TCM Acupuncture and Massage

Chapter 1 Preface
my country is the most populous country in the world. With the development of society, it is gradually aging.According to the survey, there are many families in our country where 6 of the 4 members are old people, and two generations spend their old age together.Of course, population aging is a manifestation of social progress, but it also brings many new problems to society.How to make the elderly maintain physical and mental health after entering the evening scene of mulberry and elm, so that they will not decay when they are old.The large number of older people is an important social force.Many countries in the world, especially some aging societies in Europe and the United States, include aging issues in their social development plans.It can be said that the health care of the elderly will surely become a major issue affecting the development of the entire society.

Acupuncture and moxibustion is a bright pearl in the medical treasure house of the motherland, and it is a summary of the experience of the working people in our country in the long-term medical practice and life practice.It has made important contributions to the reproduction and prosperity of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.In recent decades, the development of acupuncture and moxibustion medicine has advanced by leaps and bounds, and it has gone to the world and become an important part of world medicine.With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, people's thirst for health care knowledge is becoming stronger and stronger, especially non-drug health care methods, such as acupuncture, massage, diet therapy, etc., because of their safety, reliability, long-lasting curative effect, and wide adaptability, Without any side effects, it is deeply loved by the broad masses of the people.

This book is a guide book that systematically introduces the use of traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture and massage for health care.This book content is divided into 3 parts.The first part is the basic theory of TCM acupuncture and moxibustion, including the basic characteristics of TCM, yin and yang and five elements, viscera, etiology, meridians, and acupoints.The second part is the commonly used acupuncture and massage health care methods, including health care massage therapy for middle-aged and elderly people, common acupuncture and moxibustion methods and health care moxibustion methods.The next part is acupuncture and massage health care for common diseases, including an overview of 33 common diseases in the respiratory system, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, digestive system, urogenital system, endocrine and metabolism, nervous system, bone and joints, and five sense organs. Acupuncture massage and diet therapy, etc.

Due to our limited level of writing, there may still be some deficiencies, and we hope that readers will criticize and correct them.

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