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Are you still interested in this subject? I am doing a similar study and I found this: http://east-westdialogue.org/E-dissertation.html

I'm using the I Ching since some years now and I have quite understood how it works. Anyway I'd like to go even more deep on the subject, in order to well understand the whole system, also in connection with tcm, martial arts and alchemy. Can you suggest me any book of this kind ? Best

Thank you all for the nice answers, i've just ordered Chuan, The Great Treatise on the Changes

here are some nice holy books: http://www.holybooks.com enjoy

Hi, does anyone know the tcm properties of beef heart ? I tried to google it but didn't find any interesting info.

You can cook it like a steak or a stew, both are great. I've tried to steam it, it was delicious too

joking aside is beef heart a really powerful food and it's nothing so strange. The meat is actually just muscle, very low fat and tastes wonderful; moreover it's quite cheap, so you can afford it to buy it organic

Here are some info that I got asking at tcmdiscovery : Cattle heart can raise blood for heart, cure forgetfulness, palpitation. it is good for brain, improving eyesight, warm lung, benefit liver, spleen and kidney, nourish "Yin" tonify deficiency etc. it have auxiliary therapy effect for low blood pressure, coronary heart disease, respiratory disease, urinary tract disease, endocrine system disease, the male disease, gynecological diseases, pediatric diseases, orthopaedic disease, surgical disease, skin venereal. Enjoy the heart

thank you for your link. I know that beef heart is quite healty. My father is a butcher, so I grow up eating strange things like beef hearts, it's no weirdness for me Anyway i'd like to know what are the effects of beef heart from a TCM point of view: i looked on the internet but I've found no info about it.

I've read a book of Jodorowsky about Psychomagic, it's a mixture of Magic and Psychology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychomagic_%28psychotherapy%29 I was really impressed by Pachita, the sudamerican Healer. Does anyone have experience or something to say about Psychomagic ?

exactly, that's the book I read: Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy I'm more into taoism than other arts of healing; still it's an interesting point of view.

You can have all the proteins you need just from food, you need supplement just if you are a bodybuilder. Protein powder still sometimes useful, when you don't have enough time to cook something. I got some hemp powder and i'm quite happy with it, i put it in my vegetable-oat shakes. Go for it if you need it. Anyway don't overdo with proteins, you don't actually need more than 2 grams of protein per Kilo, even if you're bulking.

hi, i've just bought a heart rate monitor for monitoring my fitness exercise - i think i was overtraining lately, i want to avoid that. Now I got aware of different heart rate zones, for different kind of exercises. What's the heart rate zone of a Qigong session ? I'll tell you my heart rate during qigong when I've tried Best

ok, the heart rate is a bit lower if I do the movements even slower, let's say minimum 70 and maximum 90, it usually stays around 80. even if I breath slowly I do low mapu stances and that's probably the reason. Does it make sense ?

ok, I actually do my movements together with my breath, i'll try to do them slower and report the heart rate.

I breath deep and slowly in the lower dan tien - How should I breath otherwise ? Or did I misunderstood your question ?

I measured the heart rate in the morning doing qigong and it's around 80-90 bpm I did the 8 brocades, i got peaks around 100 when I was in mapu (I do a quite low stance). Does it make sense ?

I've found out this nice online tool, you get a free tcm consultation and diagnosis: http://service.tcmdiscovery.com/Health/HealthIndex.aspx Enjoy

I breath mainly in the lower dan tien, during meditation, qigong, kung fu and normal life - so I don't think that is the problem...

I do kung fu and weights training too, that's why I bought a heart rate monitor, and that's where I'll smt measure my maximum heart rate. Now I'm recovery from a period of overtraining, so it's not the best time to measure it. Still, I'll keep an eye on my heart rate doing qigong, resting and doing sports - then I'll let you know

I did the 8 brocades, I did it again and the values still in that range more or less. My heart rate at rest is quite low, around 50. I didn't test my maximum heart rate, I've just used as a reference the formula: 220 - age that is 188 for me. I'll try to measure it again and let you know.

@Jeremiah: thanx for the great answer! I actually know that qigong is a different physical activity, I bought my heart rate monitor for my strength training and for kung fu - anyway good that you make it clear. Still I was cursious to know what's happening during qiqong and if there is a kind of heart rate zone for qiqong. I tried yesterday and I got a pulse rate between 90 and 100 doing qigong, is that make sense ?

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I love chinese tea ceremony, the best tea for this is pu-erh tea. Here you can find really precious tea, directly from china: http://www.yunnansourcing.com the prices are pretty good. this reference is probably referring to the chinese ceremony, where you drink from little cups and you learn to sensitively taste the differente stages of brewing of your tea. Who has no idea what I'm talking about, here's a video:

Hi, I'm looking for a book about shiatsu, do you have any advice ? Best