In TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) we see an emphasis on the kidneys as holding the essence for life. Out of everyone I have worked with over the years, 98% of people have some stress to their kidneys. This also includes children. Stress, toxins, thoughts, water intake, food choices, quality of food, exercise, pH, sexual activities, etc. all contribute to stress in the kidneys.

In Asia, they are typically not fond of drinking a lot of fluid because it harms the kidneys. Yet, here in the USA, we are instructed to drink half your weight in water to flush out the toxic lifestyle we have from living in America. But not drinking enough pure water and being dehydrated also puts a strain on the kidneys.

American boys and teens are different than in the traditional Asian culture. Sex and bodily fluids is a badge of honor here, yet it begins to deplete life force and life essence very early on. This depletion continues through adulthood until men lose their active sex drive or develop Erectile Dysfunction (ED). The erection of the penis during sexual excitation is mediated by the Nitric oxide (NO) that is released from nerve endings close to the blood vessels of the penis. NO also regulates adrenal function and endocrine function. We generally see a correlation between ED and imbalanced hormone levels, which is traced back to endocrine and adrenal function. In teens, testosterone can be too high. In middle age men, testosterone tends to be too low. Kids are now maturing faster and much more is accepted and available now to kids so they have a mature life style at way to young of physical or emotional age.

Kidney stress is often shown in the quality and color of hair. Hair is one of the parts of the body that the body will sacrifice first. If the body is off, the hair will stop receiving nutrition and energy, thus the graying and thinning that occurs.

Kidneys also have an impact on bone marrow. So much so that now they are doing kidney and bone marrow transplants at the same time. I think we can look at Nitric Oxide (NO) as the key player. Release of NO around the glomeruli of the kidneys increases blood flow through them thus increases the rate of filtration and urine formation. The overall production of NO is decreased in kidney stress. The brain’s glial cells produces sodium nitrite, in presence of organic acid, it breaks down to nitric oxide for use. Nitric oxide is used by the bone’s marrow cells, which in turn creates stem cells or at least allows stem cells to further develop. The problem occurs whenever people eat acid forming food, have toxicity, physical stress, emotional or mental stress, or heavy metal poisoning causing the condition known as acidosis or low pH. Whenever this happens, the sodium nitrite breaks down into nitric oxide before the sodium nitrite reaches the bone marrow and stem cell production begins to slow down. When people are low on stem cells, we see the hair thin and begin to lose color or turn gray.

Something to help? Here are my recommendations:

Stop all mineral supplements for 3 days. Check your pH. Restore the bicarbonate reserves in your intestines, organs, and tissues. The remedy for regeneration of marrow cells is: Squeeze one whole lime (about 8 teaspoon), plus 1/2 teaspoon of aluminum free baking soda in 1/2 glass of water, taken twice a day. To get some improvement it would generally take about 3 weeks for the body to have sufficient amount of bicarbonates and alkalinity for nitric oxide. This total process usually takes a total of 6 months to completely saturate your tissues.

Increase the voltage of your cells. An ionic foot bath, infrared sauna, walking on the sand on a beach, touching the Earth with your feet, etc. are all ways to increase cellular voltage.

Silver and Gold Colloidals will also help.

Go Raw- a 70%+ raw diet works well.

He Shou Wou is a good TCM supplement to also add in.

Simplify your life and remove any negativity or stress including thoughts, people and situations.

TCM

O canal de TV por assinatura TCM exibirá sua terceira edição da programação 50 filmes para ver antes de subir no telhado, dois por dia entre 1º e 25 de dezembro, o primeiro a partir das 22h.

No ano passado assisti mais do que planejei; neste ano planejo ver bem menos caus que [1] tem mais títulos recentes na lista, [2] tem mais ítulos que não bateu vontade e [3] tem uma meia-dúzia que tenho em dvd. Além disso, [1] a primeira semana vai ser pauleira aqui no “meatspace” [mundo real], [2] é temporada da NFL e [3] vi alguns nos últimos doze meses.

Eis a lista completa:

A Cor Púrpura nunca me dá ânimo de ver
Título original: The Color Purple
Ano de lançamento: 1985
Gênero: Drama
Diretor: Steven Spielberg
Elenco: Whoopie Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Laurence Fishburne
Terça 1º de dezembro, 22h l Reprise quarta 2, 14h30

Uma Rua Chamada Pecado idem, mas sempre me lembro do Joey [Friends] emulando o Brando
Título original: A Streetcar Named Desire
Ano de lançamento: 1951
Gênero: Drama
Diretor: Elia Kazan
Elenco: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden
Quarta 2 de dezembro, 0h40 l Reprise quarta 2, 17h15

Hamlet quero ver
Título original: Hamlet
Ano de lançamento: 1948
Gênero: Drama
Diretor: Laurence Olivier
Elenco: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney, Jean Simmons
Quarta 2 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise quinta 3, 14h

Drácula idem
Título original: Dracula
Ano de lançamento: 1931
Gênero: Terror
Diretor: Tod Browning
Elenco: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye
Quinta 3 de dezembro, 0h40 l Reprise quinta 3, 18h10

Uma Aventura na Martinica se veste com uma casca de banana nanica!
Título original: To Have and Have Not
Ano de lançamento: 1944
Gênero: Thriller
Diretor: Howard Hawks
Elenco: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran
Quinta 3 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise sexta 4, 15h50

Loucuras de Verão
Título original: American Graffiti
Ano de lançamento: 1973
Gênero: Comédia/Drama
Diretor: George Lucas
Elenco: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith
Quinta 3 de dezembro, 23h50 l Reprise sexta 4, 17h30

Mad Max vi uma vez e chéga
Título original: Mad Max
Ano de lançamento: 1979
Gênero: Ação/ Ficção
Diretor: George Miller
Elenco: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley
Sexta 4 de dezembro, 22h

Inferno 17
Título original: Stalag 17
Ano de lançamento: 1953
Gênero: Guerra
Diretor: Billy Wilder
Elenco: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss
Sexta 4 de dezembro, 23h40 l Reprise sábado 5, 17h45

Nascido para Matar costumo passar a vez nos filmes de guerra
Título original: Full Metal Jacket
Ano de lançamento: 1987
Gênero: Guerra
Diretor: Stanley Kubrick
Elenco: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio
Sábado 5 de dezembro, 22h

Gunga Din
Título original: Gunga Din
Ano de lançamento: 1939
Gênero: Aventura
Diretor: George Stevens
Elenco: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Domingo 6 de dezembro, 0h05 l Reprise domingo 6, 15h30

Corra que a Polícia Vem Aí vi umas 33 1/3 vezes
Título original: The Naked Gun
Ano de lançamento: 1988
Gênero: Comédia
Diretor: David Zucker
Elenco: Leslie Nielsen, George Kennedy, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban
Domingo 6 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise segunda 7, 18h

Alcatraz – Fuga Impossível
Título original: Escape from Alcatraz
Ano de lançamento: 1979
Gênero: Ação
Diretor: Don Siegel
Elenco: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau
Domingo 6 de dezembro, 23h30 l Reprise segunda 7, 16h

Os Sapatinhos Vermelhos
Título original: The Red Shoes
Ano de lançamento: 1948
Gênero: Drama/Musical
Diretor: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Elenco: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Léonide Massine
Segunda 7 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise terça 8, 14h

Círculo do Medo tou pensando, inda não resolvi
Título original: Cape Fear
Ano de lançamento: 1962
Gênero: Thriller
Diretor: J. Lee Thompson
Elenco: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin
Terça 8 de dezembro, 0h25 l Reprise terça 8, 16h25

Gilda vi uma vez, se pá revejo
Título original: Gilda
Ano de lançamento: 1946
Gênero: Drama
Diretor: Charles Vidor
Elenco: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready
Terça 8 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise quarta 9, 16h20

Depois do Vendaval
Título original: The Quiet Man
Ano de lançamento: 1952
Gênero: Comédia dramática
Diretor: John Ford
Elenco: John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald
Terça 8 de dezembro, 23h55 l Reprise quarta 9, 14h

Os 39 Degraus quero ver
Título original: The 39 Steps
Ano de lançamento: 1935
Gênero: Thriller
Diretor: Alfred Hitchcock
Elenco: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft
Quarta 9 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise quinta 10, 17h55

Touro Indomável
Título original: Raging Bull
Ano de lançamento: 1980
Gênero: Drama
Diretor: Martin Scorsese
Elenco: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent
Quarta 9 de dezembro, 23h35

A Volta ao Mundo em 80 Dias vi uma vez
Título original: Around the World in 80 Days
Ano de lançamento: 1956
Gênero: Aventura
Diretor: Michael Anderson
Elenco: David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Boyer
Quinta 10 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise sexta 11, 14h

Monstros quero ver
Título original: Freaks
Ano de lançamento: 1932
Gênero: Terror
Diretor: Tod Browning
Elenco: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates
Sexta 11 de dezembro, 01h l Reprise sexta 11, 18h15

Os Goonies TFF, tenho em dvd
Título original: The Goonies
Ano de lançamento: 1985
Gênero: Aventura
Diretor: Richard Donner
Elenco: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green
Sexta 11 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise sábado 12, 17h45

O Tesouro de Sierra Madre
Título original: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Ano de lançamento: 1948
Gênero: Aventura
Diretor: John Huston
Elenco: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett
Sábado 12 de dezembro, 0h l Reprise sábado 12, 15h30

O Exterminador do Futuro já vi 3 vezes
Título original: The Terminator
Ano de lançamento: 1984
Gênero: Ação
Diretor: James Cameron
Elenco: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton
Sábado 12 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise domingo 13, 20h

Meu Ódio Será Sua Herança quero ver
Título original: The Wild Bunch
Ano de lançamento: 1969
Gênero: Faroeste
Diretor: Sam Peckinpah
Elenco: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates
Sábado 12 de dezembro, 23h55 l Reprise domingo 13, 17h35

O Galante Mr. Deeds TFF, até escrevi
Título original: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Ano de lançamento: 1936
Gênero: Comédia
Diretor: Frank Capra
Elenco: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander
Domingo 13 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise segunda 14, 14h

Farrapo Humano quero ver
Título original: The Lost Weekend
Ano de lançamento: 1945
Gênero: Drama
Diretor: Billy Wilder
Elenco: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard Da Silva, Phillip Terry
Segunda 14 de dezembro, 0h05 l Reprise segunda 14, 17h40

Ladrões de Bicicletas quero ver
Título original: Ladri di biciclette
Ano de lançamento: 1948
Gênero: Drama
Diretor: Vittorio De Sica
Elenco: Lamberto Maggiorani, Lianella Carell, Enzo Staiola, Elena Altieri
Segunda 14 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise terça 15, 14h

Os Implacáveis
Título original: The Getaway
Ano de lançamento: 1972
Gênero: Ação
Diretor: Sam Peckinpah
Elenco: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers
Segunda 14 de dezembro, 23h30 l Reprise terça 15, 17h20

E o Vento Levou TFF, tenho o dvd
Título original: Gone with the Wind
Ano de lançamento: 1939
Gênero: Romance épico
Diretor: Victor Fleming
Elenco: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland
Terça 15 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise quarta 16, 15h40

Contrastes Humanos
Título original: Sullivan’s Travels
Ano de lançamento: 1941
Gênero: Comédia
Diretor: Preston Sturges
Elenco: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn
Quarta 16 de dezembro, 01h50 l Reprise quarta 16, 14h

Sangue de Pantera quero ver
Título original: Cat People
Ano de lançamento: 1942
Gênero: Terror
Diretor: Jacques Tourneur
Elenco: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Quarta 16 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise quinta 17, 18h10

Contatos Imediatos do Terceiro Grau sessão da tarde rlz!
Título original: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Ano de lançamento: 1977
Gênero: Ficção científica
Diretor: Steven Spielberg
Elenco: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr
Quarta 16 de dezembro, 23h20 l Reprise quinta 17, 15h45

Pink Floyd: The Wall TFF, reverei
Título original: Pink Floyd: The Wall
Ano de lançamento: 1982
Gênero: Musical
Diretor: Alan Parker
Elenco: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David
Quinta 17 de dezembro, 22h

Pink Floyd – Another brick in the wall

Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bvT-DGcWw

O Exorcista dei o dvd director’s cut pra hermã e ela largou no meio por medão. note-se que foi ela quem pediu numa lista.
Título original: The Exorcist: The Version You’ve Never Seen
Ano de lançamento: 1973
Gênero: Terror
Diretor: William Friedkin
Elenco: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller
Quinta 17 de dezembro, 23h45

Tarzan e sua Companheira
Título original: Tarzan and His Mate
Ano de lançamento: 1934
Gênero: Aventura
Diretor: Jack Conway, Cedric Gibbons
Elenco: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Paul Cavanagh, Forrester Harvey
Sexta 18 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise sábado 19, 15h30

O Poderoso Chefão – Parte II TFF
Título original: The Godfather – Part II
Ano de lançamento: 1974
Gênero: Drama
Diretor: Francis Ford Coppola
Elenco: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro
Sexta 18 de dezembro, 23h40 l Reprise sábado 19, 18h20

Rebeldia Indomável quero ver
Título original: Cool Hand Look
Ano de lançamento: 1967
Gênero: Drama
Diretor: Stuart Rosenberg
Elenco: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin
Sábado 19 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise domingo 20, 17h10

Josey Wales – O Fora da Lei
Título original: The Outlaw Josey Wales
Ano de lançamento: 1976
Gênero: Faroeste
Diretor: Clint Eastwood
Elenco: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney
Domingo 20 de dezembro, 0h15 l Reprise domingo 20, 19h25

Os Fantasmas se Divertem TFF, sessão da tarde rlz²!
Título original: Beetlejuice
Ano de lançamento: 1988
Gênero: Comédia
Diretor: Tim Burton
Elenco: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones
Domingo 20 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise segunda 21, 15h50

A Testemunha vi uma vez e chéga²
Título original: Witness
Ano de lançamento: 1985
Gênero: Thriller
Diretor: Peter Weir
Elenco: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas
Domingo 20 de dezembro, 23h40 l Reprise segunda 21, 17h30

Dirty Dancing – Ritmo Quente TFF, tenho o dvd e até escrevi
Título original: Dirty Dancing
Ano de lançamento: 1987
Gênero: Romance
Diretor: Emile Ardolino
Elenco: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach
Segunda 21 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise terça 22, 17h40

Lolita
Título original: Lolita
Ano de lançamento: 1962
Gênero: Drama
Diretor: Stanley Kubrick
Elenco: James Mason, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers
Segunda 21 de dezembro, 23h50 l Reprise terça 22, 15h

O Picolino
Título original: Top Hat
Ano de lançamento: 1935
Gênero: Musical
Diretor: Mark Sandrich
Elenco: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
Terça 22 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise quarta 23, 14h

Um Convidado Bem Trapalhão
Título original: The Party
Ano de lançamento: 1968
Gênero: Comédia
Diretor: Blake Edwards
Elenco: Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Jean Carson
Terça 22 de dezembro, 23h45 l Reprise quarta 23, 15h45

Bravura Indômita não lembro se vi, mas quero ver
Título original: True Grit
Ano de lançamento: 1969
Gênero: Faroeste
Diretor: Henry Hathaway
Elenco: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby
Quarta 23 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise quinta 24, 14h

A Noiva de Frankenstein quero ver
Título original: Bride of Frankenstein
Ano de lançamento: 1935
Gênero: Terror
Diretor: James Whale
Elenco: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester
Quinta 24 de dezembro, 0h15 l Reprise quinta 24, 18h10

A Canção da Vitória
Título original: Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ano de lançamento: 1942
Gênero: Musical
Diretor: Michael Curtiz
Elenco: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston
Quinta 24 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise sexta 25, 14h

Grease – Nos Tempos da Brilhantina TFF, tenho em dvd e meio que escrevi
Título original: Grease
Ano de lançamento: 1978
Gênero: Musical
Diretor: Randal Kleiser
Elenco: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing
Sexta 25 de dezembro, 0h15 l Reprise sexta 25, 17h30

Simbad e a Princesa
Título original: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Ano de lançamento: 1958
Gênero: Fantasia
Diretor: Nathan Juran
Elenco: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer
Sexta 25 de dezembro, 22h l Reprise sábado 26, 15h30

Os Sete Samurais TFF, pow, caras, no natal e começando a essa hora? e comãssim “Os Sete Samurais foi inspirado em um importante remake de Hollywood intitulado Sete Homens e um Destino”? não seria o contrário?
Título original: Shichinin no samurai
Ano de lançamento: 1958
Gênero: Drama épico
Diretor: Akira Kurosawa
Elenco: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba

Por que você deveria ver?
Não é comum encontrar na história do cinema um filme que tivesse durado mais de três horas e não tivesse deixado o telespectador entediado em nenhum momento. Os Sete Samurais, do mestre oriental Akira Kurosawa, é um deles.
Este relato de aventura nos transporta até o Japão do século 16, onde humildes camponeses, cansados do ataque constante de ladrões, tomam a decisão de pagar alguns samurais para defender sua terra.
Kurosawa filma memoráveis sequências épicas com um estilo ascético que evoca a força visual do cinema mudo. A trama, que, em princípio, parece simples, vai se complicando por fatores secundários e por aspectos que rodeiam cada um dos personagens, obtendo como resultado não só um filme muito físico como também uma obra poética com momentos cheios de dignidade, honra e humor.
Os Sete Samurais foi inspirado em um importante remake de Hollywood intitulado Sete Homens e um Destino, que ficou marcado na história como um notável western.

Sexta 25 de dezembro, 23h35 l Reprise sábado 26, 17h05

TFF: Top Favorito Foréva

Rabid Scotsman, Zeiram Wing, AcidBee, Xcalybr, Hardlydan, and myself have a great bit to be thankful for this year. Among our blessings are you, the listener. So, here’s our chance to show our gratitude and give something back. Here are the dishes being served on The Gamesmen’s table this Thanksgiving:

TQcast, Episode 88- Assassin’s Creed 2,Peggle on the PS3, Modern Warfare 2, Sony to charge for the PSN, and Black Friday mO DeAl$ to save you some cash this holiday season. All that, plus your TQshots, video games, movies, album, and drink tip of the week, and of course much much mO! LISTEN

TQraw, Episode 10.5- Filty surprises Desz with a special guest, Brazil Gets a new old school Gaming console, Google Chrome OS, Smoking not allowed around your iMac, plus much more.. WATCH

BMI XI- The Modern-Day John Dillingers; Simon D. I. and Pat Preezy bring you the finest in Hood Food and Drinks on BMI XI with a couple 40s of Ol’ English, Steel Reserve and Magnum. Also, Chicken, Cheese Puffs and Lemonheads are on deck as well. The fellas cover November’s Hottest downloads including the Hangover, the Orphan, Bruno, New Super Mario Bros, Windows 7 and Modern Warfare 2. LISTEN

The Couch Mercenaries, E89- After a good steak and a few Smirnoff, we chat about the big games this week and not surprisingly a ton of other non related issues like the poor quality of the KFC fillet meal. Give us a listen if you dare and as always save your applause for the end of the show. LISTEN

Overseas Connection E39- The Overseas Connection brings you their nominees for Game of the Year and other categories. Join Murphys Law, Big Bad Daddy and Chin Chinny as we discuss this weeks breaking news, what we have been playing, community emails and the new releases with our special brand of humor from the states and across the pond. LISTEN

Thumbsticks, Episode 22- This week Adrockski and RDD talk about the new social and entertainment updates to hit the 360 (blissfully unaware of the PS3’s swift response), plus we draw a line under Dragon Age and take to the roads with Forza 3. More fun than you can shake your granny at, it’s your Thumbsticks. LISTEN

Evolved Gaming, Episode 68- This week Cory, Drew, and Jay, along with guest Omri, bring you what they have been playing and the news including Twilight Scene It coming to Wii, Scene It coming to PS3, Blizzard says Diablo 3 not coming in 2010, Phoenix Wright coming to WiiWare in January, Lost Planet 2 preorder comes with Wesker as playable character, and much more! LISTEN

RageQuit Vidcast, Episode 21- That’s right! The show is now legal to consume alcohol so much that it goes into a coma and slowly drowns in it’s own vomit, but that’s for a different time. Here it is episode 21. We talk about New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Crimson Skies, Assassin’s Creed 2, and many others. We also name off our top 5/4/10 games of the year…you don’t get it? You will. Just watch. WATCH

Yep – it’s that time of year to give thanks to consumerism. Eat up, DVD junkies: you won’t get another meal until you’re through spending the cold night in front of Best Buy. Here’s my pick for one new blu-ray release to get your hands on. Let the violent hoarding commence!

Also, if twelve hour food comas are more your thing, here’s a comedy coming up on TCM this week that’ll give you an excuse to spend the weekend indoors. Here’s One to Rent, One to DVR for the week of 11/17/09 – exclusively at ForReel.net.

RENT

Funny People (2009)
dir. Judd Apatow
Availability: DVD & Blu-ray (11/24/09)

Why?: Yeah, it’s probably an hour too long. Yeah, it’s two or three movies in one. Still, however, “Funny People” charmed me almost entirely. The film suffers terribly in a last act in which all of the main players do something completely out of character, but beyond those false-notes it is certainly as entertaining as Apatow’s previous efforts. Sandler, Rogen, and Mann are all terrific – perhaps among the best “forgotten” performances of the year.

DVR

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
dir. Anthony Asquith
Playing: Sunday, November 29th, 7:00 PM (central) on Turner Classic Movies.

Why?: An adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde, “The Importance of Being Earnest” remains breath-takingly funny over one hundred years since it’s theatrical premiere. This 1952 film adaptation stars Michael Redgrave and Michael Denison as John and Algernon, but most noteworthy is the brilliant performance by Edith Evans. As Lady Bracknell, she completely devours every scene she’s apart of. Watch for the famous delivery of “a handbag?!”.

Hur ser det ut på er arbetsplats? Använder ni ett effektivt och smidigt publiceringsverktyg? Vårt publiceringsverktyg TCM gör det enkelt att snabbt uppdatera webbplatsen utan krångel.

Dear Turner Classic Movies,

I’m concerned about Robert Osborne, he’s looking quite gaunt. Is he OK?

Ever faithful,
My Paranoia

At 4:45PM this afternoon TCM will show Nicholas Ray’s A Woman’s Secret (1949), a film I’ve never seen and won’t be able to catch due to a couple of prior obligations; however, if you find yourself near a TV with cable, you could definitely do worse than to check this one out. According to imdb, A Woman’s Secret was the production during which Ray met the actress who’d become his second wife, Gloria Grahame (who happens to be, as my devoted reader[s] ought to know by now, a CineMadison favorite). I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: TCM’s presentation of these second-tier Rays is invaluable. After all, the great thing about Ray’s oeuvre is that the second-tier’s a lot like the first: ruddy, combustible, disheveled, volatile, etc.

Was lange währt, wird ein neuer Blogbeitrag!

Wie bereits erwähnt, bestand das Weltbild im alten China aus 5 Elementen. Feuer, Erde, Metall, Wasser und Holz. Dabei kam das Feuer gleich zweimal vor.

Durch stetige Empirie entwickelte sich dieses System über jahrhunderte hinweg. Es wurde verfeinert und in jeden Lebensbereich einbezogen. Betrachten wir es heute mal in Bezug zum Qi Gong.

Qi Gong Übungen einschl. Tai Chi stimulieren die Akupunkturpunkte und somit den Qi Fluss durch die Meridiane. Bei Qi Gong Übungen werden 95 % des Körpers bewegt und dabei die Organe sanft massiert.  Durch die sanften Dehnungen während dem Üben verbessert sich die Geschmeidigkeit des Körpers. Der Körper bleibt weich und das Bindegewebe fest bis ins hohe Alter. In dieser Verfassung führen Stürze im Alter nicht unweigerlich zu Verletzungen.

Außerdem trainiert die fest definierte Form des Tai Chi das Gedächtnis. So bleibt  der mentale Zustand jung und das macht sich in allen Lebensbereichen bemerkbar.

Die traditionelle chinesische Medizin (TCM) hat ein ganzheitliches Menschenbild, in dem Körper, Geist und Gefühle interaktiv mit der Außenwelt verbunden sind. Die TCM hat die Aufgabe, dieses Verhältnis in vollkommener Harmonie zu bringen.

Dabei werden Gefühle als eigene Kraft betrachtet, die sich als Emotion nach außen drängen. Gefühle sind Teil des Körpers und drücken den energetischen Zustand eines Organs aus.  So beeinflussen regelmäßige Qi Gong Übungen die emotionalen Befindlichkeiten.

Mit Hilfe der Meditation können wir als innerer Beobachter unseren Körper, unsere Gefühle und unsere Gedanken losgelöst betrachten. Dabei lernen wir recht schnell Gefühle und Gedanken zu unterscheiden und erkennen deren emotionalen bzw. mentalen Ursprung.

Für eine optimale Wirkung müssen die Übungen leicht im Atemrhythmus durchgeführt werden und der Atem tief und gleichmäßig sein. So kann das Qi frei fließen und Blockaden gelöst werden. Und mit der Zeit stellt sich ein nachhaltig gutes Wohlbefinden ein.

Bis demnächst mit weiteren Details

Qi Foto: omomom.com

Qi ist Energie, ist Lebenskraft, aber auch das „Prinzip, das Gewebe“, das diese Energie verursacht.

Gong heißt Arbeit, Mühe, Übung. Diese Übungen haben eine mehr als 2000 Jahre alte Tradition in China.

Im 13. Jahrhundert hat der Legende nach der Krieger Zhang Sanfeng im Wudang Gebirge in China den Kampf zwischen einer Schlange und einem Raubvogel beobachtet. Er sah, wie die Schlange den Angriffen des Vogels auswich und der Raubvogel darüber ermüdete. Die Philosophie des Tao umschreibt das so: Das Weiche überwindet das Harte. Yin überwindet Yang.

Aus seinen persönlichen Beobachtungen leitete der Mönch Zhang Sanfeng spezielle, allgemeine Methoden ab, die er in verschiedenen Körperbewegungen zum Ausdruck gebracht hat. Die Praxis dieser Abläufe bildeten sich zu einer früher nur geheim überlieferten hochkultivierten Kampfkunst aus.

„Und was sagt das 20. Jahrhundert dazu?“

Nils Bohr: „Das Qi ist das Äquivalent des modernen Quantenfeldes.“

Im Qigong werden Übungen in Ruhe und Übungen in Bewegung praktiziert. Die Übungen beschäftigen sich mit den Prinzipien des „Streckens, des Dehnens, mit Bewegungsabläufen“, mit mentaler Energie-Entfaltung, mit dem „Auspusten des Alten und mit der Aufnahme des Neuen“.

„Nur der Wandel hat Bestand.“ Diese Gewissheit führt zu Reflektionen und zu Erkenntnissen.

„Zu welchen?“

„Auf Unwesentliches verzichten ist wesentlich.“

Diese Gesichtspunkte und weitere Facetten des Qigong werden in zahlreichen Systemen kombiniert und sind Bestandteil der TCM.

„Ist Qigong also weitaus mehr als Wellness und  Gesundheitsgymnastik?“

„Ja. Im Qigong harmonisieren die taoistische Yin-Yang-Lehre, die buddhistische Meditationsgrundlage und die konfuzianische Philosophie. Die Energieimpulse fließen im Einklang mit den Sphären der Schöpfung.“

Hier geht es zu Blätter aufgelesen Nr. 040.

1. yuangqi – Ursprungs-qi

2. zongqi – Atmungs-qi

3. yingqi- Nahrungs-qi

4. weiqi- Abwehr-qi

Die vier Grundformen von qi können weiter differenziert werden. Jeder Funktionskreis besitzt sein eigenes qi, das in einer bestimmten Weise oder Richtung fließen muß: Das qi der Milz läuft aufwärts und garantiert damit die fünf Geschmäcker; das qi des Magens läuft abwärts und garantiert damit eine regelgerechte Verdauung. Das qi der Leber liebt es, sich auszubreiten. Wird es daran gehindert, ist es blockiert und verknotet, dann ist emotionaler Stau (unterdrückte Aggression) die Folge. Die entscheidende Funktion von qi ist somit, daß es immer in Bewegung ist. Stockungen und Blockaden von qi werden in der TCM als eine der wesentlichsten Krankheitsursachen angesehen.

(Thomas Ots, Medizin und Heilung in China)

Translated into blog post at http://LiYeSen.com.

Director, Hal Ashby’s first film, the notoriously hard to find, The Landlord is being shown on TCM on Friday, November 20th at 10:00 p.m.

It’s the first feature from Hal Ashby, and is an absolute must for any fans of the director. Not only is it a great film, but for Brooklynites it’s a veritable time capsule of pre-gentrified Park Slope and all it’s surrounding areas.

http://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=22826

And in case you’re wondering: Hmmm, that sounds a lot like the Joe Pesci laff-riot, The Super? You’re right, it’s a total rip-off (The Super is the rip-off, that is — ironic considering how un-super it is). But it’s almost too sick to consider the two in the same breath, and truthfully I don’t even know why I did it…

In TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) we see an emphasis on the kidneys as holding the essence for life. Out of everyone I have worked with over the years, 98% of people have some stress to their kidneys. This also includes children. Stress, toxins, thoughts, water intake, food choices, quality of food, exercise, pH, sexual activities, etc. all contribute to stress in the kidneys.

In Asia, they are typically not fond of drinking a lot of fluid because it harms the kidneys.  Yet, here in the USA, we are instructed to drink half your weight in water to flush out the toxic lifestyle we have from living in America. But not drinking enough pure water and being dehydrated also puts a strain on the kidneys.

American boys and teens are different than in traditional Asian culture. Sex and bodily fluids is a badge of honor here, yet it begins to deplete life force and life essence very early on. This depletion continues through adulthood until men lose their active sex drive or develop Erectile Dysfunction (ED). The erection of the penis during sexual excitation is mediated by the Nitric oxide (NO) that is released from nerve endings close to the blood vessels of the penis. NO also regulates adrenal function and endocrine function.

We generally see a correlation between ED and imbalanced hormone levels, which is traced back to endocrine and adrenal function. In teens, testosterone can be too high. In middle age men, testosterone tends to be too low. Kids are now maturing faster and much more is accepted and available now to kids so they have a mature life style at way to young of physical or emotional age.

Kidney stress is often shown in the quality and color of hair. Hair is one of the parts of the body that the body will sacrifice first. If the body is off, the hair will stop receiving nutrition and energy, thus the graying and thinning that occurs.

Kidneys also have an impact on bone marrow. So much so that now they are doing kidney and bone marrow transplants at the same time. I think we can look at Nitric Oxide (NO) as the key player. Release of NO around the glomeruli of the kidneys increases blood flow through them thus increases the rate of filtration and urine formation. The overall production of NO is decreased in kidney stress.

The brain’s glial cells produces Sodium Nitrite, in presence of organic acid, it breaks down to Nitric Oxide for use. Nitric Oxide is used by the bone’s marrow cells, which in turn creates stem cells or at least allows stem cells to further develop. The problem occurs whenever people eat acid forming food, have toxicity, physical stress, emotional or mental stress, or heavy metal poisoning causing the condition known as acidosis or low pH. Whenever this happens, the Sodium Nitrite breaks down into Nitric Oxide before the Sodium Nitrite reaches the bone marrow and stem cell production begins to slow down.

When people are low on stem cells, we see the hair thin and begin to lose color or turn gray.

Something to help? Here are my recommendations:

Stop all mineral supplements for 3 days. Check your pH. Restore the bicarbonate reserves in your intestines, organs, and tissues. The remedy for regeneration of marrow cells is:

Squeeze one whole lime (about 8 teaspoon), plus 1/2 teaspoon of aluminum free baking soda in 1/2 glass of water, taken twice a day. To get some improvement it would generally take about 3 weeks for the body to have sufficient amount of bicarbonates and alkalinity for nitric oxide. This total process usually takes a total of 6 months to completely saturate your tissues.

Increase the voltage of your cells. An ionic foot bath, infrared sauna, walking on the sand on a beach, touching the Earth with your feet, etc are all ways to increase cellular voltage.

Silver and Gold Colloidals will also help.

Go Raw- a 70%+ raw diet works well.

He Shou Wou is a good TCM supplement to also add in.

Simplify your life and remove any negativity or stress including thoughts, people and situations.

Alternative health remedies are increasingly important in the health care marketplace. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research explores how consumers choose among the many available remedies.

“Examples of the wide array of health remedy options available to consumers include drugs, supplements, acupuncture, massage therapy, Ayurveda, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (to name a few). Such medical pluralism is common in both developed and developing countries and raises the questions: How do consumers choose among health remedies, and what are the consequences for a healthy lifestyle?” write authors Wenbo Wang (New York University), Hean Tat Keh (Beijing University), and Lisa E. Bolton (Pennsylvania State University).

The authors use “lay theories of medicine” to explain how consumers choose between Western medicine and its Eastern counterparts, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Ayurvedic medicine.

“Western Medicine is primarily concerned with the material aspect of the body and views all medical phenomena as cause-effect sequences, relying on rigorous scientific studies and research that seeks empirical proof to all phenomena,” write the authors. “On the other hand, TCM and Ayurvedic Medicine favor a holistic approach, view the mind and body as a whole system, and rely upon inductive tools and methods for treatment.”

Based on a series of experiments and surveys in the United States, China, and India, the authors found that consumers prefer TCM (over Western medicine) when uncertain about the cause of an illness (i.e., diagnosis uncertainty)—because a holistic medicine tolerates uncertainty better than Western Medicine. Similarly, consumers prefer TCM (over Western medicine) because of lay beliefs that TCM offers an underlying cure (versus symptom alleviation by Western Medicine).

“These findings add to the growing debate over the regulation of health marketing and the delivery of health care, the role of direct-to-consumer advertising, and marketing efforts to promote a healthy lifestyle,” the authors conclude.

Source: redOrbit, 17 Nov 2009

Das Dao als Schöpfer ist eine coincidentia oppositorum (Vereinigung der Gegensätze) von Sein und Nicht-Sein, in bekannt und namenlos, als Ausdruck des dynamischen Lebens selbst. Dieser Doppelaspekt des Dao erinnert an den Begriff des t`ien in seiner Doppelbedeutung von “Vor der Zeit”: Himmel und “Nach der Zeit”: Himmel in seinem Bezug zur Welt. Und aus dem Vergleich läßt sich schließen, das Dao als Nicht-Sein, “Namenlos”, das Dao an sich bedeutet, das Axiom der akausalen Ordnung, während Dao als Sein, das mit Namen-Genannte, das der Zeit verhaftete und den Bedingungen unterworfene Sein ist.

Das Dao, oder die Erfahrung des Dao im Zustand der Leere und Stille, der Kontemplation, ist die Heimkehr zum Leben. Die Ruhe und Stille des Sitzens ist die “Rückkehr zur Wurzel”, Rückkehr zum Urquell, zum Großen Einen. Diese Rückkehr ist allein in der Stille der Meditation möglich. (vgl. das 10 und 16 Kapitel im Daodejing von Laotse, später hier…)

“Verweile im Wunschlosen, so wirst Du das Wunder erschauen”.

wu bedeutet wunsch-los, frei von der Vergiftung durch Begierden; nur in dieser geistig-seelischen Haltung vermag man das Wunder, die geheimnisvolle Tiefe des Dao zu erschauen. Mit anderen Worten: Der Mensch vermag das Dao zu erfahren nur wenn er seinen Geist frei von menschlichen Wünschen und Strebungen zu halten vermag, im Zustand von wu-wei, Nicht-Tun. Oder besser gesagt: Dao manifestiert sich im und durch den Zustand von Begierdelosigeit, Herzensreinheit, Einfalt des Geistes – und diese Erfahrung von Dao offenbart sich uns als Wunder und tiefes Geheimnis, es ist die coincidentia oppositorum, ewig, namenlos. Dieser Zustand, da unseren unruhigen, egozentrischen Wünsche und Sehnsüchte schweigen, ist jene Stille der “Wiederkehr” zum “Anfang” des schöpferischen yin-yang-Dao! (Mokusen Miyuki).

Baopuzi schrieb im 4 Jahrhundert: “Der Mensch lebt inmitten von qi, und qi erfüllt den Menschen. Von Himmel und Erde bis zu den Zehntausend Wesen, alles bedarf des qi, um zu leben. Wer das qi zu führen weiß, nährt im Innern seinen Körper und wehrt nach außen hin schädigende Einflüsse ab”:

Qi stellt – wie yinyang und die Fünf Wandlungsphasen – ein zentrales Konzept chinesischen Denkens und der traditionellen Medizin Chinas dar. Es beschreibt sehr komplexe und verschiedenartige Vorgänge menschlichen Lebens. Es ist ein ganzheitliches Konzept, das duale Denkmuster von Psyche und Soma transzendiert… – Ein paar Assoziationen lasse ich an dieser Stelle weg, um gleich zu folgendem Punkt zu kommen. Der Mensch wird mit einer bestimmten Menge qi, dem yuanqi, geboren, dem vorgeburtlichen qi. Dieses qi muss laufend ergänzt werden, durch die Atmung und die Aufnahme von Nahrung. Die Vereinigung dieser beiden qi formt das nachgeburtliche qi, houtian zhi qi. Hierdurch ist das Leben und die Abwehr übelwollender Einflüsse gewährleistet. Schlechte oder fehlerhafte Nahrung, falsches Atmen etc. führen zu einem schwachen Abwehrqi und Krankheit ist die Folge.

Das Bild oben ist dem Buch “Die Erfahrung der Goldenen Blüte” von Mokusen Miyuki entnommen. (vgl. Jung/Wilhelm).

Yin Yang Moon

 

Originally uploaded by dsevilla

I remember when I was about 15 or 16 years old I saw for the first time a strange, black and white symbol similar to the one in this posting’s picture. I knew vaguely that it was Asian, but otherwise it seemed exotic and unknowable so I filed it away with all the other new things that a 15-year-old experiences. It continued to pop up in various versions on and off for the next 15 years but it always remained a mystery. Until that is, I went to acupuncture school where I learned three things: the name of the symbol is the Taijitu (often pronounced tie gee too), that it is a succinct symbol representing the five rules of yin and yang, and lastly, that the concept of yin and yang is a theoretical way of observing and explaining everything from the smallest spaces of the smallest atoms, to the human body and its functions, to the energetic movements of the universe. Although that sounds complicated and still mysterious, it really isn’t. Once you know the 5 basic rules, there are some very practical uses for knowing about yin and yang.

Before starting on the five “laws” of yin and yang, however, we should first talk about pennies. Pennies? Yep, pennies. As one of my illustrious teachers once pointed out, typically when a westerner thinks of the face side of a penny that’s what we’re thinking about: the face side of the penny. Pretty straight forward right? Well, for anyone familiar with the yin and the yang of things you can’t think of the face side of the penny without also thinking of the tail side. In fact, the face side cannot exist without the tail side and vice versa. Stated in another way, the ancient Chinese came to see in the course of their everyday lives that everything around them had a dual aspect. There is both night AND day. There is no no brightness without dimness. Movement is tied to stillness. There is no upward without downward. Heat is the companion of cold. All of these pairs are listed in the classic textbook: Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion. This is the first law of yin and yang: Relative Opposites. You can entertain yourself for hours thinking of all things yang and all things yin. (Disclaimer- maybe only acupuncture geeks can spend hours but try it out anyway!)

From the above examples: day, brightness, movement, upward and heat are all yang. Night, dimness, stillness, downward and cold are yin. The following are some fun yin yang pairs  I thought of while in school:

Yang                                          Yin
The Rolling Stones               The Beatles
Coke                                            Pepsi

Here are some others:
exhalation                                 inhalation
outward                                      inward
12:01pm to 11:59pm            12:01am to 11:59am
spring and summer               fall and winter
male energy                             female energy
heaven                                        earth
gold                                              silver
revealed                                     hidden
sun                                                moon

fire                                                 water

youth                                           elder age

This opposition between the yin and yang members of a pair sets up a struggle between, and a control of, each other. A good example of a practical application of this law is when you apply a cold pack to an inflamed muscle. When something is inflamed there is always heat. By applying its opposite, cold, you bring the body back into a more balanced state. It works in other ways too. If you suffer from Seasonal affective  disorder (i.e. too much darkness), it is usually therapeutic to expose yourself to more light. The taijitu symbol shows this first law by dividing the circle of everything into equal sections of black and white.

The second law states that yin and yang can further be divided into yin and yang. Seasons are a great example of this idea. We’ve already stated that spring and summer are yang and that fall and winter are yin. Within the yangs and yins are further delineations of yangs and yins. Looking at all four of the seasons, there is a general warm time of the year and a cold time of the year. But spring isn’t summer and fall isn’t winter. We can say that winter is the yin-ist of the yin time of year. When spring begins, yang energy begins to grow within yin winter. At first, there is more winter than spring. Gradually, the signs of spring increase until it becomes more spring than winter. This is called the yang within yin time of year. Spring then transforms into summer when yang has grown until it reaches the zenith of summer or yang within yang time. Summer then slides toward autumn when yang energy is becoming less and yin energy is growing. This is the yin within yang time. Eventually autumn becomes winter and we reach the lowest levels of yang but the strongest yin before yang once again grows in a pattern followed year after year. Also, think of a clock. Midnight is the most yin time while noon is the most yang. 12:01pm starts the growth of yin energy but still, 12:01pm has much more yang than 9pm and 9pm has more yang than 11pm. The “S” curve of the taijitu represents this idea.

Thirdly, yin and yang are interdependent. They cannot be separated. A good practical way to explain this law is to say that the yin of the human body equals substance. In other words, things that are tangible like body fluids and organs. The yang of the body is its functional aspects like metabolism. Without metabolism nothing happens to organs or body fluids. Without organs and body fluids metabolic function would not be necessary. In the taijitu, there is nothing separating the black from the white parts.

The fourth law states that yin and yang inter-transform. You have probably experienced this when you’ve caught a cold. You may start with an aversion to cold with achy muscles and clear or white nasal discharge (a yin presentation) that either gradually or suddenly changes to yellow or green nasal discharge with a feverish feeling and an aversion to heat (a yang presentation). The yin “dot” within the yang and the yang “dot” within the yin of the taijitu shows this idea.

Lastly, Yin and yang are inter-consuming. Let’s look at the body again for practical application. For a functional activity to take place, or yang energy to activate, there must be a certain amount of yin used. For example, for digestion to work there must be a presence of yin to be consumed. In this case food is the substance of yin. Conversely, if there is a yin substance, such as the water of edema, there must be a yang function to consume the yin e.g. the lymphatic return process. Again the “dots” of yin and yang within their opposites illustrates this fifth law.

Although it can take a lengthy explanation, the concept of yin and yang is simple at its core. Yin and yang are at the base of understanding the dynamics of literally everything under the sun. (and further!) It is also the basis of traditional Chinese medicine. Health is a harmonious balance of yin and yang within the body. Disease is an imbalance of yin and yang.  Death is the separation of yin and yang and traditional Chinese medicine is meant to adjust your yin and yang to restore relative balance.

Here’s to balance for everyone’s yin and yang!

Reflexionen über Milz und Magen

Der Magen – ein Meer

Im gesamten Netzwerk der Speicher (Zang)- und Hohlorgane (Fu) kommt dem Magen als Hohlorgan eine besondere Bedeutung zu:

„Für die fünf Zang und sechs Fu hat der Magen die Funktion eines Meeres (Hai): Er besitzt von allen das größte Fassungsvermögen. Von allen zwölf Leitbahnen hat der Magen den größten Puls und am meisten Energie; gleichzeitig steuert er die größte Blutmenge. In ihm ist die Yang-Energie am stärksten“.

„Im menschlichen Körper gibt es ein Meer des Marks (Sui Hai), ein Meer des Blutes (Xue Hai), ein Meer des Qi (Qihai) und ein Meer von Wasser und Getreide (Shui Gu Zhi Hai)“ (beide Ling Shu).

Drei der vier Meere sind direkt mit der Magen-Leitbahn über Ein-und/oder Ausfluss-Punkte verbunden. Diese Punkte übertragen und vermitteln Blut und Qi zu den Gefäßen hin. Die Punkte der Magen-Leitbahn verbinden den Oberen, den Mittleren und Unteren Erwärmer mit den Meeren. Selbst das Meer des Knochenmarks ist mit der Magen-Leitbahn – wie alle Yang-Leitbahnen, über einen inneren Zweig verbunden.

Der Magen ist das einzige Eingeweide-Organ in der Reihe der vier Meere und er ist in der Tat ein Hohlorgan, weil er von außen Nahrung aufnimmt und den Prozess der Transformation, Verdauung, Assimilation und Destillation der Essenz einleitet.

„Aus den Lebensmitteln entsteht die vorzügliche Lebensenergie (Jing). Dieses Jing verteilt sich in den vier Meeren des Körpers und ernährt den ganzen Organismus“. (Ling Shu)

Der Magen umschließt die aufgenommene Nahrung und dient als große Kornkammer (Cang). Es ist das „Meer der Nahrung, der Säfte und Getreide“ und besitzt einen Einflußpunkt, Magen 30, Qichong, und einen Ausfluss-Punkt, Magen 36, Zusanli.

Cang ist die Kornkammer, ein staatliches Speicherhaus. Das Zeichen Cang ist verwandt mit dem Zeichen für essen, nähren, für die Mahlzeit, das Essen.

„Die Lebensenergie stammt aus der Verdauung der Nahrungsmittel. Der Magen steht also bei der Ernährung und Verdauung an erster Stelle. Aus dem Magen stammen letzten Endes die Energie und das Blut, die dazu dienen, den ganzen Organismus zu ernähren. Dieser Prozess verläuft ähnlich wie das Verdampfen des Meerwassers, das durch intensive Sonnenbestrahlung zum Himmel aufsteigt und als Regen wieder zur Erde zurückfällt“. (Ling Shu)

Die Meere sind Regionen des Austausches zwischen Himmel und Erde. Die Energie der Erde steigt nach oben zum Himmel, bildet Wolken, die abregnen und ihrerseits wieder Flüsse bilden.

Der Körper – ein System vernetzter Gewässer

Die Chinesische Medizin bezog sich in ihren Bildern vom menschlichen Leib bzw. Körper seit jeher auf die gesellschaftlichen und landschaftlichen Analogien. So stellt das Ling Shu die Leitbahnen in Analogie zu (mythischen) chinesischen Gewässern. „Der Lauf der zwölf Leitbahnen durch den ganzen Körper kann gut mit dem Lauf der zwölf Flüsse verglichen werden. (…) Die zwölf Gewässer verteilen das Wasser im ganzen Land. Bekanntlich führen die Flüsse eine unterschiedlich große Wassermenge; sie sind verschieden tief, breit und lang“. (Ling Shu)

Während alle anderen Leibahnen mit Flüssen verglichen werden, entspricht die Magen-Leitbahn außen (im Makrokosmos) dem Meeresgewässer (Hai Shui). Im Körperinneren (Mikrokosmos) steht sie in Verbindung mit dem Magen. Die Milz-Leitbahn entspricht außen, in der Natur, einem Seegewässer.

Wir haben es hier mit der Vorstellung einer Ordnung und Struktur zu tun, in deren Mittelpunkt Flüsse, Kanäle, Seen und Meere stehen. An deren Ufer liegen jeweils Speicher (Zang) und Verteilungsstationen (Fu), die über das hydraulische System miteinander verbunden sind.

– von Helmut Magerl (http://www.tcm.edu/Home.aspx) – unter frei zu enternde Artikel. Der Text von mir geknappt und zusammengefasst.

I noticed the REN tag quick, but the TCM was a bit more elusive.

I thought I left behind my Saturday cartoon habit in elementary school but realized it’d just morphed into my early Sunday morning movie ritual.  I do try to sleep in like everyone else but it’s impossible to explain to my two yorkies why they should let me on this one day of the week (either they don’t want to learn or they can’t learn).  Not that I mind too much since it’s the only day I don’t feel obligated to check the weather, headlines or facebook first thing.  Cafe con leche  and TCM is like cake for breakfast.  It doesn’t even have to be particularly good, as long as it’s black and white and has that low crackle soundtrack of sizzling bacon.  Maybe I never got Dorothy opening the the sepia door to Oz, but its become my own way to test the waters for the week ahead.  A Thin Man movie, it’s going to be a good week.  Destry Rides Again, could be trouble.  Fred and Ginger, might be s’marvelous.

O canal pago TCM anunciou a volta de dois clássicos da tv em 2010. Trata-se das séries “Os Pioneiros” e “Voyagers – Os Viajantes do Tempo”.

“Os Pioneiros” (Little House on the Prairie, no original) mostrava, em meio a exploração do oeste americano, uma família tentando se assentar em sua fazenda, enfrentando diversas dificuldades. Um drama que conquistou o público durante as 10 temporadas em que ficou no ar, entre 1974 e 1982.

Já “Voyagers – Viajantes do Tempo” (Voyagers!) mostrava as aventuras de Phineas Bogg, membro de uma sociedade secreta de viajantes do tempo que atuavam garantindo que a História não fosse mudada; e Jeffrey Jones, um garoto de 12 anos que acaba acidentalmente sendo levado junto para as viagens no tempo. A série teve apenas um temporada, exibida entre 1982 e 1983.

O TCM ainda não divulgou as datas de estreia dessas séries, mas acredita-se que ocorram ainda no primeiro semestre de 2010.