Regular work and rest

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• Life cultivation and rehabilitation with the diet (14 15 16)
• Health Care Methods in Sexual Life (18 19 20)
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Daily Life

Regular work and rest

One basic requirement of TCM life cultivation is “normal daily life” which means regular word, rest and daily life. This is an important principle for strengthening health and prolonging life.

If there exit irregular daily life, work and rest and unscrupulous behavior, ageing phenomena may occur such as declined adaptive capacity and body resistance, increased incidence. As a result , premature ageing may occur to affect life span.

The most helpful and correct life style for life cultivation and longevity is the reasonable arrangement of daily life, word and rest which requires that people should sleep, get up, eat, work, study, exercise the body, defecate, urinate, bathe, etc. at fixed times. However, the so-called “at fixed times” should still be flexibly handled according to the specific conditions (the differences in ages, seasons, regions and physiques) and mechanical application should be aboided.

Proper balance between work and rest

The ancients advocated that the criteria for work and rest were “moderation”, regular and moderate adjustment without excess in either one. Only when the integration of movement and motionlessness, and moderation of work and rest are adopted, can tendons and bones be exercised, qi and blood flow smooth, physique strong, willpower enhanced and vigorous life-force conserved.

Work and rest include not only the consumption of physical strength, but also the moderate use of the brain. In other words, the use of the brain should include moderation of work and rest and the advocationof scientific use of the brain. Mental labor without tiredness keeps the constant use of the brain without decline. Regular and reasonable use of the brain can prevent ageing, increase intelligence, especially prevent senile dementia.

The criteria for moderation of work and rest vary in persons. In general, the general, the following may be used for reference. 1. physical labor should be proper in intensity; 2. mental labor should be integrated with physical activities; 3. rest and health conservation should be various. Not only should rest in sleeping way be adopted , but also rest in other ways should be applied such as listening to music, chatting, playing chess, walking, enjoying the sight of scenery, fishing, composing poems, painting and practicing Tai Chi Chuan.