The Cycle of Organs
Apr 12th, 2008 by trevelyan
Just when I’d met China halfway and accepted the lunar cycle, I got this email explaining the “Cycle of Organs”. It is hands-down the strangest list I’ve run into in six years of working and living in China:
一、晚上9-11点为免疫系统（淋巴）排毒时间，此段时间应安静或
二、晚间11-凌晨1点，肝的排毒，需在熟睡中进行。
三、凌晨1-3点，胆的排毒，亦同。
四、凌晨3-5点，肺的排毒。此即为何咳嗽的人在这段时间咳得最剧
肺；不应用止咳药，以免抑制废积物的排除。
五、凌晨5-7点，大肠的排毒，应上厕所排便。
六、凌晨7-9点，小肠大量吸收营养的时段，应吃早餐
生者在7点半前，不吃早餐者应改变习惯，即使拖到9
七、半夜至凌晨4点为脊椎造血时段，必须熟睡，不宜熬夜。
I will admit, #5 is pretty much right on the mark for me.
What I don’t get is what happens between 9am and 9pm every day? Does the cycle just repeat itself, or do my organs just get half the day off?
hahaha…I have a list akin to that posted on my refrigerator. My mom puts them up but no one in the family ever follows them. Then there are times when two separate schedules are in conflict with one another. But I guess it just shows the ridiculousness of it all.
A nurse friend told me to ‘fast with water’ . She said when we stop feeding our body, it will feed itself and it’s the best time to get rid off poision. By the way, she’s Australian.