Yellow Emperor

The Yang type of Yong Yang syndrome is characterized by localized redness, swelling, hot sensations and pain. High fever and general pain may also exist. This syndrome appears in acute inflammations, such as carbuncles, furuncles, abscesses and infected open wounds. The book The Yellow Emperor s Classic of Internal Medicine indicated Most of the sores which are painful, itchy and swollen are due to fire. In clinical practice, this syndrome is mainly related to fire disturbance of the Heart, Liver and Stomach. 

It seems that Chinese alchemy is the oldest of the Eastern branches, and may even predate Western alchemy. (The Chinese word for elixir, chin-je, may be the root of the Arabic imic i.)The Yellow Emperor EhiangTi (2704-2595 BCE) is the legendary first alchemist in China, who learnt the art from three immortal women, who also generously saw fit to instruct him in the arts of love. Chinese alchemy inherited a number of facets from folk belief, such as the idea of a plant that, when eaten, will grant immortality, together with the mystic quest for spiritual illumination. 

The legendary Yellow Emperor, said to have been the founder of Chinese alchemy. He is said to have learnt the art from three... 

In 2,000 B.C., magnetic stones are mentioned in the oldest medical textbook ever discovered - the Yellow Emperor s Classic of Internal Medicine. Over 2,500 years ago, a shepherd named Magnes found mineral stones sticking to the metal nails in his sandals he called the mineral magnetite. 

In a book attributed to Shen-Nung s successor, the "yellow emperor", for example, the author felt that alcoholism had tmly gotten out of hand ... 

Veith, I. (Ed.). The yellow emperor s classic internal medicine. Baltimore Williams and Wilkins, 1949. 

I Ik Royal Art of alchemy remains one of the most enduring and h.ilfling human enterprises. It is called the Royal Art, because it was practiced by, or on behalf of, kings and princes as far back as (he legendary Yellow Emperor Huang-Di [ca. 27th c. bc] and as lau as the 17th century, when the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf... 

Veith, I. The Yellow Emperor s Classic of Internal Medicine. Berkeley University of California Press, 1966. 

The transmission ceremony of the Scripture of the Nine Elixirs reproduces the rite celebrated at the beginning of human history by the Yellow Emperor, when he transmitted the text to the Mysterious Master (Xuanzi). After the disciple makes an oath, the master receives tokens from him, and asks the Mysterious Woman (Xuannii, the deity who gave the scripture to... 

The Yellow Emperor received the Culminant Way of the Reverted Elixirs huandan zhidao) from the Mysterious Woman, who is a celestial woman. The Yellow Emperor compounded and ingested them, and thereby rose to heaven as an immortal.. . . The Yellow Emperor transmitted this Way to the Mysterious Master.. . . Jiudan jingjue, i.ia)... 

The transmission from the Mysterious Woman to the Yellow Emperor marks the moment when the Nine Elixirs leaves the heavens and enters the human world, while the transmission from the Yellow Emperor to the Mysterious Master is the first instance of its transmission on earth. The ceremony celebrated at that time, described in the Nine Elixirs, is the model of the rite of transmission performed between master and disciple after the text became accessible to human beings. 

The revelation of the Nine Elixirs is due therefore to two divine couples, each of which consists of a female and a male figure the Primordial Princess and Laozi on the one hand (transmission in heaven), and the Mysterious Woman and the Yellow Emperor on the other (transmission on earth). The relation between the components of the two couples is similar the Primordial Princess is the mother and teacher of Laozi, while the Mysterious Woman, as we shall presently see, is one of several deities who granted teachings to the Yellow Emperor. Also similar is the relation between the two male and the two female figures. Laozi—or his divine counterpart, Laojun... 

Instructions on the Scripture of the Divine Elixirs of the Nine Tripods of the Yellow Emperor Huangdi jiuding shendan jingjue)... 

Several other rules, dictated by the Mysterious Master (Xuanzi) who first received the Nine Elixirs from the Yellow Emperor, are listed in the commentary to this text under four headings the Five Interdictions [wuji), the Three Taboos (sanhui), the Four Calamities (sibai), and the Six Adversities (liuwei). The Five Interdictions concern days on which the compounding of the elixir and related actions should not take place. These are... 

Then Ge Hong points out that the Yellow Emperor, who is associated with both alchemy and the sexual techniques, became an immortal through the practice of the former rather than the latter ... 

The common people hear that the Yellow Emperor rose to heaven with 1,200 women, and say that he obtained longevity only thanks to this. They do not know that the Yellow Emperor compounded the Nine Elixirs on Lake Ding at the foot of Mount Jing, and then rose to heaven by riding a dragon. He might have had 1,200 women, but it was not for this reason that he was able to do it. (Baopu zi, 6.129)... 

The text translated below is found in the first chapter of the Huangdi jiuding shendan jingjue (Instructions on the Scripture of the Divine Elixirs of the Nine Tripods of the Yellow Emperor). This and other works on the Nine Elixirs (see below, Appendix B) are referred to in my comments as follows ... 

The Yellow Emperor transmitted this Way to the Mysterious Master (Xu-anzi), and admonished him saying ... 

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