Early Daoist Dietary Practices: Examining Ways to Health and Longevity
Focusing on the early medieval herbal recipes found in the Lingbao Wufuxu (The Preface to the Five Lingbao Talismans of Numinous Treasure), this study analyses Daoist asceticism and ideas regarding the body, health, grain avoidance diets, the Three Worms, and immortality. Arthur examines the synthes...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Lanham
Lexington Books
2013
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| Dans: | Année: 2013 |
| Collection/Revue: | Studies in Body and Religion
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Religious Philosophies - China
B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Print version: Early Daoist Dietary Practices : Examining Ways to Health and Longevity: |
| Résumé: | Focusing on the early medieval herbal recipes found in the Lingbao Wufuxu (The Preface to the Five Lingbao Talismans of Numinous Treasure), this study analyses Daoist asceticism and ideas regarding the body, health, grain avoidance diets, the Three Worms, and immortality. Arthur examines the synthesis of religion, medicine, and correlative cosmology, while also employing scientific and medical research to analyze the healing properties and underlying worldview of Daoist self-cultivation diets |
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| Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1299726224 |