One can be hurt either by overwork or by overleisure. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that people who want to keep fit should avoid not only overwork but also too easy and comfortable a life. When they are tired, it is positive to have a temporary rest to readjust themselves. (more…)
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Balance between work and rest for health care — Avoiding Excessive Leisure
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Balance between Work and Rest for Health Care
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Work here implies “tiredness”, while rest means leisure, ease and comfort. Man has to work and struggle against nature in order to survive. In doing so, however, one must do his work within the limits of his tolerance. And he needs proper rest to relieve the tension from work. That is called striking a proper balance between work and rest. Traditional Chinese medicine has invariably insisted that the balance has great beneficial effect on health.
Moderate work or rest is advocated rather than excessive hard work or too much rest. Experts through the ages in health care have maintained that imbalance between work and rest was a great taboo. The book Yang Xing Yan Ming Lu says that the way to keep good health is nothing but to avoid internal injuries from overstrain. Sun Simiao argued that it is not advisable to overwork and overrest, for either of them is harmful to health. A same statement can be also found in the book Lao Zi Yang Sheng Yao Jue. (more…)