Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (11)

Woodcut illustration of the practice called 'Nourishing and growing the sacred embryo' from Xingming guizhi (Pointers on Spiritual Nature and Bodily Life) by Yi Zhenren, a Daoist text on internal alchemy published in 1615 (3rd year of the Wanli reign period of Ming dynasty). The Sacred Embryo (shentai) is a term from Daoist internal alchemy. It refers to spirit and Qi condensing and combining to form Elixir (dan). (Cataloguing incomplete)

PICTURE TITLE: Nourishing and growing the sacred embryo OTHER LETTERING: (Cataloguing incomplete)