Traditional Chinese Health Secrets: The Essential Guide to Harmonious Living
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Traditional Chinese Health Secrets: The Essential Guide to Harmonious Living
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Overview
There's an old Chinese proverb which states, "Optimism will help you forget sorrow." It is widely believed that an optimistic, stable mood and mental balance calms the body's vital energies and spirit, aiding in the circulation of blood and Qi, thus improving health.
Throughout China's long history, ancient medical texts provided valuable advice on the subject of health: physical, emotional and spiritual. Isn't it time you made use of this wisdom of the sages in your everyday life?
Now you can with this user-friendly guide (a re-edited edition originally published by a university press in China), to maintaining your health through Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Learn to lead a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life — not only for yourself, but for your entire family. Traditional Chinese Health Secrets can show you the way.
- Includes Easy-to-Follow Remedies and Herbal Recipes for General Health, and Healing Specific Ailments and Injuries.
- Add Years to your Life and Expand your Mental and Physical Capabilities.
- Learn to Apply Yin/Yang, Five Flavors and Six Sensations Theory to your Diet.
- Simple to Practice and Easy to Learn!
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781594394317 |
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| Publisher: | YMAA Publication Center |
| Publication date: | 09/03/2024 |
| Series: | Practical TCM |
| Edition description: | 2nd ed. |
| Pages: | 238 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
In 1963, he passed the state entrance examination to enter Shandong Teachers' Universityto learn English. Five years later, he graduated and began his career as an English teacher. By the mid-80s, he had published essays, worked as an editor and had comprehensively studied traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In 1986, he created and designed The English-Chinese Encyclopedia of Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine, inviting 200 specialists from 28 institutes all over China to work on this 21 volume series. While working on this encyclopedia, he also compiled and translated The Complete External Therapies of Chinese Drugs.
Xu Xiangcai has the distinction of publishing the most books on traditional Chinese medicine in English as well as directing the first two All-China Symposiums of TCM in English.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ix | |
| Foreword | x | |
| Preface | xi | |
| Chapter 1 | Principles of Healthcare in TCM | |
| 1.1 | Mental Healthcare | 1 |
| Being Open-Minded and Optimistic | ||
| Keeping a Clear Mind and Reducing Desire | ||
| Controlling Joy and Anger | ||
| Abstaining from Too Much Worry | ||
| Refraining from Grief, Sorrow, and Misery | ||
| Avoiding Terror and Fear | ||
| 1.2 | Dietetic Healthcare | 9 |
| Choosing a Simple and Light Diet | ||
| Seasoning Food with the Five Tastes Properly | ||
| Dining at Regular Times and Controlling Food Intake | ||
| Regulation of the Temperature of Food | ||
| Following Proper Methods of Cleanliness | ||
| Following Some Instructions in Diet | ||
| 1.3 | Routine Healthcare | 20 |
| Leading a Regular Life | ||
| The Correct Way of Sleeping | ||
| Adjusting One's Clothing According to Climate | ||
| Paying Attention to Hygiene | ||
| 1.4 | Balance Between Work and Rest | 25 |
| Avoiding Overwork | ||
| Avoiding Irritability | ||
| Regulating Sexual Life | ||
| Avoiding Excessive Leisure | ||
| 1.5 | Healthcare by Sports | 30 |
| Participating in Physical Labor | ||
| Brief Introduction to Common Exercises | ||
| 1.6 | Healthcare by Conforming to Nature | 32 |
| Living According to the Four Seasons | ||
| Adjusting the Environment | ||
| Chapter 2 | Practical Chinese Materia Medica for Healthcare | |
| 2.1 | Commonly Used Chinese Material Medicines for Healthcare | 39 |
| Qi Tonics | ||
| Blood Tonics | ||
| Yang Tonics | ||
| Yin Tonics | ||
| Other Chinese Medicines for Healthcare | ||
| 2.2 | Commonly Used Chinese Patent Medicines for Healthcare | 63 |
| Patent Medicines for Tonifying Qi | ||
| Patent Medicines for Nourishing Blood | ||
| Patent Medicines for Supporting Yang | ||
| Patent Medicines for Nourishing Yin | ||
| Other Patent Medicines for Healthcare | ||
| 2.3 | Chinese Medicated Liquor for Healthcare | 88 |
| Healthcare Effects of Chinese Medicated Liquor | ||
| Mechanism of Chinese Medicated Liquor | ||
| Characteristics of Healthcare with Chinese Medicated Liquor | ||
| Indications of Chinese Medicated Liquor for Healthcare | ||
| Preparation of Medicated Liquor | ||
| Cautions for Taking Medicated Liquor | ||
| Commonly Used Medicated Liquor | ||
| 2.4 | Soft Extracts | 123 |
| Soft Extracts for Invigorating Qi | ||
| Soft Extracts for Nourishing the Blood | ||
| Soft Extract for Nourishing Yin | ||
| Soft Extract for Supporting Yang | ||
| Soft Extract for Tonifying both Qi and Blood | ||
| Soft Extracts for Tonifying the Five Zang Organs | ||
| Other Soft Extracts for Tonifying the Body and Prolonging Life | ||
| Soft Extracts for Healthcare Used to Prevent and Treat Diseases | ||
| 2.5 | Chinese Herbal Tea for Healthcare | 142 |
| Herbal Tea for Invigorating Qi and Enriching Blood | ||
| Herbal Tea for Nourishing Yin and Supporting Yang | ||
| Herbal Tea for Regulating the Function of the Spleen and Stomach to Promote Digestion | ||
| Herbal Tea for Tranquilizing the Mind | ||
| Herbal Tea for Preventing and Treating Common Diseases | ||
| 2.6 | Medicated Gruel for Healthcare | 155 |
| 2.7 | Medicated Cake for Healthcare | 173 |
| 2.8 | Medicated Pancakes for Healthcare | 179 |
| Chapter 3 | Healthcare Independent of Medicines | |
| 3.1 | Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Healthcare | 185 |
| The Effects of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Healthcare | ||
| Mechanisms of Acupuncture and Moxibustion | ||
| Commonly Selected Acupoints in Healthcare | ||
| Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Healthcare | ||
| 3.2 | Qigong Exercises for Healthcare | 201 |
| Ways of Exercising | ||
| Types of Qigong Exercises | ||
| Principles in Doing Qigong Exercises | ||
| 3.3 | TCM Massage for Healthcare | 209 |
| Active and Passive Massage | ||
| Self-Massage for Healthcare | ||
| Indications and Contraindications | ||
| Glossary of Terms | 217 | |
| Index | 219 |