What state is the core goal of traditional Chinese medicine health care to achieve?

The answer is actually the peaceful state of "Yin Ping Yang Secret" mentioned in the "Huangdi Neijing". To put it bluntly, it is the dynamic balance of the body and mind. There is neither excess blockage nor deficiency, and everything is smooth inside and outside.

I have been practicing traditional Chinese medicine for more than ten years, and I have seen too many people who go astray. In the past two years, I met an old uncle who was over 60 years old. After he retired, he watched health programs every day and said that he needed to replenish qi and blood. He ate ginseng, velvet antler, and rhodiola. My gums were so swollen that I couldn't eat. I tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep until two or three o'clock. My blood pressure was also rising. When I came to see me, my tongue was red and the coating was yellow and greasy. It was obvious that I had overdone it. The yang energy was too strong and the yin fluid could not keep up. Later, I asked him to stop all supplements and drink 3 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus and 2 grams of tangerine peel in boiled water every day. He walked slowly for 40 minutes after dinner and stopped thinking about "what is missing, what should be supplemented." Within three weeks, he came back and said he was sleeping soundly, his gum swelling had completely disappeared, and even his blood pressure had stabilized. This actually brought the deviated balance back on track.

There are actually many misunderstandings about health care in the market today. One group always believes that "you need to take adequate supplements to maintain health", and they wish they could stuff all the expensive supplements into their stomachs. The other group believes that "everything can be drained". They shout loudly about dehumidification, coldness and toxins, and they have to purge everything to feel healthy. In fact, both of these are extremes. There was a little girl in her 20s who heard someone say that she drank red bean and barley water to relieve moisture. She drank it continuously for more than three months. She was already afraid of cold, but her menstrual period was delayed for almost half a month. Her hands and feet were as cold as ice cubes. It was because barley was cold. She had a constitution of spleen deficiency, dampness and cold. She depleted her little yang energy and broke the original balance.

Don’t think that this “Yin Ping Yang Secret” means that there is nothing wrong with you. It is actually much more comfortable than the “no disease” state. Just like when you change seasons, everyone else catches a cold and coughs, but nothing happens to you. ； You don’t have to wrap yourself up like a rice dumpling to keep your hands and feet warm in winter, and you won’t sweat profusely even if you move a little bit in summer. ； If you eat something cold, you won't feel upset, if you eat something spicy, you won't get angry. You don't have any inexplicable irritability or anxiety, and you can fall asleep in about ten minutes after lying on the bed. This is when you have truly achieved your health goal.

To put it bluntly, maintaining health is not a complicated matter at all. It is just like adjusting the air pressure of a bicycle tire. Too much air will cause a puncture, and too little air will make riding difficult. Just the right state is the most labor-saving and most durable to ride. The same principle applies to our bodies. Balance is always the first priority.