title: [Embodiment of "harmony" in the concept of well-being of China].
abstract: Harmony, an inherent value concept and a lofty ideal of the Chinese nation as well as the final aim of well-being in TCM, is a quite characteristic philosophical thought in Chinese ancient culture, which infiltrated different aspects of people's life and penetrated various aspects of TCM well-being. Harmony in the TCM concept of well-being concept reflected relations between nature and human, mind and physique, diet as well as body. By the methods of recuperation and maintenance aiming at harmony, including building up health to improve the ability of adaption and body resistance to the external environment, one can reduce or avoid the occurrence of disease in order to maintain the body in the optimum condition with harmony between internal and external, Yin and Yang, body and function as well as physical and mental health.
authors.affiliation: The centre for TCM culture research and transmission, Shanghai TCM University, Shanghai, 201203, China.
authors.forename: Li-Yun
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shi-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Yan