In the long-term practice, Chinese medicine has realized that life activities are complex, the factors affecting human health are constantly changing, and the functional state of human body is also constantly changing. Therefore, health and longevity can not be achieved by one attack, one method and one model, but should be adjusted comprehensively and dialectically according to the specific situation of individuals and the surrounding environment and the actual situation in all aspects. Health experts in all previous dynasties advocated comprehensive and dialectical health care for people, time and place. For example, according to different age groups, health care should be carried out in stages, combining drug health care with non-drug health care, and combining internal adjustment with external support. , all reflect the comprehensive symptoms.

While emphasizing comprehensive nursing, TCM health care also clearly recognizes that health care is a lifelong project, and health and longevity is a long-term goal, which cannot be achieved overnight and needs persistent aftercare. Therefore, Chinese medicine attaches great importance to the practicality of various health preservation methods, including effectiveness and operability. Especially operability, is an important foundation for people to persevere. For example, the theory of TCM health care emphasizes the importance of health care in daily life, summarizes health care methods from all aspects of people's daily life, and pays attention to the simplicity, efficiency and cheapness of various methods such as medicated diet, acupuncture, massage and daubing, which are all concrete manifestations of practicality.

Wide adaptability

Health care is not only for the elderly, but for everyone's life. Quality of life Pregnancy begins from mother to very old, and every age stage has the content of health preservation. Health preservation is not only suitable for people who are not sick, but also a necessary condition for people to stay healthy when they are not sick, sick and after rehabilitation. Every thought, every move and every word of a person involves the issue of health preservation. People of different constitutions, genders and regions have their own suitable health preserving methods. From this point of view, TCM health preservation has a very wide range of applications. With the development of society and the progress of human beings, people are constantly pursuing higher quality of life while pursuing longer life. Traditional Chinese medicine nursing has a wide range of practicability and should be paid attention to. Popularize health care activities in an all-round way, raise people's awareness of health care, and make health care activities a necessary part of people's lives. Therefore, everyone should develop good living habits, establish a healthy lifestyle, and integrate the practice of health preservation into life.

—— Excerpted from the planning textbook "TCM Health Preservation" of colleges and universities in China.