Weather, Diet, and Castration (was Mixed questions)

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Chinese Traditional Medicine , " Rock " <weishen@b...> wrote:

> Hello everyone,

>

> In TCM point of view.......

>

> Is it alright to skip my breakfast and have my lunch and dinner

only? Is breakfast the most important day of our meal?

 

Breakfast is thought to be the best time to eat a full meal, with the

amount of food you eat decreasing throughout the day, with dinner

being the smallest and lightest meal of the day.

 

> Is it healthy to replace our meal with fresh fruits?

 

Depends on the weather and your condition. More fruit would probably

be appropriate in the Spring and Summer (when most fruit is in

season).

 

 

> does being a strict vegetarian helps to strengthen or weaken our

body? I heard that vegetarian would suffer a deficiency of vitamin B-

12 and B-6.

 

Depends on what condition your body is in, and the weather. Strict

vegetarianism I would think would not be a good idea unless you live

close to the equator. On the other hand, though, many people nowadays

eat far more meat than they need. Generally, more meat is appropriate

in the colder winter months, and less or no meat during the warmer

summer months.

 

 

> what would be the long term effect of a man being castrated? They

> claim to be calmer and have some kind of inner peace even in a

> supposely stressful situation.

 

No clue. Doesn't mean I won't stop from guessing though. (Can

anyone double check me on these?) In TCM terms, I would think

castration would make people more Yin-natured. I would guess a great

cooling of the Ministerial Fire, perhaps a decrease in jing capacity?

(castrated men tend to age more rapidly) Most castrated men I have

read about have had problems with weight gain, loss of physical

strength, decline in memory and concentration, which kinda implies

that the Spleen is being effected negatively somehow. Yet on the

other hand, they also have increased feelings of calmness and

relaxation, which I would think would strengthen the Spleen????

A halting of male pattern baldness is also expressed by some

castrated men, which seems to imply that something beneficial happens

to the Kidneys. As side effects, I would think that maybe more

deficiency problems would show up then usual. This also seems like

something that somebody would have written about before, since for a

very long time, Chinese emperors maintained quite large stables of

castrated men for various official positions.

 

If you're just curious about castration in general, these are the

effects as described by a modern castrated male.

http://www.geocities.com/sherrylanina/CastrationEffects.html

 

Mbanu