The baby boomers are turning fifty. For a generation that grew up with "never trust anyone over thirty", it is interesting to watch how they handle aging. Typical of this group, they're all doing it differently. You cannot travel some fixed, rigid path or you will lose the balance between chi and blood. That is why OHCO-Motion has been embraced by aging baby boomers for flexibility, pain relief, overexertion, and physical trauma.

One sign of aging is diminished circulation into the extremities. Therefore, it's the hands, feet, and face that traditionally show the first signs. Often when circulation slows, vacuity, an emptiness-based Blood Stagnation, occurs. Much new research in China says that stagnation is at the root of senility problems including such diseases as Alzheimers. To counter these tendencies OHCO-Motion focuses on moving Blood and Clearing Stagnation as well as having added ingredients to chase local Wind. Keeping things moving may be a major help to aging both cosmetically and otherwise.

Stagnation shows so obviously in our bodies. There is little wonder that it reflects in our attitudes. Aging may mean it becomes harder to make change. Elders may boast of their right to be stubborn and ornery. Stagnation, whether it be physical or mental, is the result of a breakdown in the movement (chi) and the substance that the chi is moving (blood xue).

Another way to look at the root of aging is in terms of yin and yang. Blood is yin and relates to easy movement - that which we allow. Its opposite is yang or active movement. Dr. Yan De-xin began theorizing that problems from aging are due to the relationship between chi and blood. He advocated a strategy in Oriental medicine of quickening the blood and rectifying the chi. Yan's theory explains how blood softens active chi and how chi moves the softer blood. Chi is yang and blood is yin. If we can balance the yang with the yin, then we will become more flexible.

We continually abduct the yin or softness through our obsession with youth and beauty. We drive, push, and force our active yang lifestyle. If Yan's theory is accurate, when there is no flow, no blood, and no yin, we eventually become very hard — fragile, weak, and brittle.

You don't have to be old to push in yang style. This can be seen and understood in some very tangible ways. We exercise or play hard and we hurt. We suffer a traumatic injury and we're stiff. There must be flexibility and movement ... yin and yang ... blood and chi.

The ancient Chinese venerated age. Taoist and Confucian philosophy is fixated on longevity and even immortality. Classic texts contain extensive literature on theories and methods of prolonging life. Tradition demands a reverence for the elderly's wisdom and experience. In Oriental medicine there is a long-standing protocol focused on nourishing the blood. OHCO-Motion will move blood and help keep you in motion.

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