Tao Hongjing's Health Preservation - Leaving Behind books for the World

Although Tao Hongjing resigned from his official position and retired to seclusion. But he is not a recluse who only cares about his own health preservation and doesn't care about the world or others. He is compassionate, proficient in medicine, and also a medical expert who saves lives and treats the sick. He cared for the poor families who had no food or clothing and treated the sick and in distress, working tirelessly day and night. Therefore, he was deeply loved by the people. Of course, there are also people who cannot understand his actions. He also summarized the medical experience of his predecessors and supplemented it, making a tremendous contribution to medicine. The earliest existing classic work of pharmacology in China, "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica", was passed down through his collation. In addition to the "Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica with Annotations", he also added Ge Hong's "The Back of the Elbow" as "Supplementing the Hundred Prescriptions of the Back of the Elbow", which was frequently used by later medical practitioners. Tao Hongjing was fond of martial arts and became more and more proficient in them as he grew older. The content he authored is extremely extensive. According to statistics from various bibliographies, there are approximately over seventy titles, most of which are now in name only. Among them, there are many forgeries, and books related to health preservation, dietary guidance, and nourishment account for a considerable proportion. The most famous one among them is "Record of Nourishing Nature and Prolonging Life", which has been highly valued by health preservation experts throughout the ages. Anyone who wishes to maintain health and pursue longevity must read this book by Tao.