Study On The Thoughts And Methods Of Emotional Health-keeping For The Aged In Traditional Chinese Medicine

With the deepening of China's aging society and the rapid growth of the number of elderly population,the demand for pension services is increasing.The health of the elderly population has become the focus of attention.Therefore,pay attention to the elderly health has become a hot topic.In recent years,with the rapid development of economy and the continuous improvement of people's understanding,the influence of emotion on health and disease has been paid more and more attention.In particular,the elderly population has its own physiological and pathological characteristics:in addition to more than other groups of social,life and emotional experience,the emotion of the old is easy to fluctuate and has certain characteristics,such as easy to sad irritability,feeling emptiness and loneliness,prone to depression and so on.Modern medical research has also proved that emotional problems have become the inducement or aggravation of many elderly acute and chronic diseases or potential pathogenic factors,which seriously affect the quality of life of the elderly.The emotional health of the elderly can not be ignored.In this study,literature research and theoretical research methods are used to sort out and summarize the thoughts of emotional health care for the elderly in traditional Chinese medicine,as well as to explore the relevant ancient books and modern literature of traditional Chinese medicine,more systematically summed up the ideological context and theoretical framework of emotional health care for the elderly.The article has reviewed the articles and research results related to old-age health history of traditional Chinese medicine in the past 20 years,and described the research status in related fields,and also provided a certain research basis and ideas for the research and discussion of this article.At present,China has entered an aging society.Emotional health-keeping for the aged has an important and profound significance.Traditional Chinese medicine has always emphasized the importance of the spirit,focusing on the relationship between form and spirit and emphasizing the influence of emotion on physical and mental health.Emotional health-keeping for the aged in TCM" means under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine thoughts and theories,using traditional Chinese medicine methods to protect old people's sentiments,so as to achieve the purposes of emotional peace,maintenance of mind,and physical health.The change of the physiological conditions of the elderly population is the material basis and the root cause of the changes in psychological and emotional conditions.In addition,the family and social factors also have a certain influence or even change on the feelings of the elderly.Many older people have not been able to successfully complete the transformation and positioning of their own roles after they left their previous jobs and lives.The conversion of this role has a greater impact on the psychology of the elderly.In terms of marriage and family,the elderly often encounter problems such as widowhood,remarriage,loss of children,and property distribution,which cause great distress to the elderly and increase their psychological burden.Chinese medicine practitioners believe that the performances of emotions such as "seven emotions" and "five zhi" are all closely related to the functions of organs.The old people are ineffective in their internal organs,lack of qi and blood,and are in distress and sadness.On the other hand,the elderly suffer from yin deficiency,yin and yang are unbalanced,and every time they feel bad,they are irritated by anger.Disturbance of emotions can cause disorganized airways,impaired organs,disorders of yin and yang,or injuries to the meridians,which can lead to the occurrence of diseases and endanger physical and mental health.The article reviews the ancient history of old-age emotional health of traditional Chinese medicine,from the pre-Qin period to the Qing Dynasty,and focuses on combing and summarizing the main viewpoints of various medical families or people on(elderly)emotional health in different historical periods and briefly commenting on them.The article has studied and researched the old-age ideology of old-aged people's emotional health,and condensed it into five aspects:keeping the spirit inside and keeping the morality first;the children doing their filial piety,and pleasing their affection;the god of possession of the spirits,taking care of the heart is important;the harmony between man and nature;overall regulation of body and spirit.At the same time,based on ancient Chinese medical literature,detailed research and summary of the specific methods of the elderly emotional health,including how to honor the elderly,how to keep the health of spirit through the correct way etc.,to provide emotional health specific practical methods and guidance for the current practice of the elderly.The concept and method of old age health-keeping thoughts are subjective.They must give full play to the subjective initiative of the old people,maintain a good attitude,and actively adjust themselves to establish a correct view of disease and a concept of life and death.From an "objective" perspective,emphasis is placed on exerting subjective thinking.While creating the appropriate objective conditions for the initiative,the "specialty" of the elderly's emotional health should be emphasized in the implementation of specific methods.The thought of old age and emotional health in TCM emphasizes the cultivation of the elderly mind and the cultivation of morality.It emphasizes the filial piety and the overall concept and the harmony of the form and spirit;the TCM method of old age and emotional health is rich in traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese culture,based on the physiological and psychological characteristics of the elderly population,focusing on incorporating emotional health-keeping into life.Through the refinement and study of the thoughts and methods of old-age emotional health in TCM,the full text sums up the meaningful research results.Applying the thoughts and methods of old age and emotional health to health practice,adapting to and optimizing medical services,it can also play a positive role in the prevention and conditioning of geriatric diseases while meeting the psychological needs of the elderly.