26/04/2017
Chinese Medicine is not only about treating illnesses but also about nurturing life and living in harmony with the nature. The earliest medicine book, "The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine" taught people the art of life through the seasons".
The three months of spring,
they denote effusion and spreading.
Heaven and earth together generate life;
the myriad beings flourish.
Go to rest late at night and rise early.
Move through the courtyard with long strides.
Dishevel the hair and relax the physical appearance,
thereby cause the mind [to orient itself on] life.
Give life and do not kill.
Give and do not take.
Reward and do not punish.
This is correspondence with the qi of spring and
it is the Way to nourish life.
Opposing it harms the liver.
In summer, this causes changes to cold, and
there is little to support growth.
