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What is the Chinese circadian clock?

October 16, 2019 by Christina Martin

What the heck is a Chinese circadian clock?

Chinese Clock Tao to Wellness Berkeley, California

Well, it’s a brilliant thing that was created by the Chinese thousands of years ago.  The Chinese believe that each of your main 12 organs (the ones with meridians) have a 2 hour time period each day where organs are on a strict schedule of self-care and self-regulating.

So, if there are times of day or night that you feel a little off, with an energy plummet or maybe you’re wide awake at the same time nightly, check out the clock and see which organ is trying to tell you something!

For example, many, many people wake up between 1-3am, it’s certainly more common then hearing people are awake at 12pm or 530am.  This points right to the liver, the spirit of the liver is restless, but why?  Perhaps, your liver is congested and needs some attention, maybe your stress level is high and it’s working things out during your sleep?

Let’s say you hit a wall between 3-6pm, this is also so common, that late afternoon slump.   To us at Tao to Wellness, this is a classic adrenal issue.  In Chinese medicine, the Kidneys are linked to the adrenal glands and cortisol.  The Urinary Bladder and Kidney are partners in crimes, so it makes sense that they are linked in this ‘wanna be’ nap time.

I’ve heard of smokers cough like crazy between 3-5am, never earlier!  Makes sense why that’s happening, right?

Where are you experiencing something symptomatic that is consistent?  View the chart for clues!

1AM – 3AM: THE LIVER 

3AM – 5AM THE LUNGS 

5AM – 7AM LARGE INTESTINE 

7AM – 9AM THE STOMACH 

9AM – 11AM THE SPLEEN 

11AM – 1PM THE HEART 

1PM – 3PM THE SMALL INTESTINE 

3PM – 5PM THE BLADDER 

5PM – 7PM THE KIDNEY 

7PM – 9PM THE PERICARDIUM 

9PM – 11PM TRIPLE BURNER 

11PM – 1AM GALL BLADDER 

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