Sun Simiao was indeed one of the people who lived longer, according to historical records, he lived to be at least 101 years old, and some accounts even believe that he lived to be more than 160 years old. So did Sun Simiao really live for more than 100 years?
We can deduce the answer from the two books he wrote, "Preparing for Emergencies" and "Thousands of Golden Wings".
"Preparing for Emergencies" was written by Sun Simiao when he was 40 years old, and it took 30 years to write, and when he was in his 70s, it was completed around 652 AD. At this time, Sun Simiao, who was in his 70s, found that there were many new medical concepts, so he began to write "Qianjin Yifang", which was written for another 30 years, and Sun Simiao was completed at the age of 100.
Therefore, it is generally believed in the academic community that Sun Simiao lived to be 101 years old.
At this time, many people may ask: Does he have any health care drugs that he can recommend to everyone? This is really not, because we can see from Sun Simiao's "Preparation for Emergencies" and "Qianjin Yifang" that we can see:
Sun Simiao's health regimen can be summarized from the following aspects:
Clause. 1. Maintain a happy spirit: Sun Simiao emphasized that people's mental state has an important impact on health. He advocates maintaining a calm and happy mood and avoiding negative emotions such as excessive anxiety and depression.
Clause. 2. Pay attention to diet: Sun Simiao believes that diet has a great impact on health. He advocates eating less greasy, spicy, raw and cold foods, and more nutritious foods such as vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. In addition, he also stressed that the diet should be moderate and regular, not too full and too hungry.
Clause. 3. Insist on exercising: Sun Simiao believes that proper physical activity is very beneficial to health. He advocates traditional fitness methods including tai chi, baduanjin, walking, etc.
Clause. 4. Regular work and rest: Sun Simiao advocates that people have regular work and rest habits, that is, they have enough sleep and wakefulness time every day. He emphasized that working at sunrise and resting at sunset is a natural habit of human beings and should be followed as much as possible.
Clause. 5. Pay attention to health care: Sun Simiao also advocates some health care methods, such as hot water foot soaking, body massage, etc., to promote blood circulation and improve body immunity.
At this time, many people asked again: If he lived for more than 100 years, it was not because he had health medicines, then why was he called the king of medicine?
When it comes to traditional Chinese medicine, we will think of going up the mountain to collect medicine in many cases, in Sun Simiao's time, most of the traditional Chinese medicine was collected on the mountain, and it was difficult to go up the mountain to collect medicine, the efficiency was low, and it was difficult to meet the demand for drugs at that time, resulting in most of the drugs at that time were in short supply, so Sun Simiao began to carry out large-scale drug cultivation to meet people's demand for drugs.
The contribution of the medicine king Sun Simiao to the cultivation of drugs and the collection of drug seeds is very significant.
He emphasised that the cultivation of medicines requires meticulous management, including the selection of the right land, the timing of planting, irrigation and drainage, fertilization, pest and disease control, and harvesting and processing. In his book "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions", Sun Simiao recorded in detail the techniques and precautions of herbal medicine cultivation, which had a profound impact on the Chinese medicine cultivation industry in later generations.
As for the collection of medicinal seeds, Sun Simiao focuses on collecting medicinal seeds with therapeutic effects from nature, and conducts meticulous classification and research. He once collected a large number of herbs in places such as the Taihang Mountains and the Yaowang Valley.
In order to collect medicine seeds, Sun Simiao traveled to many places in China, including the Taihang Mountains, the North China Plain, Sichuan and other places. These places are rich in herbal resources, which provide Sun Simiao with a large number of research and collection objects. Therefore, Sun Simiao is known as the king of medicine.
Therefore, to sum up, Sun Simiao is the king of medicine, and we learn from his health thoughts, that is: exercise more, eat a balanced diet, work and rest regularly, and be diligent in thinking.