Explaination of the Five Talismans of Numinous Treasure
Pine Resin
...If you can find the resin of a thousand-year-old pine, you can truly live long!
Seasame
The Venerable Lord said: Nourish your body with this "little louse" and you will recover healthy complexion and return to youthfulness...
If kept deep in the earth, it is a powerful drug... If soaked in boiled water, it can ward off wind and expel cold...
Pepper
...Since it contains the energy of great yin, it will allow you to live as long as heaven and earth... With pepper you can ward off dampness...
None of the pathogenic influences will dare to come near you...
Ginger
...For these reasons it helps to ward off dampness and expels cold. It induces warmth and keeps all pathogenic influences at bay...
Calamus
...Thus calamus gives life to people, nurtures and protects essence and spirit. It drains superfluous body liquids and drives out dampness...
RECIPE OF THE THREE HEAVENS OF NUMINOUS TREASURE
Five parts sesame; four parts pine resin; one part pepper; three parts ginger; three parts calamus. (Best if used fresh and full in essence.)
- The Taoist Experience: An Anthology edited by Livia Kohn
Pine Resin
...If you can find the resin of a thousand-year-old pine, you can truly live long!
Seasame
The Venerable Lord said: Nourish your body with this "little louse" and you will recover healthy complexion and return to youthfulness...
If kept deep in the earth, it is a powerful drug... If soaked in boiled water, it can ward off wind and expel cold...
Pepper
...Since it contains the energy of great yin, it will allow you to live as long as heaven and earth... With pepper you can ward off dampness...
None of the pathogenic influences will dare to come near you...
Ginger
...For these reasons it helps to ward off dampness and expels cold. It induces warmth and keeps all pathogenic influences at bay...
Calamus
...Thus calamus gives life to people, nurtures and protects essence and spirit. It drains superfluous body liquids and drives out dampness...
RECIPE OF THE THREE HEAVENS OF NUMINOUS TREASURE
Five parts sesame; four parts pine resin; one part pepper; three parts ginger; three parts calamus. (Best if used fresh and full in essence.)
- The Taoist Experience: An Anthology edited by Livia Kohn
