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Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (11)
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Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (11)
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Woodcut illustration of the practice called 'Nourishing and growing the sacred embryo' fromXingming guizhi(Pointers on Spiritual Nature and Bodily Life) by Yi Zhenren, a Daoist text on internal alchemy published in 1615 (3rd year of the Wanli reign period of Ming dynasty).

The Sacred Embryo (shentai)is a term from Daoist internal alchemy. It refers to spirit and Qi condensing and combining to form Elixir (dan).(Cataloguing incomplete)

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Keywords: Daoism; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Internal alchemy; Qigong
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  • Library reference: External Reference You 13/1615 Ma 611, External Reference Wang Shumin 611 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
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