Product Description
Traditional Chinese medicine, after long accumulation of medical practice, has developed a unique system of medical treatment. Keep Fit the Chinese Way introduces to the general reader this unique rehabilitation medicine, including breathing exercises, traditional gymnastics for health, shadow boxing, muscle relaxation, five-animal exercises, eight-part exercise, eighteen exercises, exercises in bed, massage therapy, chiropractic, slapping, acupuncture-moxibustion, cupping and bloodletting. It has been compiled by the famous physician Hu Bin, Professor of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, who has had extensive experience in rehabilitation medicine. Readers of the book will not only gain fundamental knowledge of this field, but also be able to practice the art so as to prevent and cure diseases and maintain good health.
Traditional rehabilitation therapy is a time-honored system that uses a variety of methods, including breathing exercises, martial arts, massage, acupuncture-moxibustion, chiropractic, slapping, cupping and bloodletting. Its features are:
Treatment and prophylaxis of disease, restoration of health and prolongation of life. It is good for the rehabilitation of internal, surgical, gynecological and ophthalmological diseases and is especially useful in conquering diseases most detrimental to human health, such as high blood pressure, arteriosclerotic heart disease, malignancy, pulmonary tuberculosis liver cirrhosis, chronic nephritis, peptic ulcer and neurosis