】中国道教以追求人的长生不死为终极目标，因此道教修炼体系极其重视对人体身心的保健作用。在当今物质财富迅速增长的同时，由于不合理的生活方式而带来的所谓“文明病”日益危害着人们的健康。在世界对“生命观”“健康观”发生深刻变化的情况下，人们对东方重视人体精神与肉体的统一与和谐的保健思想与方法给予更多的肯定和赞扬。以阴阳变化、天人合一、形神并完为指导思想的道教“性命双修”的核心，是强调对人体血肉之躯与精神意义两个方面均加以锻炼。道教极其丰富的保健锻炼方法，其根本特征是呼吸，意识及肢体运动的完美配合。统计资料证明，道教修炼对人体保健取得惊人的效果。笔者扼要地介绍了保健体育思想与方法的体系及效果，说明在大众保健体育热潮兴起的今天，时代赋予了道教保健体育光荣的历史新使命 】 Chinese Taoism in pursuit of human immortality as the ultimate goal, so Taoist cultivation system attaches great importance to the body and mind health care role. At the same time as the rapid growth of material wealth today, the so-called “civilized disease” brought about by irrational lifestyles increasingly harms people’s health. With the profound changes in the concept of “outlook on life” and “health outlook” in the world, people are more affirmed and praised for their thoughts and methods of health care on the unity and harmony of the oriental spirit and body. The core of Taoism’s “dualism of life”, which is characterized by the change of yin and yang, the unity of man and nature, the formation of gods and the fulfillment of the guiding ideology, emphasizes both physical and spiritual significance of the human body to be tempered. Taoism is extremely rich in health training methods, its fundamental feature is the perfect combination of breathing, consciousness and limb movement. Statistics prove that Taoist practices have achieved amazing results in human health. The author briefly introduces the system and effect of the thought and method of health care sports. It shows that today the new age of Taoist health care is endowed with the new mission of the health care boom