Li Ching - Yuen from
China lived 256 years, born in 1677 in the town of Qi Jiang Xian in the
Szechuan province. He was a martial artist and a tactical adviser and he
died in 1933, having over 200 descendants during his life span and
surviving 23 wives.
How did he do it?
Ching-Yuen is reported to have lived off a diet of herbs and rice wine inculding lingzhi, Goji Berries- wild ginseng, he shou wu and gotu kola.
Is there proof?
In a 1930 New York Times article, Professor Wu Chung-chieh of the University of Chengdu found Imperial Chinese government records from 1827, congratulating Li Ching-Yuen on his 150th birthday. Further documents later congratulate him on his 200th birthday in 1877.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen
How did he do it?
Ching-Yuen is reported to have lived off a diet of herbs and rice wine inculding lingzhi, Goji Berries- wild ginseng, he shou wu and gotu kola.
Is there proof?
In a 1930 New York Times article, Professor Wu Chung-chieh of the University of Chengdu found Imperial Chinese government records from 1827, congratulating Li Ching-Yuen on his 150th birthday. Further documents later congratulate him on his 200th birthday in 1877.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen
