Longevity, empathy. Big officials and nobles, non-party cultivation of truth, and three religions and nine streams are all concerned here. Therefore, health literature is not limited to doctors, but covers a hundred schools of thought. There are hundreds of health books in China, not including books that are not health books. Health books can be divided into the following categories.

General theory course

Mainly from the purport, theory and guiding ideology of health care, this paper comprehensively expounds various health care methods, which are general rather than specific, and help people to understand the health care theory and guide general health care, such as Wei Boyang's Zhouyi Shentongqi in Han Dynasty, Yang Lu in Liang Dynasty [[Tao Hongjing]], Sun Zhenren's Health Care Ming in Tang Dynasty [[Sun Simiao]] and Chen in Song Dynasty.

Food feeding class

This paper mainly discusses the way of keeping in good health from the relationship between the physical taste of diet, the efficacy of nourishing and astringent, and the state of human body, weather and climate, geographical area and so on. , including dieting, avoiding food and so on. His works include: Drinking and Eating are Necessary by Hu Sihui in Yuan Dynasty, Faithfulness, Longevity and Broken Valley by Taoist Prize Collection (the author is anonymous), and On Saving Drinking Collection by Jianyuan Old Man in Qing Dynasty.

Guidance course

This paper mainly discusses the theory and specific methods of Qigong and Daogong, and expounds the methods of eliminating diseases, preserving health and prolonging life, including various schools and forms of Qigong and various Daogong (such as Baduanjin, Wu Qin Xi and Yijinjing). For example, the propaganda method of the source of illness in the Sui Dynasty, Yin Zhenren's Guide to Life in the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Quan's Hidden Immortals, Ma Qi's The Fairy Classic in the Qing Dynasty, Yi Jin Jing by the founder of Dharma in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sit-in by Huang Yuan in the Ming Dynasty and Lou Jie in the Qing Dynasty.

charm

It is mainly related to various pill refining methods. The ancients had hoped to make a magic pill that would make people immortal and soar through the complicated combustion process of various mineral drugs. Although this idea is absurd and almost illusory, they also got some effective pills to treat diseases, which is the first in the research of human medicinal chemistry. Treatment of diseases, such as Hongshengdan and Baijiangdan, has been summarized clinically. This kind of works are mainly collected in Taoist classics, such as Wu Yi's Fang Dan Xun in Song Dynasty, Jin Lingzi's Dragon and Tiger Return to Dan, and the author's Huangdi Jiuding Classic. The earliest and most famous person who recorded alchemy was Bao Puzi written by Ge Hong in Jin Dynasty.