In contrast, Chinese medicine sees the patient as a comprehensive whole, part of the grander scheme of things, with each part representative of the whole, and the emphasis is on the art of harmonizing the part with the whole.
中醫則把人視為一個太極，部份即整體，重視調和。道教中更將引導、吐納、藥膳與房中術並列為養生四大秘訣。