The theory of "seven women and eight men" in Neijing summarizes the growth law of human body and is a concrete interpretation of the development process of human life.

The so-called "woman is seven years old, full of kidney qi and longer teeth; On the 27 th, when the sky comes, the pulse is too strong, and the moon is in the present, so there is a son; Sanqi kidney qi is general, so real teeth are born and long; Four or seven strong bones and muscles, extremely long hair and strong body; On may 7, Yangming's pulse failed, his face began to burn and his hair began to fall; The 673 Yang pulse decays in the upper part, the face is burnt, and the hair begins to turn white; On July 7, the pulse was weak, the pulse was too strong, the sky was exhausted, and the tunnel was impassable, so the shape was bad and there was no child. Husband is eight years old, with strong kidneys and long teeth; 28. The kidney is full of qi, the sky is full, the essence overflows, and the yin and yang are harmonious, so you can have children; March 8 kidney qi is general, bones and muscles are strong, so real teeth are born and long; Four or eight muscles are full of strength; 58 kidney qi deficiency and tooth decay; The spirit of the sun is exhausted on the body, the face is burned and the hair is white ... ".

It is considered that women have experienced the growth and replacement of teeth and hair, menarche and childbirth at the age of 7. Men, on the other hand, take the age of eight as a development cycle, and the methods of health preservation and disease prevention and treatment at different time periods are not the same. This concept of dynamic development is very different from the simple view of "birth and death" in western medicine.

The theory of "preventing diseases" in TCM fully embodies the idea of "people-oriented".

There is a saying in "China's View of Ancient Literature": "The foundation is moist and rainy, and the moonlight is subtle." Traditional Chinese medicine pays full attention to the external signs of patients and obtains more information, which is not limited to laboratory indicators.

Comprehensive analysis of patients' current health status, multi-angle assessment of physical condition, provide an important basis for early prevention of diseases, so as to achieve the purpose of planning ahead.

For example, coronary atherosclerosis is an early pathological phenomenon of coronary heart disease, and only patients with coronary artery stenosis greater than 50% can be diagnosed as coronary heart disease. At present, oral antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin are still the main drug treatment, but a large amount of evidence shows that aspirin, as the main drug for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and cannot significantly reduce the occurrence of long-term cardiovascular events.

For this kind of patients, most doctors only give advice on regular detection of vascular diseases, and oral western medicine has become a substitute for placebo and no medicine to some extent. When the diagnosis standard has not been reached, Chinese medicine can also evaluate the etiology and pathogenesis of patients as a whole by listening, listening and asking questions, so as to improve the sub-health state of patients and achieve the goal of controlling the continuous development of diseases.

Another example is that the patient is short of breath and weak after exercise, but there is no obvious change in physical and chemical examination. Western medicine also lacks effective treatment drugs for this kind of sub-health state, but at this time, Chinese medicine can treat it from the angles of benefiting qi and strengthening spleen, so as to effectively improve the symptoms.

In the process of TCM diagnosis and treatment, people are not only carriers of diseases, but also people see symptoms, so people should be the first and symptoms are the second. According to the differences of gender, age and physiological state of different patients, more specific health care and diagnosis and treatment schemes are selected, which fully embodies the diagnosis and treatment concept of "people-oriented, different from person to person" in traditional Chinese medicine.

Please indicate the author: Dr. Shen Li.

Major: cardiovascular diseases, gynecological diseases, infertility, digestive system diseases, chronic kidney diseases, insomnia, anxiety, depression and other emotional diseases.

Personal profile: Doctor of Medicine, postdoctoral fellow of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, engaged in clinical, scientific research and teaching of Chinese medicine for more than 0 years 10, secretary-general of China Association for the Promotion of Chinese Medicine Research, and now works in Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has published more than 40 papers (6 SCI) and 9 books (6 deputy editors and 3 editorial boards); He presided over 9 projects (including 2 national projects and 2 provincial projects) and granted 2 patents; The research results won the first prize of Zhejiang Science and Technology Progress Award in 20 17, the second prize of outstanding achievement award of scientific research in colleges and universities, and the first prize of Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Progress Award.