There are many traditional health preserving methods in China, and there are mainly five methods, including: psychological health preserving method, life health preserving method, diet health preserving method, exercise health preserving method and drug health preserving method.

In traditional Chinese medicine, drugs that can tonify vital qi, improve the function of viscera, enhance physical fitness, improve disease resistance and treat deficiency syndrome are called tonics, or tonics. Drug health preservation refers to the method of maintaining life with nourishing Chinese medicine.

Chinese medicine believes that children are naive and are in the period of growth and development, and should grow according to the normal laws of the human body. If you take too much tonic in childhood, it is like pulling out the seedlings to encourage them, which is not only useless but also harmful and even has toxic and side effects. Tonic drugs are mainly suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with weak constitution.

Traditional Chinese medicine belongs to natural medicine, and its quality is closely related to its origin. Its distribution and growth are closely related to its geographical environment. Because the ecological environment such as soil and water, climate and sunshine is very different. Plants and animals have their specific requirements for the natural conditions for their growth, and the most suitable growth conditions produce the best quality medicinal materials. Therefore, the specific medicinal materials produced in a certain area are called "authentic medicinal materials".

Authentic medicinal materials refer to specific medicinal materials produced in a certain area. After long-term use, observation and comparison, their quality and efficacy are superior to those of other producing areas, and the medicinal materials produced in their producing areas are called authentic medicinal materials. For example, ginseng, Schisandra chinensis and asarum in Northeast China, Chuanxiong and Coptidis Rhizoma in Sichuan, Hangzhou Baiyao and Hangzhou Chrysanthemum in Zhejiang, four major Huai medicines (Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae and Chrysanthemum) in Henan, Notoginseng and Poria in Yunnan, gecko in Guangxi, Zexi and Auricularia auricula in Fujian, Ejiao in Shandong, Codonopsis in Shanxi, Lycium barbarum in Ningxia, Angelica in Gansu and Dangshen in Inner Mongolia.

The function of Chinese herbal medicine processing. The processing of Chinese herbal medicines is to treat Chinese herbal medicines in a certain way according to the needs of medical use, so as to eliminate or reduce the side effects of drugs. Enhance curative effect, change performance, and facilitate preparation, preparation, administration, storage, etc. So as to improve the quality of drugs and ensure the safety and effectiveness of drugs.

First, eliminate or reduce the toxicity, toxicity and side effects of drugs.

Radix Aconiti, Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Rhizoma Arisaematis, Semen Strychni, etc. It is easy to be poisoned by oral administration, and the toxicity is reduced after processing. Croton, spurge, kansui, etc. It has strong medicinal properties and can be relieved after processing.

Second, strengthen the role of drugs and improve clinical efficacy.

Stemona root, aster root and coltsfoot flower processed with honey can increase the effect of moistening lung and relieving cough;

Honey-baked ephedra can stop sweating and enhance the effect of relieving cough and asthma;

Honey-baked Astragalus membranaceus can enhance its function of tonifying middle energizer and benefiting qi.

Honey-baked licorice, the medicinal properties become warmer, and the efficacy of tonifying the middle energizer, replenishing qi and moistening the lung is enhanced;

Stir-fried yam with bran to enhance the efficacy of strengthening spleen and stomach;

Parching Radix Linderae with bran to increase its burnt taste;

Parching Atractylodes macrocephala with bran enhances its spleen strengthening effect;

Fried Fructus Aurantii with bran can reduce its breakthrough and enhance the efficacy of regulating qi and stomach.

Stir-fried Fructus Aurantii Immaturus with bran can alleviate the illness, enhance digestion and strengthen spleen function.

Stir-fried five-grain worms with bran, corrected taste, and enhanced the function of invigorating stomach and promoting digestion;

Stir-fry silkworm with bran to correct smell and taste;

Stir-fried Cimicifuga with wine can help its hair rise, while stir-fried with bran can remove its dryness without hurting the diaphragm;

Rhizoma Cyperi: Ginger juice can increase the antiemetic effect, salt processing can increase the effect of regulating kidney qi, wine processing can enhance the effect of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, and vinegar processing can enhance the analgesic effect.

Coptis chinensis: inducing medicine to clear the fire of upper energizer;

Aspergillus aspergillus: stir-frying with wine bran can strengthen bones and muscles and promote blood circulation;

Cornus officinalis: steaming with wine can enhance the effect of warming and nourishing liver and kidney;

Ligustrum lucidum: steaming can increase the dissolution of effective components, change the smoothness of oil and enhance the nourishing effect;

Zaocys dhumnades: wine can relieve its toxicity and enhance the efficacy of promoting blood circulation and expelling wind;

Placenta Hominis: After wine processing, it can correct the taste and enhance the nourishing effect;

Corydalis yanhusuo: It is easy to decoct effective components after vinegar roasting, which enhances the efficacy of relieving pain and removing blood stasis;

Stellera chamaejasme: vinegar detoxifies and enhances the analgesic effect;

Phytolacca acinosa: vinegar can reduce toxicity and stop diarrhea;

Euphorbia: vinegar to reduce toxicity;

Schisandra chinensis: vinegar roasting increases convergence;

Mume: vinegar processing can enhance its acid-wet convergence, astringent intestine to stop diarrhea and hemostasis;

Bupleurum chinense: introducing drugs into the liver with vinegar to increase the soothing and analgesic effects of the liver;

Rhizoma Sparganii: Introduce medicine into the liver with vinegar to increase the efficacy of breaking blood, softening hardness and relieving pain;

Curcuma zedoary: vinegar-baked into the blood of the liver, enhancing the effect of breaking blood and relieving pain;

Morinda officinalis: salt is used to introduce drugs into the kidney to enhance the kidney-tonifying effect;

Anemarrhena asphodeloides: salt is used as medicine to enter the kidney to enhance the effect of nourishing yin and reducing fire;

Alisma orientalis: salt is used to introduce drugs into the kidney to enhance the role of diuresis and diuresis;

Xiao Xianghui: Salt can alleviate the properties of Xin San and warming kidney and liver;

Toosendan seeds and salt drugs are introduced into the kidney to enhance the damp-heat effect;

Plantain seed: introduce drugs into the kidney with salt to enhance the downward diuretic effect;

Semen astragali Complanati: Salt system enhances the effects of nourishing liver and kidney and benefiting essence;

Bone tonic: salt system enhances the effect of warming kidney and nourishing life gate;

Yizhi: salt is introduced into the kidney to enhance the functions of warming kidney, consolidating qi and astringent essence;

Eucommia ulmoides Oliv Salting is beneficial to decocting effective components, strengthening the functions of nourishing liver and kidney and strengthening bones and muscles;

Radix Polygalae: Radix Glycyrrhizae is decocted with water to detoxify and relieve the bitterness and dryness of Radix Polygalae; Honey system enhances the efficacy of moistening lung and resolving phlegm;

Magnolia officinalis: Jiang Shui system can eliminate the irritation to the throat and enhance the efficacy of warming and neutralizing the stomach;

Evodia rutaecarpa: the toxicity of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is eliminated by water, and the effective components are easily decocted in oil sands, and the drugs are introduced into the kidneys through salt;

Nutmeg: after the talcum powder is made, the oil can be removed to enhance the role of wet intestine in stopping diarrhea;

Jiao: stir-frying in soil has enhanced the efficacy of invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea.

Third, change the performance of drugs to make them more suitable for the needs of diseases.

Rehmannia glutinosa, as a raw rehmannia glutinosa, mainly cools blood. After cooked, Rehmannia glutinosa has a good effect of enriching blood. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb is used to detoxify and relieve constipation. After processing with black bean juice, its effect becomes nourishing liver and kidney, replenishing essence and strengthening tendons. Ginger focuses on pungent dispersing and relieving exterior syndrome, and simmering with slow fire will warm the middle and dispel cold.