Imperial Chinese government records from
1827 were discovered by a professor of the Chengdu University, Wu
Chung-chieh. Those records were congratulations to Li Ching-Yuen for his
150th birthday and also there were documents that were congratulating the same man for this 200th birthday.
In the neighborhood where Li Ching-Yuen
grew up many old men actually knew him when they were boys. Li was
herbalist and he began his herbalist career at very young age. He wanted
to go for a walk in the mountain and there he had many different herbs
to choose from.
On a diet of only herbs he survived for
almost 40 years. Those herbs included goji berry, wild ginseng, he shoo
wu, gotu kola, rice wine and lingzhi. He became teacher of martial arts
at the age of 71 in the Chinese armies. It is believed that he has been
married 23 times during his life and that he was a father to over 200
children.
From the time when Li was a little boy
many people did not know how to read or write but that was not the same
for Li. He knew to read and write on a very young age and he traveled in
Kansu, Shansi, Tibet, Annam, Siam and Manchuria on very young age in
order to find new herbs. After a hundred of years gathering herbs he
decided to start selling herbs gathered by others such as gotu kola, he
shouwu, wild ginseng, goji berry, lingzhi and many other Chinese herbs.He got his dietary recommendations and
Qigong exercises from 500-year-old man. Besides diets that are rich with
herbs and Qigong exercises there is something else that Li said before
dying and it was not any how connected to the high tech infrared devices
that people in the West are taught about when it comes to extending the
life time of a human.
Do you wonder what Li said? He said that
he kept his heart quiet, that he walked sprightly like a pigeon, that
he was sitting like a tortoise and that he was sleeping like a dog. He
said that to Wu Pei-fu, the warlord who took Li into his house in order
to find out about his secrets. That means that the secret for longevity
is inward calm and peace of mind combined with breathing techniques.
Also the herb diet might have been of a big importance also.
Many people do not believe that people
can live 200 years and that is what makes this case also hard to believe
for so many people. The ‘’normal’’ lifespan of the Western world is
between 70-85 years and if someone is 100 years old it is believed that
he or she had luck. Have someone ever asked him or herself – Why we do
not believe that humans can live for so long?
On this planet there are still people
that are not living the lifestyle that you are living. That means they
do not sit in front of their computers for long hours, they do not use
smartphones, they do not consume junk food and not natural sugars and
they do not breathe in the pollute.
air with chemicals that we are
breathing. Also they do not smoke or drink alcohol and when they get ill
they do not use antibiotics. Last but not least they exercise every
day. They also enjoy spending time out in nature to practice breathing
techniques and meditating and with that they are not stressed.
We go for vacation for one week or 10
days in a year and imagine that you are on that kind of vacation every
day – out in the nature on the sun, breathing fresh air and walking in
the mountains. What if that is the key to a longer life? We could never
know because we can’t escape the lifestyle we have.
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