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Book Chapter: Chinese Medicine and Yang Sheng

TitleChinese Medicine and Yang Sheng
Authors
Ng, SMWang, CWan, HYA
Issue Date2014
PublisherSpringer
Citation
Chinese Medicine and Yang Sheng. In Michalos, AC (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, p. 849-855. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2014 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3579
AbstractSynonyms Cultivating life; Health preservation; Longevity and Chinese medicine; Nourishing life in China Definition Yang sheng is a core component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that puts paramount emphasis on prevention of illnesses. The Chinese words yang refers to nourishing, nurturing, nursing, taking care of, fostering, or promoting and sheng means life, birth, growth, vitality, and health. Putting together, yang sheng refers to nourishing life, fostering health and well-being, and pursuing longevity (Chen, 2011). According to the definition in a recent textbook “Life-Nurturing Science in TCM” published by the People’s Medical Publishing House, a major Chinese academic publisher in healthcare topics, yang sheng is “the type of subjective and objective pro-health behaviors with which people take care of their life consciously through various means and methods, with reference to their understanding of the universal law of life and nature. It is also a health .....
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/197795
ISBN
9789400707528

 

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dc.contributor.authorWang, Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorWan, HYAen_US
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dc.date.available2014-05-29T08:54:00Z-
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.identifier.citationChinese Medicine and Yang Sheng. In Michalos, AC (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, p. 849-855. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2014en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9789400707528-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/197795-
dc.description.abstractSynonyms Cultivating life; Health preservation; Longevity and Chinese medicine; Nourishing life in China Definition Yang sheng is a core component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that puts paramount emphasis on prevention of illnesses. The Chinese words yang refers to nourishing, nurturing, nursing, taking care of, fostering, or promoting and sheng means life, birth, growth, vitality, and health. Putting together, yang sheng refers to nourishing life, fostering health and well-being, and pursuing longevity (Chen, 2011). According to the definition in a recent textbook “Life-Nurturing Science in TCM” published by the People’s Medical Publishing House, a major Chinese academic publisher in healthcare topics, yang sheng is “the type of subjective and objective pro-health behaviors with which people take care of their life consciously through various means and methods, with reference to their understanding of the universal law of life and nature. It is also a health .....en_US
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.titleChinese Medicine and Yang Shengen_US
dc.typeBook_Chapteren_US
dc.identifier.emailNg, SM: ngsiuman@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailWang, C: cwwang@graduate.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailWan, HYA: awan@hku.hken_US
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