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2018-09-11
Interpretation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory on Health Qigong · Yi Jin Jing (Ⅰ)

Health Qigong is the cultural treasure of Chinese nation, which was rooted in traditional Chinese culture and born out of the then cultural background. Viewing from historical origin, Health Qigong was based on the ancients’ cognition and mastering on human life and the regulation, control and exercise of human life activities on the basis of the ancient human view of life. Therefore, the movement arrangement of Health Qigong methods and practice skills of every gesture and motion follow the law of exercise physiology and reflect the understanding of traditional Chinese medicine on human life. Thus, the presentation of Health Qigong functions and methods and the interpretation of health effects are essentially related to traditional Chinese medicine theory.

Starting Form

The Starting Form is an important preparatory process for Health Qigong · Yi Jin JIng exercise, which enables the practicer to quickly enter the exercise state through “body regulation”, “ breath regulation”, and “mind regulation”.

Posture: stand with both feet together, set arms on the two sides of the body perpendicularly and naturally; slightly withdraw the chin, move up Baihui, close the lips and teeth, look right into the front and gently butt the tongue against the palate naturally. Relax the entire body, keep the whole body in an upright balance, breathe naturally, inward eyesight, and even-minded.

Both feet together can make Kidney Channel and Yinqiao Channel close together, have special effect on nourishing kidney-Qi and the lower limbs together; and set arms on the two sides of the body perpendicularly and naturally enable the Qi activity all over the body easily to form a whole.

Move up Baihui and slightly withdraw the chin enable the head to keep upright; at the same time, due to the lifting of Baihui, the cervical vertebrae is loosened naturally and has the trend of stretching upward, Qi of Du Channel also ascends; slightly withdraw the chin and make Qi of Ren Channel descends naturally. Butt the tongue against the palate is commonly known as “building the magpie bridge”, which is beneficial for the connection of Ren and Du Channels and urging the ascending and descending of Qi activity.

Inward eyesight makes spirit not get distracted but become even-minded, thus achieving “three-in-one” state of “body, Qi and mind”.


The First Routine: “Wei Tuo Presenting the Pestle 1”

The first routine begins transiting into dynamic state from static state at the starting form. Stand on open feet naturally to launch the smooth operation of Qi activity. At this time, the limbs are balanced and natural, the Qi and blood circulation are run smoothly without causing stagnation, which is beneficial for Qi of Channels running through the limbs.

Stretch out both arms and take back with bending elbows, relax shoulders, and form a vacant armpit simultaneously can mobilize the circulation of Qi through the three Yang channels and the three Yin channels of hand, thus to make Qi and blood circulation of hand smooth. Dabao Acupoint, the large splenic collateral, is located under armpit. Relax shoulders and form a vacant armpit can effectively relax this acupoint, thus playing a regulatory role in the collaterals of the whole body and facilitating the circulation of meridian Qi.

Both palms are closed in front of the chest and put at the same height of Danzhong Acupoint. It is believed in traditional Chinese medicine that Danzhong is one of the eight influential acupoints, which is the Qihui of the human body and has the effect of regulating the flow of Qi and soothing the nerves. Put the palms together in front of the chest can calm Qi and gather the spirit and equalize the right and left Qi activity of the body.


The Second Routine: “Wei Tuo Presenting the Pestle 2”

This routine further regulates the three Yin channels and the three Yang channels of hand through the extending of upper limbs and the pushing-outward movement of both arms, as well as smooth Qi of heart and lung, improve respiratory function and strengthen the blood and Qi circulation through chest extending.

It is believed in traditional Chinese medicine that, the heart governs blood vessels, the heart controls the blood to be transfused to the vessels, if there is plenty of blood and the blood circulation is normal, a ruddy complexion is shown, the pulse is gentle and powerful, and the chest is comfortable. Therefore, this posture has very good effects on heart and chest diseases, such as blood circulation blocked, precordium depressed mainly caused by stasis of blood and Qi and etc.

The lung governs Qi and manages respiration. As Su Wen: Wu Zang Sheng Cheng said, “lung governs all Qi”. The lung not only breathes the air of nature, but also takes charge of Qi of the entire body, participates in the generation of Zong Qi, and regulates the ascending, descending, incoming and outgoing of Qi inside the body; moreover, all vessels converge in the lung, so the lung has promotion acts on blood circulation and blood compresses. Therefore, stretching, extending and pulling the chest is conducive to the chest and lung exercise, thus enhancing the physiological function of the lung and effectively relieving chest stuffiness and heart palpitation and other symptoms.

As the limbs are the starts or ends of the channels, the pushing-outward movement of both arms in this routine requires applying strength to the fingertips, and the wrist sits and standing palms require gripping the ground with toes, thus to fully mobilize Qi of the twelve regular channels.


The Third Routine: “Wei Tuo Presenting the Pestle 3”

This routine regulates Qi of triple energizer through lower limbs heel-lifting and upper limbs raised up. “Triple energizer” is a term of traditional Chinese medicine, which has the following two meanings:

One means the “triple energizer” of six Fu viscera that is distributed in a large organ of the chest and abdomen. As it does not match with five Zang organs, it is also known as “solitary residence”, hollow and with a cavity therein. As Lei Jing · Zang Xiang Lun said, “But among 12 organs, only the triple energizer is the only one which is unparallel, so it is called solitary residence. Namely, outside zang and fu organs and inside the body, triple energizer covers all the organs and serves as the big residence in the body cavity.” Nan Jing · Liu Shi Liu Nan said again, “The vigour of the triple that also, the main traffic: don't three gas, experience in the derrnatopathy. Triple energizer is the special messenger of vitality; it mainly functions to run three qis and travel in five zang- and six fu-organs.” The triple energizer facilitates the primordial Qi circulation and transfer the water and fluid. The ascending, descending, incoming and outgoing of Qi and the transport and discharge of body fluid are dependent on the smoothness of the triple energizer. The triple energizer comes from kidney system, connects to the lung upward, and between exterior and interior. The rise and fall of all upper and lower organs are controlled by the triple energizer and all exterior and interior Qi enter and exit via the triple energizer. The triple energizer are same as the striae, its operational primordial Qi and body fluid flow outward into the striae, make the skin moistened, and maintain the body air exchange with the outside world.

The other purely means the parts of the body. The upper energizer refers to the parts above diaphragmatic muscles, including the chest, head, upper limbs, heart and lung and so on; the middle energizer refers to the parts below diaphragmatic muscles and above navel, including the upper abdomen, spleen and stomach, liver and gall and so on; the lower energizer refers to the part below navel, including the lower abdomen, kidney, bladder, small intestine, large intestine and so on.

The understanding of the triple energizer herein contains the aforesaid two meanings, the practicer raises up both hands and supports by the tops of the feet to apply strength to the four limbs, which not only can facilitate Qi circulation of triple energizer channel of Shaoyang, but also stretch and pull the cavity of the triple energizer to launch Qi of Shaoyang and promote Qi and blood circulation. At the same time, the massage is applied on its corresponding zang and fu through stretching to stimulate Qi of five Zang organs and enhance the zang and fu functions.

As the three Yang channels and the three Yin channels of hands and feet are distributed in the upper and lower body limbs, the three Yang channels and the three Yin channels of feet are distributed in the front and back of the trunk and Ren and Du Channels are running above the trunk, and the strength is applied to the limbs, so that Qi can be run through the whole body, and thus well regulating the fourteen channels of the human body and the collaterals, tendons and skins associated.

In the movement, imagine that you are gazing the palms through “heavenly gate”, get well-coordinated between spirit and form, and integrate Qi activity into a whole.

(By Zhang Wenchun, Bao Xiaolei )

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