International Chinese Medicine Journal of Daytona Crystal Moon, Red Planetary Moon Year. June 2003
Volume 1:1
Plants of Power Radio Interview Tim Rikin
Abstract: This audio series on psychoactive plant
properties presents various perspectives on Plants such as Opium, Marijuana, and Peyote.
These well-researched and provocative perspectives range from
plants acting on humans in a purely microcosmic-biochemical
level to plants having an universal intelligence which led to
the creation of animals. Interviewee's include the Andrew
Weil, ND and author of "Spontaneous Healing," the late Ethnobotanist Terence McKenna, neuroscientists,
educators, the gamut. In a discussion of the Opium Poppy, (Ying
Su Ke is the husk) you will learn the Chinese named the
opium roughly as nasty barbarian tarballs, reflecting the
eventual Opium wars. A modern-day shamanistic Asian culture
is also discussed.
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Ancient Chinese folk remedy may hold key to non-toxic cancer treatment University of
Washington. Rob Harrill. Nov. 26, 2001
Abstract:
This 2001 press release from the University of Washington describes the ability
of Artemesia annua L, Qing[1] Hao[1], or Wormwood/Sweet Annie, to inhibit the growth
of Breast cancer cells. Scientists Henry Lai and Narendra Singh published
biomedical evidence in the journal Life Science that backs up an association already known
among Chinese herbalists; Qing Hao has the ability to treat both Menopause, a
correlate of Breast Cancer, and Malaria. In fact it is said that
Qing Hao is the number one herb to treat both Yin
Deficient Heat and Malaria. Artemisin, a key chemical in Wormwood has the
same method of action in 1) inhibiting breast cancer cell growth in the presence
of iron and 2) inhibiting Malaria parasites that intrinsically have high iron
concentrations.
Full Report
Chick Pea Soup Recipe: for Chronic Poor Digestion AKA Spleen Qi Deficiency, Cold in Abdomen, Food Stagnation, Sneezing After Eating, and Wind Cold-EPI. Cory Trusty, International Chinese Medicine Journal of Daytona. Crystal Moon, Red Planetary Moon Year [ June 2003]. Vol. 1:1.
Summary: 2 hour preparation time Serves 4
Primary Channels: Stomach, Spleen, Lung
Main Functions & Indications: Spleen Qi or Yang deficiency causing chronic loose stools, bloating, low energy, nausea, and diarrhea. Cold in the abdomen. chronic Food Stagnation. Sneezing after Eating due to damp overflowing from the Spleen to the Lungs, and Wind-Cold External Pernicious Influence (EPI).
Contraindications: Yin Deficiency with heat signs, Yang Excess, Summer heat stroke, Wind-Heat EPI
Complete Recipe and Description
Hua Tuo. Subhuti Dharmananda. Institute for Traditional Medicine. Portland, Oregon.
Summary: This is a short illustrated biography of China's most famous
doctor and surgeon, a genius, Hua Tuo. Born 100 years after Christ, he is well
known in China for developing an anesthesia formula and performing abdominal
surgery. Hua Tuo's formula's are reputed so highly, in fact, that any "perfect"
Chinese formula, whether created by Hua Tuo or not, is called a "Hua Tuo formula."
A true great, even after becoming a famous doctor, he still studied under another
herbalist who was quite surprised to finally learn the identity of his apprentice.
Hau Tuo also discovered a set of acupuncture points along the spine, the Hua Tuo Jia Ji
points. The TaiQi animal forms are also attributed to him: tiger, deer, bear, monkey, and bird.
He studied the animal play and mimicked their movements to stay healthy.
Full Biography
Qi and Bioelectromagnetic Energy. Randall L. Waechter. New York University. Draft Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies
In partial fulfillment of The Doctorate of Philosophy Degree. June 2002.
Summary: Randall L. Waechter's masterpiece on Qi as Biomagnetic Energy was written while a
graduate student at New York University. He explains the Chinese Medical
concept and use of Qi, as in the transmission of Qi by Qigong masters.
Further, the Chinese Medical concept of Qi is reckoned with the common
scientific theory of Electromagnatism. For example, Burr's 1972 theory of
"Life Fields" in which electromagnetic signatures influence fetal
development is compared to prenatal Qi transmission theory, which, for example,
advises one not to conceive when drunk. "Every living organism on this planet is born, lives, and dies in a sea of electromagnetic
radiation. All life has evolved in an environment consisting of electromagnetic energy. As a
result, the interactions that take place between all living organisms and electromagnetic energy
are both crucial to life and extremely complex. To deny interactions between electromagnetic
fields and living things 'would be to deny the fundamental reaction upon which every living
thing on the planet depends, namely, the absorption of sunlight by green plants'."
Full Thesis Draft