| Author's Note | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Why a Healthy Lifestyle? | p. 1 |
| Can I Avoid Getting Ill if I Live Healthily? | p. 3 |
| Chinese Medicine and our Energy | p. 4 |
| Chinese Medicine and Health | p. 4 |
| Is this Just Another Fad? | p. 5 |
| The Chinese and Longevity | p. 6 |
| Lifestyle in 'Modern' Times | p. 7 |
| Lifestyle in the West before Industrialization | p. 8 |
| Adapting to the 21st Century | p. 9 |
| Being Aware of the Need for a Healthy Lifestyle | p. 11 |
| The Results of Lifestyle Changes | p. 11 |
| Can a Healthy Lifestyle Always Restore my Health? | p. 12 |
| Do I have to be Perfect? | p. 13 |
| How Long will it Take to Change my Habits? | p. 13 |
| How to Read this Book | p. 14 |
| Summary | p. 14 |
| The Secret of Healthy Eating | p. 16 |
| Balancing Our Diet | p. 17 |
| The Correct Proportions of Foods | p. 18 |
| Research on the Food Proportions in our Diet | p. 19 |
| Phlegm and Damp-forming Foods | p. 22 |
| Dealing with Weight Problems | p. 24 |
| Meat-eating or Vegetarian--Which is the Healthy Choice? | p. 25 |
| Dietary Tips for Vegetarians | p. 27 |
| How Anna Changed her Diet | p. 28 |
| Eating Healthily | p. 30 |
| Eating Good Quality Food | p. 31 |
| Eating Fresh Foods which are not 'Spoiled' | p. 32 |
| Enjoying our Food | p. 33 |
| The Temperature of Food | p. 34 |
| The Taste of Food | p. 37 |
| Eating in the Right Conditions | p. 41 |
| Becoming Sensitive to our Dietary Needs | p. 44 |
| Simon's Diet | p. 46 |
| Indira's Diet | p. 47 |
| Hannah's Diet | p. 49 |
| Summary | p. 50 |
| The Secret of Balancing Our Emotions | p. 52 |
| Emotions as a Cause of Disease | p. 52 |
| The Internal Causes of Disease | p. 53 |
| Emotions as a Cause of Disease | p. 53 |
| Anger | p. 55 |
| Fear, Anxiety and Worry | p. 56 |
| Sadness and Grief | p. 57 |
| Joy | p. 58 |
| Our Attitude to our Emotions | p. 59 |
| The Spectrum of our Emotional Traumas | p. 61 |
| Dealing With Our Emotions | p. 61 |
| The Power of Taking Pleasure from the World | p. 62 |
| The Power of Keeping in Good Humor | p. 63 |
| The Power of Developing a Positive Attitude | p. 65 |
| Dealing with 'Stuck' Emotions | p. 66 |
| Gaining Perspective on our Emotions | p. 67 |
| Talking and Writing Therapy | p. 68 |
| The Power of Positive Goals | p. 70 |
| Discharging Blocked Feelings | p. 74 |
| Lifestyle and our Emotions | p. 75 |
| Chinese Medicine and our Emotions | p. 77 |
| Summary | p. 78 |
| The Secret of How to Work, Rest and Exercise | p. 79 |
| Work and Exercise | p. 80 |
| Balancing our Work, Rest and Exercise | p. 81 |
| Overwork | p. 82 |
| Underactivity | p. 85 |
| Internal and External Exercise | p. 88 |
| Overexercising | p. 90 |
| Activity, Rest, Age and Constitution | p. 91 |
| Qigong Exercises and their Benefits | p. 91 |
| A Qigong Stretch | p. 93 |
| Exercising in the 'Spirit' of Qigong | p. 96 |
| A Cleansing Qigong Exercise | p. 96 |
| Learning Qigong | p. 97 |
| How Much Qigong should I do? | p. 98 |
| Seven Tips for Creating an Exercise Routine | p. 98 |
| A Morning Qigong Exercise--Patting the Body | p. 99 |
| Rest and Sleep | p. 102 |
| Our Posture when we Sleep | p. 103 |
| The Midday Nap | p. 104 |
| If I have Difficulty Sleeping | p. 104 |
| A Qigong Exercise before Sleeping | p. 106 |
| Making Time for Rest and Relaxation | p. 107 |
| Ways we can Rest and Relax | p. 107 |
| A Simple Relaxation Exercise | p. 108 |
| Resting after Pregnancy | p. 109 |
| Summary | p. 110 |
| The Secret of Protecting Ourselves from the Environment | p. 111 |
| Old Wives' Tales in the West | p. 112 |
| Why are the Climatic Causes Important? | p. 113 |
| Cold and Wind | p. 114 |
| Cold | p. 114 |
| Wind | p. 119 |
| Damp, Dryness and Heat | p. 123 |
| Damp | p. 124 |
| Dryness | p. 128 |
| Heat | p. 129 |
| Climatic Factors Combining Together | p. 131 |
| Keeping Healthy with the Seasons | p. 132 |
| Diet, Work, Rest, Exercise and Keeping Healthy | p. 133 |
| Summary | p. 133 |
| The Secret of Respecting Our Constitution | p. 135 |
| What is Jing? | p. 135 |
| Our Internal Battery | p. 136 |
| Our Jing at Birth | p. 137 |
| Using up our Jing | p. 138 |
| The Signs of a Depleted Constitution | p. 139 |
| Preserving our Jing | p. 140 |
| Sexual Activity and our Jing | p. 141 |
| Our Jing in Pregnancy and Childbirth | p. 143 |
| Four Important Stages in our Lives | p. 144 |
| Living within the Confines of our Jing | p. 145 |
| Strengthening the Quality of our Jing | p. 146 |
| Activating the Tan Tien | p. 147 |
| A Qigong Exercise for the Tan Tien | p. 149 |
| Qigong and Jing | p. 150 |
| Checking the Strength of our Jing | p. 151 |
| Constitution and the Ears | p. 151 |
| The Strength of the Jaw Line | p. 151 |
| Our Physique and Stamina | p. 152 |
| Summary | p. 153 |
| Staying Healthy and Preventing Disease | p. 154 |
| Lifestyle adjustments to prevent or improve | |
| Anxiety and Panic Attacks | p. 155 |
| Asthma | p. 157 |
| Back Pain | p. 160 |
| Colds and flu | p. 162 |
| Constipation | p. 165 |
| Depression | p. 167 |
| Diabetes | p. 170 |
| Diarrhea | p. 172 |
| Headaches | p. 175 |
| Hypertension | p. 177 |
| Indigestion and Heartburn | p. 179 |
| Insomnia | p. 180 |
| Joint Problems | p. 183 |
| Menopausal Hot Flushes | p. 186 |
| Period Pains | p. 187 |
| Post-viral Syndrome | p. 189 |
| Premenstrual Syndrome | p. 192 |
| Skin Conditions | p. 193 |
| Where do I Start? | p. 196 |
| Find Ways to Become Motivated | p. 197 |
| Find Ways to Make Changes as Enjoyable as Possible | p. 199 |
| Make Changes at the Speed you Want to Make them | p. 201 |
| Turn any Changes into Regular Good Habits | p. 203 |
| Summary | p. 205 |
| Keeping Healthy and Preventing Disease--A Seven-Step Plan for Healthy Living | p. 206 |
| Lifestyle Questionnaire | p. 212 |
| Some Basic Recipes | p. 220 |
| Cooking Grains | p. 220 |
| Cooking Beans | p. 222 |
| Cooking Seaweed | p. 223 |
| Glossary | p. 229 |
| Notes | p. 233 |
| Reading List | p. 239 |
| Useful Addresses | p. 241 |
| Index | p. 247 |
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