--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Which "Chinese sex-yoga" tradition would that be? > From Wiki: > "Many Taoist practitioners link the loss of ejaculatory fluids to the loss of vital life force: where excessive fluid loss results in premature aging, disease, and general fatigue. While some Taoists contend that one should never ejaculate, others provide a specific formula to determine the maximum amount of regular ejaculations in order to maintain health. The general idea is to limit the loss of fluids as much as possible to the level of your desired practice. As these sexual practices were passed down over the centuries, some practitioners have given less importance to the limiting of ejaculation. Nevertheless, the "retention of the semen" is one of the foundational tenets of Taoist sexual practice." > > "Treasuring the jing involved sending it up into the brain. In order to send the jing into the brain, the male had to refrain from ejaculation during sex. According to some Taoists, if this was done, the jing would travel up the spine and nourish the brain instead of leaving the body."
This would be the opposite of anything I ever heard from any of the real tonic herbalists I met. I suspect that in this case Wikipedia has achieved the lowest-common-denominator, frog-in-a-blender reportage it's famous for. :-) What do "Christians" believe about celibacy? The answer would depend on whether you asked Protestants or Catholics, yes? That's just two sects of a supposed religion. Taoism has thousands of sects.
