Calm spirit plays an important role in traditional health preservation. The ancients believed that God was the master of life activities. Keeping quiet and psychologically stable can maintain vitality, make the five internal organs calm, help prevent diseases, improve health and prolong life. On the other hand, anger hurts the liver, likes sadness, grieves the lungs, fears kidney damage, and even induces various physical and mental diseases.

Dynamic health care

In practice, the ancients explored dynamic forms such as massage, Qigong, Tai Ji Chuan, Baguazhang and Wuqinxi to strengthen the body and prolong life. If people covet comfort, do not exercise enough, or are overworked, it is easy to cause "strain", which is commonly known as "five strains", that is, long-term eye injury, long-term lying injury, long-term flesh injury, long-term bone injury and long-term muscle injury.

have a healthy diet

The ancients believed that a reasonable diet can regulate essence, correct the deviation of yin and yang of viscera, prevent diseases and prolong life. Therefore, we should not only pay attention to "abundant food", that is, "five grains for nourishment, five fruits for help, five livestock for benefit, and five vegetables for filling", but also pay attention to the harmony of five flavors, otherwise it will cause diseases due to unbalanced nutrition, biased physique and dysfunction of five internal organs.

Nourish health

Traditional medicine highly advocates the use of tonic drugs to regulate yin and yang, nourish viscera and nourish essence and blood. Reasonable tonic can strengthen the body and prevent and treat diseases. However, tonic should be dialectical and moderate, and we should also consider adapting to the four seasons. When taking tonic, it is more suitable in autumn if lung medicine is inserted; If it is warming, winter is more suitable.

Gu Jing medical care

The ancients believed that Xue Jing was the essence of human nutrients and the material basis of life. Only with the support of Xue Jing can the five zang-organs maintain their normal functions. If sexual desire is unbridled and excessive blood loss occurs, it will cause physical weakness, pathological changes and loss of life. Nourishing yin essence can delay aging.