Ancient and Medieval Chinese Recipes for Aphrodisiacs and Philters

Author: Harper, Donald

Source: Asian Medicine, Volume 1, Number 1, 2005 , pp. 91-100(10)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

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.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1163/157342105777996764

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