[Shoushimidian of DING Qi-yu]

Shoushimidian is a series of books about cultivating life written by a physician of the Qing dynasty: DING Qi-yu, which involved Yuelan, Tiaoshe, Leiwu, Jifang. This book compiled the local conditions as well as the climate and customs after Han and Tang dynasties in the order of the months, recorded the details which ought to be paid attention to in daily life, enumerated the nature and flavor and actions of diet products and collected diet therapeutic prescriptions with the action of cultivating life and treating disease.