Ancient Chinese Medicine for Health

With the continuous progress of modern society, chronic diseases such as “three highs” have gradually become a high incidence, people have begun to pay more and more attention to health care, Chinese medicine health care has gradually been recognized and accepted by the public. Chinese medicine health care is mainly reflected in the following aspects: First, in line with nature. Health care is a concept, but also a kind of understanding of life, health care is to advocate respect for the laws of nature, respect for life, love life and enjoy the positive attitude of life, everything from the essence of life, follow the laws of nature, in line with the laws of nature, as “Suwen – Shanggu Tianzhen theory” said “law in the yin and Yang, and in the arts and figures, eating and drinking in moderation, living in a normal way, not delusional labor “In this way, we can achieve natural longevity. In the sense of health care, people in a dangerous situation should first tend to avoid harm, to protect themselves, to ensure the safety of life as the first priority, and in a comfortable environment should know how to think of danger in peace, do not crave pleasure, as “Su Wen – Shang Gu Tian Zhen Lun” said “to wine for pulp, to delusion as a regular, drunk to enter the room, to desire to exhaust its essence, to dissipate its true “This will destroy your life. Therefore, human life not only has the physiological laws of birth, growth, strength, old age, but also has to comply with the nature, society and the essence of human beings themselves. Second, the unity of form and spirit. The basic features of Chinese medicine are: holistic concept and evidence-based treatment. Among them, the holistic concept emphasizes the idea of unity of form and spirit, which means that health care should not only pay attention to physical health care, but also to spiritual health care. The health care of the body can start from exercise, diet, and life rules, so that the body always maintains a state of “Yin and Yang”. Chinese medicine has a deeper understanding of the relationship between mental factors and diseases, and believes that emotional and mental disorders are the main factors of internal diseases. As the “Suwen – lifting pain theory” said “Yu know that all diseases are born in qi, anger is qi up, happy is qi slow, sad is qi, fear is qi down, scared is qi chaos, thinking is qi knot”. Such as clinical acute attacks of cardiovascular disease can be caused by excessive mental stimulation or mood swings. On the contrary, if you pay attention to spiritual cultivation, you can avoid the occurrence of many diseases. The author agrees with Jikang “health theory”: cultivation of sex to protect God, peace of mind to the whole body, love and hate do not live in the emotions, worry and happiness do not stay in the intention, Po Ran no feelings, and body gas peace. Therefore, for people, the regulation of the mind and emotions is particularly important to maintain an optimistic and cheerful state of mind, calm and vain, in order to make the qi smooth, qi and blood regulation, to achieve the purpose of health care, prolong life. Again, the diet is moderate. The author believes that diet should be talked about from the following aspects; (1) diet structure. Diet must be diversified to ensure adequate intake of various nutrients. For the elderly and frail, you can start with dietary supplements, comprehensive nutrition, to improve the body’s resistance. (2) eating habits. Diet should be suitable for hunger and satiety, not overeating, avoid partial food. (3) dietary taboos. Diet should vary from person to person, according to individual habits to choose the appropriate food, but be sure to achieve nutritional health. (4) Diet regulation. Diet to have a good emotional and mental state, as the “Lv’s Spring and Autumn – the end of the number of” said “mouth must be sweet, and the essence of the end of the Yung, will be to the gods, a hundred sections of Yu happy, salty into the gas, drink must be a small throat, end straight no hostility”, which is also very reasonable. There are also walks after meals to press the abdomen, to promote the gastrointestinal tract peristalsis, to help digestion is very helpful. Finally, with the time regimen. The book of the old age and the parents says: “Spring temperature to birth, summer heat to grow, autumn cool to collect, winter cold to hide. Therefore, we should “follow the directions of the four seasons, follow the five elements of the Qi of the King of Rest, be respectful to our relatives, and be careful not to slacken off”. According to the characteristics of the climate, in spring, it is appropriate to “abstain from killing” and “nourish” in order to obey the vital energy; in summer, it is appropriate to live in a “false hall and clean room” to avoid “thieves wind “In autumn, it is advisable to eat less spicy food and more sour food to nourish liver qi. Winter is cold, the heart is susceptible to cold, so attention should be paid to nourishing the heart qi, dietary arrangements should be “morning morning should drink less alcoholic wine, and then into the porridge, before lying down, it is advisable to take slightly cool diaphragm phlegm medicine a service”, avoid eating more hot fried things. In short, ancient Chinese medicine health care is a major study, we need to draw nutrients from ancient Chinese medical texts, and then combined with the modern lifestyle, to develop a modern Chinese medicine health care in line with the needs of modern people.