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880533
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Arthur, Shawn
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Early Daoist dietary practices : : examining ways to health and longevity /\ Shawn Arthur.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Maryland :: Lexington Books,, [2013]
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| Series Statement
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Studies in body and religion
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1 online resource (ix, 276 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0739178938
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: 9780739178935
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073917892X
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9780739178928
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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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Nutrition-- Religious aspects-- Taoism.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Healthy Living.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Holism.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Reference.
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MEDICAL-- Preventive Medicine.
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Nutrition-- Religious aspects-- Taoism.
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Diet.
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Diet Therapy.
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Health Behavior.
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Longevity.
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Religion and Medicine.
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Religious Philosophies.
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China.
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| Dewey Classification
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613.2
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| LC Classification
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RA784.A78 2013
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QT 235
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