| Sub-health is the lower functional state between health and illness, which covers the aspect of personal mental, psychology and social adaption ability. As a subtype of sub-health, mental sub-health is the middle state between mental health and psychological disease, which can potentially lead to body illness and mental disorders. At present, modern medicine has not illustrated the root cause and the development of sub-health state. There are a few intervention methods with particular pertinence. Traditional Chinese medicine focuses on the prevention of disease. The behavior of sub-health usually indicates the abnormal of the personal body functions that belongs to the "pattern" in Chinese medicine. It has special advantages to use the Chinese medicine for adjustment of the body functions. It is highly expected to effectively intervene sub-health by using Chinese medicine methods in order to adjust the physical and metal states.ObjectiveThe literature research of the article is to systematically review the current research situation on sub-health by modern medicine and to master the understanding of sub-health by Chinese medicine.The article is to put forward the theoretical basis and effective methods by using of Chinese medicine to intervene sub-health. The effects of the different preserving health options on the undergraduates’psychological sub-health state were observed and its mechanism was studied through the experimental research on Chinese preserving health methods to intervene the mental sub-health state. Thus, the study point has been proofed to be effective and the research methods are provided to preventively treat sub-health.MethodsThe study is divided into two sections:the first one is literature research and theoretical discussion.It systematically reviewed the current research situation on sub-health by modern medicine and understanding of sub-health by Chinese medicine;and it mastered the research progress on the sub-health.Based on the theoretical research,the article puts forward the academic point "unification of body and mind" that is the vital instructional theory on preventively treatment of sub-health by Chinese medicine.The sub-health state is defined as dysfunctional state in which the disorder of mind affects the body, the discomfort of body damages the mind and finally the body and mind is thoroughly tired. First of all, the emotion and sentiment has to be adjusted to change the sub-health and then the body and mind will be unified to reach the expected healthy level. Adjustment of sub-health state is the vital prerequisite to ensure the fitness by building fitness and regulating the mind in order to keep the state of unification of body and mind.The second part is the experimental research. The subject was the second-year medical school undergraduates.After initial screening and the second screening,the experimental subjects were randomly divided into four groups, that is, the Baduanjin intervention group, Five Notes Music intervention group, the Baduanjin and Five Notes Music intervention group and the control group. During the intervention period of four weeks, the effects of before and after intervention were comprehensively evaluated by use of Symptom Checklist90(SCL-90). The total mean score of SCL-90and each factor score were observed and statistically compared among groups and within groups before the experiment and after the experiment. Besides,the score of each symptom in some factors was compared in the experiment.ResultsComparison in the group:except for sensitivity of interpersonal relationship,the total mean score of SCL-90and the scores of all factors were significantly reduced in the group of the Baduanjin and Five Notes Music intervention group.The total mean score of SCL-90and the scores of all factors were significantly reduced in the group of combined intervention,especially in the factors of somatization,depression, anxiety,obsession, digestion and sleep disorders.Comparison among groups:The total mean score of SCL-90and the scores of all factors were reduced in Baduanjin Group in comparison with the scores of the control group,especially in the factors of somatization,depression and anxiety(P<0.001).The score of somatization is lower than Five Notes Music group(P<0.05).The total mean score of SCL-90and the scores of all factors were significantly reduced in Five Notes Music Group in comparison with the scores of the control group,significantly in the factors of anxiety and depression (P<0.001).The scores of anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive were reduced in comparison with the score of Baduanjin group(P<0.05).The total mean score of SCL-90and the scores of all factors were reduced in the group of combined intervention in comparison with the scores of the control group.For anxiety,depression,symptom,psychoticism,digestion and sleep disorders, the Combination Group had better improvement degree than Baduanjin Group;at the mean while, for somatization,psychoticism,dyspepsia and sleep disorders,the Combination Group had better improvement degree than and Five Notes Music Group.Comparison of each symptom score of some factors among groups:the main symptoms of Baduanjin Group had significant improvement degree.The scores of some somatization symptoms were reduced than Five Notes Music group,such as low back pain and the heavy feeling of hands and feet;at the mean while,the degree of anxiety,depression,digestion and sleep disorders had significant improvement.For Five Notes Music Group,there are more significant improvement in low back pain,limbs ache,anxiety, depression, hostility, obsessive-compulsive, digestion and sleep disorders than the control group.In Five Notes Music Group,dysthymia symptoms such as easy to cry,excessive worry and feeling of depression and irritation were greatly improved than Baduanjin Group.There are more obvious improvement in symptoms of somatization, anxiety, depression,hostility,obsessive-compulsive,dyspepsia and sleep disorders than the control group.For somatization,the Combination Group had better improvement than Five Notes Music Group;for dysthymia symptoms,the Combination Group had better improvement than Baduanjin Group.The study results indicate:it is obvious that Baduanjin Group, Five Notes Music Group and Combination Group have overall great effects on improving mental sub-health.From what has mentioned above,there are significant improvement to sub-mental health for Baduanjin Group, Five Notes Music Group and Combination Group.It is confirmed that adjusting sub-health from body and mind is firmly valid and effective.Compared with Five Notes Music Group, Baduanjin Group and Combination Group have better rehabilitation effects on the somatization symptom.Five Notes Music Group and Combination Group have advantages over Baduanjin Group on treating depression and anxiety mood.The three intervention options are better than natural rehabilitation in the respect of treating mental sub-health.ConclusionThe combination of body and mind is the important theoretical foundation for Chinese medicine to preventively treat sub-health. Being the dysfunctional state, sub-health is the disorder of mind affecting the body, the discomfort of body damaging the mind and tiredness of body and mind. In order to achieve the healthy state of unifying body and mind, the alteration of sub-health state should firstly focus on optimizing the adjustment of emotion and sentiment. The critical premise to ensure health is to actively and timely adjust the sub-health state.Based on "five organs predominating emotion"theory, Baduanjin not only relieves somatization symptoms,but also adjusts mental sub-health through enhancing the five organs and improving functions. Consequently, Baduanjin is a complete adjustment for body building method. Based on the therapy of Five Notes of Chinese medicine,Five Notes Music adjusts adverse psychological state and abnormal behavior through adjusting the five organs and improving functions.Five Notes Music has the optimal regulating functions for mental sub-health via the adjustment of mental and psychology,especially relaxing and relieving depression and anxiety.Compared with the signal method,the combination of Baduanjin and Five Notes Music can better simultaneously optimize sub-health and mental sub-health states.The combination method demonstrates the point of "combination and comprehension as treatment" and the rehabilitation idea of comprehensive adjustment and treatment.The therapies of Baduanjin and Five Notes Music that are safe and non-toxic side effects belong to the non-drug therapy of Chinese medicine.The effects of the two therapies and the combination therapy on the sub-mental state were observed and its mechanism was studied.Its point has been proofed to be effective and the research way is steered into the practically preventive treatment for sub-health. |
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