In the clinic, I often encounter patients who are in pain with all sorts of abnormal test lists and present their physical discomfort to me. There are also many people around who often feel fatigue and tiredness but never go to the hospital. These are often the “subhealth” alerts from our bodies. In a recent seminar on “New Perspectives on Health in the 21st Century” held in Shanghai, experts from the Health Care Committee of the Preventive Medicine Association revealed that about 75% of people in China are in a state of sub-health, mostly cadres, white-collar workers, teachers, doctors, police officers, students, science and technology workers, and so on. And you, are not also among this group of people? For the sake of your health, please pay attention to your subhealth state. Sub-healthy state is also called latent disease state, sub-healthy state, gray state. It is a physiological state in which the body and mind are in between the first state (health) and the second state (disease), and the diagnosis of non-disease is given after various examinations in hospitals. The World Health Organization calls it the “third state”, and it is often called “subhealth” in China. It is also called “indefinite statement syndrome” because of its various complaints and irregularity. The concept of sub-health is the result of the deepening of people’s understanding of the concept of health and disease in recent years, and it is also the full embodiment of the new health thinking of modern people who pay attention to health and prevent its occurrence and development before disease. Although subhealth is manifested in the medical field in terms of symptoms, the study of subhealth states as a whole has become a cutting-edge fringe science about human health intersected by medical, psychological, sociological, philosophical and humanistic sciences. The introduction of the theory of subhealth means that people have begun to discover the root cause of the inexplicable suffering that human beings have been suffering for a long time and have the hope of relieving such suffering. Internationally, the study and treatment of subhealth states has entered an unprecedented stage of activity, and is generally regarded as an important part of the “care for the human body and mind movement”, and has made great progress. The scope of subhealth states: At present, it is believed that subhealth has a wide range of physical and psychological discomfort, and it is difficult to diagnose which kind of disease for a long time. From the actual clinical work in preventive medicine, clinical medicine, and especially psychiatric and psychological medicine, it is found that the number of population in this state is quite large. Aging, fatigue syndrome, menopause syndrome, mental weakness, irritable bowel syndrome and recovery from serious and chronic diseases all belong to the category of subhealth state. Specific points include the following: 1, general refers to the physical and mental discomfort reflected by the feeling of a variety of symptoms, often difficult to diagnose for a considerable period of time, which is the condition of disease. 2, the pre-clinical manifestations of certain diseases (pre-disease state). 3. “Unexplained syndromes” that are difficult to define their pathological significance for a while, such as fatigue syndrome, menopause syndrome, mental weakness, cardiac neurosis, irritable bowel syndrome, etc. 4. The high and low limit values of certain clinical examinations, such as high blood lipids, high blood sugar (fasting blood sugar greater than or equal to 6.1mmol/L and less than 7.0mmol/L, 2 hours after meal blood sugar greater than or equal to 7.8mmol/L and less than 11.1mmol/L), high blood viscosity, high blood pressure (120~139/80~89mmHg), high heart rate, etc. High state and low state of calcium, potassium, iron, etc. 5.Some serious diseases and chronic diseases have been clinically cured into the recovery period, but manifested as weakness and various discomforts. 6, in the human life cycle of aging caused by the aging of the tissue structure and physiological function of the decline in the symptoms of weakness. Subhealth is not a disease, but it affects the quality and efficiency of people’s learning, work and life; it affects the development of individuals, the progress of the collective, and the sustainable development of society. Sub-healthy state is not only a precursor of disease, but also a harbinger of premature aging. If people in sub-healthy state are properly treated, they can be transformed into health; if they are not treated in time, they can easily be transformed into various diseases, such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, cancer, psychological disorders and other diseases; further deterioration of sub-healthy state may lead to ” Some people in sub-healthy state may suffer from “overwork death” or “sudden death without disease”. People in sub-health should pay attention to regular medical checkups and improve their sub-health condition and get out of sub-health through regular hospital sub-health clinics or specialized treatment institutions as early as possible. According to the definition of health given by the World Health Organization, “it is not only the absence of disease and infirmity, but also the perfect state of physical and psychological adaptation to society”, while sub-health is in some defective state as defined above. The clinical manifestations of subhealth are panic, shortness of breath, weakness, frequent headache and dizziness; psychological manifestations are mental incompetence, low mood, slow reaction, insomnia and dreaminess, daytime sleepiness, lack of concentration, memory loss, irritability, anxiety and easy to be frightened; physiological manifestations are fatigue, shortness of breath, sweating, backache and leg pain, arrhythmia and so on. However, these symptoms cannot be detected if you go to the hospital for various examinations. Although there are various causes of subhealth, experts believe that physical and mental overwork is the primary factor. The main organs of the body are in a state of abnormal load, followed by the natural aging of the human body; there is also the pre-development of major diseases, before the onset of the body for a considerable period of time without organic lesions, but in the function of the disorder has occurred; in addition, the biological cycle of the human body is at a low ebb, even healthy people will be in a specific period of sub-health. If you want to avoid a “long vacation” in the hospital and do not want to spend a lot of money on medicine, experts advise people to pay attention to subhealth and get out of it. Chinese medicine for subhealth: If the symptoms of subhealth are mild, they can be lifted through preventive methods, but those with more severe symptoms need to be treated. In terms of treatment, Chinese medicine has shown obvious advantages in the treatment of subhealth with its unique concept of diagnosis and treatment, the idea of treating the untreated disease, and the viewpoint of being good at regulating and focusing on health. The epistemology and methodology of TCM is to study the functional response state of the human body, and to collect all kinds of symptom data more comprehensively and reliably through the four diagnoses of looking, smelling, asking and cutting, so as to provide an objective diagnostic basis for further analysis of the pathological mechanism and to make a discriminatory diagnosis. In terms of treatment: The characteristic of TCM is that it can treat according to symptoms. The treatment method varies according to the age, gender, symptoms, time and location of the patient. We emphasize treating people as a whole rather than “treating the head when it hurts and treating the foot when it hurts”. Because the subhealth state itself is a kind of overall dysfunctional performance, Chinese medicine can identify the specific internal organs that are out of balance through the treatment of balancing the yin and yang of the internal organs, qi and blood, and use Chinese medicine for clinical treatment with remarkable results. As the number of sub-healthy people increases year by year, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of our hospital has carried out the treatment of sub-healthy states, providing a good platform for the majority of sub-healthy people to seek medical treatment. With the launch of “Quality Service Month”, the registration fee of outpatient clinics and examination items are exempted and certain discounts are offered. In order to facilitate the patients to take medicine, we introduced the decoction-free Chinese medicine, which eliminates the trouble of decocting Chinese medicine and the disadvantage of poor taste, and makes it more convenient to take and more effective. Prevention: The Nei Jing, which was written more than two thousand years ago, says, “The sage does not treat the sick to treat the unwell, and does not treat the disorder to treat the unrest. The concept of subhealth, i.e., the absence of disease, was clearly proposed, and prevention should be the main focus, and a large number of effective prevention and treatment methods were recorded. The most important way to prevent and treat sub-health is to focus on conditioning. The spirit of Chinese medicine is highly summarized in the art of health care, which advocates a disciplined diet, a regular lifestyle, a smooth mood and a moderate amount of work and rest. In modern life, people should develop healthy living, living and working habits to improve the quality of life, learn to broaden their horizons, self-enlightenment, self-release, maintain mental stability, and create a good mental state. In summer, it is even more important to clear the mind and calm the spirit in order to achieve the purpose of nourishing the mind. Only in this way can we keep our organism in balance and prevent diseases, so that our health can be guaranteed.