When I visited home during this Chinese New Year, my family noticed I had become slim. My aunt was especially curious about how I lost weight, because a few years ago I was overweight and did not have womanly curves.
This was especially true with my big legs, which did not become thinner no matter what I tried. I had tried different methods to no avail. I was often distressed.
However, after this miracle, I feel joy and peace of mind. So what was the secret to this unexpected change? Friends, please listen while I tell you my story from the beginning.
July 11, 2013 | By a student from China studying abroad
(Minghui.org) I am a young woman from mainland China and am currently studying abroad. This year I am 21 years old. When I visited home during this Chinese New Year, my family noticed I had become slim. My aunt was especially curious about how I lost weight, because a few years ago I was overweight and did not have womanly curves. This was especially true with my big legs, which did not become thinner no matter what I tried. I had tried different methods to no avail. I was often distressed. However, after this miracle, I feel joy and peace of mind. So what was the secret to this unexpected change? Friends, please listen while I tell you my story from the beginning.
During my junior high years in China, I stopped menstruating. My mother mistakenly thought it was normal for an adolescent girl whose hormone secretion was unstable and that it would become normal later. Thus, she did not pay much attention to it. It was not until I went to high school, when the girls in my class started to gossip about it, did I realize how severe the problem was. I went home and told my mother that it was not normal not to have menstruation for about two years. Only then did my mom take me to a doctor.
At that time, I was almost 18 years old. We first went to the Provincial Women’s & Children’s Hospital to seek Western medicine. I was diagnosed with secondary amenorrhea. The doctor said we were late in seeking medical treatment. He also said that the problem was mostly caused by polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which led to abnormal hormone secretion and, in turn, obesity. I then started to take medications according to his prescription. It was effective in the first two months but then stopped working, leading my doctor to question whether I stayed on the regimen. He became annoyed and rude to me, and my mom had to comfort me afterwards.
My mother later found me a new doctor in another provincial hospital. This new doctor had extensive experience with my condition but also treated me as a PCOS patient and prescribed similar medication. Its initial effect was good, but in the second month my body experienced abnormal phenomena. After we called the doctor about the problem, she adjusted the treatment for me. When we visited the doctor in the third month, she became impatient and thought that my case was too special, something she had not encountered before. I became distressed and very pessimistic.
Growing more anxious as well, my mom contacted a well-respected traditional Chinese doctor with whom she used to work in the same hospital. The authoritative gynecologist had me try Chinese medicine, blamed my mom for delaying the treatment, and said that I should not have taken the Western medicine. While describing my condition, I felt sad thinking how unfortunate I was. She assured me that it did not matter and I just needed some extra medicine. I was so hopeful when I started to take the medicine she prescribed for me. It also achieved results in the first two months but stopped working in the third. It was autumn at the time, and the doctor told me that it was because of the cold weather. Alas, we were out of options!
After some time, I lost confidence in taking any medicine. Because my mom’s health improved from practicing Falun Gong, she advised me to practice Falun Gong as well. I refused. Later, my mom tried various ways to persuade me to practice Falun Gong, but I just did not believe it and even cursed Falun Gong and its founder.
The next year, when I was nineteen, my mom and her fellow Falun Gong practitioners came up with a good way to lead a stubborn me into the ranks of the practice. They gathered at our home to study the teachings. I noticed all their eyes were so bright! Among them was a young female practitioner, who I had never thought of as beautiful. Yet she looked so beautiful at the time that it surprised me! The kindness that manifested through each of them was something that I had never experienced before in ordinary settings. I found that they exhibited a harmonious and peaceful air as they sat together. I raised some questions to one of the men, who answered them patiently. I’ve had no objections or doubts ever since. I picked up Z huan Falun, the main book of Falun Gong, to read.
Later, I watched a video of the “Global Chinese New Year Gala” with traditional Chinese dance and music performances by overseas Dafa practitioners. Tears fell from my eyes inexplicably while I watched it. When I started to do the Falun Gong exercises with my mom, I felt heat radiating from my knee joints. Mom told me that it was a good sign and that my body was being adjusted. Previously, my knees had problems and could not take the cold. Using methods such as burning needle acupuncture or soaking with Chinese medicine had not worked.
Amazing things happened to me six months into my Dafa practice: my menstruation cycle came back, and it has been normal ever since. I cannot express my gratitude with words, and my firm belief in Falun Gong has not changed. That same year, I went abroad to study. I did not have time for regular exercise and reading, but my mother always reminded me to read Zhuan Falun.I also found a Falun Gong practice site. Over the next year, my obesity disappeared, my waist became slim, and my thighs became thinner. My body is now more slender and well-proportioned.
Friends, after reading my story, do you see the phenomenal power of Falun Gong?
Under the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party, I once believed the Party’s slander and went back and forth between believing and disbelieving in Dafa. I am now an adult and can tell right from wrong, and no one can shake my strong belief in Falun Dafa anymore.
I hope people around the world realize that Falun Dafa is a righteous belief, especially students from mainland China: do not listen to the Chinese regime’s slander of Falun Gong. For example, the “Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident” was staged to defame Falun Gong. Please remember the words “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” and you will be blessed.
