主編：詹石窗
出版：香港蓬瀛仙館
ISSN 1728-7642

Daoism Studies ›› 2019, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 40-49.

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Inner Elixir Practice and Taking Herbal Medicine in the Ming Dynasty

He Zhenzhong   

  • Received:2019-03-12 Revised:2019-06-12 Published:2021-08-18
  • About author:He Zhenzhong, Associate Researcher, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Information & Library; Research Directions: Daoist Medical Culture, Protection of Traditional Knowledge of Chinese Medicine; Address: No. 16, Dongzhimen South Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing; Postcode: 100700; Email: hzzhssfq@126.com.

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Abstract: The combination of inner elixir practice and taking herbal medicine had been fully developed in the Ming dynasty, since alchemists improved their inner elixir practice by taking herbal medicine. This is because these two practices share the same goal: to compensate the lost energy (Jing, Qi, and Shen) in the course of life. Admittedly, they have their own understanding, in that alchemists regarded taking herbal medicine as the basis for inner elixir practice, while the TCM physicians attempted to prolong life and cure diseases by taking herbal medicine.

Key words: The Ming Dynasty, Inner Elixir Practice, Taking Herbal Medicine