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The ancients paid great attention to health preservation and liked to soak Lycium barbarum in thermos cups. What health preserving methods did the ancients have?
By health preservation, we mean a medical activity to maintain life, enhance physical fitness and prevent diseases through various methods, so as to prolong life. I summarized the following health tips.

In the prevention of diseases, the ancients and the people have long practiced, such as drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival, which can resist aging and prevent aging; Drinking bayberry wine in summer can prevent heatstroke; Drinking alpine plant wine regularly can prevent the formation of hyperlipidemia and reduce the occurrence of arteriosclerosis; Long-term drinking of acanthopanax bark wine and ginseng wine can strengthen muscles and bones, tonify qi and blood, strengthen body resistance and prevent diseases.

Spring planting is busy in summer, autumn harvest is busy in winter storage, and agricultural society should do it at the right time and rest at the right time. In a more "red" word, it is the unity of man and nature. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to seasonal diet, combining work and rest, that is, proper exercise and seasonal diet, because what nature gives to organisms and the growth and evolution process of complex organisms can provide correct nutrient intake and necessary metabolic cycle. Although modern people have broken the growth habits of plants, the so-called health-preserving drugs in traditional Chinese medicine are still limited to the concept of warm in winter and cool in summer, such as winter jujube, glutinous rice, longan and Guangdong soup.

Cupping and scrapping is a unique health preserving method in China. They are a method of treating blood stasis by exhausting air from the tank by heating and sucking it on the skin through internal and external pressure. This therapy can dispel cold and dampness, dredge channels and collaterals, remove blood stasis, promote circulation of qi and blood circulation, relieve swelling and pain, remove toxin and clear heat, and has the functions of regulating the balance of yin and yang, eliminating fatigue and strengthening the body, thus achieving the purpose of strengthening the body resistance, eliminating pathogenic factors and treating diseases.

After soaking and washing feet, hold your right toe with your right hand, and rub Yongquan point of your right foot and the nearby foot center with your left hand until the foot center is hot. In ancient China, the soles of your feet were regarded as the second heart of people, and many acupoints were very important to the human body. Now we can see many pedicure shops in real life.

There are many health preserving secrets in China's long culture, so I won't list them here.