The Supreme Spiritual Treasure: The Essence of Herbal Medicine
Release date:
2023-06-19
“The Supreme Lingshan Manual of Lingzhi Herbs” is, to date, the earliest extant compendium on lingzhi and, indeed, the world’s earliest known illustrated guide to fungi. Since the second century CE, various accounts of lingzhi have appeared in ancient catalogues; however, only “The Supreme Lingshan Manual of Lingzhi Herbs” has been preserved thanks to its inclusion in the Daoist Canon. The Daoist Canon is a comprehensive collection of Daoist scriptures, and this work is preserved in Volume “Yi Yi” of the Ming‑era Zhengtong Daoist Canon. Revered by Daoism as a medicinal treasure, the text is an illustrated manual that expounds on the ingestion and preparation of lingzhi and offers guidance on its harvesting. It records 103 varieties of lingzhi, each accompanied by brief descriptions of their places of origin, properties and flavors, morphological characteristics, and their value as food or medicine.
Illustration: A wall of images formed from the inner pages of “The Supreme Spiritual Treasure – The Essence of Herbal Medicine”
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