(1) The method of mental health preservation, besides conforming to the four seasons, also contains two specific contents, one is to cultivate the will, and the other is to flirt. Mainly refers to people's self-exercise, self-control and self-adjustment of their conscious thinking activities and psychological state, so as to achieve arrogance and rashness, meditation and arrogance, introversion and reduce the burden. The ability to keep the mind in harmony with the body and the environment without disorder can keep healthy and prevent disease and premature aging.
(2) Dietary Chinese medicine attaches great importance to diet conditioning, and considers that diet is the main source of human nutrition and a necessary condition for maintaining human life activities. Proper diet can not only maintain the normal function of human body, improve the disease resistance of human body, but also treat some diseases. Inadequate diet or improper diet can induce some diseases. Therefore, Su Wen's "Su Wen" put forward the method of "moderate diet" to maintain the source of spleen and stomach. Its contents include identifying the appropriate taboos of diet, adapting to cold and warm conditions, balancing diet and avoiding partial eclipse.
(3) Exercise can not only promote the smooth flow of qi and blood, strengthen the muscles of human body, enhance the function of viscera and build up physical fitness, but also regulate people's mental and emotional activities and promote people's physical and mental health. Therefore, exercise is an important part of health activities. The exercise health of middle-aged and elderly people generally requires moderate exercise to be "tired and tireless". Moreover, it requires gradual progress and perseverance in order to receive the effect of dynamic health preservation. The four sets of body-building exercises such as Yijinjing, Wuqinxi, Liuzijue and Baduanjin, which are vigorously promoted by the State Sports General Administration, are very suitable for middle-aged and elderly friends to practice.
(4) Living habits and health preservation is a living habit, a healthy living habit. What are healthy living habits? It is in ordinary daily life that we standardize our daily life according to the principle that "the law lies in yin and yang, and the technique lies in harmony" emphasized by Chinese medicine. You can't "take wine as the pulp", "do what you want to do" or "get drunk and leave home". These are all practices that consume your vitality. If you don't know how to stay energetic in your daily habits, you will be full of energy. When you step into middle-aged and elderly people, it will inevitably lead to many diseases.
(5) The meridian theory is an important part of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine, which runs through the physiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and has guided acupuncture, massage, massage and various clinical practices of traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. When the channels and collaterals are unblocked, qi and blood can operate normally and the internal organs of the human body can be nourished. Therefore, understanding and mastering the importance of meridians will play a great role in health care.
(6) Drugs with anti-aging and anti-aging effects are called longevity drugs. The method of using this kind of drugs to achieve the purpose of delaying aging and strengthening the body is drug health. The essence of drug health preservation is to strengthen the foundation and cultivate the yuan. When the elderly take health care drugs, they should give priority to nourishing the innate and acquired roots. Such as Cordyceps sinensis, Fructus Lycii, Rhizoma Cibotii, Walnut, Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Semen Cuscutae, Ginseng Radix, Poria, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Radix Aucklandiae, etc. They are all medicines for invigorating qi and essence.