Why I consider this point of your body so key for preserving health during winter

And for helping you with New Year’s Resolutions 😉

Ming Men, the Gate of Destiny, is a spot between your kidneys which is considered to house the original fire of the body (ministerial fire) according to traditional Chinese Medicine.

How your Health for Next Year is Determined by your Kidneys

Kidneys are to the body what Winter is to the year: they hold the task of Conservation of energy.

Look at these trees stripped bare to their minimum expression, sap descending to the roots. And just like the life force of nature goes within, so should our life force go. While outside is cold, Earth preserves warmth inside, just like our homes with their fireplaces at this time of the year.

Kidneys belong to the Water element. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Water holds fire, the dragon, inside.

If the fire escapes from the sea due to weak kidney yin (water) or excessive stress, this can manifest as symptoms such as insomnia, nervousness, anxiety, etc.

Fire rising depletes your energy, leaving you with no resources to face the call back to activity of Spring. This can make you more propense to allergies or seasonal affective disorder, among others, and affect your health for the year to come.

The conservation phase is also necessary to supply the resources necessary to bring new projects and ideas into life.

How cultivating an Inner Fire this Winter can benefit you in 2025

The warmth from inside the Earth sometimes shows up in some sensitive spots, such as this resting volcano in Greece.

The Ming Men holds a correspondence in the body to the fire from inside the earth, as opposed to the fire from the sun.

This is why this point has an aphrodisiac resonance, in the sense of bringing a sense of inner vitality, “fire for life”, pleasure of being alive.

Some of its benefits are: increased fertility, libido and creativity, higher energy levels, more sense of direction, purpose and motivation.

Some of the symptoms it can contribute to bring back to balance are: feeling cold, pain in the lower back, fatigue, lethargy, difficulty concentrating, etc.

No wonder that this point can help you with that spark needed to follow through with your New Year Resolutions. After all, it is our clarity, motivation and desire which will sustain us on the long road to bringing our dreams to manifestation.

Ancient Chinese Medicine saw living with the seasons as a way to be, and remain, in Health. The health of our Ming Men and the quality of our life force will determine our passion and health for the year to come.