Bio
Currently I am a student of traditional chinese medicine. Beyond that I am a student of life. I don't how I got here or why, but I do my best to take advantage of the time that I have. I spend my time studying various arts and then sit back and enjoy this mad and beautiful life.
The Quiz
There is no doubt that coffee is impure but I did not know it was homogeneous. I guess it doesn't have enough fat in it to be otherwise? Or are there other factors and constituents that make or break homogeneity?
Everything else was pretty straight forward.
This weeks discussion . . .
was very interesting. We spoke on many profound topics that have no easy solutions and that have great influence in our lives. I enjoy hearing people's opinions, experience, and learning from their expertise. All of these issues whether it be the influence and corruption of the pharmaceutical industry, the impacts of global warming, the increase in the use of pain medication, or ethical issues around research and how it is used are all of course potent issues that influence us and that we will all come in contact with in some way or another. I suppose that throughout our lives we all do our parts to either support or oppose each of the many paths that are available to us. What the collective results are, are all around us.
It's inspiring to hear about the town of Biggar and how they are aiming to do their own part despite the foot dragging by many governments and corporations. It is on the other hand very sad to hear about the effects of industrialization and consumerism on those who are not even participating- like the Inuit. There is no escaping the world's interconnectedness. It has been so many hundreds of years we have tried to deny it. It is about time we all start living up to it.
Coffee in Chinese medicine is considered the jing extractor, with a bitterness that creates a purgative effect, it gives temporary increased energy levels. It is seen in some circles as the devil in disguise. So on one hand, coffee drains dampness, releases the exterior and purges. On the other, while it feels as though it is tonifying our qi, in actuality, there is nothing in coffee that supplements the body. Ren Shen supplements and over time a body on it can get stronger. Not coffee. Once it wears off, you are tired again. Over time, coffee will deplete your Jing, your body essence, and will have a negative affect on aging, fluids, pathogenic heat.
ReplyDeleteTo quote Bob Flaws:
It is also possible for ministerial fire to stir frenetically simply due to too much stirring. This means mental-emotional, verbal, and/or physical stirring. All stirring or movement is the expression of the activity of yang qi, and all the yang qi of the body is rooted in the life gate fire. Stirring consumes yang qi at the same time as it transforms and consumes yin essence.
I like this very much. Thank you. Yes there are many ways to injure the body, as we know. Internal, external, and miscellaneous. The affect that coffee may create is a stirring that can be achieved through other pathways as well. If we focus on one thing too much as an "evil" we may be ignoring another.
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