The secret of his health preservation is as follows: "nine don't eat" in diet. He advocates Confucius' thought that "food is not tired of essence, food is not tired of essence" and adheres to the principle of "nine don't eat". Namely: don't eat rotten food; Do not eat rotten fish; Do not eat food with ugly colors; Don't eat smelly food; Don't eat undercooked food; Don't eat before eating; Cutting meat must not be eaten; Do not eat soy sauce vinegar if it is not properly seasoned; The food in the market is not edible without inspection. In addition, he also stressed that he is also very greedy for food that suits his taste.
Adhere to the "five sleepless nights" in daily life. He also insisted on "five sleepless nights": not sleeping in the open air; Don't sleep when the wind blows; Don't sleep with the light on; Cold hands and feet do not sleep; The head of the bed faces north and doesn't sleep. In terms of sleep, I have achieved "changing clothes frequently". He changed his supine and upright sleeping positions and adopted the sleeping position of lying on his side and kneeling. Change clothes frequently. In terms of dressing, he changed all kinds of clothes in time with the change of temperature, so that cold people were not frozen and warm people were not hot.
"Heavy medicine bath" in health care. He learned the recipe of "soup bath" of an old man in Mount Tai. According to the data, the medicated bath accompanied Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty until his death. He became the only one of the Western Han 14 emperors who lived to a very high age, largely because of the medicated bath. Today, "Emperor Wudi's medicated bath" is still regarded as a wonderful work of health care in China.