Ancient Chinese permaculture was introduced to Japan in the course of Japan’s large-scale study of Chinese culture and thought. Japan’s acceptance of Chinese permaculture can be divided into three periods：the first period is the initial period，starting from the 10th century and ending at the end of the 12th century；the second period is a period of short development and stagnation，starting from the 13th century and ending at the end of the 16th century；and the third period is a period of explosive development，starting from the end of the 16th century and ending at the end of the 19th century. Since the mid-to-late 19th century，Japanese health care has been nourished by ancient Chinese health care ideas，and has gradually formed a uniquely Japanese concept of health care. The emergence of Japanese permaculture-related vocabulary is very much related to the different periods of the emergence and development of Japanese permaculture ideas. Japanese local health care vocabulary is a new conceptual vocabulary formed in the late 19th and 20th centuries，which is different from the traditional Chinese health care ideas. These new concepts and vocabularies related to personal health，which were generated by Japan’s digestion of Western medical theories，were then returned to China for use in China.