The Five Elements Within
The only way to truly heal is to experience and observe the healing, with all its intensity, truth and revelation. We must go through it, evolve, and grow. Herbal medicine sets the foundation for our healing. Kauai Farmacy’s medicine cabinet is here to guide us, liberate us, and hold us fully accountable for this beautiful and sometimes painful life experience.
Yet healing and sickness is not always the story that we perceive it to be. So often our fears, pain, and blockages distort our reality. In my opinion, most "sickness" or "dis-ease" is our human nature's never-ending search to find equilibrium, optimal balance or ease in the system. The system is literally spitting out the sickness within, in order to heal itself.
I like to tune into The Five Elements within to take full responsibility for my life experience, as well as clearly comprehend all that is happening as we heal, or “be sick”. The Five Elements and their corresponding percentages are rooted in Yogic Science. Our systems are constantly recalibrating the Five Elements to find more balance within; including water (72%), earth (12%), air (6%), fire (4%) and ether (6%+). This recalibration, however harsh or gentle it may be, is typically construed as sickness, as we find ourselves lying in bed, unable to eat, drinking water, going to the bathroom, and consciously or unconsciously focused on the deepening of our breath. However, in my opinion, this recalibration is clearly the body taking the intentional time and space to heal.
Typical examples of The Five Elements recalibrating in order to experience more balance in the system is as follows:
- Detoxing or cleansing of the EARTH element or earth/food body by not eating and going to the bathroom.
- Natural deepening of the breath (AIR element) to calm the mind, increase circulation in the body and strengthen the spine.
- Increasing the FIRE element by first alleviating the excess EARTH element that is smothering the FIRE, stoking it all the while with the deepening breath (AIR) and consequently increasing the system’s metabolic activity.
- Hydrating the system with the drinking of WATER element, tea, and juice, while taking soothing baths and showers. As the Earth element decreases in the body, the water element correspondingly rises as well. At 72%, Water is life!
- Cultivating the almighty and infinite space or ETHER element. As the other four physical elements find more balance or ease of being, we can more ease-fully cultivate connection to other dimensions beyond the physical, expanding the ETHER element or infinite space within us and all around us.
We have so much wisdom to gain when it comes to healing. The plants divulge “what is”, create clarity, and ultimately make us responsible for our enlightening healing experience.
The Noni and Turmeric Hydrosol we bring with us everywhere to help heal our children’s booboos.
The Tulsi Hydrosol we spray every morning to inspire that blissful smile, soaked in conscious awareness.
The Comfrey Salve we place by our bedside to massage into our back and feet.
The Kauai Herbal Tea we drink every day to keep our system’s alkaline, organs clean, and body circulating at optimum levels.
While the Hibiscus Tea is ready to go in the fridge for the entire family.
The Curry Powder we sprinkle-on to elevate any culinary experience, and the Cacao Ginger Turmeric Honey we spoon or make yummy tea from to address any acute respiratory issues.
We are so grateful for the opportunity to grow, craft and share our high efficacy Kauai-grown medicine, as well as our authentic experiences along our healing journeys.
