Feeding The Navel For Better Health?
Does the body absorb medicine exceptionally well through the belly button?
Why?
How?
The belly button. A kind of portal, channel, or doorway used by every single human being known to exist from the actual beginning of life.
Before even the first breath.
Our most physical connection to our mothers. And their mothers. And even further back, to all of ancestry.
A seemingly pointless relic on the human body post umbilical cord cutting.
Should we be paying much more attention to its significance, beyond the womb?
As a clinical herbalist, and creator of topical medicinal salves, I often suggest we apply our herbs to the belly button. Especially during times of more acute infection.
In TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), applying herbs directly on the belly button has always been a thing.
In TCM belly button activation with herbal medicine is thought to:
- Stimulate Meridian Qi
- Regulate Qi and blood
- Nourish the organs
- Decrease body weight
- Reduce belly bloating
- Strengthen the intestines
- Balance dampness
- Reduce edema
- Aid in healing digestive ailments
- Help with overall rebalancing of health
- Stimulate the reproductive organs
In Ayurvedic medicine (ancient medicinal practices from India), the technique of massaging the belly button with various oils and herbs is known The Pechoti Method.
Now, like so many things in the world of natural health, there aren’t too many actual modern studies on this topic. But it’s a ‘thing’ that’s been taught since antiquity. And since I’ve seen it work wonders for so many, so many times, I feel the need to share it here.
Below are the few studies available on this topic.
Read them. Research The Pechoti Method on your own, or the phrase ‘Belly Button Activation’.
And next time you're feeling off, try feeding your belly button instead of your mouth.
See where it leads.
Happy experimenting.
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STUDIES & RESOURCES:
(The studies below are nowhere near an exhaustive list. Always continue your own research and read the papers within each paper below.)
2) Clinical Practice Of Chinese Medicine Navel Therapy For Chronic Diarrhea: A Literature Review
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