Record of Visiting Mount Song: Exploring Zen, Martial Arts, and Medicine at the Shao Lin Temple, the Zen Buddhist

Author: Zhao Guocheng
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book discusses Shaolin Zen medicine, comparing it with Zen martial arts. It highlights the fundamental concepts of Shaolin medicine as "Zen," "qi," "Zen-based interpretation of pathological mechanisms," and "qi flows, meridians open." The book emphasizes the basic theories of Shaolin medicine, including qi and blood, meridians, and zang-xiang theories, as well as the unique characteristics of Zen medicine in diagnosis, treatment, and health maintenance through methods such as "qi transformation," "guidance," and "point massage."