Liu the Imperial Physician on Health Preservation

Author: Liu Hongzhang
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Publish Date: 2006-04-10
Features: Liu family's inherited recipes + stories. This book provides: 20 unique royal inherited recipes, 10 health-preserving techniques, and 20 classic health-preserving cases. The medical book offers the most affordable health-preserving methods and the simplest health-preserving techniques, which everyone can learn. The imperial physicians of feudal China, especially those after the Ming Dynasty, were a special class in the medical field. They adopted methods such as dietary control, food therapy, and cautious use to ensure the health of the nobility. At the same time, they avoided punishments such as dismissal, beating, exile, execution, or even the annihilation of three generations due to ineffective prevention. Although many Chinese emperors died young despite the advice of imperial physicians, many nobles lived healthy lives, especially many concubines who lived to be over a hundred. Even many eunuchs, palace maids, and guards died without illness, which has sparked great interest among modern people. Now, humans are just beginning to pay attention to quality of life and natural lifespan, but much modern research may be mere theoretical speculation or even assumptions. Therefore, it is worthwhile to look back at the historical experience of imperial physicians, as historical experience is worth noting. The Liu family is a descendant of the Jin Dynasty medical scholar Liu Wansu and also a descendant of the Ming Dynasty Yongle Emperor's imperial physician Liu Chun. They are one of the few historically long-standing traditional Chinese medicine families in China. Liu Chun's health-preserving methods and the theory of "treating three parts and nurturing seven parts" have become a common saying among Chinese people worldwide and are also the theory for preventing diseases and treating chronic conditions. The Liu family has been using the "treating three parts and nurturing seven parts" method since 1457 to treat various diseases and has gained fame for treating cancer both domestically and internationally. They are the only family specializing in tumor treatment in China. This book explains in an easy-to-understand manner the detailed operation methods of Liu family health preservation and "treating three parts and nurturing seven parts," which are simple and practical, making them suitable for the general public.