Wu Qixing has now set up some fitness centers in various living areas in Shanghai, some of which are small corners specially designed for the elderly. Many instruments suitable for the elderly are installed in these places, such as a turntable for exercising the back and waist, and a pulley with 50 shoulders to prevent the rope from sliding up and down. These instruments may not be found in the most fashionable gyms imported from Europe and America, but they are very simple and practical and can really solve the problem. It is worth noting that in many communities, a winding path is paved with pebbles. Some old people wear soft-soled shoes and walk repeatedly on pebbles, while others walk backwards. Look at them. They are in high spirits. They walked like flies. I think of the old people in America, which is a completely different picture. Old people in America live apart from their children when they reach a certain age. It is dangerous and lonely to be alone at home, so they have to go to a nursing home. With the care of nurses, life is lonely at ordinary times. Occasionally, relatives come to see them and just push them out in a wheelchair. Loneliness, loneliness, losing contact with society. Therefore, many Chinese in the United States have vowed to return to China to support the elderly when they are old. At home, we sometimes see American old people going out in groups, which is just an outing that they have spent several years planning. Although they talked and laughed in groups during their trip, they were still lonely after returning to America. It is rare to see a fitness center specially set up for the elderly, and even in the community where they live, there are few such fitness equipment specially set up or designed for them. Facts have proved that these sports equipment developed by applying China's traditional theory are very helpful for the elderly to keep fit. A professor of health science at the University of Texas in the United States has made an in-depth study of some traditional fitness methods advocated by Chinese medicine, especially the systemic effect of this cobblestone walking on the nerve stimulation of the soles of the feet. He experimented with quantitative analysis, and was surprised to find that China's foot massage had an incredible effect on stimulating the cranial nerves and nerves in other parts. Then, by the way, he made corresponding experiments on the most popular pedicure, pedicure and foot washing in China, and found that pedicure is indeed the basis that Chinese medicine said can radiate the influence of various organs and centers of the whole body. Therefore, foot massage has also become popular in the United States, and the words "foot massage", "foot bath with Tibetan medicine" and "pedicure" have begun to appear frequently in areas where Chinese in the United States are concentrated. Recently, a new pedicure massage parlor even appeared in St. monique, the mainstream American society. The decoration of each family is modeled after similar foot massage in China, with rows of single beds, clean and tidy, belonging to the category of pure health massage without erotic trading. But the price of an hour is twice that of China, and the age of female workers who provide foot massage is twice that of China. Some time ago, some people in China proposed to abolish Chinese medicine. One of the reasons is that TCM has no theory, saying that there are too many people misdiagnosed by TCM in the history of China, and it should be abolished, all of them are western medicine. Have people who hold this argument ever thought that TCM has no theory, or that a theory has not been found to explain it today? There is a significant difference between the two. China's traditional theory of Yin and Yang has existed for five thousand years, and its basic theory comes from the ancient people's observation of nature. Although the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements can't explain all the phenomena, ancient Chinese medicine adopted these theories, and in addition, the ancients used life exploration, experiments and even tested the effects of certain drugs in practice, thus accumulating the treatment experience of Chinese medicine. The so-called "Shennong tastes a hundred herbs" means that people need to try and understand the efficacy of various herbs at the beginning of adopting Chinese medicine. Of course, there may not be such a person who has tasted herbs all over the world. It is no exaggeration to say that farmers in past dynasties have tasted herbs all over the world, understood their medicinal properties and pharmacology, and passed on their experience to future generations. Of course, there is no theory that attaches importance to practice and understanding, only a framework of yin and yang and five elements, which is also the principle of this treatment. This principle is used to explain the sudden enlightenment of traditional Chinese medicine, but it may be difficult to explain traditional Chinese medicine with modern medical theory. Of course, Chinese medicine sometimes has quacks, and even uses some absurd theories to defend the treatment. In this case, we need to find a way to study the proof first, rather than denying it easily. There are many Chinese medicine practitioners in the United States, and one of their most important experiences is that Chinese medicine is very effective for non-Chinese. Several friends of Chinese medicine told me that the dosage of Chinese medicine is different between white people and China people, and white people can achieve the purpose of treatment with only half the dosage of China people. In other words, white people are more sensitive to the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine. What is the reason? Worth studying. Some Chinese medicine clinics like to open in mainstream American society. One of my Japanese students can't speak a few words of Chinese. Because I like China culture, I came to China to study Chinese medicine for several years. After returning to the United States, he dared to open Chinese medicine clinics, such as massage, acupuncture, cupping and so on. There are too many foreigners to treat him. Once I had a stiff neck, he massaged me several times, but it still didn't work. This time, I got the same disease in Shanghai. A big bath and an hour of massage and cupping cured the cold. Do you think this masseur makes sense? He only has practice. The American professor mentioned above proved the rationality of China's medicine with experiments. They are more serious and responsible than some domestic fighters who blindly deny Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine without theory has original equipment and methods to prevent senile diseases, but American doctors with rich western medicine theory can do nothing about similar diseases. I would rather not throw away traditional Chinese medicine.