What is the knowledge of Chinese medicine health and wellness

There is a lot of knowledge about health and wellness in Chinese medicine, which is a big system, and the main thing should be to keep the body’s internal and external environments compatible and to maintain the balance of yin and yang. For example, the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine states that the liver should be nourished in spring, the spleen in summer, the lungs in fall, and the kidneys in winter. The concepts of health care in Chinese medicine include preventing illness before it occurs (strengthening the positive qi to prevent the invasion of external evils when one is not sick), preventing changes when one is already sick (treating illnesses at an early stage to prevent them from spreading), supporting the positive and dispelling evils (supporting the positive qi in the body and dispelling the evils in the body), and preventing recurrence after the illness has passed on. Chinese medicine believes that the north is cold and dry, should pay attention to prevent cold and dry, the south is heavy moisture, should pay attention to prevent dampness. In addition, the liver should keep the mood comfortable, nourish the heart should be appropriate to eat some bitter food to avoid heart fire, nourish the spleen in the diet should be moderate, nourish the lungs should eat more cool and moist food, nourish the kidneys can be massaged to replenish the kidney qi Yongquan acupoint. Nutrition should be in accordance with the four seasons, regular work and rest, diet, appropriate exercise, but also through acupuncture, qigong and other ways to maintain the body.