02797nam 2200685 a 450 991078758990332120200520144314.00-7391-7893-8(CKB)2670000000390722(EBL)1273781(OCoLC)852759308(SSID)ssj0000917942(PQKBManifestationID)11487432(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917942(PQKBWorkID)10892915(PQKB)10496109(MiAaPQ)EBC1273781(Au-PeEL)EBL1273781(CaPaEBR)ebr10733599(CaONFJC)MIL503873(OCoLC)855585439(EXLCZ)99267000000039072220130314d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEarly Daoist dietary practices[electronic resource] examining ways to health and longevity /Shawn ArthurLanham [Md.] Lexington Books20131 online resource (284 p.)Studies in Body and ReligionDescription based upon print version of record.1-4985-2104-5 0-7391-7892-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The Wufuxus recipe structure and content -- Dietary regimens : from herbs to Qi -- Healing and improving the physical body -- Beyond physical health : the Wufuxus -- Extraordinary claims -- Daoist grain avoidance today -- The Wufuxus ingredients and fasting -- Analyzing dietary ideals and practices.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.Studies in Body and ReligionDietChinaDiet therapyChinaHealth behaviorChinaLongevityChinaMedicineChinaReligious aspectsReligionPhilosophyDietDiet therapyHealth behaviorLongevityMedicineReligious aspects.ReligionPhilosophy.613.2Arthur Shawn1502375MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787589903321Early Daoist dietary practices3730078UNINA