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Early Daoist Dietary Practices: Examining Ways to Health and Longevity - Studies in Body and Religion Shawn Arthur
Early Daoist Dietary Practices: Examining Ways to Health and Longevity - Studies in Body and Religion
Shawn Arthur
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.
416 pages, 3 black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 27, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780739178928 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 235 × 24 mm · 608 g |
| Language | English |
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