Essential and Profound Secrets of Qi Cultivation Methods 气法要妙至诀
Paul PengEssential and Profound Secrets of Qi Cultivation Methods
The author of this text is unknown.
Roughly compiled between the The Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, it is recorded in the Comprehensive Records of Literature·Bibliographic Survey.
Comprising one volume, it is included in the Methods Category of the The Dongshen Section in The Daozang.
Essential and Profound Secrets of Qi Cultivation Methods
The text contains five qi cultivation methods: Qi Method, Qi Regulation Method, Qi Restraint Method, Daoyin-Assisted Qi Swallowing Method, and New Essential Secrets of Daoyin Rhythms. Focusing primarily on qi circulation, it asserts that practicing in accordance with these methods can preserve and consolidate primordial Qi, enabling the cure of "all diseases."
