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“An extraordinary masterpiece … There has never been a book that so clearly, comprehensively and entertainingly tells you how to get to be 100 years old and still be happy and healthy. Get this book and keep it by your bedside. Give a copy to anyone you love and who you would like to share the rest of your life with in good health and humour.”
"A brilliant read for anyone interested in their health or that of their family and friends."
"“Peter Deadman has achieved something wonderful, something gorgeous in creating this book. He has managed to write with great simplicity, eloquence and gracefulness about a subject which is deep and rich; yangsheng, the Chinese tradition of nourishing life."
Yangsheng (the nourishment of life) is the 2500 year old tradition of caring for our human lives - physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually - from birth to death. Drawing from Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Chinese medicine, folk medicine and the martial arts it is the distilled wisdom of hundreds of doctors and sages through the centuries on how to manage our mind and emotions, diet, exercise, sleep, sex lives and much more. All this is accompanied by a forensic examination of modern lifestyle research which (unsurprisingly) comes to many of the same conclusions as the Chinese tradition.
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“This is an authoritative, scholarly, thorough and compassionate book about being alive in its broadest and highest sense. It has much to offer practitioners, educators and the general public. ” Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
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“A fabulous book on cultivating health and longevity from the Chinese ‘nourishment of life’ tradition. Supported by the Chinese medical classics and modern research, the author, a senior practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, teaches us ways of being in the world which can sustain good health and at the same time support the environment we live in. From discussions on the benefits of proper diet and exercise, tea drinking and dancing, through to caring for mothers in pregnancy and the postpartum and how to face the challenges of old age, this is a beautiful book written with charm, wit and a deep understanding of what is important in life.”
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“This is a beautiful book. It is written in a way that would make it accessible to anyone, while at the same time conveying important, well researched and useful items of knowledge. A great book to have on the shelf, for the chapters are very clear so it’s easy to dip into if you want advice on a particular subject. A rich array of wisdomous tips to live a long and healthy life which have their conception in Chinese medicine, however they are all backed up with western/modern research. I highly recommend.”
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Contents
- Preface and contents
- Chapter 1: What is Nourishment of Life:?
- Chapter 2: Health - the challenge and the opportunity
- Chapter 3: What determines how long we live and how healthy we are?
- Chapter 4: Why we get ill
- Chapter 5: Cultivating the mind and emotions
- Chapter 6: How to eat
- Chapter 7: What to eat
- Chapter 8: Alcohol
- Chapter 9: Tea
- Chapter 10: Exercise
- Chapter 11: Traditional Chinese exercise
- Chapter 12: Sleep
- Chapter 13: Affairs of the bedroom
- Chapter 14: Pregnancy, Childbirth, postpartum care & breastfeeding
- Chapter 15: Care of children
- Chapter 16: Nature
- Chapter 17: Music and dance
- Chapter 18: Ageing and old age
- Chapter 19: Dying and death
- Appendices 1
- Appendices 2
- New Lecture
