Download or read book The Beverages of the Chinese and Kung-Fu written by John Dudgeon and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why do some men live, others die? Why are some diseases light, others severe ? To answer these questions we must refer to the existence in sufficient or insufficient quantity of the original vital principle. The origin and foundation of the five viscera' depend upon and spring from the vital principle. It is here where the Yin and Yang reside, and from which these male and female principles emanate, and whence proceeds the breath in expiration and to which it goes in inspiration. There is no fire nor oven, and yet the body in its furthest parts is kept quite warm ; there is no water or reservoir, and yet the five viscera are kept moist." This is a professional reproduction of a book published in 1895. Kung-Fu or Taoist Medical gymnastics, the beverages of the Chinese, Chinese anatomy and surgery.