If the meridians are blocked, all kinds of diseases will arise. How to open up the meridians and replenish qi and blood?
Traditional Chinese medicine takes qi and blood as the core, especially qi as the foundation, and Ba Duan Jin came into being. This kind of gymnastics used to regulate the qi and blood of the internal organs, restore metabolic function, and strengthen the body has always been loved by people and is compared to exquisite brocade. There are eight movements in total, so it is called Ba Duan Jin.
1, How long does it take to practice Ba Duan Jin to open up the meridians?
It varies from person to person, and you can feel it slowly by yourself.
Ba Duan Jin belongs to health-preserving qigong, not martial arts, and cannot achieve the effect of “opening up the Ren and Du meridians and practicing peerless martial arts”. It mainly achieves the purpose of strengthening the body, preventing and curing diseases through the adjustment of breathing, body activities and consciousness.
Chinese medicine believes that blockage of the meridians in the human body can easily cause pain. After the meridians are unblocked, various evil spirits such as wind, cold, dampness, phlegm, and stasis can be removed, so that qi, blood, and various nutrients can flow normally in the meridians and be delivered to the internal organs of the human body, and the energy balance of the limbs, five senses, and nine orifices can be maintained, so that the whole body will feel relaxed and will not easily get sick.
In other words, when you feel that your body has improved after practicing Ba Duan Jin, it is the process of the meridians being slowly unblocked.
2, How long can you get wet after practicing Ba Duan Jin?
It is generally recommended to take a shower 0.5-1 hour after practicing Ba Duan Jin. If you only wash your hands and face, you can do it at any time.
Because washing your face and hands only involves a small area of the body in contact with water, it does not affect anything. However, after practicing Ba Duan Jin, you cannot take a shower immediately because your body is sweating. At this time, your pores are fully open. Whether the water is cold or hot, it is easy for moisture to enter the body and affect the body’s functions. This will cause damage to bones and joints in the long run.
3, How long after practicing Ba Duan Jin can I eat?
0.5-1 hour later.
Because when you just finish practicing Ba Duan Jin, the blood is mostly concentrated in the limb muscles and respiratory system, while the digestive organs have relatively less blood and poor digestion and absorption capacity. It takes a period of adjustment after exercise before the digestive function can gradually return to normal. Eating immediately can easily cause gastrointestinal disorders, vomiting, indigestion, etc.
4, How long does it take for Ba Duan Jin to work?
Ba Duan Jin has eight movements, each of which can mobilize different parts of the body to move. Everyone has different original intentions for practicing Ba Duan Jin. Some people just want to exercise, while others want to lose weight and treat certain chronic diseases. Many people will only notice obvious improvements in their bodies after persisting for 3-6 months.
The effects that everyone wants are different. As long as you persist in practicing and practice in the right way, your body will tell you what you have gained.
5, Ba Duan Jin, the basic version of the action essentials, you will learn it in one go
Starting position: first practice the legs, open your left foot, shoulder width apart, squat slightly, hold your palms in front of your abdomen in a semicircle;
Then regulate your breath: breathe in and out a few times to make your body and mind smooth. The basic recovery of each move in the National Sports Version is this standing posture.
First move: Hold your hands up to the sky to regulate the three energizers
[Action]
Separate the five fingers of your palms, cross them in front of your abdomen, straighten your legs, hold your palms up in front of your chest, rotate them inwards and hold them up, palms facing up, raise your head and look, then stop your palms and look forward. Bend your knees slightly, lower your arms, hold your palms up in front of your abdomen. This is one up and one down, do it 6 times in total.
[Key points for doing the exercise]
You must push up with the base of your palms, and cooperate with Baihui to lift up, so that the body’s qi can rise. At the same time, the arms are basically held up parallel to the ears, so that the back forms a spine clamping movement, which is done well.
“Hands holding the sky” is to pull up the chest and abdomen, and stretch the waist and back. In this way, the internal organs attached to the spine and the three burners are pulled up, the three burners are unobstructed, and the cold and damp turbid air in rainy weather is removed.
At the same time, the action of the spine also squeezes the Jianjing point behind the neck and the Gaohuang point on the back. The whole Du channel feels warm because the Yang Qi is instantly lifted.
Second style: Open the bow left and right like shooting an eagle
[Action]
1, Open your left foot to the left and cross your palms upward in front of your chest. Horse stance with two legs, just like opening the bow left and right to shoot an arrow, pull the right palm to the right chest, and push the left palm to the left in the shape of an eight-character palm (the thumb and index finger are in the shape of an eight-character, and the other three fingers are bent back), pull the bow to the fullest circle, and stare at the fingertips.
2, Then move the center of gravity to the right, draw an arc with the right hand, retract the left foot, hold the two palms in front of the abdomen and stand side by side. Then do it once in the opposite direction, and do it 3 times in total.
[Key points for doing the exercise]
Opening the bow to the left and right can not only relax the entire stiff shoulder and back. When the index finger is pulled to the most round, the fingertips will feel slightly numb. This is the Shangyang point, the starting point of the hand yangming large intestine meridian, and it also stretches the large intestine meridian that runs through the shoulder and neck and the entire arm. This exercise is very useful for people with constipation and abdominal distension.
The third style: To regulate the spleen and stomach, you must raise one hand
[Action]
Push up the base of the left palm, raise it to the upper left of the head, and press down the base of the right palm. Then drop the left arm in front of the abdomen, and do it three times, one left and one right.
[Key points for doing the exercise]
When supporting the sky and pressing the ground, the force is in the base of the palm, and the fingertips should be in the opposite direction to fully stretch the large intestine meridian.
The two arms are pulled up and down, one loose and one tight, pulling and massaging the spleen and stomach, which is good for digestion and absorption. At the same time, it also stretches the liver and gallbladder on both sides, and releases liver qi. People who are often depressed and angry can often do this exercise.
Fourth form: Look back to prevent five kinds of fatigue and seven kinds of injuries
[Action]
Bend your legs slightly and straighten your knees, stretch your arms on both sides, rotate your palms outward and upward, turn your head as far back as possible, look diagonally to the left and back, and pause for a while. Rotate your arms inward and bring them back to both sides, bend your legs slightly, and look forward. Do this three times, one on the left and one on the right.
Fifth form: Shake your head and tail to relieve internal heat
[Action]
1, Stand with your right foot open, bend your legs slightly, raise your palms on both sides, half-squat your legs to form a horse stance, and lower your arms to your legs and support them above the knee joints.
2, Move your body’s center of gravity to the right, bend over the right foot, lower your center of gravity, and use your coccyx to drive your upper body to rotate to the left, passing the left foot. Then move your body’s center of gravity backward, swing your upper body backward and rotate from right to left and forward, and stand up. Do this three times, one on the right and one on the left.
[Key points of doing the exercise]
Try not to compromise, and stretch your neck and coccyx as much as possible when shaking your body, and do it gently, slowly and continuously. Do not keep your neck stiff throughout the whole process, and do not deliberately retract or raise your lower jaw, so that the neck muscles can be relaxed and stretched as much as possible. If it is strenuous, do it twice, one on the right and one on the left, and then slowly increase the number of times. People who often get angry, have oral ulcers, sore throats, and acne are mostly virtual fire, with virtual fire floating on the head and face, and cold and dampness in the middle and lower parts of the body all year round. Doing this action often can pull the floating virtual fire back to the dantian and warm the kidney water.
Sixth Style: Climbing the Feet with Both Hands to Strengthen the Kidneys and Waist
[Action]
1, Stand with your legs straight, raise your arms forward and upward, palms facing forward, and look forward. Bend your arms at the elbows, palms facing down, press to the chest, and reverse your palms to the back, rub down along the spine to the buttocks, and at the same time bend your upper body forward, palms along the legs to the soles of the feet, knees straight, and look down in front.
2, Raise your palms forward and the spine will rise accordingly. One up and one down is one time, do it 6 times in total.
[Key Points]
When you massage the back of the waist and lower limbs with both hands, you need to use a little force, because you are warming and massaging the bladder meridian, the first yang meridian in the body. If you want to have a full body of yang energy, you must mobilize this meridian.
When you push up, you need to use your arms to pull the body up one by one, so that you can fully stretch the front and back Ren and Du meridians, so that both yin and yang can be nourished.
Seventh Style: Fisting and glaring to increase energy
[Action]
Step to the left with your left foot, step on the horse stance, and clench your fists at the side of your waist, with your thumbs inside and your fists facing up. Rush forward with your left fist, with your fists facing up, glaring, and change your left fist into a palm, then rotate your wrist and clench it into a fist, and retract it to your waist. Do it three times, one left and one right.
[Key Points]
This exercise has many details, such as the method of gripping the ground with your toes, clenching your fists, and glaring, which can make the liver qi flow smoothly, the peripheral qi and blood circulate, and the whole body is full of energy.
Eighth Style: Seven Thumbs Up Behind to Eliminate All Diseases
[Actions]
1, Lift your heels and put them on your head. Pause for a moment and look forward. Lower your heels and lightly shake the ground. One rise and one fall counts as one time. Do it seven times in total.
2, The closing style of Eight-Section Brocade is summarized here: Finally, put your palms together in front of your abdomen, breathe evenly, and relax your whole body.
[Key Points]
Raise and lower your heels to practice human balance. When you rise, you should pull it up like pulling it out of the ground, grip the ground with your toes, pull up your anus and tighten your abdomen, and keep the six internal organs in a tense state. When you fall, it’s like an earthquake, shaking the spine and the governor channel.
“Seven Thumbs Up Behind Behind” is the closing style of Eight-Section Brocade, which is equivalent to guiding the qi back to the origin. After completing the whole set of exercises, reorganize the body’s qi to prevent it from being scattered.
For beginners who are not familiar with the movements, just cooperate with natural and smooth breathing. Don’t breathe deliberately, exhale and inhale loudly, try not to hold your breath, and use abdominal breathing. As the movements become more open and proficient, “find” your breath within the movements and your body will benefit more.