Dr. Liu Series 2 - Illness is Self-Generated

Author: Liu Hongzhang
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The court physicians of China's feudal society, especially those after the Ming Dynasty, were a special class in the medical field. They adopted methods of vital energy preservation, dietary therapy, and cautious medication to ensure the health of the nobility. At the same time, they avoided penalties such as dismissal, beating, exile, execution, or the annihilation of three generations due to ineffective prevention. Although many Chinese emperors died young despite the advice of court physicians, many nobles lived healthy lives, particularly many concubines who reached a hundred years old, and even many eunuchs, maids, and guards died without illness. This has sparked great interest among many modern people. The Liu family is a descendant of Liu Wansu, a physician during the Jin Dynasty, and also a descendant of Liu Chun, the Ming Dynasty court physician during the Yongle era. It is one of the few historically long-standing traditional Chinese medicine families in China. Liu Chun's theory of health preservation and the "three parts treatment, seven parts nourishment" concept he established remain widely spoken among all ethnic Chinese worldwide and are also the theory of traditional Chinese medicine for preventing diseases and treating chronic conditions. The Liu family has been using the "three parts treatment, seven parts nourishment" method since 1457 to treat various diseases and has gained fame both domestically and internationally for its cancer treatment, being the only specialized family in tumor medicine in China.