Breathing and health

Zhu Shizeng in Jilin province Jilin City Overseas Chinese Hospital

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        " Breathing" is referred to as the old. Tugunaxin, is exhaled intrapulmonary old foul air, breathing in the fresh oxygen. To cater to the needs of health law, also known as" convinced"," gas law", it is the mental health combination.

        " Yellow court by" cloud: " ordinary people," know ( know ) to export food Valley ( eat ), do not know to nasal inspiratory. Although all day breaths constantly, but the respiratory, mostly out of more and spend less; thick and short, not long and thin; rapid and shallow, can not be slow and deep, but also cultivate a taboo. Akira ( into immortal Road ), is to God ( Ideas ) command ( command ) gas ( breathing), the empathy of gas, gas production, become integrated with, become one regiment, consisting of a cemented, point, is breathing in, not loose touch, and has gradually switch ( way ) to follow ( follow )."

        Sun Simiao" valuable prescriptions for emergency prescription of regulating qi method fifth":" every good ( sooner or later ), the afternoon ( South ), show both hands to foot knee, slowly ( slowly ) control ( rub ) segments ( knee ), your mouth, nose lead ( suction ) air ... ... The centering, for meditation method ( meditation fantasy cultivation method), close your eyes and keep thinking, to see the air wo ( void ) strength, such as Ziyun into cover, color clear, under Mao Ji, was in the top ( head ), such as the rain just cleared, cloud mountain ( in vivo ). Skin penetration into the meat, and bone and brain, gradually into the abdomen, extremities but all suffers his to run, such as water seeped into the ground, if penetration ( understood ) is a form of grip sound natural, meaning only think ( thought ), not outer edge ( do not want to objects ), while ( for a while ) namely sense strength of in the air sea (referring to the pubic, below hilum three inches ), a moment since up to Yongquan ( points, in the arch ), then sleep body vibration, legs curled curved, also makes the bed sitting sound labs ran, then the name ( as ) a ( practice results ). One through two, and the other three through five, then the body Yueyi (pleasant ), a brilliant, hair moist, and smart, it is fresh beauty ( food flavor ), strength strong, all kinds of diseases, five year ten years old, forever never forget ( don't forget the years. ) ... ... Adjustable gas, then back in bed ( mattress ), with thick and soft, pillow under its body flat ( the height of the pillow and the thickness of the body similar), Shu Shou show foot, with both hands holding the thumb Festival, to ( from) four or five inches to four or five inches, feet were tapping, count ( upper and lower teeth are percussion ) jade pulp, drink ( saliva ), lead ( suction ) gas from the nose to the abdominal, full stop. Forceful and take. Long live the tightness ( breath ), from the mouth spit out as thin, also from the nasal thin air next introduction, before the law. Closed to the hearts of counting, the ears can not hear; fear of error of chaos, and to raise his ( first ), to1000, go to ( from) the immortal ( a fairy ) is not far away."

        In this paper," the bed sitting sound Lala", refers to the practice to achieve a certain level, understand its meaning can, need not make real look. " Close to heart count, the ears can not hear; fear of error of chaos, and to hand raised, to1000, go to the immortal not far away", is said to feel suffocated with count, if the memory is wrong, can use the finger operation, the number to one hundred when holding a finger, two hundred holding two fingers, hold one's breath can count to one thousand, not far from a fairy.

        The above quotation is summed up, have such a few layers of meaning:

        An early, late facing south, the cultivation of a breathing method.

        Two is to nasal inspiratory, to export exhaled; three is to hold your breath, take a deep breath, breathe out the lung decoration all outgoing, inspiratory let lung all filling; four is to be absorbed in cultivation, imagine the inhaled gas contains six irrigation, infiltration of all the limbs and bones.

        Modern medicine thinks, there are a large number of human lung alveolar, adult alveolar number up to750000000, so they are very large, up to130 square meters. If tile from the30 table tennis tables, than the desktop area summation also, in such a large area is covered with capillary network. The hemoglobin in the blood carries the metabolic process of carbon dioxide, in the alveolar capillary network for gas exchange, which leaves with carbon dioxide, oxygen, and transported to the systemic tissues and cells. So that, the practice, in order to ideation will be inhaled gas into the viscera, all the limbs and bones, it is not unreasonable.

        The nature of the green plants and human body on the contrary, they can absorb carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen. Today's popular forest bath, oxygen is based on the principle of.

        According to the above discussion, the middle-aged friends may wish to morning and evening two, go to the park or the field to do deep breathing regimen, each 15 to20 minutes. Can draw lessons from the practice, deep breathing, I will. Exhaled old foul air, fresh oxygen; forget red troubles, regression of the soul.