The Jade Spring practice

For ancient Taoist cultivators, Jade Spring is another name for saliva. Because white teeth were described as white jade, the saliva, which surrounds white jade, is called Jade Spring.

In modern society, saliva is often regarded as unclean and is associated with germs, especially these days, considering that the Coronavirus can be transmitted through sneezing or coughing.

But Jade Spring is actually very beneficial for your health. It has anti-inflammation properties, can ease pain, stop bleeding, kill germs and it participates in the digestion process with its natural enzymes.

The human body has three important essences to keep itself healthy: Qi (energy), and blood and saliva (fluids), and there are certain practices we can do to keep the three healthy.

The Jade Spring practice:
1. Sit silently.
2. Gently click your teeth up and down, 36 times (to strengthen the roots of your teeth)
3. Place your tongue against your upper palate. When you close your mouth and teeth together, your tongue will naturally touch the upper palate. Then hold a slight smile for one minute.

4. Swirl your tongue around 36 times, massaging especially the palate and gums to generate Jade Spring (saliva), then, divide the mouthful Jade Spring into three parts; let the first part to go down through the left side of your body (visualize it as you do it), the second part down the right side of your body, and the third part down the middle of your body, to settle in your Lower Dan Tian.

You can practice this at any time, the best being in the morning or right before bed.

Taoists often adopt this wellness practice, such as the King of Medicine, Sun Simiao who lived up to 102 years old and Li Chengyu, who lived up to 108 years old.

When you work with your own Jade Spring, welcome it, generate it as a self-healing inner essence and medicine, think of it as clean as morning dew on the flower petal and the fresh pleasant scent of a flower you like, and allow it to moisturize your entire internal body.