Zen Medicine for Mind and Body : Using Zen Wisdom, Shaolin Kung Fu and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shi, Xinggui.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Chinese.

Meditation--Buddhism--Therapeutic use.

Physical fitness--Health aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Shanghai Press, 2019.

Summary:

A truly remarkable story of Zen medicine and how you can bring its practices into your own life. Author Shi Xinggui began studying Zen medicine--a combination of meditation, gentle physical activity and medicine--as a child under the tutelage of the Shaolin Temple's Master Dechan. She carried it with her, eventually going on to lecture on the subject in both China and abroad for several decades. When she was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, Xinggui returned to the Shaolin Temple, hoping the Zen medicine she'd spent so long teaching others about would help her. After careful nursing and appropriate mind and body exercises, her cancer went into remission. Since her own cancer battle, Xinggui has helped many other cancer patients, devoting her life to this work. This book, which draws on the author's 20 years as a cancer fighter, 50 years as a doctor and life-long wisdom as a Zen practitioner, provides insight into how readers can implement these strategies, which emphasize daily health care and cultivation of the body and soul, into their own lives--not only to help with physical diseases, but also to ease mental anxieties and inspire others to live a clean, healthy life. Ailments addressed in the book are varied, and include IBS, lumbar disc herniation, back and leg soreness, high blood pressure, asthma and many others.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

Chapter I: Curing Mental Anxiety to Prevent Physical Disease

1. Maintaining Good Spirits

2. Not Enslaved by Material Gain

3. Being Yourself

4. Prevention Is the Best Cure

5. Keeping Fit through Exercise

6. Avoiding Anger

7. Controlling Your Emotions

8. Not Focusing on Your Illness

9. What You Do for Others Will Eventually Benefit Yourself

10. Living a Slower Life

11. Happiness in Contentment

12. Cherishing What You Have

Chapter II: Curing Mental Anxiety through Zen Medicine

1. Managing Your Life with Industry and Frugality

2. A Calm Mood Brings Good Luck

3. Breaking Away from Constraints

4. Forgiving Others

5. Learning to Be Grateful

6. Thinking from Others' Perspective

7. Unburdening Your Mind

8. Giving Help without Expecting Returns

9. Disregarding Personal Gains or Losses

10. Being Ready to Cooperate with Others

11. Harboring Fewer Worldly Desires

12 Keeping a Low Profile

13. Being Thankful for Criticism

14. Accepting the Reality and Changing Yourself

15. Playing up Strengths and Avoiding Weaknesses

16. Being a Good Listener

17. Being Modest

18. Having a Clear Conscience

19. Ridding Yourself of Bad Habits

20. Persevering in Medical Treatment

21. Time Management

22. Venting Negative Emotion Where It Is Due

Chapter III: Preventing Physical Disease with Zen Medicine

1. Shaolin Internal Exercises

2. The Six-Word Breathing Technique

3. Taking a Walk in a Forest

4. Going to Bed Before 11 PM and Taking a Nap at Noon

5. Achieving Balance between Yin and Yang

6. The Shaolin Breath-Holding Technique

7. Countering Illness with Willpower

8. Sleeping in a Warm Environment

9. Maintaining Childlike Innocence.

10. Relieving Fatigue through Poetry and Meditating

11. Practicing Mental Suggestion

12. Simple Food Therapies

13. A Cup of Lukewarm Water

14. Relaxation Exercise

15. Shaolin Standing Exercise

16. Taking a "Happy Walk" after Each Meal

17. The Day's Plan Starts with an Early Morning

Chapter IV: Curing Physical Illness with Zen Medicine

1. The Digestive System

2. Orthopedic Disorders

3. Cardio-Cerebral Diseases

4. Respiratory System

5. Other Diseases

Appendices

Illustrations of Meridians

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781602201750

1602201757

OCLC:

1259321262