In the way of nourishing health in traditional Chinese medicine, the most important idea is to treat diseases before they occur. Before the diseases appear, any hidden dangers that may bring them are eliminated in time, so that the body can be in a healthy state for a long time. Therefore, the best way to prevent sub-health is to use traditional Chinese medicine. Today, let’s take a look at how TCM prevents sub-health through health preservation.
Sub health is an important area that TCM health culture pays attention to and plays a role in. TCM can gradually improve the internal environment of the human body by adopting a variety of health preservation methods, such as timely health preservation, mind regulating health preservation, diet health preservation and traditional fitness techniques, so as to achieve balance and harmony among the internal environment, external environment and internal and external environment of the human body and transform it into a direction more conducive to human health.
Health culture with “harmony” as the soul
The word “health preservation” was first seen in Zhuangzi. The connotation of health preservation is to extend the time limit of life and improve the quality of life. TCM health culture takes “harmony” as its soul, that is, the vast universe is integrated into one. You have me and I have you. If you fight, you will lose, and if you cooperate, you will gain. Therefore, human beings and nature should be “harmonious”, human beings themselves should be “harmonious”, and everyone’s body and mind should also be “harmonious”.
In order to achieve this “harmony” state, the health culture of traditional Chinese medicine puts forward the concept of conforming to nature, coordinating Yin and Yang, preventing diseases before they occur, cultivating shape and spirit together, integrating movement and static, harmonizing viscera, and reaching meridians and collaterals smoothly; In terms of strategy, it has food health care, sexual health care, sports health care, spiritual health care, etc; The specific methods include diet, acupuncture, massage, massage, foot bath, music, etc. The core concept of TCM health culture is to “irrigate its roots, cultivate its roots, and improve its later”, so as to prevent sub-health in the future.
“Infusing its roots” — doing a good job in prenatal health care
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that congenital endowment and physical factors are closely related to the occurrence of sub-health. The strength of physique determines the health of human body to a great extent. A national survey found that qi deficiency constitution is most closely related to sub-health, especially sub-health caused by insufficient energy to promote human growth and development.
The strategic focus of China’s medical development in the 21st century has moved forward, which includes: from simply focusing on the late life to focusing on the whole process of life, especially on the early life, and even before the occurrence of individuals, to control genetic diseases before conception as far as possible.
As early as the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, TCM health preservation began to pay attention to sexual and reproductive health.
First, avoid close marriage. “Qu Li” pointed out: “men and women have the same surname, and their birth is not vassal”;
Second, oppose early marriage and early childbirth. He proposed that “a man should marry when he is thirty, and a woman should marry when she is twenty”;
Third, pay attention to prenatal education. For example, the biography of women in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties has recorded the earliest fetal education: “those who are too pregnant, the mother of King Wen, and those who are pregnant, do not look at evil looks, listen to lewd sounds, and speak arrogantly”;
Finally, due to the influence of nature, society and other factors, modern society advocates paying attention to health preservation from multiple perspectives in order to strengthen the physique of newborns and prevent the appearance of sub-health.
On the one hand, both men and women should pay attention to their own physique and do a good job of prenatal examination before pregnancy to ensure that the newborn has good genetic quality;
On the other hand, pay attention to sexual health. Sexual intercourse should be conducted in a quiet, comfortable, healthy and pleasant atmosphere. When both men and women are ill, they should not share a room.
“Cultivating the foundation” — the day after tomorrow
People live between heaven and earth, in the six harmonies, and are part of the whole world. People and the natural environment are a whole. First of all, we should keep in good health, conform to the changing laws of climate and Yin and Yang, and comprehensively adjust ourselves from the spirit, daily life, diet and other aspects; Secondly, we should pay attention to spiritual adjustment and health preservation, especially in modern society, where social pressure is large and information is extensive, we should maintain psychological balance, not excessive sadness and joy, and moderately relieve psychological pressure, so as to achieve “tranquility and nothingness, true Qi follows it, spirit is internal, and illness is always safe”;
Again, sexual health preservation is the foundation of health preservation, and its great significance lies in coordinating the balance of yin and Yang of the human body, cherishing essence and protecting kidney, and taking care of the foundation of human life; In addition, paying attention to dietary regulation and reasonable diet by using the properties of food can effectively adjust the balance of yin and Yang of the human body and maintain health; Finally, traditional health care, medicine health care, acupuncture and massage health care also play a positive role in modern society.
(internship editor: Zhu Yanmei)
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