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 WU News
| January 2016
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Create balance
and harmony.
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Tai Chi, Qigong and the Question, 'Who Am I?'
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Tai Chi, Qigong and the Question, 'Who Am I?'
By Dr. Denise Nagel My teacher, a Tai Chi Master and Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor, first introduced me to this question, "Who am I?" At first, when I began taking qigong classes I noticed he would also say, "I am air, I am water, I am light." He would sometimes ask the class this question, "Who am I?" Invariably someone would answer with those formulaic words, air, water, light. I didn't have a better answer, but I thought to myself that this couldn't be the answer he wants. What does he want us to grasp?  Dr. Wu teaches the way he practices. He shows you through postures, through movement. He doesn't try to tell you. He is playful but he says enigmatic things, if he says much at all. Become the white paper; do nothing; be empty; it is simple not easy. But what does it all mean? I have learned that I can't make sense out of this through thinking which is a real challenge to my Western mind. I had to begin to listen to my body and how I felt doing Tai Chi and Qigong, at peace and energized. Whenever I try to nail down an answer it sends me into my head and I can overthink masterfully. I feel better when I practice Tai Chi and Qigong. The answers had to come out of that truth.
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Pityriasis Rosea Cured in 5 Days
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A Testimonial From a Former Pityriasis Rosea Patient
One of my most unique experiences with Dr. Wu came when I had some small rash on my back. It began to spread. It covered my arms and my legs. I went to my primary care physician, my western doctor. He said that he didn't know what it was. He sent me to a dermatologist. So I go to the dermatologist. He says I know what it is; it is called Pityriasis Rosea. I said what caused it? He said we don't know what causes it. I said how do you cure it? He goes there is no cure that is known. He goes it will last for about 3-6 months, then go away. My skin felt like it was crawling, because it was so itchy and burning. 3-6 months? So I came to see Ming. Ming says I know what it is; it is a virus. We see this all the time. We call it snake skin disease. So he goes into his back room. He pulls together some components to make a tea. It tasted awful. The tea had snake skin, tree bark, and hard shelled beetles in it. These are all things that kind of relate to skin in a way. As soon as I started to take it, my skin began to clear up, and within a week or so, it was gone. It was amazing stuff, smelled really bad, tasted really bad, but it sure worked.
Dr. Wu's Prescription
 The Chinese Herbal Medicines Used in the Prescription 
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