Medical health is narrow. Including two aspects: first, the main organs are disease-free, the body shape is well developed, the body shape is uniform, and the physiological functions of various systems of the human body are good. Second, it has strong disease resistance and can adapt to the effects of environmental changes, various physiological stimuli and pathogenic factors on the body.
Traditionally, we are used to "being healthy and disease-free".
Chinese medicine and western medicine have different expressions of "health".
"Huangdi Neijing" day: "Yin Pingyang is the secret, and God is the rule". It means that the body's yin and yang are dynamically balanced and healthy.
Yin hides essence and ascends to the extreme, while Yang keeps exterior and solid. True yin should have the function of convergence and collection of yin essence, nourish true yang and converge true yang (yin level); The true yang should have the function of growing and sprouting to resist external evil, and it should not let the true yin leak out and bind the true yin (Yang secret).
Ping and Secret in Yin Pingyang Secret have the same meaning, balance. "Yin Ping" refers to the smoothness of Yin Qi, and "Yang Secret" refers to the persistence of yang spirit, which is the relative balance maintained by the mutual adjustment of yin and yang.
Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that the human body is the unity of yin and yang. Yin and Yang oppose, restrict and repel each other, so as to achieve the unity of the two and the relative dynamic balance of Yin and Yang. The physiological function of human body is normal, the immunity is strong and the spirit is full.
In TCM syndrome differentiation treatment, the "excess" and "deficiency" of viscera function are often used to describe the occurrence of diseases. example
There are two aspects in TCM's understanding of diseases.
Man is a complex whole, and any local disease is closely related to the whole, so we need to always start from the whole when we understand the disease. Secondly, any disease is the result of the destruction of the overall balance, and the destruction of different links of the balance will produce different symptoms. Therefore, we can judge the destruction of internal balance by analyzing and studying the external symptoms of human body, so as to grasp the essence of the disease and the outcome of the disease.
Huangdi Neijing said: "There must be external causes for internal causes." .
The health of traditional Chinese medicine is personalized. People of different ages have different health characteristics and different health conditions. Therefore, the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine is not based on standard indicators. There is a saying that "the same disease is treated differently" and "different diseases are treated together". Different people suffer from the same disease and the treatment methods may be different; Different diseases can be treated in the same way.
Health knowledge of western medicine.
The Chinese version of The Concise Encyclopedia of Britain 1987 is defined as "health, which enables individuals to adapt to the physical, emotional, spiritual and social aspects of the environment for a long time." "Disease is an abnormal physiological or psychological state that produces symptoms or signs", which refers to the state that the morphology and function of organs and tissues deviate from the normal standards under the influence of pathogenic factors. "Health can be measured by measurable values (such as height, weight, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, vision, etc.). ), but its standards are difficult to master. "
Western medicine's understanding of health is often measured by "health standard index". Therefore, treatment is also standardized, ignoring people's personality differences. The emergence of "sub-health" is not a disease.
It is generally believed that sub-health is a state between health and disease, and a state of low physiological function between disease and health. Sub-health means that although there is no disease in the human body, harmful factors or harmful factors already exist in the body or organs. These harmful factors or harmful factors are like time bombs lurking in the human body, which may explode at any time. Or cancer lurking in the body, slowly invading the body, if not removed in time, will lead to illness. For example, the artery that supplies blood to the human heart (medically known as coronary artery) is blocked. When the degree of blockage reaches about 70%, people will feel uncomfortable, and have symptoms such as palpitation, shortness of breath and chest tightness, and have to go to the hospital quickly. As soon as the doctor checks and finds that the coronary artery has blocked about 70%, the doctor will diagnose coronary heart disease. Is your coronary artery blocked to 70% at once? The answer is very clear, no, when the blood vessels are blocked to 50%, people generally feel nothing, but they are still sick, but the symptoms are mild or invisible. When the blood vessels are blocked to 70%, people can't stand it, and then they are diagnosed with coronary heart disease. The previous state is what people often call "sub-health". Fatigue and fatigue are said to be sub-health; Dizziness and insomnia are described as sub-health; Irritability and inattention are described as sub-health; I feel sick all over, and I can't find any disease, which is also called sub-health. It can be seen that the name sub-health is not accurate, and it should be called "early disease". The so-called "sub-health" is not the absence of disease, but in the early stage of disease. By the end of the disease, most people will go to the hospital because they can't stand it. The incorrect name "sub-health" is really harmful, which seriously hinders people's understanding and understanding of diseases. The reason for this phenomenon lies in the defects of digitalization of health understanding and standardized diagnosis of data in western medicine.
Many people find that they have hyperlipidemia, but they don't pay attention to it because it doesn't affect their work and life. In fact, the day when a person gets hyperlipidemia is the beginning of the rapid development of myocardial infarction and cerebral thrombosis. People should clearly realize that sub-health is also a disease.
The existing inspection facilities and instruments of western medicine can only observe the local situation (data) of an organ or a part of the human body, but can not understand the relationship between the local and the whole. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the overall balance of the human body, and the changes of any organ, cell or even a part of the human body are closely related to and influenced by the whole body. It is impossible to study human internal organs in isolation, and we should study people as a whole.
The specific expression of the health status of Chinese medicine can be comprehensively considered from the following aspects.
1. Whether the eyes are full of energy: the eyes are full of energy and vitality, and the viscera function is good.
2. Whether silence is harmonious: loud voice and long breathing reflect good cardiopulmonary circulation.
3. Whether the urine is unobstructed: the urine is unobstructed, and the daily urine volume is 1000- 1500ml, indicating that the urinary function is normal.
4. Whether the stool is unobstructed: the stool is once or twice a day, and there is no abdominal pain or diarrhea, suggesting that the digestive function is healthy.
5. Whether the body shape is moderate: keep the body shape symmetrical, not fat or thin.
6. Whether the teeth are firm: keep oral hygiene and basically have no oral diseases such as dental caries.
7. Whether the waist and legs are flexible: insist on exercise and have flexible musculoskeletal limbs.
8. Whether the pulse is normal: the pulse is calm and gentle, soft and powerful, with regular rhythm, neither floating nor sinking, neither too big nor too small, indicating that the heart and circulation function are good.
9. Whether the diet is proper: regular and quantitative daily, balanced diet, no picky eaters, no partial eclipse, no overeating, no alcoholism, no smoking.
10. Do you live on time? You can get up on time and sleep well.
From a medical point of view, health is expressed by whether you are sick or not. Judging whether a person is sick or not is a very professional technology. There are four diagnostic methods in TCM.