Treat diabetes
For diabetics, the first choice to control blood sugar is dieting. If dieting and changing living habits can keep blood sugar at a reasonable level, then there is no need to turn to drugs, which is one of the reasons why many advocates claim that it can "cure" diabetes; However, not all diabetic patients are suitable for dieting therapy, and some types of diabetes are prone to ketoacidosis when they are hungry. Therefore, for patients, the specific operation of dieting should be clearly planned and arranged, and their own feelings should be taken into account. It is best to carry out it under the guidance of professionals, rather than blindly pursuing "radical cure" in the embrace of the valley, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
Treat cardiovascular diseases
Because obesity is an independent risk factor of cardiovascular disease, dieting and weight control will undoubtedly keep people away from the threat of this first killer of human health. Atherosclerosis and atherosclerotic plaque are the direct causes of coronary heart disease (myocardial infarction) and cerebrovascular disease (cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage), and dieting is helpful to reduce blood lipid, reverse fatty liver and delay the occurrence of atherosclerosis. So some fans think that it can "dredge and soften blood vessels", and its significance is actually nothing more than the benefits brought by dieting and losing weight. Before modern medicine entered China, Yin and Yang and Qi and blood were the main ways for China people to know health. After modern medicine entered China, tradition did not lose its position. Standing on the side of tradition, science is quite mechanical and cold; In science, tradition is rather vague, rough and vague. It is difficult for science to tell you what "vitality" and "meridians" are; Similarly, tradition should not boast that it has understood the ultimate mystery of science.
Taoism has a long history of keeping in good health. However, among some fierce advocates of traditional health care, such as health care from Taoism, scientific concepts are often distorted intentionally or unintentionally, and scientific ideas are often misinterpreted. People will more or less exaggerate the magical effect of breaking the valley. Some people even describe broken valley as a panacea for all diseases. It seems that after several cycles of broken valleys, most chronic diseases can be recovered, which is obviously inconsistent with the objective facts. Experience and reason tell us that there is no panacea for all diseases. In the face of diseases, it is the correct attitude to believe in scientific and reasonable treatment.