I must admit along with the brass pagoda, the brass calabash and also the natural ones are one of my favourite remedies, I actually have the natural ones hanging off every bed in the house! In Feng Shui you will always locate a “sickness” energy in a property and depending on where that is will suggest that you finances are sick or your health and/or relationships are sick. For me this is one of the most important energies to remedy. As an experiment you may want to check what is located in the center section of your property because in 2016 this is where the sickness energy is located. Whomever spends the most time in this area is most likely to feel the effects, so have a think to see if you have noticed any difference. If so I recommend placing a brass calabash in the area which will help absorb the sickness energy and through my own experience I have found it works wonders.

So how does it actually work?

Check out the explanation below from one of the Masters I have had the pleasure of studying with, Master Joseph Yu.

The popular Feng Shui item used by Feng Shui masters is the calabash. A lot of people do not understand why this object is used and utter ‘Superstition!’ This is because they have no knowledge of the Yi Jing.

A calabash in it’s natural form. For it to be effective you need to have an open top, therefore just drill a hole in the top or cut the top bit off!

The ancient sage Fu Xi watched the images in Heaven and the laws on Earth, examined the markings on birds and beasts, studied the suitability of the soil. He related his body parts that are closest at hand and various objects that are far reaching and classified them into eight categories each being known as a trigram. This is to display the wonder of creation and compare the characteristics of various things.

There are eight trigrams and each represents real and abstract things. One of the trigrams is Dui. One of the many representations of Dui is detaching a fruit that hangs on vines. Dui is also soft metal. The body part that is represented by Dui is the mouth. Moreover, the Earlier Heaven Dui is the Later Heaven Xun. One such object that represents the Dui trigram is the dried calabash with an open mouth. The dried fruit has a golden yellow color that represents metal.

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What is the use of the Dui trigram then? We know that energy related to sickness and health is represented by Star #2 or the Kun trigram.

2nd

Changing the first and second lines of a trigram will yield the star Ju Men or Tian Yi (Heavenly Doctor). Now changing the first and second lines of the Kun trigram gives us exactly the Dui trigram. This is why the calabash is used to cure sickness star #2.

It is not a coincidence that medical doctors in the old days in China used the calabash as a container of medicine.

The ancient sage classified objects according to the eight trigrams. Feng Shui masters in the past analyzed qi using the transformation of the trigrams. Cures are also based on the relationship between the trigrams. It is not just the five elements! Therefore you can see that the real dried calabash is more effective than a copper replica. It is not superstition as many may think.