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1. Introduction
2. What is Tao, and How Can It Help Us?
So what is Tao?
How to achieve the wisdom of Tao?
What is the purpose of practicing Tao?
Yin and Yang
The five elements of nature
The Taoist’s three treasures
Why the training of the mind is the prime business for the Taoists
3. Living to Your Perfect Health
Sleeping the right hours for perfect health
Sleeping on the right beds for perfect health
Sitting to your perfect health
Kneeling to your perfect health
The sun is your best friend
The moon is your best secret friend
Simple changes in living can lead to lifetime health benefits
4. Using Taoist Exercises and Other Techniques to Reach Perfect Health
Standing still is a perfect exercise for health
Slow walking is another perfect exercise for health
Using your back to hit a wall to gain an excellent health benefit
Other exercises that have good health benefits
A footbath is a perfect way for health
Moxibustion is another perfect way for health
5. Eating and Drinking to Your Perfect Health
The Taoist approach to foods
The Yin and Yang nature of foods
The food pyramid
The way to prepare food and drinks
Salt in the diet reexamined
Slow weight loss is the only good way for weight control
Make your own vegetable drink to detox: the detox drink
Make your own drink for weight loss and beauty: the slim drink
Make your own longevity pill—Gouqi pill
Making your own alcoholic drink to combat back pain and aging
Is Bigu worthwhile to pursue?
A list of foods with regard to their Yin and Yang characteristics
6. Sex and Taoism
The growing-up years
Marriage and sex
The Taoist sex practices
Things to avoid in sex
Sex liberation is a major drain on health
The traditional approach to sex has substantial value
7. Avoiding Damage to Your Body and Mind
Why coldness is regarded as the chief cause of diseases
Where does the coldness come from?
How do you know that you are under attack from the coldness
What can you do to get rid of the coldness?
Avoiding damage to your body
Avoiding damage to your mind
Avoiding damage by menopause and retirement
8. Meditation to Your Perfect Health
What is meditation?
The Taoist meditation
Using your life as a way to practice Tao
The Taoist meditation practices
After cross-leg meditation
Ways to help concentration
Other ways of meditation
Do I need a master to learn the Taoist practices?
Summary on Taoist meditation training
Quotations from a Ming Dynasty book
9. Putting It All Together
The easiest way to achieve primary good health
The intermediate way to achieve perfect health
The advanced way to achieve perfect health and beyond
How do I know whether I am on the right path?
What are the signs of perfect health?
A few case studies using the Taoist and TCM principles
10. Some Critical Health Issues of Modern Life
Ten confusions on health
Ten myths on health
Four health trends facing the West…and the East
Ten ways to fight back for perfect health
11. My Own Journey in Practicing the Tao
The Taoist nine-year body transformation teaching
My first year of practice
My first four years of practice
My second four years of practice
My ninth and tenth years of practice
My eleventh and twelfth years of practice
What lies ahead
12. Questions and Answers with Regard to the Tao and Taoist Training
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