Swallowing saliva?

"Master, I used to hear people say that swallowing saliva is good for the body. I even learned to face the sun at noon, work up saliva in my mouth, and then swallow it in three gulps. I also learned some chanting-based swallowing methods. Is this useful?"

"It's not very useful. Swallowing saliva isn't practiced that way. Some people call saliva body fluid, while others call it jade liquid."

"Is there also someone saying to swallow that of some old man or old woman, since those old folks are so formidable, practice some cultivation, have whatever benefits, and so on? Or maybe someone saying they practice some cultivation, and then swallowing their saliva is good?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Master, there are things like that."

"They all damn well don't know how to cultivate and talk complete nonsense. Traditional Chinese medicine books say swallowing saliva has a certain effect, yet they don't spin it as mysteriously as those folks do. A bunch of half-baked phonies who understand nothing, yet constantly use these little cheap tricks to dupe many ignorant people.

If it were really like that, everyone would have damn well swallowed their own saliva for half a lifetime, so why do they still get sick?

Greedy hearts are at work, and some little fools even scheme to swallow other people's saliva. Cough, cough, cough.

They self-deceptively feel as if they are getting a bit better. Taking damn fake medicine and feeling it works—everyone would damn well feel it's somewhat useful. That's damn caused by changes in the state of mind, what the heck does it have to do with what you swallow?"

"This, this, this... So that's how it is, Master."

"The method of swallowing saliva does exist, but it isn't practiced that way. Look at those little infants; their