Caution: On Top of the Bed Wind

From our Malaysian friend, Ahpek:

Chinese believes that there are many kinds of 'wind'. When your joints ache during the wet spell they believe it is wind. When your toes swells and you can't even touch it, they say it is wind. When you cough, it is wind. Everything is blamed on the wind. Poor mr. wind. Then there is the mother of all winds. That is the 'On Top of The Bed Wind'. In Cantonese they call it "chong siong fung'. Now what exactly is this, 'On top of the Bed Wind' leh? Let me tell you.

'Top of the Bed Wind' occurs when a couple is fucking their minds out and when the male reaches orgasm and ejaculates, the ejaculation refuses to stop. He keeps shooting and unloading his load until he is dies of over ejaculation. Horrifying death isn't it? The dead man's face all contorted in eternal ejaculation and orgasm. Some of my friends beg to differ. They say that would be the ultimate way to die. Die fucking. What else could any blue blooded male ask for?

Read the full article for the etiology, pathogenesis and treatment plan for "on top of the bed wind"-->

Red Wine: Better Than Huang Qi?

A study on resveratrol has found that in large enough doses, the substance doubles endurance, extends life and boosts the immune system. From the New York Times story:

Though resveratrol has long been known to be a component of red wine and other foods, it is present there in only minuscule amounts, compared with the very large doses used in experiments. Dr. Sinclair dosed his mice daily with 22 milligrams of resveratrol for each kilogram of weight, and Dr. Auwerx used up to 400 milligrams. No one could drink enough red wine to obtain such doses.

To which I say: just watch me.

The Herb Garden at ACTCM

These photos are courtesy of Kenan Akbas, former PCOMite and current resident of the Bay Area, where he is enrolled at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Kenan likes it much better there - he says the professors are about equal in terms of quality, but the curriculum is structured in a much better way. For one, they prefer that you do your bioscience elsewhere. In fact, until recently you wouldn't be admitted until you had done your biology, anatomy, etc somewhere else. Now they do have a small bioscience department, but it leaves the rest of the curriculum open for more Chinese medicine. Two quarters of Medical Chinese is required at the beginning. He tells me the library is outstanding. And start to finish the program costs $20,000 less than PCOM.

Oh, and this -

American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) is a California Benefit Nonprofit Corporation. It is exempt from federal and state taxes as an educational organization pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 501(3)(c) arid California Revenue and Tax Section.

When I asked Dr. Carl Miller, our former dean, about why PCOM wasn't a nonprofit institution, he told me there were no TCM schools in America that were nonprofit, that we have a young field and the resources aren't available. Hmm... in addition to ACTCM, a quick web search found the following schools that are nonprofit: Bastyr University in Seattle, New England School of Acupuncture in Boston, and Canadian College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in British Columbia (accredited by NCCAOM, graduates are eligible to take the U.S. exams).

PCOM ought to be a leader in this field. You can't honestly argue that we wouldn't be better off if this was a nonprofit institution. NESA did it, ACTCM did it, Bastyr and that Canadian school did it... can't we?

Another Take on 脏躁 (Zang Zao)

America's Cowboys Suffering From Restless Heart Syndrome

ATLANTA, GA—Bouts of wanderlust and deep yearning have led a majority of RHS sufferers to head off in the direction of them twinklin' stars.

A Skeleton on the Second Floor, Posed to Appear Life-Like, Arranged with Cartoon Bubble

For Your Edification

The Embodying Perfection Website, a collection of academic papers on various self-cultivation traditions in China. As it says:

This is the website of Panel 7, "Embodying Perfection: Self-Cultivation Traditions in Pre-Modern China" (Sponsored by Society for the Study of Chinese Religions) held at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting in San Diego, California (9-12 March 2000). The panelists are:

* Catherine Bell (Santa Clara University), Chair
* Donald Harper (University of Chicago), Discussant
* Vivienne Lo (University of London)
* Fabrizio Pregadio (Technical University, Berlin)
* James Benn (UCLA)
* Lowell Skar (Univertsity of Pennsylvania)

The website contains a panel presentation, followed by abstracts of the four papers. At the end of each abstract is a link to the full version of that paper.

Enjoy.

p.s. What is that picture of? It's the Neijing Tu, a map of the inner world. There's a map!