君子不器
via radianthour: Just like the Vedic Soma and the Greek Ambrosia, the Chinese also had a magical, life-prolonging substance which they called Zhi (芝). [22] The Records of the Grand Historian (史記, Shiji, c. 90 BCE) mentions that the emperors Qin Shihuangdi (秦始皇帝, 260–210 BCE) and Han Wudi (漢武帝, 156–87 BCE) sent thousands of men…
Si Junzi Tang has four ingredients: ginseng, licorice, atractylodes (baizhu), and hoelen (fuling); it is derived from Lizhong Wan (Pill for Warming the Center) of the Shanghan Lun by replacing the warming, spicy ginger with the bland, neutral hoelen. As a result of this single herb change, the earlier chill-dispelling prescription is altered to form…