I. Theoretical Basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Health Scoring Standards

1. Underlying Logic of Health Scoring

• ​​”Su Wen: Shang Gu Tian Zhen Lun”​: “In ancient times, people lived to be over a hundred years old, and their movements did not decline.”
• ​Scoring Criteria: Based on the fullness of qi and blood, organ function, and yin-yang balance as core indicators, divided into 5 major health levels.

2. Comparison with Modern Medicine

• ​WHO Health Standards: A three-dimensional evaluation system of physiological, psychological, and social adaptability.
• ​Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Unique “Deficiency and Excess Differentiation” dynamic model (such as spleen deficiency with dampness, liver and kidney yin deficiency, etc.).

Many modern people are in a state of sub-health or unhealthy, largely because they are confused about methods to maintain health, lack a clear understanding of their own health level, are unaware of their health risks and weaknesses, and do not know how to effectively regulate themselves. Often, they try a method recommended by others, and if they do not see obvious results after a period, they give up. In fact, there are standards for health.

If you are still unsure, you can take a look at this article: Indicators of Physical Health

If health levels are divided by scores: with 100 points as the full score and 60 points as the passing score, people above the passing line generally have no discomfort.

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​II. Characteristics and Regulation Plans for 5 Major Health Score Segments

Above 70 points:

People in this category are not common in cities, but may be more common in rural areas.
Their bodies generally have no discomfort. They have a normal appetite when eating, enjoy the pleasure brought by food, and have good digestion; they can fall asleep peacefully, have high-quality sleep, and wake up feeling refreshed; their bowel movements are regular, with normal color and shape; their emotions are stable and calm, without unwarranted anxiety, depression, or irritability. Women have relatively regular menstrual cycles without abnormalities.
Regulation Suggestions: If people in this category feel slightly unwell, it is usually related to food, catching a cold, or emotions. They can be quickly regulated through dietary therapy or exercise, and by changing their mood. For specific references, see: Health Knowledge Everyone Needs to Know! Feel Free to Share If they have not yet recovered, they can consider acupuncture, moxibustion, or taking Chinese patent medicine for regulation, which can also be effective quickly.

60 – 70 points:

This range includes most middle-aged men and a few young women (under 30 years old).
Although these people usually have no obvious symptoms of discomfort, their bodies cannot withstand excessive fatigue, staying up late, or drinking alcohol. Once they overdo it, they will feel uncomfortable, but after a period of rest, they generally recover.
These people can be classified as healthy because their bodies still have a certain level of self-healing ability. However, if they remain in a state of overexertion for a long time, such as working overtime and staying up late for several months in a row, or frequently drinking alcohol, their bodies will quickly drop below 60 points, leading to various problems and becoming truly sub-healthy.
Regulation Suggestions: If people in this category feel slightly unwell, in addition to it being related to food, catching a cold, or emotions, it is often related to excessive fatigue. General dietary therapy or exercise, and changing mood, may not be effective quickly. If there are issues, it is recommended to immediately undergo acupuncture, moxibustion, or take Chinese patent medicine for regulation, which generally shows gradual effects after 3-5 sessions, with the premise that they must avoid further fatigue, or else it is easy to relapse.
At this stage, it is necessary to pay attention to physical health.

50 – 60 points and below 60 points:

They will have symptoms from time to time. Maybe not every day, but definitely frequently. For example, some people may occasionally have headaches or fevers, and are prone to colds; women may frequently suffer from gynecological inflammation; some people have poor sleep quality and wake up easily; others may experience stomach bloating and acid reflux after eating too much.
At this point, if they can pay attention to dietary restrictions, avoiding spicy, greasy, and cold stimulating foods, maintain a regular schedule, go to bed early and rise early, and combine it with traditional Chinese medicine regulation, such as taking Chinese medicine, moxibustion, and massage, they can generally quickly regulate their bodies.
When menstruation is delayed, first determine deficiency or excess; do not rush when the constitution is deficient
Because at this time, the body still has a foundation of about 50 points, and the self-repair ability combined with traditional Chinese medicine regulation can achieve good results.
However, most people at this stage often rely on their bodies still being able to barely support them, and because of busy work, they are unwilling to spend time and effort on regulating their bodies, always holding a mentality of enduring as long as possible. Until their bodies can no longer endure, and long-term unrecoverable problems appear, they clearly feel something is wrong, and it has already seriously affected their work and life, only then do they realize the severity of the problem, and at this time, people often think of going to see a doctor, but by then, the body’s functions have already dropped to 40-50 points.
Regulation Suggestions: If people in this category feel unwell, in addition to it being related to food, catching a cold, or emotions, it is often related to excessive fatigue and underlying diseases. General dietary therapy or exercise, and changing mood, basically have no effect.
If you belong to this group, do not think you can recover through some dietary therapy. This is like a student with poor grades; if you want to study seriously at this point, because the foundation is too weak, there is too much to make up for, and it cannot be made up in a short time. At this time, you should enroll in a class without hesitation, or else it will become more and more serious.
If there are issues, it is recommended to immediately take decoctions, and it may also be necessary to combine acupuncture, moxibustion, and Chinese patent medicine for consolidation, which generally shows gradual effects after 3-5 sessions, with the premise that they must also pay attention to emotion management and keeping warm, or else getting angry or sulking can easily lead to relapse.
Pay attention! My regulation suggestion for people at this stage is to directly take decoctions, why?
Because at this point, it is basically half deficiency and half excess, a mix of deficiency and excess. Because the righteous qi is insufficient, it is time to supplement, and do not avoid seeking medical help. Often, you will find that you overestimate your self-healing ability. Dragging it until later, it becomes a chronic disease.
Do not stop the medication just because the symptoms seem to have improved on the surface. The recovery speed for this group of people is already noticeably slower. For minor issues, such as colds and coughs, additional supplements may be needed for faster recovery, or further supplements to consolidate the righteous qi.

40 – 50 points:

The body’s problems are already very obvious, and there is a temporary lack of self-healing ability.
Taking women as an example, during menstruation, due to the body being in a relatively weak state, various discomforts will be more pronounced. At this time, the symptoms have seriously affected many aspects of life, appetite may not be good, spirits may sometimes be low, and sleep may be prone to insomnia and vivid dreams. But at this time, some patients, due to misjudging their own health status, or because they are impatient, always hope to see results after taking 1-3 prescriptions.
In fact, 1-3 prescriptions will show some improvement, but the quantitative change may not be enough for a qualitative change. If they do not persist with regulation at this time, the body will remain in this painful state for a long time. Until one day it drops below 40 points.
Regulation Suggestions:
People in this category often take some medications they cannot do without for life, and their stomachs may not be good, which is a common problem for people who take medication long-term.
Once the body’s discomfort worsens, in addition to it being related to food, catching a cold, or emotions, it is often related to excessive fatigue and underlying diseases. General dietary therapy or exercise, and changing mood, basically have no effect. And taking decoctions will also be slower to improve.
If you belong to this group, do not think you can recover through some dietary therapy. Because even taking medication may not be immediately effective. This is like a student with poor grades; enrolling in a class cannot immediately improve grades because the initial time is only used to lay the foundation.
If there are issues, it is recommended to immediately take decoctions, and it may also be necessary to combine acupuncture, moxibustion, and Chinese patent medicine for consolidation, which generally shows gradual effects after 1-2 months, with the premise that they must also pay attention to emotion management and keeping warm, or else getting angry or sulking can easily lead to relapse.
Pay attention! My regulation suggestion for people at this stage is to directly take decoctions, and have a short-term plan, planning for 2-5 months according to different diseases and body constitutions. Does it seem long? But compared to 20-40 years of accumulated internal injuries, it is not long at all!
At this stage, our bodies will have liver and kidney insufficiency, and deficiency of qi and blood. Supplementation can only be done gradually, otherwise, it cannot be absorbed and may cause heat. Do not complain about the slowness of Chinese medicine, because your body has been severely overdrawn, and you should not avoid seeking medical help. Often, you will find that you overestimate your self-healing ability. Dragging it until later, chronic diseases may turn into more serious diseases.
Do not give up regulation just because you do not see immediate results, because the body will not recover without regulation.

Below 40 points:

Patients with a health level below 40 points are like a phone with less than 20% battery; the body can still be used, but not for a long time or with high intensity. A little fatigue will immediately worsen the symptoms. Many patients think their bodies can score 50 points, but in reality, their condition is less than 40 points. So during treatment, they expect their bodies to steadily recover, but due to the weak foundation, the actual situation is often that the condition is prone to relapse.
This is a case of rheumatoid arthritis I mentioned before:

When can I stop taking medication?
The treatment cycle for people with deficiency is relatively long, but this should be a common clinical case

Later, it is written that for most people who come to seek medical advice, if their bodies are at this stage, recovery will also be a roller coaster ride, which is normal, not just for a few individuals.

Some patients think that taking Chinese medicine should improve like the “1” line, effective immediately and getting better and better.
But in reality, that is an ideal situation. Only people with undamaged foundations, such as those above 50 points, with no obvious deficiency in the liver, spleen, and kidneys, can improve gradually like the “2” line, without much relapse.
However, for most people with difficult and complicated diseases, long-term old diseases, recovery is like the “3” line, up and down, often relapsing, but overall, it will get better and better.
Many patients could have avoided their bodies sliding into critical conditions through persistent regulation, but due to not objectively viewing the body’s various warnings, or because of various entanglements and their own subjective consciousness, they eventually caused chronic diseases to gradually worsen, leading to various irreversible major diseases.
Regulation Suggestions: People in this category often take several medications they cannot do without for life, and their stomachs are definitely not good. Additionally, due to the body’s discomfort, their emotions are often not good. Once the body’s discomfort worsens, in addition to it being related to food, catching a cold, or emotions, it is often related to excessive fatigue and underlying diseases. General dietary therapy or exercise, and changing mood, basically have no effect. And taking decoctions will also be slower to improve. This is like a student with poor grades; enrolling in a class cannot immediately improve grades because the initial time is only used to lay the foundation. If there are issues, it is recommended to immediately take decoctions, and it may also be necessary to combine acupuncture, moxibustion, and Chinese patent medicine for consolidation, which generally shows gradual effects after 2-3 months, with the premise that they must also pay attention to emotion management and keeping warm, or else getting angry or sulking can easily lead to relapse. Pay attention! My regulation suggestion for people at this stage is to directly take decoctions, and have a long-term plan, such as 3-6 months. Generally, at this stage, there will be liver and kidney insufficiency, and deficiency of qi and blood. Supplementation can only be done gradually, otherwise, it cannot be absorbed and may cause heat. Do not complain about the slowness of Chinese medicine, because your body has been severely overdrawn, and you should not avoid seeking medical help. At this time, the initial goal is not to cure the disease but to slowly restore self-healing ability, gradually reducing dependence on hormone drugs/anti-inflammatory drugs, slowly controlling the condition without worsening, which is a good sign.
Do not give up regulation just because you do not see immediate results; instead, you should prioritize your health first, and put other worries aside for now. First, get your body healthy; you can earn money and other things later, as health is the capital!

​Score Range	​Core Characteristics	​Tongue Diagnosis	​Recommended Regulation Plan
​70-100 points	Good appetite, good sleep, stable emotions	Pale red tongue, thin white coating	Dietary therapy (yam porridge) + exercise for health
​60-70 points	Easy fatigue, occasional discomfort	Tongue with teeth marks, thin yellow coating	Acupuncture + Chinese patent medicine (Shen Ling Bai Zhu San)
​50-60 points	Recurrent colds, poor digestion	Red tongue with greasy coating, deep and thin pulse	Decoction regulation (Si Jun Zi Tang with modifications)
​40-50 points	Chronic pain, insomnia with vivid dreams	Purple and dark tongue with stasis spots	Herbal paste + moxibustion (Guanyuan, Zusanli)
​Below 40 points	Organic lesions, need lifelong medication	Pale and swollen tongue, peeling coating	Decoction for slow regulation + emotion management

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​III. Detailed Explanation of Regulation Strategies for Each Score Segment

(Combined with clinical cases and medication standards)
1. Health Group Above 70 Points

• ​Dietary Therapy: Five-grain porridge (millet + coix seed + gorgon fruit) + hawthorn and tangerine peel tea.
• ​Exercise Suggestions: Eight Brocades “Adjusting the Spleen and Stomach Must Single Raise” practiced every morning.

2. Sub-health Group 60-70 Points

• ​Acupuncture Plan: Zusanli (tonifying method) + Sanyinjiao (even method), 3 times a week.
• ​Chinese Patent Medicine: Yu Ping Feng Granules (Fangfeng 10g + Astragalus 15g + Atractylodes 10g).

3. Mixed Deficiency and Excess Group 50-60 Points

• ​Classic Decoction:
  • ​Spleen Deficiency with Dampness: Shen Ling Bai Zhu San (Codonopsis 15g + Poria 20g + Atractylodes 10g).
  • ​Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency: Zuo Gui Wan (Rehmannia 20g + Cornus 15g + Goji Berry 10g).

4. High-risk Chronic Disease Group 40-50 Points

• ​Recommended Herbal Paste: Gui Lu Er Xian Gao (Tortoise Plastron Glue 15g + Deer Antler Glue 10g + Ginseng 10g).
• ​External Treatment: Moxibustion at Guanyuan point (3 inches below the navel) + Gaohuang point (below the 4th thoracic vertebra).

5. Regulation Principles for Critical Conditions Below 40 Points

• ​Acute Treatment: First take decoctions to control acute symptoms (such as Du Shen Tang for collapse).
• ​Chronic Treatment: Formulate a 3-6 month supplementation plan (take Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang daily at Chen time).

Epilogue:

People below 60 points can be said to have relatively weak bodies. Even if it may not be visible from the outside, they are aware that their bodies are not as good as before.

At this time, some people may think that they can regain their health through exercise.

But as mentioned earlier, for people who are already very deficient, exercise cannot replenish qi and blood or nourish the organs.

Can I recover by increasing exercise in my condition?

Although there is a saying that movement generates yang, during exercise, yang qi circulates throughout the body, and areas that yang qi cannot normally reach may temporarily improve due to the circulation of yang qi.

For example, people with very deficient kidney yang may feel their hands getting warm during exercise, but once they stop, their hands become cold again. This is because the body itself lacks yang qi and does not have enough “energy” to sustain the continuous supply of yang qi.

Therefore, if you want to achieve a qualitative improvement in your body, do not be afraid to see a doctor. You should seriously accept regulation and follow the treatment course set by the doctor, systematically supplementing your body. This is an indispensable step in recovering health.

In terms of regulation, traditional Chinese medicine has many methods, but the differences between them can be roughly divided as follows:

Herbal Paste: Suitable for those who cannot persist with taking medication or for the consolidation stage after taking decoctions. Its nourishing and regulating effects are much stronger than Chinese patent medicine.

Decoction: When the body’s energy is insufficient, and it cannot mobilize much qi and blood, taking decoctions can directly nourish and achieve the purpose of rapid recovery. Therefore, I recommend taking decoctions for regulation for people below 60 points.

Chinese Patent Medicine: Can be used for slow supplementation and slow regulation, but it also requires persistence. Generally used for daily minor issues and the later consolidation stage of chronic diseases.

Acupuncture, Moxibustion, and Bian Stone (Guasha): Can passively mobilize the body’s qi and blood for regulation and treatment. Suitable for people above 50 points, with obvious effects.

Guiding and Massage, and Exercise: Can actively mobilize the body’s qi and blood for regulation and treatment. Suitable for people above 60 points, with obvious effects.

I generally suggest not taking decoctions if possible, and if Chinese patent medicine can solve the problem, prescribing decoctions still requires boiling and remembering to take them, which is quite troublesome!

However, when I suggest you take decoctions, it is usually because your body is severely deficient, and other methods are not sufficient for quick recovery.

From a professional ethics standpoint, no traditional Chinese medicine practitioner always wants you to take medication, because everyone hopes to achieve effective regulation, making everyone happy.

But ultimately, it is up to individuals to have a consciousness of valuing their health, as this is the fundamental point. Otherwise, even with the best regulation plans and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, you will miss out on them.

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​IV. Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution Regulation Toolbox

(Including practical family tips and a list of taboos)
1. Self-assessment Tools

• ​Tongue Diagnosis Chart: Take a photo with your phone and compare it to standard tongue images (example: normal tongue vs. tongue with teeth marks).
• ​Introduction to Pulse Diagnosis: Self-assessment method for the strength of the pulse at the inch, guan, and chi positions.

2. Key Points for Seasonal Health Maintenance

• ​Spring: Soothe the liver and regulate qi (3g rose + 5g tangerine peel tea).
• ​Winter: Nourish the kidneys and preserve essence (30g black beans + 15g walnuts cooked into porridge).

3. Lifelong Taboo List

• ❌ Excessive Exercise: Profuse sweating damages yang qi (especially for people with deficiency).
• ❌ Blind Supplementation: Overuse of donkey-hide gelatin and deer antler leads to internal damp-heat.
• ✅ Recommended Habits: Drink warm water on an empty stomach in the morning + soak feet in hot water before bed.