Self-Healing Guide
This is guide is not meant to replace proper medical/wellness guidance.
Please use this in conjunction with your current care protocol.
Always consult a healthcare provider before starting, changing, or discontinuing any medications or supplements.
Our goal with this guide is to empower individuals to listen and read the natural signs our bodies offer, in hopes that it helps us better understand our relationship with the world around us.
Step I: Pulse Diagnosis: Listening to Your Inner Rhythms
Your pulse is a map of your body's internal energy flow. Learning to read it can reveal the state of your vitality, stress levels, and organ function.
How to Check Your Pulse:
Find a quiet space and sit comfortably. Rest your wrist on a surface or your lap.
Place three fingers (index, middle, ring) on the radial artery, just below the thumb on the wrist.
Apply gentle pressure:
Light pressure for surface energy and emotions
Medium pressure for digestion and circulation
Deep pressure for organ health and deep imbalances
Feel the rhythm, strength, and quality:
Strong & steady → Good energy flow
Weak or irregular → Fatigue, nutrient deficiency
Rapid pulse → Heat, stress, inflammation
Slow pulse → Coldness, stagnation, or low metabolism
Track your findings over a week and notice patterns, especially after meals, stress, or exercise.
Action: If your pulse feels weak or sluggish, try warming herbal infusions like ginger, cinnamon, or ginseng. If your pulse is rapid or excessive, cool the body with hibiscus, mint, or chamomile tea.
Step II: Tongue Diagnosis: The Mirror to Your Health
Your tongue reveals what’s happening inside your digestive system, circulation, and overall vitality.
How to Examine Your Tongue:
Check your tongue in the morning before eating or drinking.
Use natural light and look at color, shape, coating, and texture.
What do you see?
Pale tongue → Blood deficiency, low energy (Eat iron-rich foods: nettles, dark greens, beets)
Red tongue → Heat, inflammation (Cool the system with hibiscus, peppermint, dandelion)
Purple or dark tongue → Circulatory stagnation (Improve movement with ginger, turmeric, hawthorn)
Thick white coating → Dampness, sluggish digestion (Digestive herbs: fennel, cardamom, black pepper)
Swollen tongue with teeth marks → Weak digestion, water retention (Warm teas: ginger, cinnamon, clove)
Action: Cleanse the tongue in the morning with a copper tongue scraper and drink warm lemon water to stimulate digestion.
Step III: Eye Diagnosis: Windows to Vitality
The eyes are an extension of your liver, nervous system, and circulation. Changes in eye color, brightness, or sclera (white of the eyes) can indicate imbalances.
How to Examine Your Eyes:
Look at your iris, sclera, and pupils in natural light.
Notice cloudiness, redness, dark circles, or discoloration.
What do your eyes reveal?
Bright, clear eyes → Good health, balanced energy
Yellow sclera → Liver imbalance, detox needed (Use milk thistle, dandelion root, burdock)
Red or bloodshot eyes → Heat, inflammation (Try cooling herbs like chrysanthemum or mint)
Dark circles → Kidney or adrenal depletion (Support with ashwagandha, nettles, goji berries)
Pale or dull eyes → Nutrient deficiency, low blood circulation (Boost with iron-rich herbs, seaweed, spirulina)
Action: Give your liver and blood circulation a boost with dandelion tea, beet juice, or nettle infusions. Rest your eyes by reducing screen time and taking herbal eye baths with chamomile or rosewater.
Step IV: External Signs: Skin, Nails, Hair & Body Signals
Your skin, nails, and hair are physical reflections of your internal health. By observing changes, you can identify deficiencies and imbalances.
Skin Check:
Dry & flaky → Dehydration, blood deficiency (Increase healthy fats: hemp oil, flaxseeds, avocado)
Oily & acne-prone → Heat or toxin buildup (Support detox with burdock, dandelion, spearmint)
Dark under-eye circles → Adrenal stress, lack of sleep (Replenish with ashwagandha, nettles, licorice root)
Nail Health:
Brittle nails → Nutrient deficiency (Boost minerals: nettle, horsetail, sesame seeds)
White spots → Zinc deficiency (Eat pumpkin seeds, dark leafy greens)
Ridges → Digestive weakness (Strengthen gut health with probiotics, bone broth, slippery elm)
Hair Condition:
Dry, brittle hair → Blood deficiency (Support with black sesame seeds, seaweed, adaptogens)
Thinning hair → Stress, weak digestion (Try rosemary scalp massage, adaptogenic herbs)
Premature graying → Kidney depletion (Replenish with he shou wu, black sesame, goji berries)
Action: Nourish from within by increasing collagen-rich broths, herbal mineral infusions, and healthy fats. For hair and nail health, use rosemary or nettle-infused oil for massage.
Creating Your Own Healing Path
This self-help guide is meant to awaken your inner healer. By listening to the body's signs through pulse, tongue, eyes, and external indicators, you can develop a deeper awareness of your health and take simple, effective steps toward balance.
Daily Rituals for Holistic Balance:
Morning: Observe tongue and pulse, drink warm herbal infusions
Midday: Check energy levels, digestion, eye brightness.
Evening: Massage scalp, hands, and feet with infused herbal oils.
Weekly: Track pulse and skin/hair changes to notice long-term patterns.
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