Practical English-Chinese Library of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Health Preservation and Rehabilitation

Practical English-Chinese Library of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Health Preservation and Rehabilitation
By Liu Zhaochun, Sun Guangren
Publishing House of Shanghai College of TCM, 1990
Paperback, English and Chinese
ISBN 7810101226 more info

Health preservation, also called "striving for health," "conserving health," "cultivating temperament" and so on, in ancient times, is one of the medical pursuits which, through various ways, cultivates life, builds up health, and prevents diseases so as to achieve the purpose of prolonging life.

The theories of health preservation in traditional Chinese medicine are composed of three concepts: the wholism of relevant adaptation of man to nature, the unity of physique and vitality, and the invasion with vital-qi stressed.

The subject of health preservation in TCM is based on plentiful and substantial practical experiences and has, in its employment, a large number of methods. The basic principles, however, can be summed up three categories: Conforming with nature, preserving both physique and mentality, association of activity and inertia.

Contents:

1. Origin and Development of Health Preservation
2. Theories of Health Preservation and Principles
3. Methods of Health Preservation - cultivation of mind, diet regulation, proper balance between work and rest, normal daily life
4. Origin and Development of Health Rehabilitation
5. Theories and Principles of Health Rehabilitation
6. Rehabilitation Methods - Psychotherapy, Diet, Sports, Herbal Medicines, Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Massage, Milieu Therapy

China's Traditional Wuxing (Five Elements) Therapeutic Music

China's Traditional Wuxing (Five Elements) Therapeutic Music - Medium Tune CDs' Titles

1. The Music of Life Yangsheng
2. The Tune of Jue Wood
3. The Tune of Zhi Fire
4. The Tune of Gong Earth
5. The Tune of Shang Metal
6. The Tune of Yu Water

China's Traditional Wuxing Therapeutic Music

According to traditional Chinese philosophy, man is the son of nature, and the changes in the activities of man's life and all things on the earth are interrelated, echoing and accompanying each other, thus the theory that "man is an integral part of nature." The sky spreads Wuxing (the five primary elements - wood, fire, earth, metal, and water), which gives birth to Wuyin (the five notes of traditional Chinese music - Jue, Zhi, Gong, Shang, and Yu, corresponding to 3, 5, 1, 2, and 6 in numbered musical notation respectively); the earth has Wuji (the five seasons of spring, summer, long summer, autumn, and winter), which corresponds to Wuhua (birth, growth, steadiness, restraint, and reserve); and man has Wuzang (the five internal organs - liver, heat, spleen, lungs, and kidney), which controls Wuzhi (the five sentiments - anger, delight, thoughtfulness, anxiety, and fear). The changes in Wuxing, Wuji and Wuhua have a direct impact on the changes of all things on the earth and the changes in the state of vital energy and blood of man, leading to changes in man's feeling, mentality and health.

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