Index
All page numbers are refer to the print edition of this title.
acupuncture, xi, 29, 92–93, 95, 98–100
aerobiome, 111
agni (digestive juices), 40, 42, 115, 116–17
alcohol, 28, 113, 135, 149, 152, 176
Alzheimer’s disease, 24, 59, 92, 111, 141
Annemarrhena asphodeloides (anemarrhena rhizome), 91
appendix, 54
Areca catechu (betel nut), 90
armpits, 20–22
astringent, 130
autism, 111
autoimmune conditions, 43
Ayurveda
agni, 40, 42, 63–65, 115, 116–17
doshas, 8, 63–67
infradian rhythm in, 164
metabolic typing, 63–67
skin in, 19
taste in, 45, 114
urine in, 59
Bacteroides type, 11, 68
bedtime, 166, 169, 188
behavior and microbiome, 113
biofilms, 75–76
biological rhythms, 9–10, 165
bitter, 130
bitter medicinals, 26
bladder microbiome, 30
bland, 130
body-mind constitutional diagnosis, 132
body-mind types, 131–34
brain. See also gut-brain connection
chemical release, 121
“second,” 112
thinking and, 110
vitalizing, 128
breakfast, 184–85
breath
awareness practice, 159, 160–63
as the bridge, 158–63
power of, 158–59
at rest, 155
breathing
diaphragm and, 154–55, 156
exercises, 33–34
healthy, 24–25, 33
lungs and, 33, 154
in morning routine, 182, 183
reverse, 161–62
shallow, 155
well, benefits of, 153
in wooded area, 124
Bristol Stool Chart, 61, 62, 70, 80
buried traumas, 83–84
butyrate, 54–55
canola oil, 140–42
Chinese medicine
about, x–xi
Earth school, 115
eight principles of, 151
emotional states, 119
for epidemics, 89–90
gu syndrome, 115–16
metabolic typing and, 66–67
recurrent miscarriage in, 29
shen disorders, 116
skin in, 19
taste in, 45, 114
urine in, 58
wu chen in, 120
circadian clock, 165–66
circadian rhythms, 163, 164
circulation, 127–29
cleanses. See dietary reset
Clostridium difficile (C. diff), 59
coffee, 50, 62, 152, 184
cold, 67, 151
commensal relationship, 12
congee, 184, 189, 196–97
constipation, 62–63, 66, 156
contemplation, 182–83
Corynebacterium, 21
COVID-19, viii, ix, x
craniosacral therapy, 83
Crohn’s disease, 84–85
C-section babies, 29–30
cycles
awareness of, 163
daily, 164
night/day, 166–70
science of, 163–70
types of, 163–64
daily schedule
breakfast, 184–85
dinner, 187
evening routine, 187–89
lunch, 186
between meals, 185
morning routine, 181–84
recap, 199
water consumption, 185–86
dampness, 63, 66, 91–92
Da Yuan Yin, 89, 90–91
deficiency, 127, 137, 151
depression and disease, 113
detoxification. See dietary reset
diagnosis
body-mind constitutional, 132
Eastern medicine and, 146
lingering pathogens, 87–88
mind-gut links and, 111
poop, 61–63
tongue, 22, 63–65, 92, 175, 186
diaphragm, 154–55, 156
diet. See also food
back to basics and, 146
changing, as work, 131
defined, 103
in dietary reset, 176
of Eastern medicine, 103–4
as everything we’re exposed to, 120
in flipping a switch, 108
gut and, 102–3
informed decisions about, 107
ingestion of five senses and, 118
modification, 108–9
scientific studies, 106, 107–8
dietary reset
about, 171–73
body detoxification, 173–81
daily schedule, 181–89, 199
defined, 169, 171
easing into transition and, 177
elements to eliminate, 198
elimination and, 176
metabolic types and food and, 189–93
primary focus of, 173
processes in body and mind and, 175
protocol, 171–202
recap, 198–202
digestion
awareness of, 49
balanced, 65–66
enterotypes, 67–69
in large intestine, 37
mind’s role in, 39–45
in mouth, 37, 38, 45
night/day cycle and, 167–68
overeating and, 40, 43–44
in small intestine, 37
in stomach, 37
taste in, 45–47
thoughts and feelings’ effect on, 47–48
vitalizing, 127
warm versus cold and, 51
digestive stimulants, 185
dinner, 187
disease
depression and, 113
Eastern medicine and, 145–46
gut as start of, 8
gut microbiome diversity and, 76–80
disharmony, patterns of, 151
diversity, disease and, 76–80
doshas, 8, 63–67
dry brushing, 184
dysbiosis, 12, 76, 111, 117
Eastern medicine. See Ayurveda; Chinese medicine
eating. See also diet; food
Eastern-medicine perspective, 40
frequency, 50
guidelines, 200–201
inflammatory process and, 50
night/day cycle and, 167–68, 180
with the seasons, 164
emotional expression, 119–21
emotions, 109–10, 117
enteroendocrine system, 112–14
enterotypes, 67–69
epidemics, Chinese herbs for, 89–90
essential oils, 19–20
evening routine, 187–89
excess, 127, 151
exposome, 111–12, 157
exterior, 151
eyes, microbiome and, 27
fast/hot metabolism, 191–92
fasting, 178
fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), 3, 59–60, 73
feng shui, 121–23
fiber, 138–39
fibrocytes, 84
fight-or-flight response, 15, 155–56
five elements, 64
five spirits, 120, 159
fluids, 95
food
about, 104–5
coma, 49
combining, 49
cooked, 51
decisions, 48–49
digestion of, 47–48, 50–53
in Eastern medicine, 129, 201
to eat and avoid, 134–42
for fast/hot metabolism, 191–92
ideas of good and bad, 107
for irregular/dry metabolism, 190
as medicine, 47, 151
new mindset about, 126–27
processed, avoiding, 143, 145
sensitivities, 151–52
for sluggish/damp metabolism, 193
tastes and, 130
transit time, 55–56
food allergies, 143
forest bathing, 123–25
Fruehauf, Heiner, 116
functional medicine, 145
Fu Zhen, 92
Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), 133–34
GI tract
components of, 37
as open on both ends, 37
overwhelming, 43–44
tissue layers, 38
glossary, this book, 203–7
Glycirrhiza uralensis (licorice root), 91
Goldilocks gut, ix, xi, 71, 76, 77
grains, 178–79, 200
grief, 156
gu syndrome, 115–16
gut
environment, cultivating, 71
Goldilocks, ix, xi, 71, 76, 77
lining, integrity of, 41
lymph tissue, 42
storing information in, 110
toxicity generation in, 42
as where disease starts, 8
gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), 40, 44–45, 86
gut-brain axis, 55, 100, 112–13
gut-brain connection
about, 109–11
Eastern medicine and, 111
existence of, 1
experience of well-being and, 15
lab animal experiment, 114
links to, 111
mind and, 102
as two-way street, 118
“gut feeling,” 109
gut flora, 2, 16
gut microbiome. See also microbiome
about, 2–3
diversity, disease and, 76–80
large intestine and, 53
weight of, 2
handwashing, 18
healing, 149–50
heat, 66, 97, 151
Human Microbiome Project, 78
hygiene, 180–81
hypermetabolism, 64–65
hypometabolism, 65
imbalances, 5, 7, 15–21, 40, 63–66, 104, 144
immune system
eating and, 40
GALT and, 44–45
gut microbes in training, 3, 42–43
lungs and, 32–33, 34–35
mesentery (mo yuan) and, 86
probiotics and, 70–71
skin and, 17
tonsils and, 27
inflammation, 11, 15, 23, 40, 42–44, 50, 66
infradian rhythms, 163, 164
“inner pharmacy,” 120
interior, 151
internal conflict, 117–18
interstitial space, 94
interstitium, 7, 85. See also san jiao
intestines. See also large intestine; small intestine
connection to rest of the body, 81
fiber and, 138
lining of, 77
mesentery and, 84, 85–86
irregular/dry metabolism, 189–90
jin ye, 95
journaling, 182
kapha dosha, 65
kitchari, 184, 186, 189, 194–96, 197
kriyas (cleansing actions), 33
lactic acid microbes, 53
Lactobacillus, 11, 28, 70
large intestine. See also intestines
cleansing and balancing, 158
digestion and, 37, 52, 53, 138
lung connection, 156–58
leaky gut, xi, 23, 40, 44, 54, 116
Li Dong-yuan, 115, 117
lifestyle
in dietary reset, 176
Eastern medicine and, 103–4
emotional states and, 119
guidelines, Eastern medicine, 129
lingering pathogens, 87–88
liver, 154, 169–70
lunch, 186
lung-large intestine-skin axis, 153
lungs
breathing and, 154
cleansing and balancing, 158
ecosystem in, 31–32
immune function and, 34–35
intentional breathing and, 33
microbiome, 31–35, 154
ratio of bacterial to human cells in, 33
respiratory pathway and, 32
lymph
formation of, 94
mesenteric, 86
as transport mechanism, 97
Magnolia officinalis (magnolia bark), 90
massage, self-oil, 188
melatonin, 166, 169
menstruation, 15
mesentery (mo yuan)
about, 82–83
communicating via, 92
disease formation, 84–87
embryonic connections, 83–84
immune connection, 86
intestines and, 84, 85–86
lingering pathogens and, 87–92
in metabolic disorders, 84
structure of, 85–86
metabolic types
fast/hot metabolism, 191–92
food choices and, 189–93
irregular/dry metabolism, 189–90
poop analysis and, 63–67
sluggish/damp metabolism, 192–93
metabolism, 40–41, 51, 53, 63–68, 78, 167, 189–93
metabolites, 3, 7, 127, 148
microbes. See also specific microbes
about, 2
essential oils and, 19–20
genes, 3–4
passing on to newborns, 15
in probiotics, 70
supplemental, 70–71
types of, 2
microbial cloud, 6
microbial communities, 5, 54, 96, 111
microbial testing, 133
microbiome. See also gut microbiome
approach to understanding, 5–6
bladder, 30
composition, behavior and, 113
current understanding of, 6–7
diversity, 76
in Eastern medicine, 6–7, 10, 144
eyes, 27
fungal, 16
holistic management of, 12
indigenous vs. modern, 78–80
as individually unique, 9
influences of, 3
lung, 31–35
mouth, 22–24
nose, 24–27
potential, 3
signals to the brain, 109
skin, 17–22
term usage, 12
testes, 31
tonsils, 27
vagina, 28
Western science and, 7, 10
womb and, 29–30
microbiota, 12
mind
balancing, 39
Eastern-medicine perspective, 40
gut-brain connection and, 102
role in digestion, 39–45
mitochondria, 4
moong (mung) dal, 194
morning routine, 181–84
mouth. See also tongue diagnosis
breathing through nose versus, 24, 25
diet and, 23–24
digestion in, 37, 38, 45
microbiome, 37
microbiome composition, 22
sick, in seeding GI tract, 23
mo yuan (membrane source), 8, 87. See also mesentery (mo yuan)
mucosa, 38, 40
munda agni, 65
muscularis externa, 38
mycobiome (fungal microbiome), 16
natural world, broken connection to, 142–47
nature, in Eastern medicine, 124–25
negative ions, 123
nervous system balance, 39
neti (nasal cleaning) pots, 34
night/day cycle. See also cycles
bedtime and, 166, 169, 188
blue light and, 166–67
eating and, 167–68, 180
liver energy and, 169–70
melatonin and, 166, 169
metabolism and, 167
nose
bacteria, 25
breathing through, 24–25
taste and, 25–27
“old friends” hypothesis, 123
Olean/Olestra, 139–40
OpenBiome, 60
overeating, 40, 43
Paeonia lactiflora (white peony root), 91
panchakarma, 41–42
pancreas, 50
Peyer’s patches, 86
phlegm, 116
pitta dosha, 64–65, 109
placement of objects, 121–23
poop
analysis, metabolic typing by, 63–67
constipation, 62–63, 66
diagnosis in Eastern medicine, 61–63
as diagnostic tool, 60
loose stool, 62, 66
medicinal poop emoji and, 60
as medicine, 57–61
optimal stool, 61, 76
probiotics and, 69–75
Porphyromanas gingivalis, 24
postbiotics, 69
prakruti, 131
pranayama (vitality control), 33
prebiotics, 53, 69
Prevotella type, 11, 68–69
probiotics
defined, 69
existence of, 1
microbes in, 70
naturally fermented products and, 74
as part of OTC craze, 72
recommendation on use, 73, 74–75
supplements, problem with, 72–73
psychobiotics, 69
pungent, 130
“purgation,” 177
qi
circulation of, 95, 127
defensive, 17, 87
deficiency, 53, 87
defined, 2, 127
in harmony, 113
pestilential, 88
san jiao and, 95, 99
spleen, 7, 40, 51, 66–67
recurrent miscarriage, 29
reverse breathing, 161–62
salt, good, 137–38, 179–80
salty, 130, 137
sama agni, 65
samskaras, 149
san jiao (triple burner)
about, 93
accessing with acupuncture, 98–100
as “burning spaces,” 81
defined, 7, 93
functional regions, 95–96
as irrigation system, 97–98
as organ, 94
role of, 96–97
as three environments, 93
Scutellaria baicalensis (skullcap root), 90
self-assessment, life change, 174
self-oil massage, 188
sensitivities, food, 151–52
serosa, 38
shaoyang, 93
short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), 54, 118
skin
armpits, 20–22
in diagnosis and treatment, 19
issues, 19
microbiome, 17–22
regional differences, 20
sluggish/damp metabolism, 192–93
small intestine. See also intestines
digestion and, 37, 48, 50–53
enzymes, 50, 53
microbes, 52–53
movement patterns, 52
smoothies, 186
sour, 130
spleen qi, 7, 40, 51, 66–67
stomach, 37, 48
stress
effect on body and mind, 114
effects on gut and behavior, 54
liver qi stagnation and, 66
microbiome and, 4, 47
reduction, microbiome and, 118
submucosa, 38
sugar, 135–37
supplements, in Eastern medicine, 150
swara, 25, 164
sweet, 26, 46, 130
symbiosis, 12
synbiotics, 69
taste(s)
bitter, 26
in digestion, 45–47
in Eastern medicine, 45, 114, 130
effects on tissues and organs, 129
food/medicines classified by, 25–26
in nasal cavity, 46
in regulating the body, 10
types of, 46
testes microbiome, 31
tikshna agni, 64
tongue diagnosis, 22, 63–65, 92, 175, 186
tongue scraping, 22, 24, 181, 199
tonsils, 27
toxins, 41–42, 157, 173–75
transit times, 55–56
traumas, buried, 83–84
triggers, eliminating, 148–49
trikatu, 185
tsaoko fruit, 90
ultradian cycles, 163–64
underarm odor, 20–21
vaastu, 121–23
vagina microbiome, 28
vata dosha, 63, 66
vegetable oils, 140–42
vikruti (acquired constitution), 11, 131
virome, 16–17
vishama agni, 63
vitality, 2, 9–10, 16, 33, 63, 127–28
water consumption, 185–86
wei qi (defensive qi), 17, 87
yang, 98, 151
yin, 98, 137, 151