a
cold day, use a lubricant with a heating effect. If you don’t have any of
those, you can use just plain water. Or you can just rub through your
clothes.
This is how we scrape. We
mainly do it on the back. We also do it on the arms, head, face the chest or
stomach area and the legs; or the area that we don’t feel good.
This technique can indicate
the level of toxicity in the body. We can see this from the color that appears
on the skin as follows. Level 1: Pink. This is normal because when the skin is
rubbed, it usually turns pink. Level 2: Red. This means that there’s some level
of toxicity. Level 3: Dark red or spotty red. This indicates that a lot of
toxins have accumulated in the body. Level 4: Dark purple or dark color. This
indicates a high level of toxicity from cancer.
When the back is rubbed, the
meridian opens up. Scrape lengthwise along the spine. Do it on the left side
first. About 1-2 inches from the spine. Scrape lengthwise from the neck to the
coccyx. Use the same weight or strength in the same direction. Scrape about
30-50 times or as many times as it makes you feel good; or until the red color
appears and no longer changes color. After that move from left to right. Do the
same as the other side. 1-2 inches from the spine from neck to coccyx
lengthwise. Scrape with the same weight consistently for about 30-50 times
until the red color no longer changes. After that, move to a different spot.
You can scrape from the shoulder to the shoulder blade. Keep scraping till the
middle of the back and the waist. Scrape with the same weight in the same
direction and outward from the body. Scrape from the shoulder to the shoulder
blade and the middle of the back. Use the same weight and scrape for 30-50
times or as many times as that person being treated feels good or the color no
longer changes. Then switch to the right side and scrape along the sides or the
flanks, also scrape lengthwise.
For the face. Start by
scraping from the middle of the forehead in the same direction. After the
scraping the middle part, move to the side of the forehead. Do the left side
first. Scrape from the middle of the forehead towards the left. Then move to
the eyebrows and the eyes. For the eyes, close your eyes and scrape the
eyelids. Then scrape the area around the eyes, nose, cheeks, upper lip and
chin. After you are done with the left side, do the same thing on the right
side. Scrape outward to right. For the head, start from the middle of the head
lengthwise to the hairline. After that, change to the left side. Also scrape
lengthwise. Keep scraping in the same manner until you get back to where you
started. Then scrape around the hairline, auricle, back of the ear and nape of
the neck.
Pill Number 3 – Detoxification of the Colon (Enema)
Enema is another way to detoxify the body. It’s a
pretty fast way to remove toxins. There are three objectives for this method of
detoxification. First is to remove old feces in the colon. Second is to remove
the heat from the colon. The colon covers quite a large area of the skin.
Therefore, it is a fast way to reduce toxins. And the third objective is to
remove toxins that have been sent from the other organs such as the liver,
small intestines, gallbladder or spleen. The toxins are sent to the colon. That
is why cleansing the colon is a fast way to detoxify the body.
The tools that we need to cleanse the colon… The first
one is a 1.5 liter bottle of water. You can use any bottle that you get from
the market but you have to cut the bottom out. The next item is a long, soft
tube - the same kind that is used to feed patients through the nose at the
hospital… It’s very soft. At the end of the line, there are two holes for water
to come out. The third item is the clamp that comes with the tube. The clamp
can move up and down to stop or release the water. The fourth and important
item is the cooling herb solution. Normally, we use the green herb solution.
The fifth item is clean water. It is used to dilute the herb solution. The
sixth item is a lubricant to put on the end of the tube for those who need it
before inserting the tube into the anus.
Now let’s see how we prepare the enema. We mix the herb
solution and the clean water in the right amount. Then pour the solution into
the bottle that is already hooked to the tube. After that, unlock the clamp to
let the water flow down the tube in order to let the air out. At the end of the
tube, apply the lubricant if you think that the tube is too hard for the anus.
You can use lubricants such as aloe vera gel or others as well; or you can use
just water.
How far should we hang the enema bottle? From the anus
to the tip of the bottle, it should be about 90 centimeters, no more than this.
How deep should the insertion be? It should be about 3-5 inches; or just about
the length of our index finger. That should be enough. There are three enema
positions: lying down, sitting and standing. The first position is lying down. You
lie on your right side with the right arm and the right side of the body on the
floor along the bed. The right leg is stretched out straight while bending the
left leg as much as possible to open the anus hole. Then insert the tube at the
length that I already mentioned. After that, unlock the clamp to let the
solution flow down. The amount of the solution can be more or less than this
for both men and women. The average is one liter. Sometimes, you are at a place
where it’s not convenient to lie down, you can do it while you are sitting in
the bathroom. There are two ways for this. One is to squat and the other is to
sit on the toilet bowl. While you are squatting, the anus hole is already open.
You can insert the tube and let the water in just like when you lie down. When
you sit on the toilet bowl, move your bottom so that there is space for you to
insert the tube into the anus. Get into position and squeeze out the anus a
little bit. Then insert the tube and release the water in the amount that you
can take. For those who don’t like either lying down or siting, you can also do
this while standing. Position yourself by spreading the legs a little bit. Then
bend forward slightly to make the colon parallel to the floor. Squeeze out your
anus lightly. Insert the tube and release the water. While the water is
entering the anus and if your stomach hurts, you can stop the water. Then
inhale deeply. After you feel more relaxed, release the water again. In case
you feel that the water comes down too fast, you can lower the bottle to make
it slower. However, if you feel that the water flows down too slowly, you can put
the bottle higher. You can adjust the height to get the flow of water that is
right for you. Once you get enough water, you can lock the clamp to stop the
water and pull the tube out of your anus. After that you can go release and
clean up. That’s the end of the process.
Pill Number 4 – Soaking Hands and Feet in Herbal Solution
This is one of the nine pills. It’s Pill No. 4.
Nowadays, most people have overheating conditions. The body can get rid of
heating toxins through the tips of fingers and toes. After working, the body
can tighten up in the tips of fingers and toes. We can get rid of the toxins by
soaking our hands in warm water. The warm water can help remove toxins. The
muscles that are tightened will be softened and the toxins will be released.
The tools that we use for this are very simple. Just
get two basins. Boil the water. If you want to soak your body up to the waist,
you need a bigger container, such as a large basin or a tub that can hold your
body. This can help remove toxins as well.
The herbs that we use are very simple. After we make
the chlorophyll solution, we can use the remaining parts of the herbs for
boiling. We can also add herbs with cooling or heating effects, such as banana
stalk, banana skin and banana stem. Tamarind leaves are sour and they can help
remove mucus and fat. You can also use nad leaves (blumea balsamifera)
and other herbs that can be found in your area. If you don’t have any herbs,
you can just use warm water. If you have an overcooling condition, you can add
herbs with heating effects such as ginger, galangal, lemongrass or kaffir lime
leaves. Just pick one. After you pick an herb, put it in a pot. Add water, just the right amount. Let it boil
for 5-10 minutes. Once the solution is ready, add plain water first. Then add
the herbal solution so it is just warm enough. Do not soak your body in water
that is too hot or too cold. The warm water can help detoxify and make the body
feel good. After the water is prepared, find a comfortable chair to sit. Soak
your hands and feet in the water. Add water to cover the wrists and ankles.
Soak them for about 3 minutes. Then take them out to rest for one minute. Then
soak them again. Repeat 3 times or as long as you feel comfortable. Some of you
only need to soak only once and some can soak more than three times. Just do it as long as you feel good and not
to absorb back the heating toxins.
Pill Number 5 – Using an Herbal Concoction as a Mask on
the Skin, as Drops, as Compresses, or for Steaming or Bathing
Pill Number 5 – Using an herbal concoction that is
right for you to help detoxify. For an overheating condition, we use cooling
herbs such as yanang, pandan leaves, Indian pennyworth, morning glory or
omsaeb. You can use other herbs also such as banana leaf sheaf; or other
herbs that are acerbic such as pomegranate skin, neem tree bark or the inside
of the bark. Cut them into small pieces and pound them until they are fine. You
can use it to apply to the skin on the area that you have a problem. For people
with symptoms of both overheating and overcooling conditions, we use cooling
herbs that have been heated by fire, such as boiling. Apply the herb concoction
to the area of problem. For people with an overcooling condition, we use herbs
with heating condition such as ginger, galangal, lemon grass and kaffir lime
leaf. You can boil it and apply it to your skin by poultice or compressing. Put
the remaining pieces of the herbs in a white, thin cloth. Make it into an
herbal ball and compress it on different parts of the body such as the neck,
shoulder and other problem areas.
Steaming with herbs… Use herbs that feel good to your
body and boil them in water until the water becomes vapor. After you take a
shower or a bath, cover yourself with a big piece of cloth like a tent and
allow the vapor to steam your body. Do it as long as you feel good. You can use
this steaming technique as many times as your body needs.
Taking an herbal bath… For overheating condition, use
cool water for bathing; but for overcooling condition, use warm water.
Using drops is another way to detoxify. We use drops
extracted from cooling herbs to drop on different parts of the body such as the
eyes. For eyes, use the herbal drops on the left eye first and then on the
right eye.
For ears, we use yanang extract, which is a
cooling herb to drop in the ears. How to use the drops… Lie on your right side.
Then drop the solution in the left ear. While dropping the solution, you can
massage the ear for stimulation. Just massage for a little while or you can use
a gua-sha stick to rub at the back of the ear. Leave the solution in for
about 1-3 minutes or as long as you feel comfortable. Then move to the side to
let the water out of the ear. Then repeat for the other side.
For nose drops – tilt your head up a little bit. Put it
2-3 drops. If no water comes out, you can add more drops until you feel water
coming down the throat. Then repeat on the other side. When the water comes
down the throat, you can swallow it or spit it out.
For making a mask or poultice – use the prepared herbs
to apply to the areas of problem; such as tightness, pain, swelling or redness.
Leave it on for a little while to reduce the discomfort.
The ingredients include marlstone powder, charcoal
powder and fresh herbal solution. Mix 10 parts of marlstone powder and 1 part
of charcoal powder. Then slowly add herbal solution. Stir the solution and
powder to make it into a paste that is not too loose or too thick, like mud.
To apply on the face, clean the face first to remove any
cosmetics. Then apply the mixed ingredients around the face, except around the
eye and eyelash area because when the paste is dry, it could get in the eyes.
Also avoid the area around the mouth. Make the mask thick enough so it can
absorb toxins from the face. You can apply it on other problem areas. Leave it on
for about 15 minutes. When it is dry and feels tight, spray extracted herb
solution on to give it some moisture and to help absorb toxins. When it’s dry,
you can remove the mask by slowly remove it with your hands. Then use a sponge
or piece of cloth to wipe it off and rinse your face.
Pill Number 6 – Using Suitable Forms of Exercise,
Acupressure or Yoga
Pill Number 6 is exercise, the use of acupressure and
doing yoga. Exercise helps strengthen the muscles. When you move the body
continuously, your body is trained to burn calories and creates toxic waste.
When there is toxic waste, the body will try to push the toxins out. The body
is also trained to absorb nutrients and energy to nourish the body. One
important thing is to keep the body moving continuously, not too fast nor to
slowly. You should move the body as fast as you can to the point that you feel
vigorous and refreshed as possible. As Lord Buddha says, you should work as
hard as you can to increase your merit, but do not exert yourself too much;
which means do not torture yourself. When you move your body, you should find
out which way gives you the most energy when you move the body quickly.
When the body keeps moving quickly without doing
something else, the muscles or tendons will be contracted and tightened. Some
of the muscles, bones or tendons are distorted. They can press or compress the
veins, the nerves or the meridians. This can block the flow of blood or energy
and can cause illness. Therefore, we should do the aerobic exercise along with
acupressure and yoga. What for? By flexing the body, adjusting the muscles and
tendons back to their positions, the body will keep its flexibility. That’s why
we should do the aerobic exercise along with acupressure and yoga. Then the
exercise will be complete.
The meridian points are located along the bones,
close to the tendons and the nerves and V-cuts shape areas of the muscles. This
means all parts located in the bones are meridian points. The areas next to the
tendons are all meridian points. The areas where we feel a sharp pain, near the
nerves… If you don’t know where to press, you can try to remember only a few
spots. It’s good to remember at least one spot so you know that it is an
important spot for the body. Actually, there are many acupressure points.
Basically, if you want to know where they are, just look around the areas that
are close to the bones, the tendons or the nerves, or the V-cuts shape areas of
the muscles. If you still can’t remember, just press at the dented or dimpled
areas of the body.
Pill Number 8 – Using Dhamma to Purify Your Mind
Pill Number 8 is to use
Dhamma to stop doing bad deeds and to do good deeds in order to purify the
mind. Be among good friends and company. Build a good society and environment.
For our mind and soul or the human energy, Lord Buddha finds that if we do good
or bad, the body will create magnetic fields that are either good or bad for
the body. So we think good, we will create a good magnetic field. If we think
bad, it will turn to be a bad magnetic field. These magnetic fields become our
life assets. Lord Buddha says your good or bad acts that you have accumulated
will have the power to form good or bad results. Lord Buddha also says in “chivaka sutra” that a person will
receive good or bad things or happiness or unhappiness depending on the hot and
cold balance of both the material and the mind which is the consequence of your
karma. These two components go together. If you do good deeds and control the
hot and cold elements, you can be healthy quickly. If you do bad deeds and do
not balance your hot and cold elements, you can get sick and have many diseases
along with other bad things. This is an important factor for taking care of
your health. You have to do good deeds. You can just do good deeds or do good
deeds to the point that you can get rid of the sufferings. This is the best.
It’s called “lokutara” (beyond
this world). In order to stop the suffering, you have to know what causes it or
what is bad for your life. If we seriously consider the harm and the negative
effects of it over and over, our conscious mind will gradually detach itself
from that bad thing. The Dhamma can help us differentiate what is harmful and
what is beneficial. If we listen to the
Dhamma and examine it over and over, Lord Buddha says we can become enlightened
or free from sufferings. By reviewing Dhamma, there is a special energy that
can make us strong. You will be surrounded by good friends, good society and
good environment that will constitute happiness. This is Pill Number 8 that
will help us strong and healthy.
Pill Number 9 – Balance between Work and Rest
Pill Number 9 is “know when to persevere and when to
rest.” This is very important to our health. When you overexert yourself, the
body will be damaged. When you don’t do enough, it’s bad for your health as
well. It’s not good for blood circulation and bad for the virtue. It’s bad for your
health. And where is the point that we should stop to rest? Lord Buddha
mentions that when we experience hardship, we will receive meritorious deeds.
We have to reach the point that it’s hard work for us but not too hard. Do not
reach the point that you are torturing yourself. Then rest till you have enough
energy. So you persevere till you are tired but do not get sick. Then have
enough rest. Keep working and resting like this. The body will be strong.
However, do not be too strict with yourself about this. Just do as much as you
can. Just work as much as you can. When you are tired, rest. Try not to get
sick. Be industrious as much as you can. However, in real life, sometimes we
have to work too much in order to accomplish something important within a
deadline. If that’s worth it, you can devote yourself and keep going till you
feel exhausted, overwhelmed or even ill. But only allow that every now and
then. If you do that, you will have to fix the body later by resting. Do not
let this happen too often. Sometimes we just have to sit and do nothing such as
sitting in a car or on a plane. We can’t do anything. So, just rest. Sitting
and doing nothing may affect the blood circulation. This is a good time for
resting. So in summary, we should persevere as much as we can, but not to the
point that we will get sick. This technique can be used to make our body
strong. This is Pill No. 9.
