Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history and profound roots. In Huangdi Neijing, the first classic of Chinese medicine, many health preserving methods are mentioned. Physicians in the past dynasties kept advancing on the road of exploring the true meaning of TCM health preservation and summed up many effective health preservation methods. Below, several commonly used methods of TCM health preservation are introduced for your reference.
have a healthy diet
A reasonable diet can regulate essence, correct the deviation of viscera and yin, prevent diseases and prolong life. According to the theory of TCM health preservation, diet should be based on the principle of "five grains for nourishment, five fruits for help, no hidden food for benefit, and five dishes for filling", and pay attention to the harmony of five flavors, otherwise it will cause diseases due to unbalanced nutrition, biased physique and dysfunction of internal organs.
Dynamic health care
Chinese medicine believes that "people must work hard and all diseases cannot be reached." Therefore, the ancients explored the forms of massage, Qigong, Tai Ji Chuan, Baguazhang and Wuqinxi in medical treatment and life practice, so as to keep fit and prolong life. Of course, if people are overworked, it is easy to cause "strain", which is also commonly known as "five strains", that is, long-term blood injury, long-term lying injury, long-term flesh injury, long-term bone injury and long-term muscle injury.
Shen Jing healthy
Health preserving plays an important role in China traditional medicine. The ancients believed that God was the master of life activities. Keeping quiet and psychologically balanced can keep innocent vitality, make the five internal organs peaceful, help prevent diseases, improve health and prolong life. On the contrary, it will lead to emotional internal injury, anger hurting the liver, happiness and sadness, thinking hurting the spleen, worrying about the lungs, fearing hurting the kidneys, and even inducing various physical and mental diseases.
Through self-reflection, to achieve the perfect realm of body and mind
According to the theory of TCM health preservation, people who pursue health and longevity should first start with their own cultivation. For example, they should eliminate all kinds of delusions on weekdays, say more good things, do more good deeds, let themselves be open-minded and emotionally stable, so as to maintain their physical and mental health.
Regulating qi and keeping healthy
The primordial qi of human body has the functions of metaplasia, blood production and blood consolidation, warming and nourishing the whole body tissues, resisting pathogenic factors and enhancing the functions of viscera. Many factors, such as unbalanced nutrition, improper work and rest, emotional imbalance, and invasion of pathogenic factors, can cause yuan-qi deficiency, depression, stagnation and inversion, and then cause pathological changes. The method of regulating qi and keeping in good health in TCM advocates a series of measures, such as careful living, adapting to the four seasons, abstaining from overwork, preventing excessive relaxation, regulating diet, harmonizing five flavors, regulating seven emotions, saving words and learning qi, and regulating breath, to regulate vitality, eliminate diseases and prolong life.
The above are just a few common methods of TCM health preservation, and readers can choose according to their own situation and preferences. In addition, there are many TCM health preserving methods, which will not be introduced here. You can collect it yourself or consult a doctor for more reasonable advice.