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How to raise Chinese medicine?
1. TCM focuses on health preservation.

Chinese medicine advocates: "If you go to the doctor, there is no disease; if you go to the doctor, you will get sick; if you go to the doctor, you will get sick." In other words, Chinese medicine focuses on health preservation. It can be said that everyone knows a little about the theory of TCM health preservation, such as eating radish in winter and ginger in summer, so you don't have to bother the doctor to prescribe medicine. This is a method of keeping in good health. In the past, children should be hungry and cold if they want to be safe. Children can't eat too much, too warm, and even adults can't eat too much. This is also a health preserving method of Chinese medicine. Playing Tai Ji Chuan in the morning, listening to classical music and practicing calligraphy in my spare time are all methods of TCM health preservation. But like the 100-meter race, hurdle race and high jump, although some athletes can win the world championship, most of our athletes are injured. Such exercise is not good for health.

Western medicine calls traditional medicine alternative medicine, and some call traditional medicine complementary medicine, that is, traditional Chinese medicine can also be treated if the treatment effect of western medicine is not good. In fact, western medicine is the real complementary medicine and alternative medicine. Let's look at it from another angle. If limbs fail, replace limbs, if heart fails, replace heart, if liver fails, replace liver. All organs of the human body can be replaced, and now everything can be replaced except the brain. The other is supplement. Nowadays, advertisements for calcium supplementation can be seen on TV every day. Are we all short of calcium in China? Can calcium supplementation solve the problem? Too much calcium can cause calcification of children's organs, and the blood calcium in the body is too high, and it can't be lowered if you want to. Calcium deficiency in human body is a problem of human function. The human body can't absorb and transport calcium in food, but the function problem should be solved. Therefore, some patients with osteoporosis eat calcium, so their organs become calcified and their bones are still loose. The method of supplementing calcium is actually wrong. Osteoporosis cannot be solved by simply supplementing calcium according to the theory of western medicine. The main problem to be solved is the absorption and transformation of calcium. It is reported on TV that someone has repeatedly suffered from stomach bleeding after eating protein powder. Unable to find out the reason, the doctor asked him about his diet. The man said that he had eaten protein powder for two or three months recently. The doctor told him not to eat protein powder for the time being, and sure enough, he was fine after two or three months. Therefore, the human body is not as good as possible, but should pay attention to balance. Traditional Chinese medicine theory pays attention to health care. The health care of TCM is like a fire brigade. The staff inspected everywhere, which seems to have no credit, but it played a preventive role. Western medicine is like a fireman. Where there is fire, he is busy. Everyone burned black and blue, and it seems that the credit is great. There is an idiom: sudden salary has no manners, and being at a loss is the guest of honor. The reality is in line with some people's psychology: Chinese medicine "works hard without getting benefits" and western medicine "is a guest". But if you usually pay attention to health care, why do you have to go to the emergency room of the hospital?

2. The concept of health care

The word "keeping in good health" first appeared in Zhuangzi's chapter. The so-called life is life, survival and growth; The so-called maintenance means maintenance, aftercare, aftercare, nourishing and aftercare. Health preservation is a comprehensive activity to strengthen the body and prolong life by nourishing the mind, regulating diet, exercising, having sex carefully and adapting to cold and temperature.

Under the guidance of TCM theory, TCM health preservation is a practical science that explores and studies the traditional theories and methods of health care, physical fitness, disease prevention and longevity in China, and uses this theory and method to guide people's health care activities.

Since ancient times, people have called the theory and method of health preservation "the way of health preservation". For example, Su Wen's "On Ancient Naivety" said: "Ancient people know it, learn from Yin and Yang, make predictions with it, and control their diet ..." The "Tao" here is the way to preserve health. Whether you can live a long and healthy life depends not only on whether you can understand the way of health preservation, but more importantly, whether you can apply the way of health preservation to your daily life. Due to different practices and experiences, health care physicians in past dynasties have their own emphases and strengths in calming the nerves, exercising, consolidating essence, regulating qi, and supplementing food. From the academic schools, there are Taoist health care, Confucian health care, doctor health care, Buddhist health care and martial arts health care. They all expounded the theory and method of health care from different angles, which enriched the content of health care.

The theory of health preservation is guided by the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, absorbs the essence of each family and puts forward a series of health preservation principles. Such as nourishing body and mind, coordinating yin and yang, conforming to nature, nourishing diet, living alone cautiously, harmonizing viscera, dredging meridians, controlling diet, saving energy, benefiting qi and regulating breath, and exercising moderately. , so that health activities have rules to follow and laws to follow. For example, diet health, emphasizing food maintenance, food festivals, food taboos, food bans and so on. Drug health care should pay attention to drug maintenance, drug treatment, drug taboo, drug prohibition, etc. There are many kinds of traditional sports health preservation, such as Tai Ji Chuan, Baduanjin, Yijinjing, Wuqinxi, health preservation and so on. Static exercises include relaxation, internal strength, strength, qigong and gas exercise. The combination of static and dynamic exercises include empty exercises, physical and mental piles, etc. No matter what kind of exercise you choose, as long as you practice well and persevere, you can get the effect of fitness, disease prevention and longevity. Acupuncture, massage, massage and cupping are also convenient and effective. This method is not only deeply loved by the people of China, but also widely circulated around the world, making due contributions to the health care of all mankind.

3. Basic principles of TCM health preservation

Health and longevity is an eternal proposition of human beings, and it has always been the constant desire and pursuit goal of human beings throughout the ages. Especially with the increasing prosperity and progress of human society, rich and colorful spiritual activities and great improvement of material life, people's desire for health and expectation of longevity are becoming more and more urgent, and the pursuit of "living to be 100 years old" is becoming more and more intense. But how can people achieve health and live a good life? The only correct way is to learn and follow the regimen. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the essence of health preservation is to achieve "being naked and being distracted". The core of health preservation is to "reconcile yin and yang"; The principle of health preservation is to coordinate viscera, protect yang and benefit yin; Smooth meridians and harmonize qi and blood; Quiet and refreshing, abstinence essence; Adjust your breath and nourish your qi, and persevere. The way to preserve one's health is to be warm and cold at four seasons, to be emotionally harmonious, to live cautiously and live alone, to strengthen the five internal organs to connect meridians, to avoid deficiency and evil, and to be healthy. The basic principles of TCM health preservation are summarized as follows:

(1) coordinating zang-fu organs: The human body is a unity centered on the five internal organs. The five zang-organs are the basis of human life, and the yin and yang of the five zang-organs are the basis of the yin and yang of the human body. The normal coordination of the functions of the five zang-organs and the nourishment of the body and spirit of the zang-organs are the basic guarantee of health. The coordination among the five zang-organs is realized through the relationship of interdependence, mutual restriction and mutual restriction. If there is a system, it can maintain dynamic balance and ensure the smooth progress of physiological activities.

The physiological significance of viscera coordination determines its health-preserving function. From the perspective of health preservation, the coordination of zang-fu organs is achieved through a series of health preservation measures. Coordination has two meanings: one is to strengthen the synergistic effect of zang-fu organs and enhance the metabolic vitality of the body. The second is to correct the deviation. When there is occasional disharmony between zang-fu organs, it should be adjusted in time to correct its deviation. As one of the guiding principles of health preservation, these two aspects are implemented in various health preservation methods, such as: nourishing liver in spring, heart and spleen in summer, lung in autumn and kidney in winter; Emphasize emotional comfort in mental health preservation to avoid damaging the five internal organs because of excessive ambition; Emphasize the harmony of five flavors, not too partial. In diet and health preservation, it is implemented according to the guiding principle of coordinating zang-fu organs. Another example is the "six-character tactics", "eight-segment brocade" and "five-bird play" in sports health preservation, all of which are compiled to enhance the function of viscera. Therefore, coordinating zang-fu organs is one of the guiding principles of health preservation, which should be paid enough attention to.

(2) Smooth channels and collaterals: Channels and collaterals are the channels through which qi and blood flow. Only when the meridians are unobstructed can qi and blood flow throughout the body. Only when the channels and collaterals are unobstructed, the zang-fu organs are interlinked, and the yin and yang intersect, can we nourish the zang-fu organs, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, remove blood stasis and resist the spirit, and ensure the smooth progress of life activities and vigorous metabolism. Therefore, meridians are used for communication, and the smoothness of meridians is closely related to life activities. Once the meridians are blocked, it will affect the coordination of zang-fu organs and hinder the operation of qi and blood. Therefore, Su Wen's Theory of Regulating Classics says: "All the five internal organs come from the tunnel, so as to channel qi and blood, and qi and blood are not harmonious, and all diseases change." Therefore, the smoothness of meridians is often regarded as the guiding principle of health preservation, which runs through various health preservation methods.

There are two main functions of dredging collaterals in health preservation method: one is to activate bones and muscles to dredge qi and blood. Such as Tai Ji Chuan, Wuqinxi, Baduanjin and Yijinjing. They all use movements to achieve the so-called exercise purpose of "moving to achieve depression". Exercising bones and muscles will promote blood circulation and smooth meridians. Harmony of qi, blood and viscera will make you healthy and disease-free; The second is to open the second pulse of Ren Du and operate on weekdays. In the Qigong Guidance Law, there is a saying that Ren Du and Er Meridians are opened and run for days and weeks. Ren meridian runs along the midline of chest and abdomen, and all yin meridians can regulate the qi and blood of yin meridians. Du meridian runs along the midline of the back, and the yang pulse of Du meridian can regulate the blood of Yang meridian. The communication between Ren and Du meridians can make the qi and blood of Yin and Yang meridians flow around and cross each other. Because the Ren and Du meridians run along the chest, abdomen and back, and the two meridians are interlinked, they can promote the movement of qi, and the movement of qi and blood seems to flow circumferentially, so it is called "Zhou Tian" in qigong guidance. It is called "Zhou Xiaotian" because it is limited to the two meridians of Ren Du, not the whole body meridians. On the basis of the opening of small Sunday, all the meridians in the whole body are opened, which is called "big Sunday". Therefore, it is said that the system is opened because in qigong and guidance, it is necessary to promote qi and blood circulation and open the meridians through intentional defense and pranayama. Once the big and small sundays can run smoothly, the yin and yang are coordinated, the qi and blood are peaceful, the viscera are nourished, the essence is full, and the spirit is vigorous, the body will be healthy and will not get sick.

(3) Quiet rest: People's mental activities are extremely complicated and their emotional expressions are diverse. Traditional Chinese medicine divides people's emotional activities into seven manifestations, namely, joy, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and shock, which are referred to as "seven emotions" for short. The change of seven emotions can not only change people's behavior and activity mode, but also change the functional state of human viscera, thus leading to physiological and pathological changes of human body. In the process of metabolism, various physiological functions need to be regulated by the spirit, so the spirit is easily damaged and destroyed. Therefore, Chinese medicine advocates both physical and mental cultivation, and the first thing is to cultivate the spirit.

God is the master of all life activities and the foundation of life. Chinese medicine believes that "those who gain the spirit will prosper, while those who lose the spirit will die". However, recuperation is the first priority. Neijing says that "quietness leads to God's hiding, while urgency leads to God's death". Therefore, the way to nourish the heart is to use the word "quiet" to make people's spiritual and emotional activities in a state of indifference and tranquility, so as to get rid of distractions, have nothing inside and nothing outside. Because in this state, it is conducive to preventing diseases and promoting health; Conducive to anti-aging, anti-aging and longevity. However, the method of quietness does not require people to be ignorant, have no desire, have no ideal, have no ambition, nor artificially suppress their thoughts too much, or be idle and empty without spiritual sustenance. Instead, it advocates concentration, maintaining mental peace, "keeping quiet words and keeping quiet", and avoiding "thinking too much will be dangerous, thinking too much will be distracted, wishing too much will be confused, and doing too much will be tired". Think less and want less, we must rely on the purity of thought, overcome individualism and egoism, and advocate that those who are satisfied will always be happy; Keep a philosophical attitude in life and avoid unprincipled disputes. To achieve peace of mind, we must pay attention to closing our eyes. Eyes are the windows of the mind, and closing our eyes is conducive to peace of mind. Especially in the case of mental tension, emotional excitement and physical and mental exhaustion, a moment's rest can often make people calm, calm, restrained and comfortable.

(4) Abstinence and nourishing essence: Because essence plays a very important role in life activities, it is very important to nourish essence in order to stay healthy and maintain vigorous vitality. "Classic Classics" clearly points out: "Those who are good at keeping in good health must cherish their essence, those who are full of essence, those who are full of vitality, those who are full of spirit, are healthy, those who are healthy are less sick, and those who are strong and old are all based on essence." The significance of preserving sperm can be seen here.

On the other hand, the significance of nourishing essence lies in maintaining kidney essence, that is, essence in a narrow sense. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the growth, development and aging process of human beings are dominated by the kidney, so there is a saying that "the kidney is the innate foundation". Kidney is very important in human viscera, and it is also a place to store essence. "The essence of the husband is the foundation of the body." Essence, qi and spirit are the three treasures of the human body. The yin of the five internal organs is taken from the kidney yin, and the yang of the five internal organs is taken from the kidney yang. Occupy people think that "if the house is too big, it will hurt the kidney,' kidney essence will be exhausted', too much will be lost, and kidney yin or kidney yang will be excessive, that is, yin and yang will be out of balance, and all diseases will be caused by yin and yang imbalance". Traditional Chinese medicine often regards the attenuation of renal function as a sign of aging, so keeping in good health takes abstinence from sexual intercourse as an extremely important anti-aging measure. With good feet, there will be enough students, and with enough students, we will be able to resist aging. The essence of male and female reproduction is the source of human innate life, which should not be leaked excessively. If you indulge in sexual desire, the semen will dry up and the true qi will dissipate, leading to premature aging. Qian Jin Fang Yao pointed out: "Exhaustion leads to exhaustion. Therefore, if you are unruly, you will be exhausted, exhausted, terminally ill and in danger. "It is important to warn people to maintain kidney essence, which is related to the health and life safety of the body. It is enough to show that essence does not consume energy, and nourishing essence can strengthen the body and prolong life. As a guiding principle of health preservation, its significance lies in this.

To achieve the purpose of nourishing sperm, we must grasp two key links. One is abstinence. The so-called abstinence refers to abstinence for men and women. Naturally, men's and women's desires are normal physiological needs and cannot be prohibited, but we should pay attention to moderation and not excessiveness. This is neither absolute abstinence nor excessive indulgence. This is the true meaning of abstinence. Temperance can prevent excessive leakage of yin essence, keep the essence full and be beneficial to physical and mental health. In the health preserving methods of TCM, such as sexual health care, qigong, guidance, etc. There are specific measures for abstinence and sperm preservation. The second is to preserve the essence, which refers to the essence in a broad sense. Essence is congenital, born in Shui Gu and hidden in viscera. The five internal organs are in harmony, and the essence is naturally cultivated. Therefore, nourishing the essence is to nourish the five internal organs without making them hurt too much, to tease the five internal organs without making them too heavy, and to avoid injury and exhaustion, so as to achieve the purpose of nourishing the essence. In the traditional health care methods, this health care principle has been implemented in various methods, such as emotional regulation, four-season health care, daily health care and so on.

(5) Regulating interest and nourishing qi: Nourishing qi mainly comes from two aspects: nourishing qi and regulating qi. If you have sufficient vitality, you will have vitality, and your body will be healthy.

To keep healthy qi, the first thing is to follow the four seasons and be careful with your life. If the human body can adapt to the changes of the four seasons, Yang Can can be protected from harm. Neijing said: "If the air in the sky is quiet, it will be ruled by ambition, and if it is smooth, it will strengthen the yang." Although thieves are evil, they will be harmful. This is due to the chronological order. " Therefore, the four seasons regimen and the daily life regimen are mainly based on maintaining vitality. To maintain healthy qi, the basic point is to nourish the acquired, protect the innate, nourish the acquired spleen and stomach through diet and nutrition, and make Shui Gu subtle and vigorous. Abstinence, sperm fixation and avoidance of labor are the methods and measures to protect innate vitality. Nature and nurture are sufficient, and healthy qi can be cultivated, which is another aspect of maintaining healthy qi. In addition, flirting can avoid the harm of righteousness, and saving words can keep the spirit alive, all of which are measures to maintain righteousness.

As for regulating qi, it is mainly regulating interest. Analogical classics point out: "Those who are good at keeping in good health guide interest, and this should be based on breathing." Breathing and inhaling can regulate breathing, dredge circulation of qi, spread circulation of qi, protect circulation of qi and blood, and unblock meridians. Therefore, there were various breathing methods in ancient times, such as fetal breathing and qigong, and breathing was readjusted to nourish qi. On the basis of pranayama, there are guidance, massage, fitness and acupuncture. Through different methods, activate bones and muscles, stimulate menstruation and qi, dredge meridians, so as to promote the operation of qi and blood, achieve the purpose of enhancing the operation of qi and invigorating metabolic vitality. Su Wen's Theory of All Pain holds that "all diseases are caused by qi" and emphasizes that qi disorder is the main cause of disease and even aging. The smoothness of qi in human body is closely related to the function of liver. The liver governs the discharge, and has the functions of regulating the whole body qi, regulating the spirit and emotion, and promoting the blood circulation of body fluids. When the liver excretes normally, qi will be smooth, qi and blood will be harmonious, meridians will be smooth, viscera will be coordinated, and yin and yang will be balanced. If the liver is not discouraged and the qi is out of order, it will lead to qi stagnation and blood stasis, or phlegm and blood stasis will be intertwined, or qi stagnation will turn into fire, or spleen will block the stomach, involving his internal organs and causing various diseases. It is enough to see that nourishing qi is regarded as one of the basic principles among many health preservation methods, and the specific implementation shows the importance of nourishing qi.

(6) Comprehensive aftercare: Man is a unified organism, and any obstacle in any link will affect normal life activities. Therefore, health care must focus on the overall situation, pay attention to all aspects of life activities, comprehensively consider and comprehensively regulate. The content of comprehensive recuperation is nothing more than the relationship between man and nature, as well as viscera and meridians, spirit and emotion, qi and blood, etc. Specifically, it includes: following the four seasons, being careful about life, adjusting diet, abstaining from lust, flirting, exercising, acupuncture, massage, massage, drug health and many other aspects. As Li Yong pointed out in Introduction to Medicine: "Protect its skin from the wind and cold, protect its five internal organs", "Rest and nourish its bones and muscles, protect its five internal organs", "abstain from prostitution and nourish the essence, think carefully and nourish the heart", "nourish the blood with a light taste, and nourish the spirit with a quiet mind". Sheltering from the wind and cold is to maintain health in the four seasons and coordinate the internal and external functions of the body; The combination of work and rest is to be careful in life, to prevent work-related injuries and to maintain health, and to coordinate the viscera. Abstinence, mindfulness, blandness, etc. Refers to the maintenance of essence, qi and spirit; Exercise, acupuncture and massage are to regulate meridians, zang-fu organs and qi and blood, so that meridians are smooth, qi and blood flow around and zang-fu organs are coordinated; Drugs and health care drugs are enough to strengthen the body and prolong life. Fully regulate and maintain the body from the above different aspects, so as to coordinate the inside and outside of the body, adapt to natural changes, enhance disease resistance, and avoid imbalance and bias. To achieve the balance and unity of heaven and man, viscera, qi and blood, yin and yang in the human body is comprehensive recuperation.

3. Three main points of TCM health preservation

As one of the guiding principles of health care, comprehensive aftercare mainly warns people to have a holistic health care concept. The main points are as follows, and the following points should be paid attention to in specific application:

(1) Appropriate health care: Health care can improve people's health and prolong life. But in the actual process of nursed back to health, it should also be moderate. No matter what kind of regimen, moderation is a very important issue. The so-called golden mean is to be just right. In short, it is not too much to raise, and it is not too late to raise. If you pay too much attention to maintenance, you will be at a loss. If you work a little, you are afraid of wasting gas and hurting your spirit. If Xia Dong changes slightly, stay at home; I think nourishing can prolong life, so I will eat fat and fresh; Afraid of being fat, sweet, greasy, dieting, eating less, and so on. Although I want to keep in good health, I keep too much and am bound. I dare not, and that won't do either. Health is not only useless, but also harmful. Therefore, health preservation should be moderate, in accordance with the laws of life activities, and in line with its normality, in order to truly achieve the goal of "living to death."

(2) Don't be too biased: Pay attention not to be too biased in comprehensive aftercare. There are roughly two situations, one is that "compensation" means raising. Therefore, diet emphasizes nutrition, and food must be supplemented; In order to prolong life, tonics are also used as an aid; Daily life emphasizes comfort, taking rest as the first measure; Of course, food supplement, medicine supplement and rest are all effective measures for health preservation, but if you use too much and ignore other aspects, it will also affect your health. Too much food supplement will lead to overnutrition, too much medicine supplement will lead to excessive yin and yang, too much rest and inactivity will lead to metabolic imbalance. Another situation is that "life lies in exercise", which only emphasizes "endless exercise", which makes the body overloaded, consumes more than supply, ignores the combination of static and dynamic, and moderate rest and rest will also cause metabolic disorders. Although the subjective desire is to preserve health and prolong life, the result is often counterproductive. Therefore, comprehensive nursed back to health advocates the combination of activity and rest, supplementing deficiency and reducing excess, and nourishing body and mind. Take good care of your whole body and don't lose too much. Too much will lose the meaning of health care. Although we have the desire to prolong life, it is difficult to achieve the expected goal, which is not only useless, but harmful.

(3) Nursing on the basis of consideration: comprehensive nursing emphasizes comprehensiveness, coordination and moderation, and at the same time emphasizes that nursing should be targeted. The so-called case support is to analyze the specific problems according to the actual situation, and can't generalize. Generally speaking, it can be raised according to people, time and place. Can't be one-sided, just sum up.

4. Stay healthy.

Invariance means permanence and invariance. Health preservation requires not only proper methods, but also unremitting efforts to continuously improve physical fitness. Only by unremitting adjustment can we achieve our goal. Mainly achieve the following three points:

(1) health care runs through life: in a person's life, various factors will affect the length of the final life, so health care must run through life. Ancient health care experts in China attached great importance to holistic health care methods. Liu, a famous physician in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, put forward the idea of "nourishing, treating, protecting and delaying". In Ming Dynasty, Zhang Jingyue emphasized the importance of health care during pregnancy and middle-aged care. He pointed out that parents' life is often a decisive period before birth, so it is necessary to attach great importance to abstaining from drinking in order to preserve seminal blood and benefit future generations. According to the physiological characteristics of teenagers, children should tonify the kidney and make up for congenital deficiency through acquired effect. Preserving the real Yuan Qi is of great significance to middle-aged health. Man's adulthood is a prosperous stage in his life, and experts put forward: "The drugs suitable for treating diseases should be attenuated to make them all come true." This idea of "reducing toxicity" to prevent harm to healthy qi plays an important role in preventing premature aging. Through the adjustment and cultivation of middle age, prepare for entering old age. When people reach old age, their physiological functions begin to decline. Internally, they should nourish essence, qi and spirit, and externally, they should avoid the evil of six evils, protect healthy qi and help the weak. For the elderly, it is beneficial to prolong life by taking targeted health care measures, appropriate exercise, supplemented by drugs and diet therapy, depending on the deficiency of yin and yang and qi and blood. Ancient people's holistic health care thought is more in line with modern people's understanding of human life and health care.

(2) Practice is the most important: there are many methods of TCM health preservation, which should be chosen reasonably according to your own situation. Once selected, we should be single-minded, concise and avoid fickle. Because each method has its own rules, single-minded diligence can strengthen the rhythm of life movement and improve the order of life movement. If you can't learn each skill thoroughly by practicing several skills at the same time, you can't keep fit, and the rules of various skills are not exactly the same, which interferes with each other, affects the order of life activities and can't improve your health.

The ancients said, "medicine is not expensive, but the sick are good;" There are no advantages or disadvantages in law, and opportunities are wonderful. "If you want to practice martial arts healthily, you must follow the laws of various methods, step by step, persevere, concentrate on practicing, and don't rush for success and practice too much and too hard. As long as we establish a correct attitude, achieve "three hearts", that is, confidence, concentration and perseverance, master the right methods, study hard and experience carefully, we will certainly achieve the effect of keeping fit.

(3) Life-oriented health care: advocating life-oriented health care means actively integrating health care methods into all aspects of daily life. It is believed that work, rest, sitting, lying, clothing, food, housing and walking must conform to the physiological characteristics of human body and the laws of nature and society, so as to bring more benefits to our work, study and health. Health preservation is the need of human beings and society, and it can be maintained everywhere in daily life. As long as we put the idea of health preservation into life and master the methods of fitness, we can prevent diseases, prolong life and improve health.

Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history about the way of keeping in good health. Through the continuous inheritance and innovation of the theory and practice of health care by physicians and health care experts in past dynasties, the theory of health care in traditional Chinese medicine has become increasingly mature and perfect, forming a rich and systematic theory, profound connotation and unique practical experience, which has made indelible contributions to the prosperity of the Chinese nation and the health and longevity of human beings, and has also had a great impact on the formation and development of health care and rehabilitation medicine in the world.

—— Quoted from Master of Disease Prevention by Yanbian People's Publishing House.