Longevity Archives - Julia H. Sun

The Poorest Centenarian

The secret exercises helped him to live to 103 illness-free, even though he was exceedingly poor, frequently encountered starvation in his life.

Growing up Poor

Mr. Zhang was a sickly child to a poor family with numerous health & heart ailments. As the oldest of the three kids in the family, he had to beg for food when he was only 7 years old. His father died of starvation. When his mother was sick in bed, he was so afraid to lose his mom and becoming an orphan! He called his mom the first thing when he arrived home every day after begging for food for his family’s survival. His mother’s condition was progressively getting worse and one day, he and his two siblings visited a doctor in the early morning, kept kneeling down to the doctor until dawn to beg her to save their mom. As a child, he was determined to become a doctor to help poor people with their health.

Money Cannot Buy Your Health!

Many people believe that wealth can buy health. But the following real-life stories suggest otherwise:

7 Ways to Care for Your Kidneys

Eat foods that nourish the Kidneys. for almost everybody, both men and women, Chinese yams are the best food for the Kidneys. They nourish the Kidneys, as well as help with lower back pain. Another food good for the Kidneys is chestnut. If you have Kidney problems, do not have raw, cold, very spicy, oily foods or drinks, such as cucumbers, watermelons, persimmons, ice water, spicy chili, and deep-fried foods.

Five Seasons a Year for Better Health

The ancient Romans were among the first to carve up the year into quarters (four seasons), which has been widely adopted by Western countries*. But not every culture in the world divides a year into four seasons like that in modern Western countries. Different cultures have different ways of separating a year into seasons. A year may be divided into five seasons or more. Continue reading “Five Seasons a Year for Better Health”

10 Ways to Care for Your Menopause

Menopause is the time in women’s lives when menstrual periods stop permanently and they are no longer able to bear children. Menopause occurs 12 months after the last menstrual period and typically between 49 and 52 years of age. Menopause occurring before 45 years old usually indicates there is a health issue(s), diagnosable or un-diagnosable by Western medicine. Normal periods may reoccur after health problems are cured before the age of 48. Continue reading “10 Ways to Care for Your Menopause”

10 Mistakes Keeping You from Living a Long, Healthy Life

Waiting until your golden years to start taking care of yourself.

Many people let themselves become overwhelmed by daily activities and never learn how to properly take care of their body. Taking good care of the body should begin when we are infants, or better yet before our mothers even get pregnant. When a couple is well prepared and their bodies are well nourished before and during pregnancy, their newborn infant will be healthy and strong. The earlier we start taking care of our bodies, the less our bodies become ill, the less life energy our bodies waste fighting illnesses, and the longer our bodies live. Continue reading “10 Mistakes Keeping You from Living a Long, Healthy Life”

10 Habits that Damage the Heart

The heart is an organ that pumps blood for the movement of blood throughout the body via the circulatory system, supplying oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and removing carbon dioxide and other wastes.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the heart system also includes the brain and the heart meridian besides the organ heart.

The heart is so important to the body that we die when the heart fails to pump blood. Taking special care of the heart is vitally important to our life. But many people are unknowingly damaging their hearts, making the heart disease the number one killer of our precious life. Continue reading “10 Habits that Damage the Heart”