Poultices and the “cure for diseases”

As early as more than two thousand years ago, in the classic “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine”, it was proposed that “the sage does not treat the sick to treat the sick” and that “the top doctor treats the sick, the middle doctor treats the desired sick, and the bottom doctor treats the sick. “That is, the most skillful doctor is not the one who is good at treating diseases, but the one who can prevent them. It can be seen that Chinese medicine has always been more about prevention than cure. The winter season is the most suitable season in the year for taking tonic for health and “treating the undiseased”. Chinese medicine believes that “spring is born, summer is long, autumn is harvested, winter is hidden”, everything is hidden in winter, the human body’s Yin essence and Yang Qi also tend to be hidden, at this time to take tonic, benefit Yin essence and Yang Qi, easy to absorb and hidden in the body, so that the body can be fully enhanced, can really play a “support the root”, “cure the disease”. It can really play the role of “supporting the righteousness and consolidating the root” and “treating the untreated disease”. “It fully embodies the pharmacological characteristics of Chinese medicine, such as theory, method, prescription and overall adjustment, and is more moderate in nature, but more durable in power, with a variety of effects such as nourishing and strengthening the body, anti-aging and prolonging life, and adjusting and correcting deviations. In the face of the changing spectrum of modern diseases, and the increasingly low age of onset and the increasing number of sub-healthy people, the use of “poultices” for health care is undoubtedly the most suitable way.