Chinese Thought of Health
中国人对健康的认识
The Chinese regard health，in a universe of constant changes，as a state of balance established between the body and the natural world as well as between the different components of the body itself.
中国人认为健康是在万物的不断运动中，人与自然、人身体各要素之间建立的一种平衡状态。
The Chinese believe that illness occurs when this balance is disturbed.
中国人认为这种平衡状态被破坏时，疾病也就发生了。
Those illnesses caused by heat or“overfullness” are“yang diseases”; those caused by cold or“deficiency” are “yin diseases”.
由“热证”和“过度”导致的疾病被称为“阳疾”，由“寒证”和“缺乏”导致的疾病被称为“阴疾”。
The task of the physician，as one early medical text puts it, it simply to“eliminate overfullness and make up deficiency”，thus restoring the body to balance; or, better still，to keep his
正如一个早期医书上说的那样，医生的任务仅仅是“消除过度，弥补不足”，从而使身体恢复平衡，或者，更好的办法是让病人保持足够的健康来抵御体外破坏平衡的因素。
The human body is thought of as a system for dealing with vital energy，and to a traditional Chinese doctor all that needs to be done to patient healthy enough to resist the effect of any destabilizing factor outside the body.Intervene in the body's workings can be done either through the administration of drugs or herbs or through manipulation at the surface of the body.
人体被看作是由生命力维持的系统。传统中医认为，通过口服药物或草药或在体表上针灸可以干预人体的运转，这是我们需要做的。