In modern society, more and more people are paying attention to physical and mental health, and the integration of Taoist health preservation and incense as important components of traditional culture has brought new insights and practices to people’s lives. These two are not only methods of health preservation, but also an attitude towards life, an inner pursuit and sublimation.
The ancient saying goes, ‘Sitting still is best done by burning incense, while waking up and sleeping is best done by chewing tea.’. Fragrance plays an important role in daily health activities. The fragrance medicine in Dong Ruoyu’s “Non Smoking Fragrance Law” says: “Health preservation cannot be without fragrance. Fragrance can be used to regulate external gases, relieve, supplement, and supplement deficiencies, and complement weaknesses
Modern pharmacology has shown that aromatic odors can stimulate the secretion of more immunoglobulin A in the human respiratory tract, which has antiviral properties and enhances the respiratory tract’s ability to resist the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms, thereby achieving the goal of preventing respiratory infections.
The protective effect of incense on human health is mainly to maintain the “Yangming Jing”. Through the maintenance of the Yangming Jing, the Yin Yang Jing can achieve a healthy state, thereby resisting the invasion of external pathogens and protecting the human body from various diseases. This is the protective effect of perfume on human body.
”Dao Fa Xiangdao Health Preservation “is the” Three Principles of Xiangdao Health Preservation “. To understand the principle of” Three Principles of Health Preservation “, we need to first understand what Xiangdao is, and then we can achieve the” Three Principles of Health Preservation “of Xiangdao.
What is Xiangdao?
Xiangdao is an art form in traditional Chinese incense culture. Xiangdao wholeheartedly appreciates and feels precious spices, using their eyes, hands, nose, and other forms to receive them through breathing fragrance, and their soul as the home of sensation.
In the process of savoring fragrance, one can imagine the various beauties in life, and through the lingering aroma emitted by spices, one can intimately connect with nature, feel the magic of nature’s creation, and raise a sense of awe towards nature in the heart.
In the process of savoring fragrance, one can appreciate the preciousness of life and elevate their soul. A journey of elegance that nourishes the body and mind with the romantic scent that lingers.
What is the Three Principles of Health Preservation?
The so-called “Three Principles of Health Preservation” refers to the concept of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation, which includes physiological health preservation, psychological health preservation, and philosophical health preservation.
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the comprehensive maintenance of life from physiological, psychological, and philosophical perspectives in health preservation, which is a state of health where all three aspects of physiology, psychology, and philosophy are integrated into one.
The three principles of health preservation advocated by traditional Chinese medicine reflect three different effects at different levels, and also embody a holistic concept of health preservation that is interrelated and based on the fundamental principles. After thousands of years of meticulous appreciation of Chinese incense culture and in-depth research on the foundation of incense health preservation, we can find that the essence of incense health preservation is actually the “Three Principles of Health Preservation” advocated by traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, there is also the viewpoint of promoting health through the three principles of fragrance, Taoism, and health preservation.
Xiangdao San Li Health Preservation
- Xiangdao Physiological Health Preservation:
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, spices (fragrant herbs) themselves have the effect of dispelling epidemics and treating diseases. Since ancient times, spices have been a great therapeutic method. The medicinal functions of aromatic plants differ from the “Shennong Bencao Jing” to the “Compendium of Materia Medica”. There are thousands of spices in the prescription, which have functions such as immune evasion, sterilization and disinfection, awakening and intelligence, moistening the lungs and calming the heart.
- Xiangdao Mental Health:
The process of savoring fragrance can purify the heart, relieve stress, dispel dryness, and soothe emotions. Chinese incense pursues tranquility, and the mind is in a peaceful and tranquil state. While smelling the fragrance, I feel my heart filled with agarwood. The whole person seems to be in a state of ambiguity, which is conducive to achieving optimal balance between body and mind, smooth flow of qi and blood, and achieving a good state of yin and yang mystery. Looking at a curling cigarette and smelling the wisps of fragrance can purify the heart and calm the mind. Focusing on the process of cleaning incense utensils, selecting fragrances, combining fragrances, arranging ashes, pressing ashes, filling fragrances, opening seals, calming the mind and purifying qi, the process of making a good fragrance is the process of reducing stress and eliminating dryness.
- Xiangdao Philosophy for Health Preservation:
In the process of tasting fragrance, we need to wholeheartedly appreciate and enlighten the forms of precious spices, such as eyes, hand touch, and nose smell. In the long aroma, we can make our hearts clear and pure, constantly pursuing the artistic conception of “tranquility, elegance, beauty, authenticity, and harmony”. Xiangdao can make people pursue the present and pacify the past, admire the sages, and immerse themselves in the wonderful silence. Xiangdao emphasizes observing silently, and people feel the meaning of life with the rising light smoke.
Xiangdao health preservation, regulating physiological peace, cultivating the purity and elegance of the heart, comprehending things comprehensively, cultivating the “three principles”, and promoting mental health.
