1. Breathing accompanies people's lives, in the process of human life, not only food, but also qi is vital to our lives. The three treasures of the human body "Essence, Qi and God" are based on practicing "Qi", through the correct breathing method, to adjust the body, pranayama, and heart, improve and strengthen the operation of Qi in the human body, clear the turbidity, and achieve the purpose of strengthening the body and prolonging life.
Starting from the perspective of "the big universe of heaven and earth, the small universe of the human body", the "Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor" analyzes the concept of nourishing qi and breathing with life as the core. Then, if we want to thoroughly understand the relationship between breathing and health, we must further explore the true meaning of yin and yang. Because, up to the evolution of heaven and earth, the change of the seasons; Down to the human body's qi and blood, the length of life is a manifestation of yin and yang.
2. Today's medical community believes that the key to human health lies in the maintenance of "homeostasis", the homeostasis of the human internal environment is a necessary condition for cell survival, and spirit, physical strength, sleep and appetite are the characteristics of whether the human body is healthy, therefore, we must adjust the homeostasis of the human body from these four aspects, which is the fundamental way out of chronic diseases and the recovery of human sub-health status. In other words, the key to the "homeostasis" of life and health lies in the balance of yin and yang inside and outside the body. The adaptive regulation of life homeostasis, all medical means are not omnipotent, and the real cure of diseases depends on the self-regulation ability of our own human body. As the saying goes: "Life is tangible, not separated from yin and yang" If the yin and yang qi in the body are out of balance, the vitality of the human body will be messy, and eventually damage our health.
3. What is the nature of yin and yang? The Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor says: "Yang transforms qi, yin forms." "This is the most basic attribute of yin and yang. Let's start with: Yin formation. Yin is the main static, the basic property of yin is "solidification", based on the principle of yin and yang opposites, yang is active, and the basic property of yang is "gasification", which has a tendency to change into ethereal energy. The combination of "solidified yin" and "vaporized yang" is a combination of static and dynamic, and then produces a state of balance between yin and yang. In our healthy state, yin and yang are interdependent and mutually restrictive, and are in a homeostasis of mutual balance. The essence qi on which people live is formed by the combination of yin and yang, and if yin and yang are separated, the structural balance of essence is broken, and the balanced relationship is destroyed, then diseases will follow.
Zhang Jingyue, a physician of the Ming Dynasty, said in his medical work "The Complete Book of Jingyue": "The qi of life should be mainly based on replenishing the yang, and those who are rare and easy to lose are only yang, and those who are difficult to recover are only yang." That is to say: life is the function of yang qi, and all life of essence and blood is yang qi. The most direct way for us to obtain yang is by breathing. Therefore, practicing qi and learning the correct breathing method is the most effective way to maintain health. Since ancient Taoism, there has been a saying that practicing qi and refining qi, refining qi, practicing qi and transforming gods, practicing gods and returning to nothingness. The order is: qi → essence→ qi → spirit, the practice process is from there to nothing, yang gives us body power and energy, our metabolic cycle, digestion, growth, excretion, immunity and other physiological functions and all activities of the limbs can be carried out smoothly.
We take in Yang Qi through our own breath and supply the energy of life vaporization, which is the basic principle of breathing and practicing Qi. We learn breathing exercises with the aim of promoting energy communication between the body and the outside world through effective qi training techniques, so as to replenish the yang qi needed by the body, maintain the yin and yang balance of the body's energy, and achieve the effect of strengthening the body.
4. In a person's life, from infancy to old age, the functional curve of breathing is from high to low, which is the process of life "from birth to death". Life is ten years old, the flesh and qi have been channeled, and its qi is below; Twenty years old, full of blood; Thirty years old, strong muscles and full of blood; Forty years old, five internal organs and twelve meridians, all flourishing to calm down, glory and decadence, hair quite white, peaceful and unshaken, so happy to sit; At the age of fifty, the liver qi begins to fail, the liver lobes begin to thin, the bile begins to decrease, and the eyes are unknown; Sixty years old, the heart is weak, the blood is not strong, and he is happy to lie down; Seventy years old, weak temper, dry skin; Eighty years old, lung failure, detachment, so good and wrong words; Ninety years old, kidney qi scorching, four internal organs meridians empty; A hundred years old, all five organs are empty, the spirit is gone, and the body lives alone and ends.
So, how can we flatten the descending curve in the breathing chart, or even reverse the curve from bottom to up, and whether the phenomenon of life can regain vitality and maintain youth, this is a topic that people have been studying since ancient times.
Qi and blood and health are inseparable, the prosperity and decline of qi and blood affect the strength of the body, the circulation of qi and blood and the basic unit cells of the human body are closely linked, cells are metabolizing every moment, the human body has a large number of cells dying and rebirth every day, people to middle age, the speed of cell regeneration declines, so that the function of internal organs gradually deteriorates, if we are good at conditioning through breathing, then vigorous qi and blood can allow cells to obtain sufficient nourishment, let them activate and improve the ability to regenerate, so that we are strong and healthy, Prolong life.
If you make good use of the method of breathing to strengthen qi and blood, and often maintain the new flow of qi and serum in the body, it is actually a cure to improve the health of the body.
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