Embryonic Breathing Song Formulas 胎息秘要歌诀
Paul PengEmbryonic Breathing Song Formulas
The author of this text is unknown.
Included in the Jade Commentaries Category of the The Dongzhen Section in The Daozang, it contains nine rhymed verses that elaborate on the essentials of embryonic breathing and qi cultivation.
Embryonic Breathing Song Formulas
Its content is similar to Mr. Huanzhen’s Secret Methods for Cultivating Internal Primordial Qi recorded in Volume 60 of Yunji Qiqian (Seven Bamboo Slips of the Cloudy Satchel). The Bibliography of the Hundred Rivers (compiled by Gao Gu in the Ming Dynasty) lists Secret Essential Rhymes on Embryonic Breathing (one volume), which is confirmed to be this very text.
