for improvement of the physical qualit y of the chinese nation,preventing disea se and lengthening one’s life,the chines e natural folk therapy which has a long history has played and is still playing an important role.the book systematicall y introduces “the natural folk therapy”, which includes traditional chinese medic al diet,rice gruel,medical tea,honey oin tment,medical wine,edible vinegar,medica l pillow,(to store some chinese medicine or herb in the pillow)medical bath and dressing,etc.the best prescriptions and ways in the book are collected by the au thor for many years.the characteristic o f them is that all the drugs are taken f rom the plants in the nature without usi ng chemical drug.and therefore,the drugs to be used will not produce sideeffect from medicineresisting,even when apply ing it for a long period.indeed,the meth od is very simple and has a specially cu rative effect.