02794nam 2200697 a 450 991081093770332120240314011546.00-7391-7893-8(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 examining ways to health and longevity /Shawn Arthur1st ed.Lanham [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 Shawn1658399MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810937703321Early Daoist dietary practices4012384UNINA