The way to keep healthy in Huangdi Neijing

In recent years, health preservation has quietly become a concept among everyone. In order to be healthy both physically and mentally, the human body must also know how to preserve health. Self-management is required at work, and the same is true for health preservation. If you want to get twice the result with half the effort, you should first understand the meaning of "health preservation". If you are unclear about the meaning of "health preservation", you will miss the opportunity of health preservation.

What is the "secret to health preservation" and how can one preserve health to "attain the Tao and become an immortal"? In fact, it means following Confucius' idea that "Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature." The word "law" has a profound practical meaning. From the definition of health preservation, we can see that the key step of health preservation is not to violate the laws of life activities, but to follow them, master and understand the laws of nature and body life activities, and carry out health preservation activities based on this objective reality. However, the Suwen Pengti Four Qi Tiao Shen Da Lun says: "If you go against it, disasters will occur; if you follow it, severe diseases will not arise. This is called attaining the Tao and becoming an immortal."

What is the real secret of health preservation?

There is a social problem nowadays, "Thirty years ago, people used their lives to make money, and thirty years later, money exchanged for lives." I often hear many people say, "We are still young now, and it is not too late to maintain good health after retirement," as if maintaining good health is only a matter for the elderly. In fact, due to air pollution and excessive social pressure, some people nowadays are already suffering from illnesses in middle and old age.

At this time, "It is too late to treat the disease after it has occurred, and it is too late to treat the disorder after it has occurred, just like digging a well when you are thirsty, or casting an awl when you are thirsty. Isn't it too late?" It really hits the nail on the head!

With the continuous improvement of living standards, people are more interested in health and wellness and the pursuit of perfect health and happiness. However, there are always people who lament that "food, clothing, housing and transportation are evolving, but the human body is declining" and "there are many wonderful methods, but health preservation does not work." Why is this? The fundamental reason is that everyone has a misunderstanding of "health preservation".

What is health and wellness?

Health preservation is to protect human life. It is all material and spiritual mental and physical maintenance activities carried out by human beings in order to survive and develop well, purposefully based on the objective reality of the life process. This type of personal behavior should focus on the processes before birth, after birth, before illness (prevention), during illness (prevention of change), and after illness (prevention of recurrence).

Health preservation practices are based on the understanding of the laws of life activities, and the purpose of health preservation is to maintain health and prolong life. All health-preserving methods and means, whether material or spiritual, must not violate the laws of life activities and must not be at the cost of giving up physical and mental health, otherwise they cannot be called health-preserving. In addition, health preservation is also a comprehensive activity that is multi-faceted, multi-layered and lasts a lifetime. There is no distinction between high and low in the methods of health preservation. The most important thing is persistence.

From the definition of health preservation, we can see that the key step of health preservation is not to violate the laws of life activities, but to follow them, master and understand the laws of nature and body life activities, and carry out health preservation activities based on this objective reality. However, in the Suwen Pengti Siqi Tiaoshen Da Lun it says: "If you go against it, disasters will occur; if you follow it, severe diseases will not arise. This is called attaining the Tao and becoming an immortal." This statement very well demonstrates the relevant content in the definition of health preservation.