Dao In Pills

Tao in Pills explores the basic principles of Taoism and its relationships with Traditional Chinese Medicine by narrating the life of Jian Shan, a traditional Chinese physician who found peace with the ancient Chinese culture of balance.

Following him through a spiritual journey in the Lands of Jiangsu, it shows the world as Lao-Tzu described it in the Tao-Te-Ching focusing on the themes of health, life and death.

The ancient culture views the Earth, the Metal, the Water, the Wood and the Fire as the 5 elements that describe and regulate all the processes of the world.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine elevated this view, within the well-known Yin-Yang theory, to the fundamental principles of balance.

Subdivided in 5 chapters, each of profound ode to the philosophy of Chinese medicine and the Five Elements, revealing through the everyday life of Jian Shan the Taoist pursuit of the ultimate principle of unity with nature, allowing us a glimpse into the basic laws of the universe.