Fluid Dynamics

The ancient Taoists believed in what they called the conservation of the Three Treasures to preserve the body for the attainment of longevity.

The Three Treasures are Jing (seminal essence), Shen (spirit, mind) and Qi (breath-energy). Much has been written about Qi but the other two have an equally important role.

Of the three the most readily accessible one to investigate is Jing, the seminal essence. It has long been believed in the Martial world that a fighter should remain celibate so as not to dissipate his strength before a fight. Many Martial traditions advocate celibacy as a means to increase one's power by the sublimation of sexual energy. Even the Martial Tradition of Taijiquan has this practise as part of the nei gung (internal strength) training and I have first hand experience of this.

The Ancient Taoists created esoteric sexual practises that would enable them to have sex without the exchange of bodily fluids so they could both have their cake and eat it.

It is informative to investigate what modern science has to say about this. Apparently excessive masturbation or ejaculation can cause the following medical problems

• Pains or cramps in pelvic cavity - including low back, tail bone, perineum, groins, perineum, testicles, low abdomen, neck/shoulders or rear brain (or whole head)- due to a lack of the relaxation and tissue-elastic hormone prostaglandin E-1 synthesized by the local tissues, an abrupt drop of the brain's neurotransmitters acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin and GABA, or an excessive conversion of the dopamine->norepinephrine->epinephrine.
• Depression, stress , anxiety, and emotional instability- due to deficiency of the neurotransmitters acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin and GABA.
• Attention Deficiency and loss of concentration - due to the deficiency of the brain's neurotransmitters serotonin and acetylcholine - memory protection failure or insufficient memory.
• Oversensitivy to light - disorder of the nervous sensing (acetylcholine nervous) and amplifier (dopamine nervous) circuits.
• buzzing ears - as above.
• Low libido, exhaustion and fatigue due to deficiency of the brain's neurotransmitters dopamine, acetylcholine and serotonin.
• Shortness of breath and irregular cardiovascular output - a weakening brain's acetylcholine and parasympathetic nervous function.
• White or violet nails - deficiency of Zinc.
• Weakened immune system - neuro-immune disorder resulting from the deficiency of the neurotransmitters acetylcholine and dopamine. e.g. it easy to catch a cold or to get sick - requiring a longer time to recover from sickness.
• Sleeping disorder - due to the deficiency of serotonin and melatonin, both of which are synthesized by the pineal gland. This causes a deficiency hGH , an undercharging of the parasympathetic nervous system, and an excessive sympathetic nervous fire (Flight or Fight), resulting in back/joint/ligament pains or cramps, urinary or bowel incontinence, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), prostatitis or urethritis, as a result of no or insufficient healing (restoration) power in the organs, muscles, ligaments and joints.
• Organ functional disorders in the 2nd brain (between the neck and pelvis) due to the weakening of the vagus (parasympathetic) nerves and the weakening serotonin nervous modulation on the sympathetic nervous functions - the most typical ones are: digestive , cardiovascular and liver systems; some experience the gallbladder and pancreas functional disorders too. The most visual or sensible disorder is stomach pain.

If all the above is true then it is quite reasonable to assume that doing the opposite would have beneficial effects. Fortunately this can be easily tested and I shall leave that as an exercise for the reader.

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