What are the characteristics of TCM health preservation?

Health preservation is something that many of our friends in life love to do. Traditional Chinese medicine health preservation is the most commonly used one. Generally, traditional Chinese medicine health preservation emphasizes on prolonging life through various methods in normal times to maintain good health and prevent diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine health preservation has a complete set of methods. So, what are the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation? Let’s learn more about it through the following introduction.

First, the concept of health preservation that advocates the unity of man and nature. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the world is a big universe and the human body is a small universe. Heaven and man are connected, and man is influenced by the world at all times, just like a fish in water. Water is everything to the fish. Changes in water will definitely affect the fish. Similarly, all changes in the world will affect people. Therefore, Chinese medicine emphasizes the unity of man and nature, and the methods of health preservation should be adjusted appropriately according to the changes in climate of the four seasons, such as cold, hot, warm and cool.

Second, the concept of health based on the balance of yin and yang. People with balanced yin and yang are the healthiest people. The goal of health preservation is to achieve a balance between yin and yang in the body and mind. What is Yin? Yin is the material basis that constitutes the body. What is Yang? Yang is energy. Yin and Yang are relative. Anything that goes upward, outward, moves, and generates heat belongs to Yang; anything that goes downward, inward, and generates cold belongs to Yin. The body becomes sick because yin and yang lose balance, causing excessive yang or excessive yin, yin deficiency or yang deficiency. As long as we find a way to reduce the excessive side and increase the insufficient side, so that yin and yang can return to their original balance, the disease will naturally disappear. Therefore, Chinese medicine emphasizes the balance of yin and yang and a healthy life.

Third, the holistic view of the unity of body and mind. Chinese medicine health care focuses on both the physical and mental aspects. It not only pays attention to the exercise and maintenance of the tangible body, but also pays attention to the cultivation and conditioning of the mind. The body will affect the mind, and the mind will also affect the body. The two are two sides of the same coin and neither is dispensable.

Through the above introduction, we know the characteristics of TCM health preservation. In normal times, we can also carry out TCM health preservation according to our own situation. However, everyone's physique and situation are different, and the methods of health preservation are also different. Slowly through our own research, we can also form a set of our own health preservation methods.