Art of Nourishing Life According to the Kidney Meridian in Zhenjiu Dacheng (The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion)

Abstract. “Daoyin Benjing” (Art of Nourishing Life) discusses the kidney meridian in depth. It is a dense and heterogeneous text that is heavily influenced by Daoism. The text proposes rules for the maintenance of life using language that is often cryptic and understandable only to the initiated. Th...

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Main Authors: Anita Bui, Er-Liang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW 2022-06-01
Series:Chinese Medicine and Culture
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/MC9.0000000000000019