北京中医药大学学报2018，Vol.41Issue(2)：97-101,5.DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2018.02.002
辟谷非平人养生法考辨
Bigu is not a TCM life nurturing method for healthy people
摘要
Abstract
No ancient records of bigu(abstinence from grains)for life nurturing in healthy people have been identified although it was originally a taoist asceticism for pursuing immortality.The TCM classics of Huangdi Neijing and Nanjing have shown that healthy person with bigu would die of losing spirit after sev-en days.Bigu and life nurturing have been divided into different chapters to show the difference in the ancient medical books.The taoist doctors oppose bigu on account of early death and malady.Shiqi Bigu (eating qi with abstinence from grains)lacks theoretical evidence and no success cases could be verified."Bloating without appetite"originally refers to the symptom(anorexia)of spleen deficiency pattern.This term is used in Taoist practice to denote willpower of"eliminating desire"(zhinian)in taoist cultivation. Without precise fabrication,bigu prescriptions tend to consist of 80%sweet-flavored ingredients or grain and tonic herbs,which may be the actual cause of bloating and anorexia with safety concern.Bigu seems to have deviated from the ancient rule of TCM"well-balanced diet with the grains, meats, fruits and vegetables for health",and also violated the principle of"food variety with grain dominant"diet in mod-ern nutrition.There is no rationality to include bigu into the life nurturing methods or therapies of tradi-tional Chinese medicine.关键词
辟谷/禁食/养生Key words
bigu/fasting/health preservation分类
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马芳芳,廖艳,林殷,张聪,奚茜,潘诗霞,王一辰,柯秀慧..辟谷非平人养生法考辨[J].北京中医药大学学报,2018,41(2):97-101,5.基金项目
北京市哲学社会科学研究基地建设项目(No.521/010120201),北京中医药文化研究基地建设项目Construction project sponsored by Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Research Base(No.521/010120201),Construction project of Beijing tra-ditional Chinese medicine culture research base （No.521/010120201）
