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In traditional herbal medicine, the most important secret to keep the human body healthy is to maintain a state of harmony in the body, mind, and spirit.
In health science, this state of harmony is called homeostasis. Homeostasis is any self-regulating process by which an organism tends to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are best for its survival. If homeostasis is successful, life continues; if it’s unsuccessful, it results in a disaster or death of the organism.
In traditional herbal medicine, only when the body, mind, and spirit are in harmony can the human body be truly healthy. This kind of harmony is not only the harmony inside the body, but also the harmony between the body and the external environment.

When we are young, we sleep whenever we like, and we work whenever we like. Nothing bad seems to happen to us. As we turn forty, we keep on doing whatever we have been doing in the past forty years, thinking that nothing bad will happen to us.
Then, what happens?

As practitioners of life cultivation, or health preservation, or holistic wellness, we engage in certain activities to make sure that our body is in good health, that our mood is in a happy state, and that our life will remain active.
Is it hard to do? No. There are easy ways to achieve our goal. You just have to make sure that you will follow the ways.
They include living with Nature, with stable emotional states. They include a well regulated and comfortable daily life which includes nice rest, proper diet, smooth pooping, proper exercise, and regular physical checkups.
Easy, right?

The race, climate, food, and customs in the longevity areas of various countries are different, and some are even contrary to the ways of health. For example, some elderly people are addicted to smoking and drinking, and they like to eat fat meat. One thing is the same, though, people who live long are optimistic, cheerful, kind-hearted and easy-going.
The way to live a long life summed up by the Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth and others is: If a person wants to live to be a hundred years old, a reasonable diet accounts for 25%, other 25%, and the role of emotional balance accounts for 50%.