实用阶梯英语—阅读教程 （旅游篇I） Unit 10 Unit 10.pptVIP

尚辅网 尚辅网 * * 大连理工大学出版社 * 大连理工大学出版社 尚辅网 实用阶梯英语 阅读教程（旅游篇I） Unit 10 Health Promotion 尚辅网 Section A Intensive Reading Adjusting the Relationships between Man and the Nature, Keeping Healthy Yangsheng (health promotion) means protecting one’s health and prolong one’s life. Chinese people have a long history of health promotion in diversified ways with extraordinary effect. In brief, it concludes the following aspects: emotional control, food and drinks, healthy living regime，suitable exercises, Qigong(breathing exercises), massage, medicine. China was one of the earliest countries to have a medical culture. Chinese medicine has a much different system from western medicine. The whole system is aiming at one thing—adjusting the relationship between man and nature. The basic principles of Chinese medicine are rather distinctive. The major principles are as followed: 尚辅网 Section A 1. Qi qing In Chinese, it means the seven human emotions, which includes: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate and desire. Chinese medicine believes that these seven human emotions are the main causes of illness. Therefore, in order to stay healthy, we must control our emotions first, and be optimistic. With a peaceful emotion, diseases will be far away from us. That is what the Chinese people usually say “the happy live long”, “the benevolent live long”, and “the wise live long”. 2. Relative Properties - Yin and Yang The Physiology of Chinese medicine holds that the condition of human body is the result of the balance of Yin and Yang. Yin is the inner and negative principles, while Yang is the outer and positive. The key reason to sickness is the two aspects lose their harmony. From the organs’ recovery mechanism, Yang functions to protect them from outer harm, while Yin is the inner base to store and provide energy for its counterpart. 尚辅网 Section A 3. Basic Substance Chinese medicine believes that vital energy -