New Perspectives on Health and Sub-health

Author: Gao Yimin
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Health quality holds an important and specific position in achieving the goal of a moderately prosperous society. This book elaborates on the connotation, significance, and methods of improving life quality from the aspects of "health" and "sub-health." First, based on the theory from the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon ("When qi is harmonious, health prevails; when qi is disharmonious, disease arises") and ("internal harmony and external adaptation"), the author proposes the "Harmonious Health Theory." This is a "new insight" into the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health—"Health is not merely the absence of disease and weakness, but also refers to a state of good physical, mental, and social adaptation"—and an interpretation of the new health concept of "health, fitness, and longevity." The book not only helps people establish a scientific view of health but also provides detailed methods for achieving health through rational diet, ensuring health through appropriate exercise, and restoring the vitality and aesthetic appeal of the human body. It is highly practical. Second, given the large population of sub-health individuals in China and the limited knowledge most people have about sub-health, the book, after discussing "Sub-health from Various Perspectives," points out that the meaning of Sun Simiao's Tang Dynasty concept of "pre-disease" is what is now referred to as "sub-health." The book not only analyzes Sun Simiao's scientific thinking of "no disease—pre-disease—disease" but also introduces in an accessible manner how to understand sub-health, how to regulate it from psychological, lifestyle, dietary and nutritional balance, exercise, and music aspects, and how to conduct herbal interventions based on traditional Chinese medicine's identification of sub-health. China's healthcare resources are relatively insufficient. The book emphasizes the correct understanding of the meaning of health, self-regulation of sub-health, and herbal interventions. This approach can not only reduce healthcare costs but also effectively reduce the sub-health population, making its significance highly positive.