What is the relationship between Wushu and traditional medicine?

The Relationship between Wushu and Traditional Medicine

Wushu and traditional medicine belong to the category of human culture, have the same philosophical and methodological basis, and have been enriched and developed in the same cultural field. Traditional medicine is based on the philosophy of materialistic vitality theory, and its fundamental characteristics and advantages are the overall comprehensive view and the dialectical view of yin and yang, and then it is put forward that "essence, qi and spirit" are the "three treasures" of the human body, which are integrated and interdependent. Wushu completely absorbs these theories of traditional medicine into its own theoretical system, and gradually forms the unity of form and spirit, both internal and external. The idea and way of keeping in good health by nourishing temperament internally and exercising muscles externally. In addition, martial arts and traditional medicine orthopedics also have flesh-and-blood ties. Not only TCM theories guide health preservation and martial arts, such as acupoints, pulse-cutting, broken bones and folk remedies in traditional medicine, but also some martial arts techniques enrich the treatment techniques of traumatology in TCM, such as "one-finger Zen massage" and "slapping therapy" in traumatology. The combination of Wushu and TCM not only created eight unique technical achievements such as China's health preserving, Kung Fu massage, martial arts traumatology, traumatology acupuncture, sports medicine, acrobatic therapy, deviation therapy and special Kung Fu, but also produced a large number of related academic works. Moreover, this combination of history will inevitably promote their future development and become the theme song for the benefit of the world and mankind.