Thin fluids vs blood

[Johannah Ashley]

Hi Ann,
I have been suddenly struck with trying to understand why thin fluids are a more interior resource than blood. Could you explain this for me please? As I write this it also occurs to me that kid/BL DC uses jing, so is it that our body uses the deepest and most profuse resources first to store pathology, and as pathology moves deeper we resort to using more finite resources to maintain latency?

[Sean Tuten]

Hi Johannah! I’ve always gotten a bit tripped up on the idea of Jing as the 1st Confluence mediumship as well. It’s not the Jing that we associate with lower burner and reproductive yin. It’s ‘exterior’ Jing, i.e. Marrow. I find it easiest to just think about it in those terms: marrow, synovial fluid, large joints, spinal vertebrae. I think about it more like Sui Marrow than Jing Essence. In any case, the point is that the body is trying to lodge pathology in large spaces (pelvis, elbow, knee) with stable yin. Being the most stable yin, Sui Marrow is able to contain pathology for a long period of time, decades in many cases. These are the patients who come in with ‘acute’ back pain at 55 years old saying they’ve never had a problem before in their lives. The pathology was being held in large, stable spaces for decades, and the tide has turned such that the pathology is now overwhelming the body’s capacity to hold it in latency. Resources no longer outweigh pathology. Sui Marrow has broken down to the point where symptoms are expressed.

Blood comes next because it is the next, most abundant, most stable form of mediumship after Sui Marrow. Think about it: you can go for decades living with anemia, but you can’t go a week living without water. Ye Fluids i.e. hormones are even less stable. They’re so strong and concentrated that even a small change causes dramatic changes in the endocrine system.

Once the yin mediumship is relatively depleted, you no longer have stable yin in which to pack pathology and forget about it. With yin, you can throw the pathology in the closet, shut the door, and go back to what you were doing. Without yin, you have to throw the pathology in the closet and stand constant guard with your qi to prevent the door from opening and pathology from leaking into the primary channels.

That’s my understanding for what it’s worth, and I’m looking forward to next week!

Sean

[Armin]

Super useful explanation and summary. Thank you!

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