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Ancient and Medieval Chinese Recipes for Aphrodisiacs and Philters

In: Asian Medicine
Author:
Donald Harper
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Online Publication Date:
16 Jan 2005
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This article surveys recipes for aphrodisiacs and philters from the medical manuscripts discovered in Mawangdui tomb 3 (burial dated 168 BCE) and Dunhuang manuscripts (seventh to tenth centuries CE). Despite medical views that defined sex as a form of physiological and spiritual cultivation, and that criticised se 'lust,' the aphrodisiac and philter recipes reveal elements of eroticism in ancient and medieval Chinese views of sex.

Title:
Ancient and Medieval Chinese Recipes for Aphrodisiacs and Philters
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/157342105777996764
Language:
English
Pages:
91–100
In:
Asian Medicine
In:
Volume 1: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1573-4218
Print ISSN:
1573-420X
Subjects:
General, Asian Studies, History of Medicine, History

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