Energy elixirs

Energy Elixirs can help you depending on your current mood, your usual or temporary energy imbalances, or simply to boost your general energy, fitness, and well-being.

This document aims to help you understand Energy Elixirs and teach you how to use them.

• A little history: Chinese energetics
• What is an energy elixir?
• The 10 5-SEASONS energy elixirs
• Composition of the 5-SEASONS energy elixirs and how do they work?
• Taking care of your energies
• Recommended doses and tasting
• All our Chinese energetics products

A little history: Chinese energetics

"Chinese Energetics" refers to the system of understanding the body based on a vital energy that nourishes our organs and vital functions, as well as our emotions and behavior. Each of these organs corresponds to an energy meridian, a kind of channel through which vital energy circulates in the body.

According to traditional Chinese Energetics, the physical body is therefore in interrelation with the energy body. This is traversed by meridians, and these energy pathways carry acupuncture points through which one can intervene on the energy balance, either by stimulating or by attenuating.

Chinese Energetics has given rise to various systems of medical care, in a often family tradition passed down from generation to generation for millennia. It notably includes Acupuncture, moxibustion, traditional pharmacopoeia (plants, minerals), Chinese massages (Tuina), Shiatsu, Do In, Chinese dietetics, Chinese pharmacopoeia, QI GONG…

According to Chinese Energetics, to be in top form and feel rested, dynamic, and joyful, the body must be in perfect balance, both biologically and energetically. Unfortunately, everyday worries, work stress, emotional disorders, relational conflicts establish and then accentuate certain energy imbalances. Vital energy then no longer circulates correctly in the body and can become blocked. This information becomes imprinted in the "printed circuit" of our meridians and modifies the balance of our 5 fundamental organs.

The 5 Seasons Energy Elixirs have been developed to correct these imbalances, thus maintaining optimal health.

What is an energy elixir?

Since ancient China, there has been talk of 5 seasons in acupuncture and Chinese energetics in general. These 5 seasons are:

• Spring
• Summer
• Late Summer (interseason)
• Autumn
• Winter

Based on this system, Laboratoire 5 Saisons has focused on creating products according to the concepts of body energetics, as described by the Chinese, notably emphasizing the essential role of ancestral vital energy, sexual energy, and energy produced by food in our health and, fundamentally, their free circulation in the energy networks (meridians).

The 5 Seasons energy elixirs are the result of 15 years of research. They are food supplements exclusively of plant origin. Their originality comes from a combination of different ways of preparing plants (galenic form), and their infinitesimal dosage.

Thanks to the floral elixirs they contain, Energy Elixirs have a notable influence on emotional reactions. They are capable of harmonizing these same emotions, not to make us a new person, but to help us get closer to who we really are, to allow us, in all circumstances, to have the most appropriate and best-suited reactions.

Your energetic tendencies are said to be temporary when they are accidental: a cold in winter, a sudden emotion such as an emotional shock…

Your lasting energetic tendencies are those that correspond to your temperament. We have developed a 40-question questionnaire (free, immediate answer) to help you identify your energetic tendencies.

The 10 5-SEASONS energy elixirs

In their design, energy elixirs are intimately linked to the five Chinese seasons. The entire philosophical, energetic, and psychological framework of Chinese thought is based on the existence of these 5 seasons, each linked to a symbolic element. On the other side of the Earth, there would therefore be 5 seasons and not 4. Would the year unfold differently? Certainly not!

• Simply, the Chinese recognize 5 symbolic elements:
  • Wood
  • Fire
  • Earth
  • Metal
  • Water
• which correspond respectively to a season:
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Late Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter
• a fundamental organ (governs the body's energy balance):
  • Liver
  • Heart
  • Spleen – Pancreas
  • Lung
  • Kidney
• and a fundamental emotion (governs our emotional balance):
  • Anger
  • Joy
  • Reflection
  • Sadness
  • Fear

In each season, the corresponding organ is in full activity and can be in a state of imbalance: either in excess (Yang) or in deficiency (Yin). It is important to understand that in Chinese Energetics, each of the 5 main organs has a Yin polarity and a Yang polarity.

This schematically results in 10 forms of imbalance. There are thus 10 energy elixirs, each corresponding to a specific case.

Composition of the 5 SEASONS Energy Elixirs and how do they work?

The 5 Seasons energy elixirs are the first energy-focused food supplements ever developed and marketed.

The multi-galenic composition of these energy elixirs consists of:

• hydro-alcoholic-glycerine plant extracts
• essential oils
• floral waters
• floral elixirs (Bach, Californian, and others)
• and maple sap

The choice of plants in the composition aims to rebalance the organ and its energy according to the concepts of Chinese Energetics.

• The plant extracts (wild or organically grown from European flora) contained in the 5 Seasons energy elixirs are obtained after three macerations (water, alcohol, glycerin).
• Essential oils at infinitesimal doses increase the vibrational level and intensify the action of plants on the energetic level: the meridians.
• Floral waters act for their harmonizing action on energy and allow better diffusion in the body.
• Floral elixirs act on the subtle level of emotions and complement and magnify the action of plants on the energetic level. Similarly, the energetic action of plants complements the remarkable action of floral elixirs to improve temporary or lasting emotional disorders.
• Organic maple sap increases the supply of trace elements and minerals already contained in the plants and floral waters. However, the final actual dose of trace elements remains infinitesimal, especially at the recommended doses. It is therefore important to understand that the regulatory and harmonizing action of energy elixirs on our health is guided by the choice of plants and the presence of essential oils and especially floral elixirs concentrated at less than 1 part per thousand.

Ultimately, the influence of the 5 Seasons energy elixirs is nutritional and on the subtle level of rebalancing the energies of each of the 5 organs.

TAKING CARE OF YOUR ENERGIES = 4 ways to use energy elixirs

The energies of our organs can vary in excess or deficiency depending on the season or personal energetic tendencies. There are 4 ways to use energy elixirs to rebalance yourself:

1. USE ENERGY ELIXIRS ACCORDING TO YOUR PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS

Acts on the liver for:

ENERGY ELIXIR N°1

• Toning the function of the liver and gallbladder, producing more bile
• Helping digestive fatigue states (difficulty digesting certain foods)
• Relieving eye fatigue (screen work)
• Heavy head

ENERGY ELIXIR N°2

• Regulating excesses of the gallbladder and liver, facilitating digestion
• Calming spasms
• Decongesting venous circulation
• Helping to soothe nervousness, facilitating sleep

Acts on the heart for: 

ENERGY ELIXIR N°3

• Stimulating the heart's yang
• Stimulating general vitality
• Improving mood in states of discouragement
• Regulating hyperemotionality, hypersensitivity, and hyper-susceptibility.

ENERGY ELIXIR N°4

• Regulating excesses of the gallbladder and liver, facilitating digestion
• Soothing nervous excitability and anxiety
• Facilitating sleep.

Acts on the spleen, pancreas for:  

ENERGY ELIXIR N°5

• Facilitating digestion in cases of weak assimilation
• Stimulating appetite and general vitality
• Fighting against temporary fatigue, indifference to things, and indolence
• Strengthening the body's defenses

ENERGY ELIXIR N°6

• Regulating excesses of the gallbladder and liver, facilitating digestion
• Stabilizing appetite
• Draining toxins and facilitating weight loss
• Contributing to good digestion (occasional or frequent overeating)

Acts on the lung for:  

ENERGY ELIXIR N°7

• Strengthening lung energy
• Stimulating the intestines
• Fighting against autumn colds
• Promoting transit in cases of sluggish bowels

ENERGY ELIXIR N°8

• Dispelling lung yang
• Promoting a purifying action
• Combating congestive states
• Purifying and draining the skin

Acts on the kidney for:

ENERGY ELIXIR N°9

• Stimulating bladder function, stimulating general vitality, stimulating sexual vitality
• Promoting renal elimination of water
• Improving joint pain
• Stimulating the entire body when it feels constricted, tight, or suffers from cold.

ENERGY ELIXIR N°10

• Soothing the mind in states of hyperexcitability and sleep disorders
• Facilitating renal elimination of water and assisting the kidney's purification functions
• Improving bladder congestion with a sensation of heat
• Improving painful joint manifestations

2. DETERMINE YOUR ENERGY ELIXIR ACCORDING TO THE SEASON

In the absence of actual health problems, Energy Elixirs can be used at the beginning of each season as a wellness cure.

There are therefore 5 cures per year, corresponding to the 5 elements and seasons. In each season, the major organ must fill with energy, while also being drained. A 1-month cure is sufficient to rebalance.

For wellness cures, the choice of elixirs is simple:

Spring = Energy Elixir No. 2 (Wood Yin) alone or combined with Energy Elixir No. 1 (Wood Yang)

Start the cure from the first warm days. When the liver is particularly fragile, combine this basic elixir with No. 1 by taking both 5 or 10 minutes apart. Elixirs No. 1 and No. 2 facilitate liver drainage and stimulate organ energy. You then feel better vitality, clear ideas, dynamism, flexible and toned joints and muscles.

Summer = Energy Elixir No. 4 alone (Fire Yin)

Start the cure from the hottest weather. Energy elixir No. 4 prepares the heart to give its energy to the pancreas at the end of summer. It also helps circulation adapt to the heat, it relieves veins and cools the body. Fatigue due to heat disappears.

Late summer = Energy Elixir No. 6 (Earth Yin) alone or combined with Energy Elixir No. 5 (Earth Yang)

Start the cure from August 15 in the north, September 1 in the south. When you are particularly prone to fatigue, combine this basic elixir with No. 6. Elixirs No. 5 and No. 6 facilitate digestion, stimulate defense energies, and strengthen the blood. This cure offers our body greater resistance as well as good humor and the ability to put worries into perspective.

Autumn = Energy Elixir No. 7 (Metal Yang) alone or combined with Energy Elixir No. 8 (Metal Yin)

Start the cure when the leaves fall and temperatures begin to drop. Energy elixir No. 7 allows you to feel better vitality and gives you the courage to fight against discouragement, sadness, or pessimism. For toxin drainage, combine this basic elixir with No. 8. Elixirs No. 7 and No. 8 act on the lungs and intestines and help them defend against the attacks of cold and its effects on the skin, hair, throat, and bronchi.

Winter = Energy Elixir No. 9 (Water Yang) alone or combined with Energy Elixir No. 10 (Water Yin)

Start the cure when the cold suddenly arrives, when heating needs to be increased, and when days are shorter and nights are longer. Energy elixir No. 9 strengthens the energy of the kidneys and bladder, and strengthens the bones to fight against the rigors of humidity and cold of the season. This allows you to feel better vitality, better morale to fight against the cold and lack of light.

3. DETERMINE YOUR ENERGY ELIXIR ACCORDING TO THE EMOTIONAL SIGNATURE:

The same reasoning should be followed for each of the 5 emotions of the 5 organs. As Energetic Elixirs are composed of plants that act on the energy of the organ, they allow to act on the emotion through energy. Fear, for example, is generally caused by a deficiency of kidney energy. In this case, elixir n°9, Kidney Yang, should be chosen.

A well-chosen Energetic Elixir will also, thanks to its blend of plants and essential oils, tone the organ whose energy imbalance is likely to cause these emotions. Energetic Elixirs thus have a profound influence on mood and help to overcome certain challenges: life difficulties, exams, doubts, hardships, separations…

4. DETERMINE YOUR ENERGETIC ELIXIR ACCORDING TO PERSONAL ENERGETIC TENDENCIES:

Very often, due to constitutional inheritance, it is possible to have a weakness in one of the 5 organs. Doctors know, for example, the frequently hereditary nature of asthma, eczema, psoriasis, varicose veins, migraines… The same applies to energetic weaknesses, which are, after all, only the predisposition to such and such a problem, hereditary, and which will appear if climatic, emotional, dietary, or even accidental circumstances favor or precipitate their appearance.

The Chinese are well aware of this constitutional tendency called constitution or temperament. This traditional view is found in Hippocrates' medicine with temperaments, as in homeopathy, or even oligotherapy (which balances the terrain with infinitesimal doses of catalytic trace elements). Each of us undoubtedly has our own character. Some are always pessimistic, others enthusiastic, others impetuous, others fearful, etc…

If we break down the 5 emotions around the 10 classic characters of characterology, we can thus know in which emotion we naturally tend to become fixed. Character will therefore take on a value of "diagnosis" of our usual energetic state, or our energetic tendency, in other words, our "energetic temperament".

We have developed a characterological test of 40 questions (free, immediate answer) that reveals your dominant temperament. Through this test, you will be able to detect your physical and emotional weaknesses, your weak points…

RECOMMENDED DOSES AND TASTING

Energetic Elixirs are consumed as follows:

20 drops twice a day (10 for children) to be slowly savored in a quarter glass of weakly mineralized spring water (you should have two fingers of liquid at the bottom of the glass). The number of drops can be adjusted according to the subject's response to energetic criteria (from 5 to 20 drops).

If 2 (or more rarely 3) elixirs are selected, it is advisable to take them separately at 5 or 10-minute intervals. Prefer Yang elixirs at the beginning of the day and Yin elixirs at the end of the day.

Energetic tasting:

Proceed in the same way as great wine tasters to taste the best vintages: put a little liquid in your mouth, let it rest for a moment, taste it, let it impregnate all your mucous membranes before swallowing. Proceed in this way until your glass is empty.

Rest for two or three minutes (without speaking or moving) to observe the subtle sensations that the elixir provides. This allows the 5 organs to be "energetically" informed. Indeed, the tongue is called the "bud of the heart" in Chinese Energetics because it is responsible for decoding flavors and transmitting energetic information to the concerned organs.

For those who want to push the experience further, energetic tasting can be complemented by a visualization of the desired effect: during the minute of rest after absorption, one "accompanies" the elixir into the energetic body by imagining that it perfectly fulfills the role for which it is used.

ALL OUR CHINESE ENERGETICS PRODUCTS

To perfectly balance the energy of your organs, your meridians, as well as your emotions, Laboratoire 5 saisons has developed a complete range of specialties (essential oils and massage oils) complementing the action of these energetic elixirs.