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Taoist dietary practices are deeply rooted in the philosophical concepts of Yin-Yang, Qi (vital energy), and the pursuit of balance and harmony. While various schools of Taoism offer differing teachings, Taoist practitioners—particularly those in monastic and spiritual traditions—view diet as essential for maintaining physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Ch'ang Ming (長命 Pinyin: Chángmìng) (literally "long life") is a series of dietary and health recommendations based on Taoist philosophy. It was first introduced to the West by Chan Kam Lee (李陈金 Pinyin: Lǐ chén jīn), a Taoist teacher and Chinese herbal medicine practitioner who came to London in 1930 from Shandong Province in China.
This very severe diet was not without its painful moments. Without grains and meat, whoever practices it is undernourished; and the Taoist authors admit that at the beginning one may have numerous troubles, some of them general (vertigo, weakness, sleepiness, difficulties in moving), others local (diarrhea, constipation, and so on).
The "Taoist Untruths" chapter describes Daoist grain-free diets in terms of bigu (辟穀, "avoiding grains") and shiqi (食氣, "eat/ingest breath"). It says that Wangzi Qiao (王子喬), a son of King Ling of Zhou (571-545 BCE), practiced bigu , as did Li Shaojun (fl. 133 BCE).
Diatectics, closely influenced by Chinese medicine, is a key element of ingestion practice, and there are numerous Taoist diet regimens for different effects (such as ascetic diets, monastic diets, therapeutic diets, and alchemical diets that use herbs and minerals). [275] One common practice is the avoidance of grains (bigu). [276]
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