The Key Points of Health Preservation

It is said in the Seven Proscriptions Writings of the True Person of the Great One (太乙眞人七禁文): "First, speak less to nurture qi inside the body. Second, nurture essence-qi by abstaining from sexual desires. Third, eat light foods to raise blood-qi. Fourth, swallow saliva to nurture the qi of the five viscera. Fifth, nurture liver qi by restraining anger. Sixth, nurture stomach qi by eating deliciously. Seventh, nurture heart qi by thinking less. A person lives by qi and qi grows strong by spirit. One will be able to earn true Tao when qi is nurtured and the spirit is replenished. The original qi is the foremost to preserve. "