Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Impotence Epidemic in China 1
5. PART I: SOCIETY AND STATE
6. CHAPTER 1. The Birth of Nanke (Men’s Medicine) 29
7. CHAPTER 2. Sexual Repression 51
8. CHAPTER 3. One Thousand Bodies of Impotence 71
9. CHAPTER 4. Impotence, Family, and Women 101
10. PART II: POTENCY AND LIFE
11. CHAPTER 5. The Loss of Jing (Seminal Essence) and the Revival of Yangsheng (the Cultivation of Life) 135
12. CHAPTER 6. Bushen (Nourishing the Kidney), Shugan (Smoothing out the Liver), or Taking the Great Brother (Viagra) 166
13. CHAPTER 7. Potency Is Fullness of Life 198
14. CONCLUSION: “If Shen (the Kidney) Is Strong, Life Is Good” 221
15. Notes 229
16. References 251
17. Index 277