Traditional Chinese health preservation has a long history, and consists of a broad variety of methods. According to "Gu Yue", as quoted in Lt's Spring and Autumn Annals of the pre-Qin period, in the period of primitive society the ancient Chinese created the daoyin method, which combined physical and breathing exercises, for preventing and treating ailments of the joints and other diseases, and building up their health.

Ancient Chinese civilization accumulated a wealth of experience in health preservation, much of which has been handed down to the present day. An Illustrated Handbook of Traditional Chinese Health Preservation draws on documents of traditional Chinese and Tibetan medicine, cultural relics and archeological findings to present 26 sets of pictures regarding qigong, daoyin, diet and living habits, dating from the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) to 1911. It also provides a brief introduction to the birth, development, changes and practice modes of each method.This book was compiled by leading experts on the documents and literature of traditional Chinese medicine. The pictures, mostly photocopied or reproduced from the originals, are all exquisite and rare works of the past, and demonstrate the distinctive traditional Chinese characteristics of this approach to health care.

The book may serve as a reference for those who wish to practice the exercises to preserve health and prolong life, as well as a valuable data source for lovers and researchers of traditional Chinese health preservation.

Translated from nearly 100,000 characters in the Chinese edition, the book contains about 700 pictures and adopts a format of 150x223 mm.

PREFACE

PPEFACE TO ENGIE ENGLISH EDITIO

Ⅰ INSCRIPTION FOR THE CIRCULATION OF ON A JADE PENDANT

Ⅱ DAOY/N EXERCISES

Ⅲ FIVE ANIMAL FROLICS

Ⅳ SIX-CHARACTER FORMULA FOR TREATING DISEASES IN THE INTERNAL ORGANS

Ⅴ YIJIN/ING

Ⅵ TIANZHU ⑺ASSAGE

Ⅶ LAOZL MASSAGE

Ⅷ HEALTH PRESERVATION IN THE FOUR-VOLUME BEDICAL CODE OF TIBETAN MEDICINE

Ⅸ TWENTY-FOUR-SEASONAL-DIVISION-POINTS SEATED EXERCISES FOR CURING DISEASES

Ⅹ CHEN XLYL'S SLEEPING EXERCISES

Ⅺ EIGHT-SECTION BROCADE STANDING EXERCISES

Ⅻ EIGHT-SECTION BROCADE SEATED EXERCISES

ⅩⅢ TWELVE-SECTION BROCADE EXERCISES

ⅩⅣ XIAOYAO ZL DAOYIN METHOD

ⅩⅤ VARIOUS DAOYIN EXERCISES OF THE IMMORTALS

ⅩⅥ DAOYIN EXERCISES OF ANCIENT IMMORTALS

ⅩⅦ NINE-STEP EXERCISE FOR PROLONGING LIFE

ⅩⅧ FACE MASSAGE EXERCISE

ⅩⅨ INTERNAL EXERCISE

ⅩⅩ EIGHT-SECTION BROCADE EXERCISE FOR PHYSIQUE BUILDING

ⅩⅪ OL-REGULATING EXERCISE TO FOSTER EXTERIOR VIGOR

ⅩⅫ BREATH-GULPING EXERCISES FOR REMOVING DISEASES

ⅩⅩⅢ THE 18 STANDING FORMS IN EIGHT SECTIONS OF BADUANIN

ⅩⅩⅣ THE TWELVE SUPPLEMENTARY INTERNAL EXERCISES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF YIJINJING

ⅩⅩⅤ TWELVE MASSAGE METHODS

ⅩⅩⅥ EXERCISES IN SITTING POSITIONS FOR TREATING MALADIES