Sex in the Yellow Emperor's basic questions : sex, longevity, and medicine in early China / Jessieca Leo.

  • Leo, Jessieca, 1953-
Date:
2011
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Description

Studies developments in medicine and sexology up to the time of the Su wen (1st part of Huangdi nei jing) including extensive reference to the sex manuals excavated at Mawangdui (Shiwen, [Ten questions], He yinyang [Uniting yin and yang], and Tianxia zhidao tan [Discourse of the Supreme Dao under Heaven]).

Publication/Creation

Dunedin, FL : Three Pines Press, 2011.

Physical description

xvii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Edition

1st ed.

Contents

Studying sex in Chinese culture -- The Yellow Emperor's text -- The longevity connection -- Pathological diagnostics -- Speaking of sex -- Expressions of sexual interaction -- Sexual energetics -- Sexual anatomy -- Reproductive physiology -- Overindulgence and intoxication -- Sex and health -- Sex in the suwen.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-210) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    TP.251.AA1
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ISBN

  • 9781931483186
  • 1931483183