The Research Of Tao Hongjing's Taoist Medicine

Taoist medicine is not only an indispensable part of Chinese traditional medical culture,but also a vital field of Taoist research.It is of great significance to study Taoist medicine.Tao Hongjing is not only an influential Taoist leader in the northern and southern dynasties,but also a famous Taoist doctor.From the medical point of view,Tao Hongjing systematically put forward a set of theories and methods of Taoist medical regimen on the basis of summing up the experience of predecessors.At the same time,he also personally collecting medicine to make alchemy as well as combining Taoist medicine swallowing and alchemy with medical treatment separately,which promoted the development of pharmacology.In addition,Tao Hongjing combined Taoist regimen,alchemy and Taoist medicine swallowing with traditional medicine,which not only enriched the content of Taoist medicine,but also provided reference for traditional medicine.Tao Hongjing's Taoist medicine has its philosophical basis,which mainly includes the thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements,the thought of Qi theory,the thought of the connection between heaven and man,and the thought of benefiting the world and the people,etc.Religious theology and scientific evidence are the two characteristics of Tao Hongjing's Taoist medicine,which are both contradictory and unified.His Taoist medicine,as a kind of medicine with obvious religious nature,also has its own special medical model,that is,a diversified medical model integrating physiological therapy,belief therapy and psychotherapy.Regimen is an important content of Tao Hongjing's Taoist medicine,which contains rich regimen ideas and methods.Tao Hongjingemphasized the idea of “ Heaven is natural,while human depends on itself ”,and advocated that people should not only follow the natural law,but also use the natural law to actively seek health preservation.The idea that “ the body and the spirit are not separated,strengthen the spirit and exercise the body ” is the purpose of Tao Hongjing's regimen.He emphasized that strengthening spirit and exercising body are two sides of regimen,and both should be taken into account.He also systematically summarized several specific methods of regimen,such as breathing exercise,body massage,sex manual,dietary taboos and so on.Pharmacology is a representative content of Tao Hongjing's Taoist medicine,which mainly includes two parts: herbology and alchemy(chemical pharmacy).In the aspect of herbology,Tao Hongjing absorbed the knowledge of Taoist medicine swallowing and greatly promoted the development of herbology.In the aspect of alchemy,Tao Hongjing made a thorough study of metal-stone drugs and applied them extensively in clinical treatment,realizing the preliminary confluence of alchemy and medicine.Tao Hongjing's Taoist medicine also has its limitations.We should examine it in a dialectical and critical way.