On the 5th day of "fasting", Li Mei had a rash on her back. The instructor of the valley training class told her, "It's the body detoxifying." ”
Li Mei thought that her skills were not enough. She took a deep breath, and after about 40 seconds, her bulging abdomen gradually returned to its original shape with the sound of exhalation. Feeling dizzy, she took a few quick deep breaths and then looked up at the lecturer and asked, "Can I breathe without my nose or mouth?" ”
"What enters your body is cosmic energy, and you can control it with your mind." The instructor picked up the water cup and took a sip of water slowly.
In an apartment apartment next to canal park in Beijing's Tongzhou District, Zhen Ru, a lecturer in the valley class, claims to be the 61st generation of the medicine king Sun Simiao.
The reporter joined the above-mentioned valley-breaking training class through the "Lychee Micro-lesson" line. After undercover investigation, it was found that the 3-day offline training of the valley training course cost 2380 yuan. At the training site, the instructor asked the trainees not to eat any food, "collect cosmic energy" through exercises, and claimed that the valley can cure any disease, including cancer. The lecturer also gave students a "point" to cure rheumatism on the spot, claiming to be able to use their minds to take things from the air.
▲Screenshot of the cost of the course in "Lychee Micro Lesson".
Trainee fasting for 5 days "mental trance"
"If you want to live forever, your belly will always be clear; if you don't die, your intestines will have no scum." Zhen Ru and his wife Chongming opened the "Online Valley Guidance" course page declared. The online course has a total of 13 lessons, costing 699 yuan, all of which are recorded videos, and have been viewed by more than 800 people. In the video page of one of the lessons, the station logo of "CCTV1" was used, simulated as a TV screen to introduce the valley.
The above courses are located in "Lychee Micro Course" - a public knowledge sharing platform under Shenzhen Shifang Ronghai Technology Co., Ltd. Users can record or broadcast live on the platform to start classes, and charge a course fee.
In the course video of "Yaowang Six-Character Trick Qi Video and Substitute Practice", the lecturer Zhen Ru with narration allows the trainees to "stand and relax and integrate into the universe"; the thumbs and index fingers of both hands pinch their fingers, bend down with both hands, and at the same time "spit out the breath"; then, press their hands down over the top of the head, and then put them together in a ten-shaped manner to make the action of swallowing saliva; after about 3 seconds, the thumbs and index fingers of both hands pinch their fingers, bend down and exhale. The whole set of movements must be repeated 18 times to complete the "Qi Practice".
In the introduction of "Lychee Micro Class", Zhen Ru and Chongming both have the title of "National Senior Valley Health Instructor". Chongming also uploaded a "Valley Breaking Training Certificate" with incomplete information, and the issuing unit was the "China Employment Training Technical Guidance Center".
At the end of March, a staff member of the China Employment Training Technical Guidance Center told reporters, "After 2016, the center cancelled the training, examination and issuance of the 'Valley Health Instructor' certificate." A number of staff members of the center said that those who hold the certificate of "Valley Health Instructor" issued before 2016 are employed or operated, and provide inquiry services for the authenticity of the certificate, and do not explain the effective nature of the certificate.
▲Price list of valley course fees. People's Daily Photo by You Tianyi
Every morning and evening, Shigemei would send voices in the group on time to remind the students to practice in the valley. Students clock in every day in the group to report their weight and status. On the 5th day of the valley, some students said that "I feel that the whole person is very weak, and my spirit is a little confused", and some students bluntly said that "I can't hold on".
Three sets of "exercises" in the morning, middle and evening are substituted for eating
Lecturer Chongming introduced that the online valley-breaking course is only suitable for beginners, and can only learn the skin of the valley. The reporter said that he wanted to lose weight in the valley, and Chongming said that it was best to join the offline training course, and the lecturer Zhen Ru, who was deep in the practice of the practice, took the trainees face-to-face to practice.
The offline valley training courses are divided into 10 courses such as "3 days of collective training" and "7 days of collective training", and the price ranges from 2380 yuan to 11800 yuan. Compared with online courses, offline courses have more "digital energy", "point points", "walking Zen", "dragon nine styles", "valley heart method" and so on.
At the beginning of March, the reporter entered the offline valley training class as a new trainee for a three-day training. In an apartment next to canal park in Tongzhou District, the reporter met the lecturer Zhen Ru and the 60-year-old student Zhang Ying in the "Chongming Body and Mind Therapy" studio.
At 9:30 a.m., Zhen Ru took the reporter and Zhang Ying to the trail next to the Canal Park to start the first lesson of the valley - walking Zen. "Relax your body, take 3 steps while inhaling, take 3 steps while exhaling, and repeat the action."
"There is no time limit for practicing Meditation, as long as you feel that your body is hot." Zhen Ru said, "The purpose is to absorb yang qi and prepare for the practice of breaking the valley." ”
"What is Yang Qi?" The reporter asked again.
"It's the essence of the sun and the moon, the energy of the universe." Zhen Ru said.
"What the valley eats is not rice, it is the service of qi, and the service of the valley is to rely on the collection of cosmic energy to meet the various nutritional needs of the human body." At about 11:30 a.m., after the completion of the meditation, the students returned to the apartment to study theory and practice qigong. "Like flowers and trees, they don't eat anything, and sunlight, air, and water allow them to grow." Zhen Ru made an analogy.
▲ Lecturer Zhen Ru led the trainees to "practice qi". People's Daily Photo by You Tianyi
Zhen Ru led the students to practice 3 sets of Qigong Methods - "Medicine King Six Character Trick Qifa", "Dragon Tengjiu Style" and "Ancient Energy Qifa". Zhen Ru said in his mouth, "Let the body integrate into the universe" and "open the hundred meetings", followed by a low and long voice shouting - "Open". He introduced that this is a mantra and a ritual, compared to online training, the advantage of offline training is "with my energy blessing".
At the scene, he asked the trainees to put the palms of their hands on the top of their heads, turn their feet upside down 3 times, pour the "cosmic energy" into the body, put their hands together in front of their chests, hold their breath for 3 seconds, swallow the liquid and qi in their mouths, and send them to the lower dantian; then repeat the pinch finger bending action to exhale, and then make a sound of "boo", "huh", "huh", "hiss", "blow" and "hee", and after 18 cycles, put their hands on top of each other in the lower abdomen, and press 9 times counterclockwise. The "Medicine King Six-Character Trick Qi Method" is completed.
When introducing the "Dragon Tengjiu Style", Zhen Ru said, "It is also a kind of practice for absorbing cosmic energy in the valley of qi." "Each style has a special name, and the same is 18 times per form. At the end of the exercise, students are asked to recite a word of thanks in unison.
The "Ancient Energy Cold-Repelling Qi Method" is practiced at dinner time. Zhen Ru introduced that this exercise can not only absorb cosmic energy, help sleep, but also eliminate toxins in the body. He asked the reporter to lie flat on the bed, take a big breath, fill his abdomen, and then hold back until the chest tightness was unbearable, and then slowly exhale. Practice for about fifteen minutes each time, and you can finish the work. "Lock in the energy inhaled into the body, practice this for a long time, you don't need to breathe through the mouth and nose."
Fa Gong "point point" to treat rheumatism to students
Student Zhang Ying said that she had rheumatism and often suffered from knee pain due to illness.
Zhen Ru asked Zhang Ying to sit in a chair and relax his body. Only to see Zhen Ru hold Zhang Ying's shoulder with his hand, and press his thumb or index finger to the acupuncture point on Zhang Ying's shoulder for compression. After that, press Zhang Ying's spine. Zhen Ru refers to the whole set of actions as "point holes".
"Inject the power I have into her body and improve her immunity." Zhen Ru explained to the point points, "This is different from massage, the Qigong I practice, the input is energy. ”
After about 10 minutes, Zhen Ru pressed his palm against Zhang Ying's back to complete the last link of the acupuncture exercise. He tried to inject his "cosmic energy" into Zhang Ying's body again.
"I feel a slight heat in my body, and my body and mind are more relaxed." Zhang Ying described the feeling after being pointed out, "This all depends on the teacher's skill, others have no energy. ”
▲ The instructor is giving the trainees a point, claiming that he can drive away the cold and cure rheumatism. People's Daily Photo by You Tianyi
Zhen Ru confidently said that she could get rid of the cold in Zhang Ying's body and cure rheumatism. He also asked the reporter to sit down and experience the work point. After the whole process ended, Zhen Ru asked the reporter, "How does it feel?" ”
"It doesn't feel like much." Reporters replied.
Zhen Ru smiled and said, "Everyone's body is different, you are more repulsive to the energy I injected, so you don't feel it." ”
"How do you know my body is repulsive?" The reporter asked rhetorically.
"I can feel the repulsion in your body with my mind." Zhen Ru explained, "Whether you can absorb the energy of the universe depends on whether you are sincere or not. Then you can use your mind to absorb the energy, imagine that the qi summoned by the hand is filled with energy, and inject it into the body. ”
Zhen Ru claimed to have been practicing Qi qi for 13 years, "he can perceive the state of things with his mind, and even be able to take things from the air." The reporter's request for a live performance of "airlifting" was rejected. "You can't just show it." Zhen as the name.
"How do you know if the online students have practiced Qi?" The reporter asked.
"It can be felt." Zhen Ru once again gave an example, "For example, after you go home, I know your state at home with my mind. ”
Leukemia patients after the valley "miracle" self-healing?
On the second day of the offline training, 60-year-old Zhang Ying was too hungry to do so. She drank water to fill her stomach, "drinking three or four pounds of water every day."
"Let's 'eat.'" At 9:00 a.m., Zhang Ying couldn't wait and took the initiative to ask the lecturer to lead the practice.
After the end of the service qi, Zhen Ru continued to talk about the principle of serving the qi and breaking the valley. According to his description, the cosmic energy absorbed by the qi will be attached to the cells, engulfing cells that are not conducive to human health and repairing lesions. This claim is called "cytophagocytosis" by Zhenru.
"Whether it's high blood pressure, diabetes, or even cancer, it can be cured by cell phagocytosis." Zhen Ru introduced that the valley is to stimulate the potential of the human body, relying on the body's instinctive repair ability, without any drug intervention, the disease will be cured.
"Anyone can cure a disease by cutting through the valley." Zhen Ru gave an example to reporters, "I used to be a trainee with leukemia, after passing through the valley, he went to the hospital to check and found that the indicators were normal, and the doctors felt that it was a miracle, and then he never went to the hospital for treatment." ”
"After learning to cut the valley, you can also use your mind to help others treat diseases." Zhen Ru said, "You can't tell other people about the principle of curing the disease, outsiders don't understand it, and if you say it, you will leak the heavenly opportunity." ”
Qin Jian, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, said that autophagy is not a good cell eating bad cells. Autophagy is a phenomenon that is not clear about which diseases are beneficial, and is still being studied at the academic level, not to the extent of application and operation.
Qiu Chaoping, a member of the Research Group on Fasting Therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Sun Yat-sen University, pointed out that not all people are suitable for breaking the valley. Due to the need for continuous fasting during the valley removal period, people with malnutrition, severe hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, mental illness, and severe liver and kidney dysfunction should not be cut off.
"In the TCM industry, it is called fasting therapy, and it is necessary to choose whether to fast according to the situation of different audiences under the professional guidance of doctors." Qiu Chaoping said, "If you claim to cure diseases in the valley, it already belongs to the category of medicine." ”
"Immortalism" and psychological implications
Zhen Ru and Chongming came into contact with Fu Qi In 2009, and Zhen Ru claimed to be a descendant of the medicine king Sun Simiao. He claimed to have been engaged in valley training for many years and had bought a house and made a home in Tongzhou.
Zhen Ru said that in the past 13 years, he has taught more than 20,000 people to practice in the valley. In the WeChat group he founded, called "Valley-Breaking Homeland Health Group", there are 389 students, all of whom have been pulled into the group after taking offline courses. The reporter found that some students who are addicted to serving the valley will pay for online courses again after taking offline courses.
Veteran students who repeatedly pay for offline and online courses can become zhenru's disciples. On March 7, disciple Li Mei went to the studio to find Zhen Ru, saying that the rash appeared on her body after the valley was opened. Zhenru explains, "The body is detoxifying. ”
In front of the reporter, Zhen Ru taught Li Mei a set of exercises, instructed her to take a deep breath while puffing up her lower abdomen, and slowly exhaled when she felt unbearable. After Li Mei tried, she felt dizzy.
"Let the energy travel through the body and promote detoxification." Zhenru explained, "I can hold it for about 4 minutes. ”
"Is this the 'Turtle Breath Dafa' in the TV series?" The reporter wondered.
"You can understand it that way." Zhen Ru said that as long as you practice this exercise well, you can breathe without mouth or nose, but only with skin.
He went on to explain that this was a set of advanced qigong techniques. "Just as animals can hibernate for 3 months without eating, people can also do it, invoking innate energy to sustain life."
"Why did the ancients want to cultivate immortals, and in what way, serving qi and breaking the valley is one of them." Zhen Ru explained again, "This is the cultivation method that ordinary people can use. ”
Li Mei was convinced of this. That afternoon, when she was practicing the "Medicine King Six-Character Technique Qi Method", she put her hands on the top of her head and worked hard to inject the absorbed "cosmic energy" into her body, and the exhalation time was longer and harder than master ZhenRu's performance.
▲ Zhen Ru wrote the "Valley Breaking Guidance Manual". People's Daily Photo by You Tianyi
During the training period, the reporter found a variety of books such as "hypnosis", "suggestive psychology", and "psychological counseling interview techniques" in the studio of "Chongming Mind-Body Co-therapy".
The reporter flipped through "Psychology of Suggestion" and found that the book even recorded how to use psychological cues to deal with cancer patients. According to the book, "Regardless of the nature and morphology of the tumor, the growth of cancer cells can be stopped by psychological cues, and eventually they are absorbed and disappeared by the body's immune cells." ”
Qin Jian said that some lecturers did not explain it according to scientific theories in declaring the role of the valley, but mystified it, coupled with constant psychological hints to the students, guiding the students to do it in their own way, there will be a certain hypnotic effect, so that the students think that "there is a feeling".
Qin Jian said, "Chinese medicine fasting therapy has a consensus in the medical community, but it still lacks recognition in society, and it will be transferred to the valley to treat diseases by some people, and there is a gray area." ”
The reporter asked Zhen Ru, "If Pugu can cure diseases and control things with his mind, why worry so much that others will know?" ”
"A lot of people won't believe it, and in their opinion it's a cult." Subsequently, Zhen Ru added another sentence, "Only those who have the right to cultivate can cultivate." ”
The reporter pointed to the books on the shelves and asked Zhen Ru, "Are these psychological hints?" ”
Zhen Ru looked in the direction of the reporter's finger, hesitated for a few seconds and then said, "You can understand it this way." ”
"I don't have a medical certificate"
The reporter's online search found that in recent years, the news that the illegal operation of the training course was investigated and punished by the relevant departments was frequently reported. Some training courses are carried out through concepts such as "drinking wind", "serving qi" and "clear water", and even involve the use of superstition to cause death.
ZhenRu's valley-breaking training course in Fenghuangling, Haidian District, Beijing was exposed by the media in June 2017. The haidian district industry and commerce and health departments investigated it, and the Fenghuangling training class in the valley was shut down.
"After a pause, we moved to Tongzhou and started preparing for the online course." Zhen Ru recalled the situation that had been exposed by the media, "I found more than one reporter who went undercover at the scene. The major units jointly enforced the law and investigated, and after the investigation, they also said that I was practicing medicine illegally. ”
"I generally don't casually say that breaking the valley can cure the disease", in the face of reporters' questioning, Zhen Ru said, afraid of being exposed, one by one.
Zhen Ru revealed that he had used the method of mind blessing to treat the disease of the customer through acupuncture.
The reporter found that in a "VIP customer information file table" of Zhen Ru, he recorded in detail the acupuncture information for his customers, and the acupuncture fee ranged from 180 yuan to 360 yuan at a time. One of the customers surnamed Zhang has been acupuncture 20 times, with a total consumption of 6380 yuan.
▲ Zhenru is an information file sheet for customer acupuncture. People's Daily Photo by You Tianyi
In 2014, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued the "Reply on Issues Related to the Supervision of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Special Action to Crack Down on Illegal Medical Practice", which pointed out that non-medical institutions and their personnel shall not use acupuncture, foaming moxibustion, traction, minimally invasive techniques of traditional Chinese medicine and other technical methods that are traumatic, invasive or high-risk in their business activities; they must not publicize the therapeutic effect.
"I don't have a doctor's qualification certificate", Zhen Ru frankly said that "it is illegal to practice medicine", will not easily give acupuncture to others, customers are basically acquaintances, "afraid of being reported". Two days after joining the valley-breaking training class, Zhang Ying left early and said to reporters privately, "I think some words are nonsense. ”
At the end of the 3-day valley training course, Zhen Ru handed a guidebook for breaking the valley that he had written to the reporter. The manual not only describes the valley without relying on grains to maintain the nutritional needs of the human body, but also lists some cases of treating cancer through the valley, and even describes the valley as "reborn" and "creating myths". (Li Mei and Zhang Ying are pseudonyms in the text)
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