Ancient and Medieval Chinese Recipes for Aphrodisiacs and Philters - Brill

This article surveys recipes for aphrodisiacs and philters from the medical manuscripts discovered in Mawangdui tomb 3 (burial dated 168 BCE) and Dunhuang manuscripts (seventh to tenth centuries CE). Despite medical views that defined sex as a form of physiological and spiritual cultivation, and that criticised se 'lust,' the aphrodisiac and philter recipes reveal elements of eroticism in ...

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Despite medical views that defined sex as a form of physiological and spiritual cultivation, and that criticised se 'lust,' the aphrodisiac and philter recipes reveal elements of eroticism in ancient and medieval Chinese views of sex. This article surveys recipes for aphrodisiacs and philters from the medical manuscripts discovered in Mawangdui tomb 3 (burial dated 168 BCE) and Dunhuang ...

Adrenal Support Chinese Herbs And Pig Stomach Soup (四神汤)

Making the Soup. Rinse the herbs briefly under the running water. Place all the pig stomach, herbs, 8 cups of filtered water, salt (approx. 1 tsp or to taste) in a soup pot. Bring it to a boil and then simmer for about 1 hour 45 minutes until the pig stomaches are tender. Add the cooking rice wine or sake.