China's earliest existing elderly monographs

     The song dynasty health the home straight Chen compilation in close book is aged in the earliest extant elderly medical monographs.

    Chen straight, the song dynasty famous home, YuanFeng physician (1018 1087) had for Thai - XingHua county (now the state DaiXian) magistrate, jiangsu and lost his life in examination. He his "old-age serve close book no later than in 1085 writing paper, is a special food for the party, old evils, pharmaceutical path taken an important medical raise and health preserving works.

     His health thought is mainly embodied in the following aspects:

    (a) claims diet modulation. Chen thinks, personal treble essence, gas, god is the material basis diet. Only paying more attention to diet can reach health modulation, extend purpose. But the key is regulate modulation diet for spleen, pei tomorrow. For old people, modulation, particularly important. Diet He says: "old man, generally speaking, the food should be tepid ripe soft, avoid the sticky stiff cold '(the food of modulation first); 'shouts to feed, defeated fetid shall not make food stuck hard poisons,... Sunset night's eat not to make full, Yin hi Ming cannot make fog hunger '(" JieJi protection seventh "), etc. Visible to the diet Chen modulation of basic requirements also is very clear.

     (2) emphasize spirit perturbation raise. According to the elderly people often Chen, sex more withdrawn from strong spirit of elderly, emphasizing the modal characteristics of perturbation, should pay attention to its spirit raise, to keep it quiet, optimistic, strong, cheerful, special attention should be paid to prevent and avoid sufferred intense mental stimulation that occurs, disease.

    (3) advocate ever-green endowment. Chen according to neijing ever-green health. View that man and nature, natural environment, conform to the corresponding changes have rehabilitation, natural changes is respectful illness. Emphasize 'view of the sky, the tao trip' (the day turns ZongXu eighth "), aged book for spring, summer, autumn, winter turns what the perturbation nutrient quarter JingXiang paper is.

     (4) attention daily life will care. That old people, Chen physical weakness, action difficult, Pepsi lazy, and must therefore be in for shi to protect, lest 'not cross the specter of' (" the banquet ") in daily life fifth. For the elderly in the book do, live, sit, down, clothing, etc are clearly face strict requirements. Such as: bed clothes is unfavorable and exorbitant, should not be too broad, go out unfavorable wading crossing the river, etc.

      "In close book encyclopedia aged 15 article mainly describes the elderly, theory and methods, prevention measures and turns to raise perturbation senile sickness food therapy. In the book, cut in practical method is simple for us to study and research older epidemiology has important reference value.