Exploring Chinese Medicine for Health

Health care, also known as “regimen”, is about how to maintain life, improve health and prolong life. Suwen. Shanggu Tianzhen Lun: “Tranquility and emptiness, the true qi follows it, the spirit is guarded internally, the disease is safe.” This passage clearly indicates the idea of dispelling disease and fitness by regulating the spirit. In this article, we will try to briefly explore the following aspects of Chinese medicine health science. 1, the basic content of Chinese medicine health care 1.1 prevention-oriented Suwen . The four qi tune Shen Da Lun”: “the sage does not treat the disease to treat the disease …… The disease has become and then the medicine …… It is not too late!” What is emphasized here is the idea of “treating the disease before it happens”. Chinese medicine treats prevention before it happens as the key to medicine, and advocates active prevention to promote health. Zhang Jiebin further explained this: “The ancient way of prevention, because it is treated before it is formed, is less effort and more success.” Dai Ming, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai, China 1.2 Responding to nature Suwen. The book on the whole form of life: “People are born with the qi of heaven and earth, and the law of the four seasons.” Su Wen. The four seasons of yin and yang are the essence of life and death. The concept of “unity of heaven and man” is reflected here, which is a holistic view. Therefore, there is “so the sage spring and summer nourish Yang, autumn and winter nourish Yin, in order to follow its root.” This is why it is said that “the sages nurture the yang in spring and summer, and the yin in autumn and winter, in order to follow their roots. The idea of conforming to the four seasons of yin and yang is evident. Chinese medicine advocates that “there should be moderation in eating and drinking, regularity in rising and living, and no delusional labor.” It advocates that people should actively participate in exercise, but they should pay attention to moderation and master a certain scale, as the saying goes, “People want to move a lot, but they should not be very tired.” 1.4 Pay attention to mental regulation Good emotional activity and a stable mental state can make the normal operation of qi and blood, the function of the internal organs coordinated, and enhance the ability to resist disease. Chinese medicine believes that the seven emotions of happiness, anger, worry, thought, grief, fear and fright can cause disease. Sudden and powerful emotional activities or a long-term emotional state of over-excitement can cause the disorder of yin and yang and disruption of qi. Chinese medicine advocates that it is advisable to be happy and harmonious and to avoid bad emotions. Su Wen. The theory of paralysis: “Quiet is the God of hiding, restlessness is extinction.” 2, the formation and development of Chinese medicine health science The basic theory of health science was formed in the pre-Qin period, and the pre-Qin sons had a great influence on the formation of health science. The Lv’s Spring and Autumn. The number of the exhibition: “the spirit of the shape of peace and longevity.” It advocates moving the form. Huainanzi. Original Road training: “The spirit of the spirit, quiet and the day full of people to strong, restless and the day depleted to old.” Emphasis on stillness. The Nei Jing should be regarded as the centralized embodiment of the systematic and scaled-up basic theory of TCM health care. It systematically discusses the basic principles of health care, such as “not treating the sick to cure the sick” and “the unity of heaven and man”, which had a profound influence on the development of TCM health care in later times. During the Han Dynasty, the theory and practice of Chinese medicine and health care became more and more complete. Zhang Zhongjing, in his book “The Essentials of the Golden Killing. In the chapter of successive diseases of internal organs and meridians, Zhang Zhongjing said, “Do not make the room exhausted, eat and drink cold, hot, bitter, sour, pungent and sweet, do not send the body to have a decline, the disease is no reason to enter its couples.” This is a kind of prudent thinking. In the Jin Dynasty, the development of Chinese medicine health science gradually entered a flourishing stage. Ge Hong discussed in “Pao Pao Zi” that “treasure the essence, Xing Qi” as the most important to maintain health. During the Tang Dynasty, the science of Chinese medicine and health care was further developed and perfected. In his book, Sun Simiao said, “Never forget danger in peace, and prevent all diseases.” During the Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties, various academic schools of thought competed. Qiu Deji, the ancestor of Quanzhen, discussed “health in accordance with the times” in his “Treatise on the News of Regeneration”. The four great masters of the Jin and Yuan dynasties have clarified their respective views on health care from different starting points. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the number of monographs on health care was unprecedented. Gao Lian’s “Zun Sheng Bajian” was also known as “The Complete Book of Health Care”. In modern times, TCM health science was partly integrated into the achievements of Western medicine. 3, Chinese medicine health science and the intersection of cultures Chinese medicine health science formed Yin, that is, partly integrated into traditional culture, the development of the two Jin and Sui Tang, but also with the Buddha, Taoist culture partly merged. The TCM concept of health care, which advocates following nature, moving in a moderate manner, and taking a peaceful period, to a certain extent reflects the Confucian middle way. The Analects of Confucius. Ji Shi: “A gentleman has three precepts: when he is young, …… When he is young, ……; when he is strong, …… When he is young, …….; when he is strong, …….; when he is old, ……. The three precepts are: “When one is young, one should abstain from sex. Buddhists pay attention to the regularity of living, moving in the stillness, stillness in the movement, especially focus on the clear mind and see the nature is coincidental with Chinese medicine health. The Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, Hui Neng, said, “There is no tree in the Bodhi, and the mirror is not a platform, there is no thing in the beginning, where to dye the dust.” This passage embodies the highest state of spiritual regimen. The Tao Te Ching: “The Way can be the Way, but it is not the Way.” It shows a spiritual world of emptiness. Zhuangzi. In the Yoga: “If you do not see and hear, if you hold your mind in silence, your form will be correct.” It also expresses the natural concept of health and wellness, which is the same as Chinese medicine’s health care of following nature and focusing on spiritual regimen. 4. The contribution of Chinese medicine to health care 4.1 Directly derived from qigong In ancient times, there was no term “qigong”. The purpose of practicing qigong is to achieve health, which is precisely the purpose of health science. In qigong, the purpose of adjusting the body and breath is to follow the nature as much as possible, while adjusting the mind is the same as the spiritual regimen. Qigong is about refining the essence and transforming the qi, refining the qi and transforming the spirit, and refining the spirit and returning to the void, which is the embodiment of the doctrine of “essence, qi and spirit” in Chinese medicine and the essence of health care. Whether it is Hua Tuo’s “Five Animal Play”, the “Fetal Rest Gong” discussed in the “Hold the Pouncer”, or the most simple meditation Gong, all of them are the actual practice of TCM health science. 4.2 The theoretical foundation for drug tonification Drug tonification refers to the use of drugs to regulate yin and yang, nourish the organs, nourish the qi and blood. The specific principle is to tonify the spleen and kidneys, and it is important to calm and harmonize. The kidneys collect essence, which is the origin of the innate nature; the spleen is the master of transportation and transformation, which is the origin of the innate nature and the biochemical source of qi and blood. Deficiency of kidney and qi and blood are common in middle-aged and old people, and they are the main targets of tonification. The natural viewpoint of health care is to lose surplus and gain deficiency, so tonifying the spleen and kidney fits perfectly. The neutralization of the balance requires no biased or indiscriminate supplementation, as the saying goes, “those who are good at supplementing Yang must seek Yang in Yin; …… Those who are good at supplementing yin must seek yin in yang.” The purpose of this is not to deviate from the law of health maintenance. 4.3 It is of great practical significance to prevent health care and combine work and rest, which has become a consensus nowadays. Modern people work at a fast pace, psychological pressure, emotional and mental injuries are quite a lot. Su Wen. Yin and Yang should be like the great treatise: “happy sad, angry hurt liver, thinking hurt spleen, sad lung, fear hurt kidney.” The positive significance of the Chinese medical concept of health care, which advocates following nature and focusing on regulating, is being proven by more and more scientific practices. Many scientific experiments have shown that when the human body is extremely relaxed and the brain is in a state of tranquility, the functions of various tissues and systems of the body will be improved, which further provides a theoretical and experimental basis for spiritual regimen.