Neidan, or internal alchemy (traditional Chinese: 內丹術; simplified Chinese: 內丹术; pinyin: nèidān shù), is an array of esoteric doctrines and physical, mental...

theoretical cornerstones in traditional Chinese medicine and practices such as neidan, qigong, and tai chi. They are also known as jing, qi, and shen (Chinese:...

The term Neidan can be divided into two parts: Nei, meaning inner, and Dan, which refers to alchemy, elixir, and cinnabar (mercury). Neidan uses techniques...

He was one of the main representatives of Taoist Internal Alchemy, or Neidan. He was an 11th-generation master of one of the northern branches of the...

techniques. Some examples are Daoyin "guide and pull" breathing exercises, Neidan "internal alchemy" techniques, Neigong "internal skill" practices, Qigong...

two main kinds of alchemy, internal alchemy (neidan) and external alchemy (waidan). Internal alchemy (neidan, literally: "internal elixir"), which focuses...

Dōng pài), Neidan Dong Taoism (内丹東派 Nèidān dōng pài) Hsien-t'ien Tao Kunlun Taoism Western Taoism Xi Taoism or Western Taoism (西派 Xi pài), Neidan Xi Taoism...

other natural substances in a luted crucible. The later branch of esoteric neidan 'inner alchemy', which borrowed doctrines and vocabulary from exoteric waidan...

or life force energy. The dantian are important points of reference in neidan, qigong, neigong, daoyin, Taoist sexual practices, reiki and other self-cultivation...

t'u) is a Daoist "inner landscape" diagram of the human body illustrating Neidan 'internal alchemy', Wu Xing, Yin and Yang, and Chinese mythology. The name...

Quanzhen School specializes in the process of "alchemy within the body" or Neidan (internal alchemy), as opposed to Waidan (external alchemy which experiments...

ISBN 0-86568-174-0 Neigong.net is a site devoted to original texts of neigong, neidan, neijia and qigong Video of Nei Kung practitioner, John Chang website for...

human body illustrating the preventative Chinese medical principles called Neidan 'internal alchemy', incorporating Chinese astrology, and cosmology. The...

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techniques. In the early 700s, Neidan (also known as internal alchemy) was adopted by Daoists as a new form of alchemy. Neidan emphasized appeasing the inner...

the "external pill", or Waidan (外丹). By contrast, "internal alchemy", or Neidan (内丹), was thought to create an immortal body within the corporeal body,...

beads”, in the form of Kitsune’s starball and Huli Jing’s “golden elixir” neidan) is the existence of a 'yeowoo guseul' (여우구슬, literally meaning fox marble)...

Nature and Vital Force) is a comprehensive Ming dynasty (1368-1644) text on neidan ("internal alchemy") self-cultivation techniques, which syncretistically...

History of Song. He is widely considered to be one of the earliest masters of neidan, or internal alchemy. He is also depicted in art dressed as a scholar carrying...

immortal") who was a patriarch of the Quanzhen School, and a master of neidan "internal alchemy" techniques. Liu Haichan is associated with other Daoist...

chemistry-based waidan 外丹 "external elixir/alchemy" to physiology-based neidan 內丹 "internal elixir/alchemy" gave new analogous meanings to old terms. The...

latter group—called Wudangquan—are those with a strong element of Taoist neidan exercises. Typical examples of Wudangquan are tai chi, xingyiquan, Bajiquan...

series, Neji Hyūga's name and techniques were based on neijia. Dantian Neidan Neo-Confucianism Taijitu Waijia Mitchell, Damo (2014). Daoist Nei Gong:...

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Neidan Illustration of Bringing Together the Four Symbols 和合四象圖, 1615 Xingming guizhi...

(Chinese: 太乙金華宗旨; pinyin: Tàiyǐ Jīnhuá Zōngzhǐ) is a Chinese Taoist book on neidan (inner alchemy) meditation, which also mixes Buddhist teachings with some...

mid-second century CE, and deals entirely with alchemy, in particular with Neidan (or Internal Alchemy). In agreement with its title, the Cantong qi is concerned...

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shengtai ("sagely embryo") in a context of physiological neidan Internal Alchemy, and neidan adepts developed prolonged meditation techniques through...

Three Treasures (virtues) Five Precepts Ten Precepts Meditation Alchemy Neidan Waidan Bugang Chu Diet (Bigu) Sexual practices Art Fulu Priesthood Texts...