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Came across a term called Huan-Ching in a paper I was reading but there was no reference associated with it. The full quote in the paper was “The yogic technique China sent back to India is called huan-ching, or “making the Yellow River flow backwards

 

Anyone out there familiar with this term and what it’s provenance (text/author/timeframe) is? I am interested to read more about it. Thank you

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Huan-ching (Chin., ‘allowing semen to return’). The control of semen, especially the prevention of ejaculation, as a redistribution of power of chi in the body, a prelude to meditation and sexual arts in Taoism. Also used in Tantric Buddhism and in yogic shaivist sects.

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Thank you. Do you know which texts originally used this term? Seems like this definition is out there on the web but I couldn’t find any reference to a source text nor timeframe of original usage.

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