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WUJISHI BREATHING EXRCIS
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Breahin exercise as irs pracised as a means o ecuperaion Then i was inroduced ino he medical e and he boxers' circl. In hisory, counless docors, oers, Buddhiss Taoiss an Conns devoed hemeles o he research in breahin exercise Obviously, eahin exercise i by no means a wichcra Alhouh ere are various schools o breahin exercises, hey are n ac branches oriinaed rom he same source, penerang and inerminlin wih each oher Wujis breah ercise, however, is one o he eoic lowers in he breahng eercise arden. Bein he ceveres creaure o all, mankind bean o ceate such n valuable exercise as brean exercise hree husand ears ao. By exual research, brean exercise s a creave dvelopmen o he man's acions o walkin, si, sandin and lyin. I is a special orm o movemen f he vial enery, blood and cells o he body. I neiher cases he acceleraion o he pulse rae or he increase o breahin requency as is compensaion, or is i orced o stop as a esul o he aiue o muscle, joins and nerves Thereore, i is an exercise especially suiable or he sick, he old, he weak and hose ho are no or srenuous physical e xrcise
Neveheless , beang execise had long been neglec ed In he pas ; i was pacise d only by a few who ook as a way of co nvale scing he healh and passed on fom he mases o he dscipes. I was once aed wih mysicsm and nliced such an ingloious name as "supesi ion Duing he en yeas o disubance (om 1 9 66 - 1 9 76 bea ng execse was uhlessly amped. Ever snce the late 1 970 's, the scence f beathing exercse has been feelng proud and elated Moe and more people have become interes ted n it . Numerous artic les a bout eah ng exe cse hav e been publshe d boh n he newspapers and magazin es Brea hing exe cse has shown gea
poenialy in lie scence and n he eld o curng diseases and keeping good heal h . Grea mpoance h as been aa ched o by he deparmens concened and he asghed pesonnel Fuher researches are being carred ou so as o make i advance. As here ae various ypes o beahng execises ,
s advsable o choose a smple, sae and eecive ype or he masses o pracse Ts bookle will render a choice o improvng healh, delayng ageng and p olongin g e or he breang exercses, he suerers o conc diseases, he aged and he weak, he ineecuals, science workers and he broad masses o eed workers Wujishi breang exercise had so many advanages ha n he pas many people ound i a pleasure o pracse i and passed i on rom generaion o geneaon. Today, has araced counless exercsers There is an obvous endency o uhe developmen o s exercse. The manuscrp o hs bookle has been checked and approved by Lu Zuowen, a veeran physician o Tradiional Chinese Medcne o he Cenrl Hospial o Guanzhou Ralway Bureau while he possr was wien by Jn ii
{, a senior elow exerciser o Maser Cai Sonan Our I mus o o such breahin exercise addics as Wu X Pan Qi, Shao Yan, Huan Shiqu an, Hu Jieyin, Cen (igan, Yao Zhenwen, Li S hupei, Wan Hua , Zou Yuequn ,
aoben ec for heir sincere hep and vauabe advice ue o he inadequae knowede we have, i is un abe o have some imperfecions or errors s book.
W icerey hope ha he addics o he same rade wil 'm offer he suesions or advice or urher exporaI
ad resear ch Cai Sonfan Fan Naii
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Wujishi breahin exercise . . . . . .... The oriin disseminaion and characerisic
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eaures o Wujishi breah ex ercise I I Me chanism and herapeuic eec o Wujishi breahn exercise 10 IV. In dicaion s o Wujishi breahn exercise . . . . 22 V Pro cesse s and ess enias o pra cisin Wujis breah n exerc ise VI How o en erae he inner via enery? Wha is caed esser circuaion and reaer cculaion? 38 VII. Reacions o and uidance o breahin exercise VII I. Why does he bo dy somei me s have E xerior movemens" whie perormin he breahin . exerse.? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX Don seek he reacion o Ex erior movemen 51 ohebody . . . . X Wujish breah n exercise and he emi in o
Oulown a" . X I How o cho o se he me , dircio and locai on or praci sin breahin exercise ? . X II Reulain he daiy lie whie pracisin he breah n exerc ise X III Squee ze ime or pracisi n h e breah n exercse X IV Poin s or aeni on in pracisin he breah in
X V exercise Livin examp les o ood eec s aer praci sin 6 he brea hin exercis e . X VI. Pos scrip . . . .. . .. . .. 0 .
ILLUSTRATIONS OF MASTER CAl'S PRACTICE IN BRATHING EXRCIS
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WUji beathing execise
Cultivating an tanspoting the vital enegy (for keeping god healt and teating iseases)
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Jinggang (Budd stye) eating execise
o inceasing te amont o vital enegy
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Pre Yin style
Fo srengheng he sadiness of h owr par of he bod
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Ple sle
For strenghenng he centl prt o e od nd clerng Dm te girde cnne)
e Yang (Bodisattva st style
For diecting te vital enegy pward and stengtening te ppe pat of te body
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re Yang (Bohisattva) 2n stye
For irecing te ta energy par an strengenng the pper part of te by
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ou son men pusng Mr. Ca wi orce are beig rebounded away by m wen e mkes use o e be ing exercse
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W H ETH EXEC E
Consan pracice o breahin xercise can srenhen one's healh, preven and rea disease and prolon le A
e Chaaceisic Feaures of Wuji Breathing Exercise
Reulain he body The exerciser mus adop he
posure o eep on nh esame srahli ne " , i . e . keep
he hree acupuncure poins o Bahu Huiyin (erineum) and Y onqu an on he same sraih lne.
2. Reulain he hear (mind) Sick one's mi nd o he cenr al po in o Umblcus 3 Reulain breah n : Breahe naurally B
The Advantages of uji Breathing Exercise
1 The processes are sple They are airly easy or he exeriser o learn and maser (The old, he youn and he wea k can all mak e use o his exe rcise ) 2 . Sand rih an d erec Appear o be quie ouwardly, bu i s movin inwardly This exercise will no brin abou any sde eecs and d evia ions 3 There is no resrcion as ar as place an d ime are concerned (I can be pracised eiher indoors or oudoors) 4 I can be sared and ended any ime you like (To end he exercse, us open he eyes and ake o he conen
raon o conscousness.) Marked resuls can be acheved when s used o rea he chronc dseases. C
Tainig Methods of Wui Beathing Execie
The posure or Wuj breahg exercse s o sand naurally, relax he whole body. The head and runk should be rgh and erecd Look srah ahead. Keep he arms hann naurally wh nes nauraly separaed, and he mddle nger sgh ly ouchng Fengs pon (on he laeral pr o he hh). The whole body s sl hly nclne orward, wh knees slghly lexed. Relax he ches bu do no hrow ou. Relax he abdomen and he ps. Aer ha, genly close he eyes, breahe nauraly, wh he mnd sckn o he Umb lcus ( .e . Shenque pon) . I he sandng posure o Wuj breang exercse o he Yang's amly s used n maral ar or beer resuls, we should sudy every concree acon n a horoughgong way. Here are he dealed descrpon o he man acons n breahng exercse 1 Fe e Fee are he roo The exerc ser should sand seadl y wh ee parallel and sh oul derwdh apar. ( See ha you no orm oo.)oGeneraly nner soles doreceve moresplay weh he body.speakng, Bu he he sandng Wuj breahng exercse requres ha body wegh should be evenly dsrbued beween h nner and he ouer soles. 2 Th e m dd le pon o he lne lnkng he wo Yongquan pons aces squarely o Huyn (Perneum) above, and Huyn aces squarely o Ba hu (a he heado p) aove e Yongqan Huyn Bahu Tha s wha we call hee ononhesamesra ghlne " . 3
Hps If he hps are neher relaxed nor wh-
drawn, hen he abdomen and he buock are naurally
proruded and he cenral lne lnkn he ee pons" wll be ben. Only when he ps are relaxed, can he ner val enery low unchecked 4 Was Was s he ma sa y I mus be boh re laxed and erec Only when he was s relaxed, can he nner val enery be srenhened Ches The ches mus be relax ed bu do no hrow ou. Havn relaxed he ches, he back wll naurally sand ou a l le 6 Arms The arms mus naurall y han a sde s, wh palms acng nward. To ben wh, jus le he arms han naurally By and by, hey should be pu n he exac poson, e. he ddle er should slhly ouch Fensh po (h e sems o a rouser le cl ose o he hh). 7. The p o he onue should lhly ou ch on he hard palae. Bu do no ress wh orce. I here s an n crease n salvary secreon, swallow mouhul by mouhul. 8 The head s pushed" up very enly. Le Bah u pon aces skyward, wh he neck relaxed. To pu n a nushe, he exercser should be relaxed, ue and naural. D
echnm of Wuji Brehng Exercise
Is rean mehod s o oser he prmordal Q and dspel he pahoens Throuh pracs Wuj breah exercse, one can culvae he val enery (he ressance o dseases). O course, as o he acue dsease, s advsable o consul he docor. Accordn o he heory o he radonal Chnese medcne, one lacks he val enery, s hly necessary or o culvae and reorce , whch s he very purpose o pracsn Wuj breahn exercse Once he val enery s srenhened, hen can clear he
channels and heir collaeral chanels and balance Yin and Yang principles, improe he supply o Qi and blood, srenghen immuniy rom diseases Thus, he aim o preven ng and reain g d iseases are a chieved .
. T , EM T CC FETE F ETH ECE
Wujishi breahing exercise is aso named as Wujish Sanding Exercise As ar as is src is concerned wha we can do is o give a very brie expanaion based on he hisorica ierally means boundless or imess daa whie Wu ji means begning. Wuji reecs he ancien peope's knowedge o he universe which in he eyes was boundess and ininie In oher words, he ancien peope hed ha he universe was void and illusory wihou sars and panes wihou yin and yan wihou he disincion beeen souh and norh. The world was simply a grea mess Laer he earh was divided ino yin and yan.
Consequ ently Taj appeared "Taj was derved from Wuj and consttuted the mother of yin and ya ng As "the Book of Chages says, "Tai was derved from Wuj; the two sphees were derved from Taj the four qu adrants were derved from the two spheres That was the process of evolu tion of th e unv erse Later, breath ng ex ercse wa s crea ted and "Wuj was borrowed to name t Wujsh breat hng exercse s the bass of martial art, whose outward frame can be traned through practsng breathng exerc se As the old sayng goes, " If you ant to learn the essence of shadow boxng, you m ust frst study the standng exercse In practsng any shadow boxng, the boxer must frst learn the startng posture Takng Tajquan for example Its prepara tory posture s smlar to that o f Wuj breathn g ex ercse The eepontonthesamestraghtlne n Wuj breathng "thr exercse s e xactly the socal led "Z hong dng (central stabl ty ) n shado w boxng The essental po s tons n shadow boxng are all headed by Zhongding A boxer cannot lose hs Zhongdng Accordng to the relable sources, the dssemnaton of Wujsh breathng exercse can be traced back to the secret dssemnato of the Yang's Tajquan Why was Yang Chen g fu , a wellknown and unmatched boxe r n Chn a , so pow erful n hs lfe tme? It was maly because hs power came from "Wujsh reathng exercse In other places, Wujsh b reathng exerse was dssemn ated n secret from person to person The breathng e xercse we are dscussng n ths book was pass ed on from Ya ng Chengfu ( 1 8 8 3 1 93 6) to Ye Dam (who was once appo t ed the re gmental chef of st aff of Sun Chuanfang on e of t he N orthern W arlor ds ( 1 9 1 21 92 7) . ater t ws passed onto Jn Ren by Ye Dam, and onto Ca Songfang by Jn Renln After movg to the south, Ca Songfang began to populaize Wuj breathng exercse n Guang zhou regon Wth a vew of rleas ng t he patent 6
pai and in he pi o "heaing he wounded and recu ing he dying", Maer Cai broke away he conve niona idea o sec e impa ring, and is wing o pai eny i nsruc everyboy who i i n ereed in i H e ha bee n doing hi in G uangzhu region for more han w eny year Wih ee decad e'
eperience behind him, Maer Cai enjoy igh pree amng he ciiz en Guangzhou . The fo ower who have been earn ing rom or more han e n year h ave ob ained marked re u and quie a f ew con ic dieae ufferer have ben eied a o No ong ago , Guan gzhou Co ege o Traiio n a Chinee M edicine conerred a ie o honorary
ecurer on im A a maer o ac, he i he maer o brehing eercie in Guangzhou region who ha received uc a hoy i e conerred upon by a higher edu ca ion iniuion.
Maer Ca i ha b een praci ing brea hing eercie evera decade He i boh mode and aiming high He ha devoed hie o he reearch in variou choo o breaing eercie, aborbing he rong po and remouding hem. n recen year , he ha gained hg h aanme n in brehig eercie wih new deveopmen and creaion aded o h srcina breang eercie One unique hing abou Wuji breahing eercie inheried by Maer Cai i he ac ha he via energy can be deced o every par o he boy according o one dee can ao emi waiqi" ouowing a), whch can be ued eiher o cure dieae or i maria ar The preiminary Wuji breahing eercie ony ha one paern whie he advanced one ha even paern, namey, Jin Guang breahing eercie Or, Buddhi eercie, or cuivaing he via energy), Zhou Tian breang eercie or cearing Du and Ren channe), Chunyinhi Purey Yin ye, or praciing he eadie o he ower pa o
he body), Hunran Yi Qi an inegraed pie) breahing eercie for cearing he midde channe), Chunyang yi hi Purey Yang Fir ye or Bodhia F ye, for indu cing he via energy o he uper par of he bo dy ), Chunyang Er hi Purey Yang econd ye or Bodhia cond Sye, for decing he via energy o he upper pa of he bod y) , Lian Shen Huan X u breah ing eer cie or connecing he upper and he ower par of he body) Beide, here are ome auiiary eercie The advanced paern of breahing eercie i for he purpoe of keeping good heah, edefence and aack hoe who are free from ine can a o earn he advanced eercie aer a year of praciing he preiminary eercie Wujihi breahing eercie ake he form of quie anding o rea dieae and proong ife I raining ehod i an organic combinaion of piri, body and re piraion The characeriic feaure of i poure are keep he body righ and erec; he ee poin", namey, Baihui Huiyin Perineum) he midpoi n bewe e he wo Yo ngquan po in , mu be in he ame raigh ine Ouwardy, he eercier ook a i a a mounain, bu inwardy he via energy f ow ike he orren in a river Wujihi breahing cuivae ife, he via energy and eerci he pican A we know, he inceeence ancienof ime, he meica heory, he maria ar and he reigiou circe in China have aa ched grea imporan ce o he cuiv aion of he eence of ife, he via energy and he piri which have been conidered hree reaure in he human body The Taoi choo mainain ha breahing eercie can make one peak e and cuivae he via energ, re rain from aciviie and cuivae he eence of ie, ranqui heemind and remoud emperamen herefore, afer a ong erm pracice of Wuji breahing eercie, one
mena conscusness and va enegy w gaduay be senghened ad he w nauay fee peasan and become and son g . The pemnay execse of Wuj beahng execse s a eaxed ype of execse n whch boh he a energy and mena conscousness ae aned; he cuvaon and anspoaon of va enegy ae concueny execsed Is advanced ype howeve s a anspoaon ype of execse boh he whch s many used n he maa a. Of couse advanced sng execse and Wuj execse can esu he cuvaon of he va enegy Cung dseases ys n movng of he a eegy Bu hose whose heah s poo mus s of a cuvae he va enegy The man eason why physca anng and beang execse ca mae e and song and can ea dseases es n h funcon of diec ng he v a enegy The beahng execse beng dscussed hee s smpe concse and easy fo eveybody o mase I ooks pan ye has soun easo n and s fu of neest . I se ems hee s nohng speca abou , ye s ue efecve Keepng good heh won be oo dffcu. o ong as one can pess n pacsng beahng execse conscenousy hs day fe and eep on execsng t n hs fe me he he s sue o acheve good esus of pevenng dseases and poongng fe
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ECHM D EC EFF OF H TH CE
Wuj breahng eercse s an vauabe germ n he reasure house o he radona Chnese medce n orunaey, has been negeced or a ong me and bured in gra deph In h sp o drawing s vei and dggng ou s essence, we w brey epan s mechansm and herapeuc eec n he gh o such radiiona Chnese medicne heory as he Theory o Vscera, he Theory o Channes and her Coaeras, and he Theory o Gasca on
Strengthe he Vital Eergy, Haoize he Functioa Aciviies of he Viscera
Our predecssors hed ha pracsing breahng eercse was a ehod o seadjusmen or secuvaon wh whch one coud oser he vrue prncpe and o consoi dae he oundaon o e Tha was a udena undersanding o breahng eercs beng a herapy whch coud adjus he unc ons o h whoe bo dy By se adjusm en or secuvaon, we reer o he acive sorg o essence o o h va enery and he spr upon which he body depends or suviva and or keeping good heah In a word, pracsng breang eercise can reoce he vue princpe wn he human bod y 0
One o he marked eec aer praciing breahing eercie i he proue ecreion o iva The wo poin o Jinjin and Yuye" under he ongue are on he kidney nerve. aiva i he eence o he ive parench ymaou vicera. I ooze ou a he peen Qi acend. The prou ecreion o iva i a good ign howing he renghening he unciona aciviie o he peen and kidney aer praciing breahing eercie The ancien peope caed aiva manna or jinjin yuye". I ha been eiied by modern medica cience ha aiva conain abundan er men which are conducive o digeion, hepu in reig ageing and renghening immuniy rom dieae The maer o breahing eercie a reaure he aiva generaed during breahing eercie, and waow i down o Danian and aborb i hrough ubimaion They a aach grea imporance o he raining o he eeence o he body In order o renghen Zhen Qi he primordia Qi) o he body hey make mena concenraion ranorm ino he via enery , hen ino he e ence o i e or vice ver a . Zhen Qi i he ource o heah. Docor o he radiiona Chinee medicine hod, Where here i a ack o Zhen Qi, X ie evi) Qi wi cerainy pr evai . o ong a Zhen Qi ei, he evi Qi wi no harra." The reaon why mo chronic dieae ake o ong a ime o be cured ie in he ac ha oo much evi Qi ha peneraed he human body. I i ocaed he onger you uer rom h dieae, he more ecien au you wi be . The main mehod o reaing a chronic dieae hrough Wuji breahing eercie i o reinorce body reiance and o eiminae pahogen. The proce o via energy e iminaing pahog en i a proc e rom he inerior o he eerior, rom inide o ouide Tha why Wuji breahing eie can have marked eec in reaing dieae
Wujihi breahing eercie hep renghen he prmodia energy by mean of reguaing he funciona aciviie of he vicera, epeciay hoe of he peen and he kidney. Kidney i he Congenia Foundaion". The congenia eence and via enegy formng he prmordia energy are ored in and uppied by he kidney The renghening of he funciona aciviie of he kidney can muae and prooe he funciona aciviie of ohe icea. The peen i he foundaion of fe". The Acquired Eence and via energy forming he primordi energy come from he grain and waer which are rnformed ino nurien by he peen and ranpored o he five parenchymaou vicera. In he radiiona Chinee medicine, here i uch a aying a he fir and foremo hing for curing a kind of dieae i o renghen he f uncion o f he o mach an d he peen". Praciing Wuji breahing eercie, however, can make he penic Qi funciona aciviy of he peen) abundan and heahy. A he penic Qi acend, Yuan Qi he primary moive force of aciviie of ife) wi fourih. The peen and he kidney have an eremey imporan bearing on he fourihing or deeroraion of he primordia principe of he human body The funciona aciviie of he vicera, he reiance, immuniy, he reguaion abiiy and he abiiy of adapaion o he eerna envonmen a have omehng o do wih he kdney and he peen. Tha he reaon why Wujihi breahng eercie i effecive in reaing many chronic dieae of he vicera and he dieae of he four imb and nine aperure namey wo eye, wo ear, he wo nori, he mouh, heurehra meau and he an u ). Wujihi breahing eercie can reinforce he penic Qi, onify he kidney eence, produce uicien bood, improve he funcion of ung and nourih he iver A 12
hee eec are quie obviou From he eu acheved by he paien aer prac iing breahing eercie one can ee ha i ha he wonder o curing dieren dieae wih he ame remedy For inance ome who had o urinae many e a nigh have markedy reduced he requency and become norma; ome who had backache or weak knee have become i and rong; ome who uered inominia and ued o dream a o o dream can now have ound eep; ome who acked appeie have changed ino having a good appeie; ome who had conipaion or diarrhoea have ao become norma; he hair which had come o beore can now regrow; he hair which had urne grey can backen graduay; ome who ued o have neurahenia or orgeune have regained good memor and become quickminded; ome who were in ow piri and ooked ae and du have ecome energeic and u o viaiy wih a ruddy beaming ace ome paho ogic change o he organ or bioogica chemiry inde have ao changed o he beer A hi ha hown ha Wuji breahing eercie reay ha an objecive and pracica eec o rengthening he via energy and reguaing he uncion a a civiie o he vicera
Oer the Chnne, Ativte the Cirution o Vit Energy nd Bood Bne Yin n Yg
Wujih breahin g e ercie re ie on he ranpora ion o he via eney o cure dieae The ranporaion o he via energy can eiminae he pahogen cear he channe dipe the eravaaed bood However hoe who are in poor heah mu ir o a cuivae he via energy wih which he bod reiance can be renghened. Recen we have ued remoeconro mehod to e he hear bea o he eercier ha been eied ha Wuji breahing
eecise is eay a kin o eecise which can concueny cuivae an anspo he via enegy The weaine beahing eecise can cono his hea bea consciousy The physioogica iagam o cuves o he beahing eecises hea bea whie civaing e via enegy is makey owe han ha beoe he eecise when he was quie an cam as shown in he oowing ia gam ) Resul of Tstig he Het Be of Wujishi Behig Execse hough Remoeotol Mehod
The pysioogica diagam o cuve o Mase Cai ongang's ea bea whie doing Wujis i (Yangqi) eecise
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Eercier Cai o ngang wih a brea hing eerc ie hior y o 29 year) Teer Guan Haoben Head o Phyica Cuure Teaching Group o Guangzhou Coege o Tradiiona Chinee Medicine) Apparau X F3 Hea rbea Emier Duraion o he Eercie 25 minue Anayi o he Reu a The pue rae beore geing up in he morning wa 8 bea per minue; he pue rae beore breahing eercie whie iing quiey wa 08 bea per minue. Thi how ha he eciabiiy o he ympaheic nerve o he maer o breahing eercie wa ay hgh The ympaheic nerve had become ecied beore he acion o breahing eercie ared b . Te breahing eercie aed or 25 minue, during hich he highe hearbea rae n he r minue wa 5 bea per m inue , and he owe h earbea rae i n he 4h minue w a 8 8 bea Th dierence bewee n he hhe and he owe pue rae wa 2 bea per minue . i minue er ending he breah ing eercie, he hearbea reurned o 08 bea per minue, he ame rae a ha beor e he eercie c. During he eercie, he hearbea rae in he minue and he wenyecond minue urpaed ha beore he breahing eercie began. There were ive repeiion 03 bea per minue; our repeiion o 86 bea per minue; 3 repeiion o 00 bea per minue. A hi how ha he change o hearbea rae wa ay eguar a nd ab e d . The average hearbea rae wa 996 bea per minue, which how ha here wa cerain aey and adapabiiy
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Anaiz ing he phyioo gica diagr am o he hearbea, we can ee he eciabiiy o he ympaheic nerve i weakening whie he eciabiiy o he vagu nerve i renghening. And he phyioogica diagram o eciabiiy and inhibiion i convered, which i highy con ducive o raiing he phyioogica iner ia , ur mouning he phyioogica inerne, keeping good hah, prevening and reaing dieae. e ac ha i meaboze on he bai o cuivaing he via eney, ha he decreae o he oa conumpion o he human energy and he eciabiy o he ympa heic nerve, he renghening o he eciabiiy o he vagu nerve how ha cuivaing he via energy i e aving up money in a bank I can ore he primordia qi energy o ie) o he human body. However, in he pro ce o ranporing he via energy, he hearbea rae markedy acceer ae d, which i omewha ike hav ing phyica raining I i characeriic eaure o concurrey cuivaing and ranporing he via energy ha make breahin g e ercie have uch advanage a be ing eec ive and ae and have eenive adapabii y . The raiona poure o hreepoinonheameraighine adoped by Wujihi eercie i hepu in generaing he inner via energy. Generay peaking, anding or a whie n hi poure wi yied uch reacion a eein re, numb, boaed, warm or coo ec. And one woud ao ee a i he a wihin he body i oving aong he ch anne . Thi eeing wi reach i cima wihin iee n minue. The Reearch Oce o Breahing Eercie in Guangzhou Coege o he Tradiiona Chinee Medicine ha made a reearch ino he eec o he 293 eercier who had been praciing breahing eercie or a monh They ound he eecive rae reached a gh a 8% 6
Aced upn he prncpe of hreepononeameraghne", he four phyoogca bendng aong he pne ake he mo ragh hape, he preure from he eror and eeror de reduce o he mnmum, he eon and reaaon become even, whch eremey onduve o he rcuaon of he bood and he va eergy. Moving along the roue of "thre epo int onth esameragh-lne " he blood and he val energy have aken a hrt-cut. Cearng Ren and Du Channe and uppyng wth
cen bood and he va energy he channe and he aera can be fy mobzed. Epeay when Du hanne ceared, hu acupuncure pon ao ceared hou pon he fr ercoa pace, 2 un from he man brm er ranaor o e) he key pn f he bood and he va eergy, drecy nkng he nerna vcera. The heory of breahg ee rce h od ha he ecre of reang deae o make he va energy rave round he Greaer Crcuaon and he Leer Crcuaon. Wh bh Re an d Du ch anne b eng cea red. The ree-
pononheameraghne" n Wuj breahng eerce is exactly th e essentia l point in the realiz ation of G reater and Le er Cc uaon. I ev en more mpora n when
apped o he mara ar. When Qao and We channe are ceared, hen, no necea for he crcuaon n he wev e chann e n h e four mb o rave a round abou way, that is, hroug h the vis cera. With the help of Qiao and We chane , he crcua on can be rea z ed by pang hrough Ren a d Du ch anne. Thu, h e feb y gr eay
raed a he reaon why he bood and he va energy can rave a horcu afer Ren and Du channe have been ceared. The reaon why he nner va energy can be quky generaed n pracng Wuj breang eerce e n he fac 7
ha he eence o our predeceor buidinghe oundaionmehod o icing he mind o Danian our eercie icing he mind o henque acupuncure poin) ha been inheried in hi eercie No maer wha ind o chronic dieae i o be reaed i i imperaive o cuivae ucien via energy a Danian. Ony by o doing can he channe and heir coaera channe be ceared and he via energy be peneraed ino he paho geneic par. Wuji breahing eercie ha he adanage o accumuaing uicien via energy round Danian which mae i poibe o moohy ranporing he via energy and he bood o a o nourih vicera inide and bone muce and hair ouide o baance Yin And Yang by maing Yin ourih moohy and Yang iviied eadiy eguaing in uch a way a o mainain he reaive ineic equiibrium. Ju a a wenown ancien Chinee docor o radiiona Chinee medicine Hua Tuo pu i a dieae can be avoided o ong a he channe and ve are ceared. Mared eec o promoing he ow o Qi and bood can be obaed hrough praciing Wujihi breahing eer cie Numerou rheumaic paien have recovered hrough doing hi eercie wihou reoring o any medicine ome paien umour or cyc have diappeared aer praciing breahing eercie or over a monh ome paien corn i ca) onychomycoi e. ringworm o he nai) which coudn be go id o over he pa year have ao diappeared nauray. For inance in Yonghen ee 3rd econ o Yenan Road in Guangzhou here were our ier aged 8 73 67 59 repecivey Beoe praciing he eercie he hair had a urned grey wihou a ge bac hai Bu aer a ew monh pracice o breahing eecie he ha began o graduay urn bac Hu Jieqing who wa hen 59 houd have achieved uch good eec 8
a ow ne o er crooked inger, hic ad been nred and become crooked or more an a decade , ecame raig agan aer praciing e eercie or one mon; and ar wo mon pracice, e rngworm on er inger na appeare H Jiewen wo wa en 6, ad been erg rom nger remam B aer pracing e eerce or ony ree week, er crooked nger ao beame g and e oin o e remai c inge be cme maer and rerned o norma ncion A a ma er o ac , a grea nmber o e eercier wo ed o e rom coni deae markd by deciency via energy an owerng o body reiance ave canged rom weak o rong nd ome pycay rong paen wo were ering ro c diorer a nning a ever, a o bood, onipon, ec, ave ao aceved an obvo and good re A ow a i eercie reay a n eec o onying Yn, rengening Yang and baancing Yin and Yang 3
Mould he Temperamen Culive he Essene of Life ad Tranquilize the Mind
Mena acivie ave coe connecion w e ve parencymao vicera Accordng o e eory o e rad ona Cinee medicine, e cange o even emoion" e. even kind o emoona reacion, namey oy, anger, ney, worry, grie , appreenon and r) wi eer inence ir on e via energy, hen on e bood ince e via energy and e bood are coey reaed s e od ayng goe, a dieae are rom anger" Te draic cange o e mood and e eceve acive o e even aperre e e even opening o e ead, namey wo eye, wo ear, wo nori and e mo) w omeme aec e eence o e, ia eney and 9
prit and caue diharmony and tagnation o the vita energy and bood eading to diorder o the unctiona activitie o the nterna organ and inbaance o Yin and Yang wth Yang flourihng and Yin declining which wi eventu ay reu t in d iea e Wuih breathing eercie in conformity o Laoi Ethic Canon Practiing the eercie aim at tranuiity whic ca cuivate the pi ranuty mean Yin the ececy of Yin uuay ead to chroic dieae), whch can maitain the eence of principe ad reduce the interna conumpton e growth ad change a arie from Yin eence whch i generated rom the gaication o the ntake food and the abortion o the vita eence an bood Whe one ha uiciet vita eence and bood, wi ee ft an trong hi reut in the ourihing o the Yang principe which i he oundation of the ody, or the Yang prcipe capabe of reiting the eterna pathoge Practiing Wui eercie can moud the temperament, cam the mind, retrain onee rom variou kind of deire, free oneef from the harament of even emotio and i dee hi eercie ca make one ee eay in mind it can make one change from tenion to reaation rom ecitment to tranuiiy, from orrow to eation, from being ree to being tatic, from anger to calmne and na enter the tate o menta ranuty A the od aying goe, When one ee ca in mind, he be happy a the te Quite a ew eercier aid, Ater practiing breathing eercie, my haracer and temperatment have ao changed or the better A oyu mood aure the ve vcera and the i hoow icera o fuctioning ormay It can timuate he appeite, increae the ecretion o gatric uice, trengthen the digetive uncton o a to guarantee the continuou generation and movement o uch materia a 20
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D O O UH B H G XRC
The popularzaon o Wujsh breahg eercse bea wo years ago. Many eeran masers o hs eercse sa wh prooun eelns, Wujsh breahng eercse use o be pracse behn he close oors. The ac ha shoul hae won such a w erangng goo eecs n reang s eass s ealy some ng unexp ece . Pracce has clearly shown ha Wujsh breahng exercse can moblze al he poenals whn he human boy or urnng he weak o he srong. I has parcular eecs o he ol an he sck. In recen years, mare eecs rea g seases hae bee n ache e . Is n caons are exense. When apple o he paens suerng rom rheumasm, nesnal sorers an gasrc seases, hyperension an oher carovascular seases, a mos saisacory resul can be obane. When applie o such rare an harreae seases as benn umour, perpheral neuriis roun he shouler, reumasm, chronc hepas, caarac , raumac eplepsy, Parnson neural synrom, quck eecs can lso be achieve. I is equally eecve o some har iseases such as corn, agnal, nea, rngworm o he nails, allegc skn, nlammao, oage recles. To mos rheumac paens, he rheumac pan wll s appear aer pracisg breahng exercse or a orngh o 22
wo monh The bood preure o he hyperenive wi reur o norma aer exerciing or a ornigh o a moh or o Occaionay, even he benn umour o ome uferers can diappear or become maer aer a moh o hree moh' pracice The ympom o oher dieae uch a conipaion, ever, migraine, bronchiecai, ahma, pumonary, irreuar menruaion, oeou hyperpaia, hemipeia hyperhyroiim hypohyroiim can ao be auay go rid o varyig degre. No ong ago, a medawinner wreer ai, In he pa when I wa wreing, I ued o pan everey Bu aer I ook par in he breahing exercie, I o onger pan o hard The efec in renghening heah and reaing dieae are obviou, ad hi exercie i easy o maer oo I can be aken eiher a a kind o re exercie or a an exercie re I can ao provide he meica deparmen wih an auxii ar aid o reamen
v. POEE D EE TL OF PTG WUH BETHG EXEiE
It is imperative t crrety master the technies practising breathing exercise As the d saying ges Its easy t start a Chinese shadw bxing bt its nt s easy t keep n practising witht interrptin" This hds gd t breathing exercise which as cas r cncentratin wheheartedness and perseverance Sme begnners r nearbegners like t mix dierent types breathng exercises thinking he is absrbing the cream them Hwever it is easy r him t g astray The predecessrs breathing exercise have te and again advise s t practise it in a dwntearth manner Athgh the essentias breathing exercse ae ay simpe Yet i is easier earnt than mastered We mst practise it carey an inteigenty i we reay wat t master it The pstre ad essentias this exercise can be smme p in ve pints Nw r the cnvenience sestdy we shal iscss them ne by ne explaning the pstres essentia s and nctins eac step
The Body hou Be Righ an Eeced an Kee "Three-poins o n a Stigh Line
a Stand erect with eet paral e and shd erwidth apart tes pinting rward and slightly trnng inwar 24
The hees shoud be para e, oo and which shoud be se ow on foor fy and s eaiy See ha your hees wi o raise ab oe he foor an d wi no sep on he oor wi h
oo much f orce ue few of beginers sad wih spayfoo,which is a easy misake o make Sanding i such a way wi make he cenre of your graiy fa on he Yin sides of he fee ad he w big oes. Thus he pressure o he foo is uneen and he sanding is no fm If you urn your oes ward, hen he force of ia energy wi fa o he Yang sides of he fee so ha you can sand seadiy and he ia energy wi descend naua hrouh he hree chanes of somach, ier and speen The widh beween he wo fee shoud neiher be oo wide nor oo narrow During he exercise,and he he oescnra shoudpar ouch nauray and ighy of he eachground soe shoud become hoow wih he for ce conc enraed on Y ongquan acupo i , which is known as Yongquan Breahing" Yongquan poi beongs o he Kidey Channe of Foohaoyin) This is an essenia echnique on e mus maser when pracising he maria ar b . Kee p bo dy uprh and hod head and neck erec wih eyes ooking sraigh ahead, and wih chin draw sigh y inward ad he ip of he ongue icking he hard paae naura y and gen y The iner ia energy ca easiy be sared once he body is ep righ and ereced I is imperaie for eyes ooking sraigh ahead Whie preparing o do he exercise eiher indoors or oudoors, i is adisabe o seec and fx a faraway iew wih your eyes in he ery begning Then, shif your eyesigh back o he fron abou one foo apa or so) Afer ha, cose your eyes wihou chaging he posiins ad direcions Thus, your hear wil be a 2
eae an you min ca an aboe a he ia enegy can eaiy ecen o Danian euning o i oigina pace Fo, i you ook upwa, hen he ia enegy wi acen; an i yu ook ownwa hen he ia enegy w ecen Puing in you owe jaw i in ageemen wih hing up" he hea geny hu Baihui" acupoin wi e sky wa. ome eecie en o owe hei hea o o incine backwa hi poue wi make Baihui eia he aih ne inki ng he h ee po in . When he ia enegy acen om Du Channe i.e. h Back Miine Channe) h e back o he neck w i na a y become eece eeing a i he hea an neck ecome woen an ene hen he ia enegy wi gaay acen om Dazhui acupoin hough he Yzhen acupoin which i in he occipia poubance), e Fenghi acu poin, a meeing poin o Du Channe, he inay Bae Channe o Fooaiyang an Yangwei Channe, hen, up o he op o he hea In breang eecie hi IS cae puhing up he hea geny, which i a key o ang an irecin he mechanim o he ia enegy in Du Channe and in he aegic Channe an geing ough he Dazhui acupoin in Du Channe Dazhi poin i ocae ne he seenh ceica eeba. I i an impoan poin wih numeo ma channe eading o he hea. I he i izzy enegy can' pa hrough Yuzhen pa, one wi ee o ge i o uch a ympom one can ea Dazhui y emiing ouowing a". I i eay o geneae ia enegy eween Changiang an Baihui in Du Channe Licking e ha paae wih he ongueip i anaoun o buiing a bidge, aco which he ia enegy can ecen o Qihai he ea o ia enegy, eering o he pa o he che beween he wo bea o h o he abomen beow he umbiieu) an connec wih kiney i ining o 6
Danan. c Re ax your shouder s ad hang your arms nauray a sides whou pressng hem agas he sides ghy, nor rechng hem apar. Keep your arms reaxed wh oose gers geny ouchng Fengshi acupon whch beongs o e Ga Badder Chane o Foshaoyang). ha s o say, ouch wih he seams o he ingers egs o Inhehsrousers he hghs your mdde way hecose innerova energy w be conneced Reax your souders w mae he va energ y sn Dana ad mae he grav iy o your boy seay Remember, don press your arms ighy agans your sdes because e percardac erves go ough he armps d he ches mus be reaxe whe eepng he bac proruded e Boh he orso a w he nauray hips mus reaxed By areaxng he ches, he bac pro-be rde a ie. hus, he via eergy w pass hrough he bac easy From he vewpon o mara ar, his means you will have a kind of potential force which can burst
ou a any momen. orso shoud be ep reaxed an erec wh buocs pung in. nder no ccumsances shoud you prorude your buoc s. Nie, puing n your
buocs a ey pracsing breahng exercse. By so dong, syou can pon cear he way or he va energy o run fro m top to bottom . Once your hps (whch are som ewhat e waer-o cs) are reaxed he va energy w ind easy to snk to Dantian and then to go down to your hees , and above a wi easi y go up o Tanzhu acupon , whch beong s o Touyang Chane. (In he ermoogy o breahng exercs e, he wo channes a he bac o he nec
are caed anzhu whie he head s he meeg pon o Yang and a channes.) As he va energy ascends o Shanzhong he mde
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poin beween he wo brea) and graduay f he Yuang acupo n 6 un above hanzhon g) one can pu n he buock and keep he anu hy hu ju ike bearng he enon of urgen urnaon or bowe movemen. Tha o y conrac and f Huyn Perneum) po whch i n he mdpoin beween he privae par of he body and he anu and he door of Ren Du and he raegc Chan ne) Th caed fing he anu. In breahng xerce i caed bdifu hung up he boom door) which can enabe he congenia Zhen Q o acend fom Danan hrough Huy and aong Du Channe. Lfng anu can make Yang acend and via energy fourih f Yua in and Yuan Yang of X iaojao he par of he body cavy beow he umbicu) and keep Zhen Qi or Zheng Q he primoria prncipe) from oufowng. e . Ke ep he hree pon on he ame raigh ne. Afer anding comoraby and nauray he body houd ghy cne forward making he projecon of he gravy of he body fa o he midpon of he ine nkng wo Yonguan pon which are ocaed a one h rd par of he fron oe). Tha o ay he mdpoin beween wo knee face he mdpoin beween wo Yonguan poin beow and face quarey o Huiyin Perineum) above and he abovemenoned wo midpon face uarey o Bahu a he op of he head a poin ocaed a he cropoin of he ine inkng wo earip and he cenra ne on he head. Keep he whoe body rgh and erec whou ncinaon ee Fgur . The hreepoionheameraighine i he eence of breahng eercie whch enabe he exercier andand eadiy and coniue an mporan n generang decng he ner va energy ofacor variou par of he ody Many exercier have experienced ha here wi 28
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be abundan val energy a oon a hey adop h poure. hreeponnheameraghlne" embode he eenal pon of radonal breang eerce, whch wa he ecre paed down by Yang' Tajquan from generaon o generaon. Th poure look mple ye dffcul o grap A he nal age, h lne can be condered a coare lne whch wl become finer a me goe on and eperence creae. Reearch ha been done o meaure and wor o he ange of he body forward ncnaon, whch urn ou o be w o degr ee . Howeve, nffcen o eplan or decrbe he poure of h eerce oely by he ange of forward n clnaon. I hghly neceary o adj he poure accord ng o he bdy hape and he pe of deae of he 29
eerciser Pracice has shown ha i is easy for a man of norma shape o r eaiz e he a e of e epoin onhesame sraighine". Bu as o hose whose body shape s are abnormal i is diffic o as hem o ae such a posure. hose eercisers shoud adop specia posures or insace once here was an old lady aged 86 who was humpbaced wih ben spine bones. Before he eercise, she found i dicu o wa along Howeer aer aking painsaing effor of pra cising br eahing eercise for more han a mo nh she coud wa wihou any suppor and wihou a wakingsic. One srange hing abou her was ha he ducegg size cys on her hp disappeared wihou being noiced and afer pracising his eercise for more han hree monhs, he caarac in her eyes aso diappeared and insead of being ambyopic she cod read newspapers and book again. e coud een ead a neee and do sewing. Haing changed he shape of he ben spine bones her engh aso increased by 2 cm Eiden y he e epoin onhesame sraighine is no a simpe sraigh ne and a mechanica incinaion ange Is essence is he uniy of he ouer appearance and he inner righnes i he baance beween he body shape and md jus ike a gymnaic ahlee balancing on a baance beam Due o he prociency she can baance ery we in eery posure Whereas he experienced wi ind i hard o keep baance whie waking on he balance beam. I is sai here are some oer reahing exercises which ree hre epoin onhe samesraighine " such as Danian Breahing Eerse" in Zhejiang proince which adops reerse respiraion) Huau Breahing Eercise in Guangzho which ado caes fiepoin onhe samesraighine . Namey iani n Baihui) Qiin henz hong) Yu anin mbiicus) uiin Perineum) Zhuin Yonguan). In fac he hree poins incude he fie 0
oin e a ew eercser ee ha i i eaier o enerae he inner via energy by adoping he anding oure han adoping he iing or ying poure I i simy becaue anding poure require he body o be igh and erec o a o keep he hree poin in he ame raigh ine, which make i poibe o generae he ner ia been abroad ino he ndianenergy Yo Gaquicky which Reearch hod aha here done a nakehape cenra ine w ihin h e h uman body I goe wihou aying ha he eepoinnheameraighine" i reay an impor an eena poin which i worh furhe udying
Be Slow a he Beginning; Be Reaxed, Qiet and Naral A he Wa Through
Aer adjug he poure, you can grauay begin he breahing eercie To begin wih, you mu concenrae your mind, poe a eiure appearance, ge ino a ae o quieim mediaion), rid of any diracing hough Rea boh he ouide and inide ar of he body incuding your mind, keeping your mind ony on he eepoinonheamerahine" herwie, you wi ee faued and ack Aer ha dec he urbid ai a riing aong Ren Channe) o decend from head o foo Tha i o ay, ue your mind o rea your body f, o ar wih reaing Baihui poin a he op of your head, ne, rea your Jianjing poin o each houder, hen, rea imuaneouy your wo brea , your p, ur knee and he Y ongquan poin a each oe A hi e, he whoe body w be reaed uay o rea once wi be enough Bu, hoe whoe bodygohan reaed hough han' been rid obeen a poin,orcandiracing rea eera ime uni he requied eaaion ha been achieed A he
join , muce and bone houd b e reaed . pine bone houd be reaed one by one The more reaed you are , he eaier i wi be for he inner via energy o genera e
During he eercie , he po ure, repira ion, concioune and mind houd a be naura. ome eercier hink reaaion mean o be of and ack". hi i a kind of minderanding. In ac wha we i reaed,a bu no ack ene, b no rigid. Mr epec Pang hugong, ae oficia in Guangdong Mueum, oninaw of a famou reformi Kang You wei onc e wroe a coup e for Lu Zo wen, a eeran docor of radiiona Cinee medicine in Guangzho Raiway Cenra Hopia. The coupe read, In mind, a breaing eercier i a cam a a Taiji eercier, wherea in appearance, he ook ike a frai peron wi a oumn air." Tha i a vivid and concie decripion of Wujihi breahi ng e ercie . 3
Sck Conscousness o Dnn Mke Coscousness nd he V Energy Foo Muuy
Aer raaion, draw back he eyeh o he fron and e he eyeid fa nauray, en coe he eye or eave a narrow crack), decreae your reacion o noie from ouide. Move your your imaginary eyeigh a down o he abdomen a ifmind you and are ooking a he umbiicu. i wha we ca concenraing oneidea a Danian", which i or e purpoe of concenraion of mind. In breang eerci e , i i ca ed Regu aing e ear md ) . here are a kind of decripion abou he ocaion of Danian. o far here ha no been a unified one. Here b Danian, we mean he midde Danian in e abdomen. I uuay reer o e poin 5 un beow he umbiicu and 15 un deep rom he urface of he abdomen. By icking h concioune o Danian" we mean icking he con 2
sciousns to Qizhong , ie. S hengque acupoint Qi (Umbilicus) is the root of man's life Vagi are abunant at the abomen There are a lot of avantages to cocentrate one's iea on Qizhong It i both easier an safer for a beginner to o so , hich is unlikely to have any sie effects. Aherng the thought to Dantian" means that the ciser shoul be a stable qutism ithout any stracexer thought . The only thought i s mn is to or s: tng relaxation " an Quetsm " . Ths s a state n hch one feels carefree, sees nothng, hears othng , ithout any orries . The four openings of eyes, ears, mouth and nose seem to be all shut . One might even get nto a state of forgetting everything incluing himself. If oe is not quiet enough, then the vital nergy cannot be related .
Although the exercser s not expecte to have any stracting thought, yet, t is nevtable for a begnner to stract hs thought or to meet th some outse nter ference. Shoul this happen, one shul guar aganst rah ness e can open his eyes an fx on a stant object for a hile Then, the istracting thought may graually isappear. One shoul learn to get nto a state of quietness n a nosy envonment. The purpose of aherng the thought to antian is to let the vtal energy naturally escen from Ren Channel an gather a t Dantian . Ahering the thought to Dantian has the follon g avantages: Dantian s Q ai (sea of the vital energy), from hch Ren, Du, Chong Channels start It is n fact a hub (pvot) of al channels connecg ith the five parenchy matous viscera and the six hollo viscera, the tlve channels an the ffteen collateral channels It s a spot of generatng an storing the vital enrgy. As long as you stick your consciousness at this point, you ll be mune from all seases . " Besies , by stck your mn to D antan, you can
connect ith Shen Qi (Renal Qi) an make Zhen Qi (the ri morial rinciple gather at Dantian, laying the founation for breakng through th obstacles an clearing Du Channel It ca n also make Mi ngme n the gat e of vitality, the area beteen the kneys ful of the motve force of life Mingmen is the root of the Yang rincple Vitality comes from Mngmen (In traitonal Chnese mecine, kiney refers to the e kiney hle the rght kiney is cale Mngme But, in breathng exercse, the to kineys are cale sub gate of vtality When the gate of vitality s ful of fe (the motve force of life, t can get r of the regs an asorb the essence Wle practisng the breatg exercise one oul fee the vtal energy creeping up lke a orm That s the generatin g of vitality Concentrating your consciousness on Dantan shoul be natural No forcefu concentraton is avocate A correct ay of oin t shoul be though conscous, yet not stck ng, be neither stcking nor unsticking be nither arrive nor epart; on't seek help from others Forceful concentration ill probably result sie effects such as har respa tion, heaache, hea sling, bing sleepy, feeling tight the chest or sellg at abomen Those ho are eak or sick ill probably be tangle by the ghost to go too far" as a resut o obstucting the channels ith too much a (Qi or vital energy in the sea of vital energy But ithout sticking the min to Dantian, the vital energy ill not be generate Tere is one more point for attention aving generate the inner vtal energy, let it move along the chan nel naturally Dont ect t ith forceful consciousness, otherise, it is easy to go rong There ere some exercisers ho attempte to step up the getting tough of all nnels for quicker effects by means of taking eep brth an irecting the vital energy ith forceful con
scosness Conseqenly he more hase he less spee an een urn o he oppose resulng n casng some efecs. All egnners sho l e ar h s n n . So lo ng as yo can keep he hree poins on he same
rag lne sc or mn o he cenral ar of Umlcs reahe narally an erss n pracsn hen here ll surely e a nan v al energ y roun Danan
. ches el o he Umcu s An o u l l cer anly ge no he sae of muual follong of conscosness an al energy hch means he val energy runs narally no hrough exron. For he laer s conrary o he asc prnple of W syle reahng exerse. Some exercsers go so far as o ranspor he val energy hrough greaer an lessr crculaon recng along Du channel an up o e forehea an he p of he nose forcng he onnec on eeen Ren an Du chanels As a resul some efecs appeare.
Bee Ny d Ucosciosy
Generally speakng he nhalng an exhalng of a nor mal person s oh eqal an even. As o a eak person hose Yn flourshes exhalng s longer han nhalng hle o a person hose Yang ourshes exhalng s shorer han nhalng. The exercsers of Wu syle are expece o reahe naurally a he very egnnng of aherng hough. By natural reahng mean o shu ones mouh genly place he ongue fla n he mouh nhale an exhale sloly hrough he nose or ough he slghlyopen moh an almos forge he reahng Breahng unconscously means one shoul no forcefully seek he nner al energy h conscousness an eepen he resraon. The consous recng of he ar Q a energy an respaon shoul coornae naurally.
While inhang, the a is taen to Shanhong hile exhaling, the air shoul be ecte to sink to Dantian ry to avoi revese b reathing, an the suen eepening an engthening of th� brething process Inhaling shoul not be too rush or too coarse The ieal respiratio metho is to inhale an exhale gently an evenly (neither too coarse nor too shallo). While inhaling, one can ether stick his min to Dantian or rea silently the or quietness" hile exhalng, one shoul relax In a or, the eerciser shoul breathe eeply, slol y, ge ntly an evenly After ent ering the tat e of prac tsing breathng exercise, respiration ill naturally slo o n, from 2 8 t ime per mnu te to 2 3 te s or even feer tha n o ne ti me p er i nute Som e e xercis ers may have sh ort an tmporary yet comfortable fits of eep breathing hen the vital energy is being generate. ome veteran exercisers umbilicus may stck to Mingmen ke a babys respiration, hich is calle foetal xi (respiration) by Dao school. All those are signs of goo effects So long as the exerciser observes the principles, no sie effects ill appear. Some exercisers, hoever, violate its principes, try to be srcinal by irecting the a (Qi or vital energy) ith force Although the vital energy can be quickly generate that ay, yet they are easy to go rong The a may rush to the hea if the metho of respiration is inappropriae This ill lea to faiure To avoi such a eviation, it is imperati ve to be relaxe an natural As Wuji breathing exercise can concurrently cultivate an transport vital energy, it is unnecessary to have a process of ithraing the exercise. When one is about to en it, hat he hs to o is: to stabilize te min a bit, open the eyes graually an sloly bring it to n en. As soon as the exercise comes to an en, one can use 6
the central part of each palm (here there is still some remaining Qi) to rub the forehea revolvingl an to ry ash" the face up an on then move the to palms from the anterior ha line to the posterior hair line an on to the posterior occiput an postrior auricular parts o rep eat that rubbin g several time s ill o O ne can also have such physical movements as aistturning abomenrubbing an kickg For the convenience of memory the essential points for practising this execise can be summe up as follos (ors by a veteran octor of the traitional Chinese me icine in Guan gzhou Railay Centr al ospital) : The line" nking Yongquan erineum an Baihui shoul be straight he tonguetip shoul gently touch the har palate; The exerciser shoul raise the Anus An stick the min to t he Umbilic us Dra in the buttocks an relax each shouler Loose quiet natural" are the ke ors to remember
V . O TO G T TH T L GY? HT CLLD L CCTO D GT CCLTO?
The generaton of Na Q (the nner vtal energ) starts from Dantan an moves along he channels. The ar (Q or vtal energy) from Dantan strbutes to four lmbs ough the tee Yang channels of the han an the foot. The begnners can easly feel the reacton n hs hans therefore e beleves the materalty of Q Observatons sho that t s the left han for the male an the rght han for the female that feels such a reacton. n marta art there s an exercse calle left avance rght retreat" or a male an vce versa for a female. Wle treatng the sease throuh he emttng of outflong a s the males le han or foot the females rght han or t hat can react more easly. t s scovere by the ancent people long tme ago that the a (Q or vtal energy) moves clockse n a males boy an counterclockse n a females bo. To mercanChnese scentsts Yang Zhen nng an L Zhengao also testfe n the scentfc experments that a parcle s ve nto le an rght ectons (e. Yn anofYang) absolute Obvously, the ol sying le h for male, rghtregulart. for female" s a phso logcal phenomenon As soon as the mechansm of Q at Dantan stats 8
Zhenq (the Congental rmoral Q ascens along Ren Gu Channel (the Front Mlne Channel an meet th Q (rncp les of ater an gran at Shanzhong acup ont hch s also calle the upper sea of Q locate on the Ren Channel n the chest beteen the to breasts It s for storng the prncples of ater an gran an s a meetng place of Yn Q an Yang Q avng been mete, refne an purfe the vtal energ l fuse the Fve rench matous Vscera an the Sx olo Vscera. or a normal person the usual route of the ne vta energ s the natural ascenance of the ar ( ong Rn Channel That s socalle Ren Channel governs the asce ance of vtal energ hle Du Channel governs the es cenance of vtal energ. After breakng through erneum Yang Q ves nto three streams Renma (the Anteror Mlne Chanel Duma (the osteor Mlne Channel an Chongma (the Strategc Channel Ren an Chong channes run along the Stomach Channe of ootYangmng an the Kne Channel of ootshao up to the front chest, then the run on along Du Channel at the back Yang Q strbutes to fferent parts o the bo an nall sappears. It cnnot return to the ornal pace. Therefor, t cannot · help lengthenng on s ag . n rthn g exercse ths route s cale favoue corse" h nner vtl energ of an xercser hoeer runs aong reverse ote e snks th vtl eneg on to anta an let t return to the orgnal pce. In bathng xerse th rote s cale avert course That s h those ho keep on practsng the ex ercse m a hpe to hav e a longer fe Ren Du Chong an other channels run aong fferet routes respectvel efore the meet. Ater he to streams of ar n Ren an Du Channels meet at the ps an escen to Shangzhong onng th other chnnels then the ll 3
change Zhong Q (the Q stored n the thorax) nto the Congent al Pmodal Q, the descen dance of hch to
uan an antan and Q a (the sea of ar) s called (retun ng to Dantan) b y th e Daosts. The repeated movements of the ar (Q or vtal energy) beteen S hangzh ong and Dant an can clear R en Ch annel. That is the fst phase of practisi ng breathing exercise called
cultvatng the essence of lfe an change t no vtal energy". One of the ams practsng the breathng exercse s to fll antan th abundant vtal energy The abundant vtal energy n Ren Channel ll enter Welu from antan and runs upard along Du Channel Gettng tough u Channel s cultvatng the vtal nrgy an change t nto sprt" When Shen Q can go through the three namely, Welu pass, Lulu pass, Yuzhen pass, posteror then thepasses, a (Q or vtal energy) can crculate between Ren and u chann els Tha t s ha t e cal l "Lesse r Crcul ato n" , hch s the second phase of practs ng breathng
exercse Lesser Crculaton" means the ar ( Q or vtal energy) orgnates from antan, runs on to Perneum , then runs up along the S tomach Channel of Foot-Yangming , the Kdney Channel of FootS haoyn , the Urnary Bladder Channel of Foot-Tay ang and Duma (the Posteror M dlne Channel) and past azhu , up to Bau at the top of the head When runnng don to Zuqao, t dvdes nto to streams Fom the loer ld of the eye (S Qao ) to the cheeks here t falls to to substream s : One s through the brge" bult by the tongu e-tp n the mouth to connect Ren Chan nel an goes b ack to D antan The oth er s through Janjn po nt , along the breasts at the front chest , then goes
back to antan. After the to steams of Q meetng at Dantan, t runs on to erneum, back to the former 0
rote a gan. It kee ps crc ulatn g ths ay on an o n A veteran exercser's Q (vtal energy) can run along the route of Greater Yn an Yang Circulaton hch begns rom ernem crclates along D Channel the Stomach Channel of FootYangmng the Kney Channel of Shaoyn the Urnary Blaer Channel of Tayang then up to Dazh here t ves nto Onern rns along of le sser crclat onthree The streams other to on alontheg route the th ree Yang channels of each han throgh Laogong acpont at the centre of each palm then rn p along the three Yn channels o each han to Zhonglo (collarbone) an meet th the stream comng on from the hea. Ater that t ves nto to streams One rns along Ren Channel an on to Dntan then moves ron Dama (the Grle Channel) theclears ast That s hat e call Therom ar let (Q to orrht vtalaron energy) Dama". After retrnng to Dantan the a goes on to eneum The other stream rns on from the left an the rght collarbones respectvely throgh the armpts on he ses an toars the hps That s hat call The ar (Q or vtal energy) clears Yange Ma (the Reglatng Channel of Yang) an Yme Ma (the Reglatng Channel of Yn) After meetng at erneum these to streams of ar ves nto to streams agan each runnng along the three Yang Channels of the Foot (at the exteror parts of each foot) on to Yongquan pont then rnnng up the three Yn Channels of the Foot (at the nteror parts of each foot) an fnally back to Penem. That s hat e call sffcent air (Q or vtal energy) flls the three Yang Channels of the Foot the tee Yn Channels of the Foot the four channels of Yange Yne Yangqao Ma (the Motlty Channel of Yang Ynqao a (the otlty Channel of Yn) Thus the ar (Q or vtal energy) runs tough
the telve regular channels an the eight extra channels of the hole boy Fulfilling Greater an Lesser circulations means the air (Qi or vital energy) runs though all channels of the boy smoothly oever the route of the air move ment is not fixe every time Generally speaking Lesser Ccula tion (Re n an O u Chann els) can be got th rough every
time hen the exercise is beig oe For the rest of the channels onl y some o f them c an be go t throug h Most v et eran ex ercise rs an a ttain Greater C irculatio n as ell Mor eover he will cons ciously feel that ther e seems to be a "ball of light at Shengting (Yintan g) Ths ball of light" seems moving a long he route of Gre ater or Lesser Cculat io n This is ca lled "C onscio usness of light. At this ti me the telve chann els an the eigh t extr a cha nnels ill a ll be
ithin ts soca lle nternal s ight The th (an also the last ) phase of practising breathing exercise is to open up Chongmai (the S trategic Channel) As long as one can make his air (Qi or vital energy ) rush upwar from Perineum to Baui then return to Yongquan through the ext erior parts of the channels at both sies of he boy (Usually the ar rushes upar from the belly to the chest then isperse s. Accoring to Inan Yuga's theory
the success of brea thing exerc ise lie s in the fact he air ill spill out from the h ea) he can th en enter an iea l state o f cult ivating t he min until it gets into total em ptines" .
Further research ork must be one to tetify if the exercier can obtain so me exceptionall y goo funcion s though practising breathing exercise . ) That i s to say though p ractising breathing exercise there ill be no aste of the essence
of life vital energy an spirt. This ill result in lengthening ones life of hich our ancestors ha been reamig all along In a or Wuji style b reathing ex ercise c an evelop 2
along these tee aspects (namely cultvatng the essence of lfe an changng t nto vtal enegy cultvatng the vtal enegy an changng t to sprt an cultvatng the mn untl t eaches the state of total emptness) heeas cultvatng the vtal enegy at Datan s the key In fact all beathng execses eque the abunance of vta enegy at Dantan Theefoe stckng the mn to Dantan s also cae he metho of bulng the founaton
V
ETO OF AND GUD CE TO BT EXERCIS
Th sgns of ffcts of brathng xrcs ar of to fol On s racto ns call by t Th othr s th ffct of p ng go o halth an tratn g th sass Th formr can b sn at onc, hl th lattr ll ta som tm to tstfy Thr ar varous ns of ractons So long as qutsm" an rlaxaton" hav bn achv on ll fl th orml movmnt at th jonts an th ntror movmnt" along th channls. Or, h ll f sor numb, solln, hot, coo lght havy, panful sobr tchng, satng, th chpng f ntstns, th ttchng of muscls anar tror organs, colour snsaton, th rushng movmnt of xtror movmnts of th boy or llusons tc Durng ach brathng xrcs thr ll b on or svral norma ractons Thr s nothing strang about t On shou not b orr, nor shoul h s t tntonally o rap on's progrss s largly pns on ons trmnaton an prsvranc Of cours, corrct nstruc tons hav mportant barng on t Thy can hlp on avo tsts part an of turns vtran body nstructor canbn asly fn out hch th A xrcsrs has not rlax can conscously mt Q (th ar or vtal nrgy) though hs han an ar" th xrcsrs movmnt of th nnr vtal
energy an tell if it is strong or eak If it runs too fast or too sloly or gets stuck, he can give timely instructons to corect it. In conucting the beginners, the main task of the instructor's is to help the exerciser aopt a correct posture, to see his or her hips, torso an chest are relaxe or not (It is unnecessary to ask a beginner to strictly relax his chest), to see if hs o her knees are slightly bent Once the inner vital energy silts up, the exerciser can clear it by emit ting the outfloing air When practising the exercise collec tvely, it is avisable to arrange the suffeers of heat touble, hypotension, hypoglycaemia an those ho are prone to get izzy in such places that they can be kept uner close observation Shoul any accient happen, they can get immeiate help Some beginners have been taught to apply the metho of the inucem ent of the ext erior movement of the hans" , that is, to ire ct the vital energy gene rate from Dantian to the Three Yang Channels of the han so as to create the un conscious exteror movement of the hans an feel the existence of the inner vita energy" This can arouse the exercise's great interest. This metho can easily be accepte an apple by the begners, an most of hom can feel th e reaction of the breathing exercse after practising it once o tice. The metho of inucing exterior movement is fairy simple. Aer the exercser has apte a correct staning posture an become relaxe an quiet, the instructor can approach the exerciser from behin an genty an sloly prop up the exerciser's to arms t< each sie aving one this once or tice, the exerciser's to arms ll unconsious ly an regularly bounce up sieays. The instructor shoul behav e gently an repeately remin the exer ciser of relaxin g
his hips sticking hs min both to Dantian an hs fingertips an taking natural breath By so oing, exterior move ments of the to arms ill soon occur For example, in Guangzhou Meical School, there ere more than one hunr e teachers an stuents trie this metho , several scores of them coul prouce exterior movements n Guangzhou N 42 Mile School, half of the thirty exercisers coul prouce exterior movement in their fist attempt or the secon te, all of them coul prouce exterior movement in varying egrees Mr Zheng i not feel any exterior movement in his first practice aving improve the conitions of his relaxation an quietness, exterio movement occurre even hen he as practising it be Another Mr Zheng ho as from Guangzhou No 2 Mile School, rote to us ater a fortnights iniviual practice, saying that his breast tumor ha markely shrunk an soene oe ver, the inucem ent of e xterior m ovemen t is only a means rather than an obj ective One shoul avoi persuing certai n comfort brought about by exterior movements an eviating from the essental requirements
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V. Y DOE THE BODY OMETE H VE "EX TEO MOVEE T WHLE PEFOG THE BETG EXECE?
So far the explanation for the exterior movement" is a controversial one. We hol it is a reflection of both physiological an pathological phenomena From the angle o the traitional Chinese meicine theory, exterior move ment results from the obstacles when Yang Qi (The Yang rinciple) impells the muscles, joints an veins The suffer ers of paralysis or rheumatism are easy to prouce unconscious exterior movement The neck of a person suffering from hpertrophy of cervical vertebra will unconsciously keep turning while practising the breathng exercise The arms of a person whose shulers are havg some troubles will wave back an forth or up an own at both sies a person whose torso is not soun will keep turning his boy from le to right or vice versa, or keep lowering or lifting his hea; a person whose feet o r knees are not soun, will crouch up an own an keep kicking a person who has several troubl es will quiver violen tly Besies the pathologicl reason exterior movement" can also be cause by ieological reason This is often foun aong the beginners, especially when practising collectively owg o nervousness or stiff posture or the wrong notion that exterior movement is a goo tng, he tries to follow suit 7
At the ntial stage, exteror movement s unsteay an regular By an by t ll become regular Generally speakng, exterior movement begs at the troublng part It moves from slght motion to violent moton, then tens to gentle an mil moton It can be symmetcal an un symmetrcal Any part of the boy can have exteror ovement In some cases, t can evelop nto boxing, ancng an massaging Some exercsers go so far as to roll on the groun or skp an leap, hch s against the princple of Wujsh breathng exercse Exteror movement seems to be free from conscous ness hen it is looke at superically As a matter o f fact, t s closely relate th the cerebral cortex It s the secon sgnal system hch s functionng For the cerebrum is the controllng centre of various organs of the boy an the arehouse" storng the message of health It can store as many as 00000 bllio n astr onomcal figures Ths nclues the hien pathologcal nformation of various organs, formaton accumulate from aly life an professional ork As soon as the vital energ y reaches the nerve centre of the senses of sht, hearing, smellng, touchng an so on, the stimulate an reinforce signal of the cerebral cortex cells an ll thus exertirect the nerve mpulsemovement along the Along ifferent nels the exterior thchan the excitaton, renforcement eaking, nhibtion an trans ferring the ifferent shapes of limbs an torso ll appear consequently an the actions simlar to that of a tger or a eer or an ape or a bear or a bir ll unconscously be prouce This phenomenon of nformaton activity exertng fluence upon exteror movement can be trace back to the exercisers illness recors, aily lfe or professon For instance, in Guangzhou Teacher College of Refresher Course,
a teacher of musc unconscously acte as a ban conuctor whle practsng the breathng exercse . A sufferer of rheumato crouche on an stoo up alte rnate ly hen the vital eney stmulates the fo cus
This exteror movement is calle stillness evelops nto movement hen t becomes extreme". Aer all silte channels have been cleare the exteror movement ll stop Ths s calle movement evelop s into stllness hen t becomes extreme" Durng te practising process there ll be certan pan at the focus hich has not been thoroughly cure Some pan ll even last for a certain time It s also cause by the impellng of the vtal energy at the focus. Such pan is oen a goo thng. There is nothng to be orrie about As the ol sayng of the trational Chinese mecine goes Being silte brngs about pan" So long as one persists in practsng the breathing exercise the pain ill sooner or later sappear along ith the removal of the focus. As far as the nature of the exteror movement is con cerne it is the result of the unconitional reflex We one carre an interesting experent. When an exerciser as emtting outfloing air" to a paralyze ol oman age more than eghty, he foun some reactions from her fer several treatments, he avise the ol oman to practise the breatng exercise at noon everyay hile he oul emit outfloing air" by remoecontrol" As a resul, the paralyze ol oman oul silarly keep on clapping. In fact , this remotecontr ol " ex ercis er as then busily eng age in ork at noon nstea of emiting outfloing air" to the ol oan far aay from hi The coauthor of ts book i silar experent to testify this. e chose some other time for the paralyze old oman to practise the exercise hen he as suppose to emit the outfloing air" toars 9
her by reotecontrol. The same thng happene. She oul keep on clppng hns as be fore . Ths shos the exteror movement s the result of the contonal reflex of the pralyze ol omn aer recevng the outflong " treat ent
X.
DO'T K T O OF XTO OVT OF T OD
Base on the abovementione principle Wujishi breath ing exercise emans tha the exerciser aopt a correct posture an not to seek unconscious reaction of exterior movement so as to avoi eviations Accoring to the preecessors experience sight movement is better than violent movement hereas stllness is the be st " e hol t is a truth seeke from numerous f acts an practice Unconscous exterior movement is harmful to some patients The authors of this book have collecte a lot of negative examples hich are neeless to be cite here one by one To put it in a nutshell such viations as long an violent exteror movement the uncontrollable rolling an leaping are vlnerable an easy to incur accients of hich the ol an the age people must be aare Generally speaking Wuis breathing exercise is not in favour of exterior movement let alone the volent one. Of course the slght movement out of pathological reason oes not matter much The long uraton of exterior movement implies the aste of internal vital energy Many exercisers feel exhauste aer a long uration of exterior movement Movement means flouishment Violent movement is especially inappropriate to those suffering fro m hyperten sion coronar y
heart an various kins of cancers. This has long been testi fe b y countless fa cts Quite a fe exercisers have realize that once the exterior movement is brought uner control, the internal movement of the vital energy ill markely increase As a esult, he or she ill feel more comfortable We hol that the internal movement of the vital energy is especially conucive to pacifying the min, nouring the bloo an reinforcing Qi (the vita l ener gy )
X. WUJ H BTH G X D H MG OF UT-FLOWG
Many young people and breatng exercse addcts are nterested in emttng the outflong ar". They have tme and aga asked the same queston: Can a Wujsh breathng exercser emt the out flong a" ? oever, the exercser must be aare that the man a of practsing the breathng exercse is to strengthen hs physque and to cure dseases. If one shes to emt out flong ar" to cure others dsease, the prerequstes he must have are ft and strong physque and consderable mastery of medcal knoledge. Without them, it is difcult for hm o her to keep on emttng outfloing ar". e or she may even spol hs or her on health. For, Q (the air, the vtal energy) is the material base of human body. Emittng the outflong a" results from consumng Q thin the human body. The old Chnese sayng says, it takes more than one cold day for the rver to freeze three feet deep". One cannot expect to master the breathng execse tech nque overnight. Although some people can emt the outflong air", yet he s stll eak physically. Therefore these people should not take emttng the outflong air" as the man am. Moeover, not all patents can use others outfloing ar" to treat their llness. Generally speakng the exerciser ll be able to emit the outfloing ar" hen he reaches a certan stage, at hch the ar can be emtted thro ugh J ianzh and Laogo ng acu
point It il take many years of painstaking training before one can sen out the a through Yintang Baihui acpoints or any desi red pon o f the bo y The strength of the outfloing air" epens on to factors : physique of the exerci ser an ho much efforts he as put in The naure of the outoing air" vares rom person to person So ar people have alreay knon that this material or enery has physiological physcal an chemical efforts Not long ago people n Zhongzhan Unversity teste Mastr Cai Songfang s ave o f attrac tion force an long electromagnetic ave ning out the outfloing air" emitted by h as markely higher than other people Yet u e to the lmtat ons of the pres ent eqi pmen s they co ul not make further sty and research into it At any rate one thing is certain that all the breathin exercisers are able to oit Outfloing air" Wujishi breath ing exe rciser is no en Som e of the Wujsh br eathin exercisers have alreay aplie their outfloing ar" to acupuncture and Qgog neele treatment Any ambitious an ellbuilt breatng exerciser ho is concurrently goo at meical koege can o more researches into life science oever there are certain ifficultes applying the outfloing air" to pracical treatmnt In recent years, meial appartuses inviting the emitting message of the breatng exrciser have been turne ou opening up a ne horizon fo r the airtransportg t reatment It goes ithout saying that as far as the majority of the exercisers are concerne it is avisable for them to mbilize the postive factors ithin their on body through practising the breathing exercise themselves because regulatng th functional activities by the vital eney engenere by oneself ill surely prouce better results than receving the outf loing a" by som ebo y else for tre atment
X . HOW TO H TH T , TO D Ln O FO T TH< X
Many breathing exercisers are very much concerne ith such questions as: hen is the best time for practising the breathing exercise? o many times shoul one practise it for each ay? o long shou l each tim e take? Accoring to the theory of the traitional Chinese meicine the best time for practising he beathing exercise among the tentyfour hours are: Zishi (the perio of the a y from 1 p m. to am .) Wushi (th e perio of the ay from a .m . to p.m.) Ma oshi (t he perio of the ay from 5 a.m to 7 a.m), Youshi (the perio of the ay from 5 p.m. to p.m.) an Yinsh (the perio of the ay from 3 a.m. t o 5 am) . Quie a fe ocuments an masters of the breathing exercise also hol that Zi s Wushi Mao shi an Y oushi are the ieal time for pracising he breathing exercise During Zishi 1 p .m . to 1 a.m . ) the vital energy an bloo flourish in the Gall laer Channel At his perio of the ay living things gro. After Zishi the vital energy ascens (The Yang principle flourishes). The normal functions of the Five Parenchymaous viscera an the Six ollo Viscera epen on the ascenence of Qi from Ga blaer. That is hy some people call the Gall laer Channel the chief of the Yang channels As long as the Gal la er Chan nel can or k
normally, then one ill be free from all kins of iseases. Therefore, a person ho is eak an having the trouble of impotence can strengthen the Yang principle if he often practises the breathing exercise at Zishi. The patients suffer ing from liver trouble or blaer trouble can also choose these hours for practising the breathing exercise. oever, a person hose Yang flourishes shoul not practise the breathing exercise for too long a time at night. Otherise, he may become too excite to fall asleep. Wushi refers to the time beteen 1 1 a. m . an 1 p .m . at noon, uring hich one has excess of Yang, an the vital energy an bloo flourish in the heart channel ile in the afternoon the vital energy ill escen (eficiency of Yang). Therefore practising the breathing exercise from 1 1 a .m . to 1 p. m. is c onuci ve to strengthening the functiona l activities of the heart. People having heart efects can practise the breathing exercise shortly before lunch time. Maosi refers to the te beteen 5 a.m. an a.m., uring hich the vital energy an bloo flourish in the large intestine channel. If one practises the breathing exercise at Maoshi, the lung functional activities can be strengthene. From 5 p.m. to p.m. is calle Youshi. At these hours, the vtal energy an bloo flourish in the Kney Channel. iney, as e all kno, is of vital importance to human boy. It is the centre of regulating the functions of all organs. Practising the breathing exercise at these hours can help balancing Yin an Yang an improve the kiney function, hich is very helpful in strengthening Yuan Qi (the Primorial Principle). Most of the patients having chronic iseases can choose Yoush for practising the breathing exercise. The cculation of the vital energy an the bloo also has its specal regularities ithin a month. Practising the 6
breathin g exe rcise aroun the ftee nth of each lunar mo nth hen the oon is full , oubly goo result s can be achieve . But hen the moon anes, one ha better refrain fro sexual activities so as t o keep the essence o f life . Accoring to the eical theory of our country, "Things usualy coe to being in spring , gro in suer, ing harvest in autun an store in ter " The chang patterns of the vital energy an the bloo are silar. In spring , the vital energy an the bloo ascen fro the botto to the top hile in suer they ove fro insid e to outside . Therefore we shoul ake full use of spring an su er time by practi sing the breat hng exercise more often. Because uring this p erio of the year , the vital energy an the bloo can easily travel along the route of Greater Ccula tion.
Besies, e ust practise the breathing exercise in the light of the eather change. For instance hen it is scorching hot an inless, people suffering fro heart an bloo vessels troubles shoul seize every chance to practise the breathng exercie so as to expan the bloo vessels an prevent fro throbus or ebolis hich ight cause eath. Similarly, hen the eather rastically changes for the arer uring inter, people havng bronchitis or astha shoul also practise the breathng exercise harer so as to prevent the outburst of the illness. In short, breathing exercisers ust be goo at choosing the ight time for constant practice. It on't o if he orks har for one ay an o nothing for ten. It is persistence that counts. As regar to the frequency of the exercise, e ol that the more the b etter. I t varies accoring to illn ess state,
physique, the nature of ork, living envonent an so on. So long as one has a rght conception of an a keen interest in the breathin g execi se , he i natu ally sque eze the time
for practisng t What he nees is only a short span of break or leisure tme t ill not hiner his progress in ork an stuy If one practises the breathing exercise solely for th purpose of keeping fit, he is expecte to o it both in the mornng an in the evening Of course, just practise it once a ay ill also o It shoul take as long as tenty mutes each time If one practises it for the purpose of curing a certa isease, he shoul at least spen more than one hour on it every ay iang Bo, a famous riter use to practise the breathing exercise eight hours a ay hen he as suffering from cirrhosis Ou anrong use to practise it from morning till nght hen he as suffering from hemiplegia Later both of them not only fully recovere but also became e knon mast ers of the breath ing exercis e of our country All of us shoul learn from them their strong ill an inomitable spirit The breathing exerciser is also expecte to follo in orer an avance step by step an apply it accoring to ones on specific conitions The begners shoul stan at least for tenty minutes Only by so oing can the inner vital energy be fully generate If he feels comfortable, e can stan for a longer te Shortly after the breathing exercise enters the clax state, he can then thra it f he feels tire aer staning for a hile, there is nothing to be afrai of Only those suffering from hepattis, TB an cancer oul avoi getting fatigue They can o he exerc ise more than on ce Attention shoul also be pai to the irection hile ractsing the breathing exercise That is hat e call alking along the pattern of the Eight Diagrams", namely, south, east, north, est, southeast, southest, northeast an northest The boxers alk ths ay for the purpose of 8
attacking an efening hle the breathng exercsrs ant to choose a rht ecton for the purposes of treating iseases, strengthening the biological agnetics of the huan boy, acceleratng the process an the effect of the breathng exercise an enhancing the effectveness of curng sease. In tes of the theory of Yin, Yang an the Fve Eleentsin(e. ive activtes the fve Lver prncples in actions) thethe traitonal Chneseoreicine. trouble belongs to Woo an the exercser suffering fom ths trouble can face east hile practsng the breathng exercise. Lung isease belongs to etal, the exerciser sufferng fro ths trouble can choose to face est eart trouble belongs to fe an ts sufferers can face south. Kney trouble belogs to ater an ts sufferers can face north. oever, the sufferers of spleen stoach troubles choose hchever ecton he an esres. By an large, can a healthy exercser ha better face southeast. To select a goo envonent for practsng the exer cise is equally mportant. One can practise t outoors: at a quiet an nless place in the green forest, by the riversie or n the courtyar. e can also practse t noors, selectng a plac near the ino, a ellventilate, slightly sunny place. The reason for choosing those places is this: the cells of human boy ten to have negatve electrc charge, hile in the fresh ar there are a lot of anions hich can suplement the negatve electric charge of the cells, promote the metabolism of the human boy, regulate the excitation an inhbiton of the central nervous system, iprove the cerebral corex, accelerate the exchange of a n lungs, stimulate the functon of bloomakng an rase the unity ablity. Accorng to the measureent, the number of anions in one cubic mllimetres of the a s as follos: More than 20,000 anons near the valley of the aterfalls 9
2500 to 0000 in the forest or on the bea ch about 000 n the fel of the countryse about 200 to 600 n the outoors of the cty an only several scores of anons oors ractsng the breathng exercse n the early mornng the exercser can take a lot of fresh ar Among the pne trees an cypresses an at aterfront there s a small amount of ozone ch s holesome to human boy The trees an ater can purfy the a Therefore t s hghly necessary for the exercser to select a goo envronment for practsng the breathng exercse There s one more pont for attenton The exercser shoul try to avo practsng the breathing exercse n the thck fog or a raughty or usty place For the fog above the grounlevel oen carres a lot of germs ust an even posnous gases ractsg the exercse n a raughty place s easy for the exercser to catch col The exercer shoul also vo practsg the breathing exercse on a spot here there s an electrc el tensty or ghtenson e hang ng overhea because qute oen there s a large amount of ozone an ntrogen oxe hch are very harmful to human health To sum up so long as one can sut measures to tme to loca conitons to invual contons marke effects can be acheve n ue course
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Like sports therapy, iet therapy an rug therapy, the breang exercise is by no eans omnipotent Soe people think that so long as they practise the breathing exercise regularly, they ill be safe an soun, free of all iseases This obviously a misunerstaning ealth epens upon various factors A man ho is congenitally strong my become feeble or age at an early stage or even ie young if he oes not pay any attention to the regulating of the aily life On the other han, a man ho is postnatally feeble ay become it an strong if he pays enough attention to the combination of ork n relaxation That is hy there are soe people ho become ol at the age of thirty, an some p eople ho still look youn g at the age of e ighty It is true that practising the breathing exercise can effectively strengthen ones physique an raise the munity agast iseases, yet it oes no mean that the exerciser ill never fa l When the pathologic actors overpoe r the vital function , he ill evitable fall ill If the case i s an acute one , he ill seek temporary relief ith eicine But, if it is a chronic isease, he i probably effect a permanent cure The effect of the breathing exercise, hoever, lies in the fosterg of the priorial prciple It can help the boy absorbing the meicine an inhance the therapeutic effect 62
To cure an inveterate isease, comprehensive therapeutic me asure s are n eee No one can rel y solely on the breat ing exercise Breathin g exe rcise mu st go han i han ith the appropriate arrangement of the aily life or example, te exerciser must try to have aequate sleep, to refrai from rinking too much ine an eatg too much foo; to avoi getting angry, orking excessively or having excessive sexual activities Otherise, the effect of practisg the breathing exercise ill be in vain To liv a regular an normal life of health, to have rational iet, hygienic habits an to be optimistic are important measures to be opte for acquiing goo health an longevity One of the things the breathing exerciser must bear in min is the refraining from sexual life Sexual life is, of course, a natural physiological activity of human being oever, if one has frequent ejaculations ithout any refraing, he ill become ecient sooner or later The essence of life is h cream of ma n s fe he five parench y matous viscera an the six hollo viscera are all nouishe by he bloo an the essence of life Without hic, there oul e no vital energy, an ithout the vital energy, there oul e no spirit The essence of life, the vitl energy an the spiit are closely relate We must teasure the essence o fe, the excessive loss of hich ill hurt Yuan Qi (the rimorial rinciple) an lea to such ak an feeble symptoms as soreness in aist an knees, izziness, tinnitus, insomnia, palpitation, listlessness, forgetfulness, fatigue, impotence, the loosenin of teeth an the early appearance of grey har The traitional Chinese meicine often calls this efciency of kiney, hich ill affect the metabolism an function s of oher organs of th e hum an bo y Thos e ho are over forty or fiy must pay special atenton to te 6
refraiing from sexual life because the essnce of life is no longer abunent, an the functional actvities of the kineys are eclning As the ol Chinese sayig goes, xcessive sexual activities ill cause impament of the boy fluis hereas refraiing from them ill crease the boy fluis" During the perio of treatig iseases through the breathng exercise, one shoul quit sexual intercourse, at least for the fst three months After three months, one can beg to have it accoring to his health conition an state of illness The appropriate sexual life of the healthy man is conucive to the balancng of Yin an Yang But as far as the feeble an sick people are concerne, refraiing from sexual life can help storing the essence of life It is not avisable for the exerciser to practise the breathing exercise shortly after the sexual intercourse Nor is it avisable for the exerciser to have the sexual relation after Zishi (ie minight)
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To some b sy peopl e, t seem s ffcult to f aequate tme for practsing the breathg exercse For ths reason, many exercsers find t har to persst Actually, the man reason behn t s that these peple o not have full con ence n the effects of the breathng exercse Consequent ly they lack etermnaton It true to take part n sports a busy cty s often restrcte by local contons oever, to practise Wujish breathg exercse ll not have such lmitatons as the envronment, the eather an nancal problem Only etermnaton an persstence that count As long as one can overcome s lazess an make a goo arrangement of ork, stuy an aly lfe, he surely f the tim e for the exercse The tme spent on grng the axe l not in the least affect the te for cuttg oo ractce has clearly shon that one ill become more vgorous after practising the breathng exercise, and consequently, hs efcency n ork an stuy l greatly proved uttng the te for breatng exercse is somehat like makng an investment ones health, hich can brg h more leisure an greater nterest in return! To fd te for perfog the breathing exercse, one must be goo at sticking a pn herever theres 6S
room " ma king use of every bit of time a nd room As e often observe, many omen can do the knitting hile chatting ith others Why? t is becaus practice makes perfect She is so good at knitting that she does not have to pa much attention to it any more Simultaneously attending to to thigs ith one id" is an art in life, hich has been proven orkable by the psychologists Similarly, it can hold good to the breathing exerciser aving mastered the basic technique of the breathing exercise, one can also do the exercise hile atching TV programs, seeing lms, or plays or gymnastic performance What you have to do is just to adopt a comortable posture When you ant to see or hear hat is going on or be ing said , just pay seventy per cent of attention to it and leave thty per cent of atten tion thecan mind Dantian you doThis not at to seefororsticking hear, you do to it the otherWhen ay round is an example of suiting me asures to local conditions and seize the time to practi se the ex ercise We, h o to mak e full us e o f the time in a day ? If you are not on night shi, you should try to get up Y to hour earlier than sual to take the fresh air Some people may try to breath in and out like the breathing exerciser does hile alking, riding a bicycle on their ay to or from ork The clerks ay use the morning break to stand for a ile ith their es shut Closing ones eyes can store up the spirit and get ri of fatue People ho are engaged in other sorts of ork may also do the breathing exercse shortly before or after ork Like other exercises, doing the breathng exercise before ork can make one totally ready for ork, raise ones efficiency and reduce ork accidents Doing it after ork can elp one eliminate fatigue Aer you come back home from ork, you can do the exercise henever you are free or before going to bed If there are some noisy children 66
aroun, you can choose nigh ime o do If you are on night shif, you can o i afer you have g adequae res All in all, e shoul be exible regarding he ime for the exercise Even before the meeing or he talk begins or hen you are chating ih your families, you can also achieve the effec of he breahing exercise so long as you take a com forable posure an relax yourself an sik your mind o Dantian an breahe eeply, sloly, gently an evenly
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So he Vigorous Boy ovemen enever I Aears
Vigorous boy movement results from either the effects of the boy or the incorrect metho of oing the exercise. By vigorous movement, e mean the complete loss of control We have alreay observe some eviations cause by certain moving breathing exercises For instance, some exercisers may keep on moving vigorously for four to eight hours, being unable to stop it. Some fell on on the ground unconsciously, looking pale ith his bloo pressure escening, his breathing an pulse getting faint Some even faile to control himself an finally fell into a fishpon, an vigorous movement as still going on after he ha been rescue The orst case oul be going ma after vorous boy move ment The loss of control an balance is a eviation of the breathing exercise Those hose nerves an channels are sensitive are prone to have vigoros movement. Research is being carrie ot to in out the scientific explanation We hol it has something to o ith the tense ecitation foc us in the cerebra corter The occurrence of eviations i cause a kin of teat both to the iniviual an the social community as a hole 6
Therefore it is imperative to prevent deviations and to fin out a ay of avoiding them. Besies it is necessary to tell the masses the inications and contraindications of each breathing exercise so as to avoi misunderstaning. Wuishi breathing exercise is not in favour o vigoros boy movement. Whenever the body movment occurs adustments an corrections must promptly be mae. The methos of austment are as folos: Fst, control it ith consciousness at the very begin ning of the vigoros movement thinking to oneself I must stop it!" Then sloly open the eyes stare straht ahad or stare upar d then o nar , then for ard Secon istract the concentration from Dantian let the vital energy there isperse. Thd raise the front parts of the soles alternately to let th e vita l ener gy th ere disperse " t oo Forth use the thumb and the inex finger of one hand seize and squeeze the last joint of the small finger
of he other han. General ly speaki ng ith the above mentione metho s one can successfully stop the vigorous boy movement
When urbid Air Adversely Shoo Up ry o Gely Mke I Descend
The air ascending along Du Channel uring the breathing exercise is calle Qing Qi (the puriie principle) ile the air ascending along Ren Channel is calle the recoil of Zhuo Qi (the urbid principle). It is a common occurrence for the trbid air (Qi) to sh oot u p to the chest or th he ad of the exercis er This usually results from incorrect standing posre or the defects of the oy Should this occur one can temporarily istract his min from Dantian and slow dect 69
the a to descend But don't do it ith force If the turbid a has already shot up into the head hich begins to feel as heavy as lead or starts to sell, then the exerciser should sloly and orderly disperse the a roun the head. If one's chest feels uncomfortable, or the air in the hea falls back adversely, then rest for a hile and start the exercise all over again Sometes there ill be some belch in the tomach then the exerciser can open his mouth ide and spit it out 3
Don't Strt to Do the Brethng Exercse Wen ne Is Too Hungry or vereten
To practise the breathing exercise hen you are hungry ill spo il the vi tal energy hereas to practise i hen y ou are overeaten ill hurt your stomach Those ho are de ficient or have suffered from hepatitis, lo blood pressure or hypoglycemia ill sometimes feel giddy or heaache if they practise the breathing exercise ith an empty stomach The precaution measure for it is to eat something before the exercise in the morning but do not overeat Those ho are easy to get dizzy, should not do th exercise for too long a time They can lengthening the time bit by bit When they ant o gstop shouldd ithdra sloly aginin the the a isexercise, slol y they and gently esc ending itfrom B aihui to Dantian By so doing, uncomfortableness can be avoide and safety ensure 4
Stop Prcisng te Breathng Exercse Wen ne Fs Anous or s a Sense of Supresson n e Chst or Wen re s a Tunderstorm
When one feels anxious or has a sense of suppression in his chest dont force oneself to go on ith the breahing exercise e can pause and rest for a fe minutes until the 0
neasiness is gone When there is lihtning an thner, the exerciser is easy to be frihtene e can pase an ait After the lightning an thner are over, he can resme the exercise. 5.
Contridtios of the Bethig Exerie
Those ho are sffering from acte isease, psychoneross, high fever, ba col, perforation from gastri lcer or those ho have ha haematemesis, big operation or serios tracheitis, plmonary emphysema or te omen ho have too many menstral perios after giving bth to a baby, are not apt to o the breathing exercise ith regar to those ho have jst recovere from serios illness and are still eak an defficient, shol practise the breathing exercise ner the gidance of the veteran exercisers
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Exmpe ne : Mked effecs h ve bee n chieved by he pient hving ognic her dsese
uan, male, age 65 Aress No Fuyuan Lane , Mil e Sectio n o f ong Shu Roa, Guangzhou e ha three tes of acute myocarial infarction from 192194 an ha been critically ill tice In 19 he cocurrently ha arrhythmia, (ith only 38 heart beats per minute), the all of the heart ventricle leaking, the right bunlebranch heartblock an heart hyrops In 196, he as iagnose as having organic isease an ifcult to recover The hospital refuse to take hm in as an inpatient an avise h to lie in be exclusively an not to carry anything weighng more than fve pounds" .
Being riven into a corner , h e resorte to the breathing exercise treatment Guie by Master Cai Songfang, uang began to practise the breathing exercise in the latter half of 1 9 . e felt te pain in h s chest had im meiately reuce After six months ' practice, he had better appetite an souner sleep e began to put on eight, too (from 61 kilo grams to 5 kilograms) To years later, he no longer ha arrhythmia No his pulse has returned to normal, an hs 2
bloo press ure has cha nge from 1 50 90 to 1 20 8 0 mm mercury column After pracising the breathing exercis, he feels a lot better e seom catches col an he has never infecte ith flu by others Insea, he feels viorous e can move freely an flexibly is boel movement is normal is lumbago, lumloago an myocarial infarction have never occur again e selom has angina pectoris no although he has a sense of suppression in his chest from te to time Yet it ill isappear in a ay or to e still has certan egrees of heart hyrops hich is being treate ith me icine in aition to th e breath ing e xercise e says that he practises the breathing exercise three to four times a ay: tice in the morning, once after the aernoon nap, once aer a bath in the late afternoon It takes tenty minutes or so each time After each breathing exercise, he feels arm an comfortable all over xe Tw o Good effecs hve been chieved by he ien suffering fro erirhriis hueroscuris nd crc
Chen, male, age 5, orking at the yroelectric Desn Institute of Guangong Province e use to have serious periartitis humeroscapularis Due to the obstruction n s le shouler oint, he coul only raise his arms as high as the shouler level (ie horizontay, formng 0 egrees angle ith the trunk) aving folloe the octors avice, he persiste in oing say arm an turnshouler exercise for to years. Each time shortl y aer the exerci se , h e coul rase his arms t o a n angl e of 1 0 eg rees But as soon as h e stoppe the exer cise, he col only rase his arms as hgh as before (to an angle of 90 egrees) Aer practisg the breathing exercise for for ays,
hoever, he coul raise hi s arms to an angle o f 1 70 egrees The sai exerciser use to have cataract. After practising the breath ing exe rcise, t he eye sht of his l eft eye raised fro m 03 t o 08 H is tooth gums often bl e , an eht of his teeth er e loose a n shak y The octor a vise h to hav e them extra cte H oever , after practisin g the breathin g
exercise, his tooth gums have stoppe bleeing. Six of his loose teet h have grauall y becom e stea y. In a ition on his b al forehea , new ha has begun to ow He has also put on eht incr easing from 1 07 kilogr am s to 20 kil o g ra m s .
Examle Thee ldaged cyst ad cataact dsa eared ad �esight resmed afte receivig the beathig exercise teatmet e , female, age 86
Aress No . Sixth Street, East Block, Ne Workers Village , uangz hou Before the exercise, she as ifficult to alk ith a hump back t use to take her 35 minutes to alk ith the help of someboy else or supporte by a alkingstick) from her home to the Cemetery of Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs She ha a cyst hich as as big as a ucks egg on one of her ps. She ha cataract, too For years, she coul neither tea the neele nor rea anything. She as unable to recognize an object beyon thty metres oever, aer one months practice of the breathing exercise, she coul a it hout any hel p o r suppo rt t only took her 1 5 minutes to alk from home to the Martyrs Cemetery all by herself. She coul also a up th e steps ith ease Moreo ver , the cyst on her hip isappeare ithout being notice. After three months practice of the breathing exercise, her eyesight as greatly improve She as able to threa 74
the neede , me nd the clothe and read the hitorical novel The hree Kin gdom " One inter esting thin g aot her a that her heht increased y 2 cm She cold reach the thing on the hook hich she had not een ale to reach efore That as sply ecase her ent pine had een straightened a it his old lady has oen confined herelf indoors and practised the reathng exercise there Whenever she does it, she ill face her ed ith a cane chair ehind her in cae she shold fall over dring the exercise arly in the morning she goes to the coaching spot in the Cemetery of Gangzho Uprising Mayrs to practise the reathing exercise there She has een asored in the exercise and orking very hard at it ncoraged and inspired y her, more than thirty people in he r n eighorhood have joine d he ex ercises at the coac ng spot in the Martyrs Garden Exam e Fou r After ractisin the reathi exercise e middle finer o f the left hand hich had een hurt and ecome crooked for over ten ears has ecome straiht e tinea unuium on oth hands has disaeare ithout ain an medicine and re hair as turned lack aai.
, female, aged 59 Address : No , Small Lane, Yongshen g Street , Ye nan hird Road, Gangzho Startng from 1958, had sholder periartriis, lmar stran, inflammation of the nerve ends of her hand, sollen end of the lna She as nale to ash any clothe, nor as she ale to hold the mrell er feet ere ay and she cold not even c roch d Star ting from 1 96 1 , her health ent from ad to orse She had stomachache, serios nerasthenia Whenever she faced the nd, her head felt plitting njection cold not help to stop the pa
She also ha eye efect Her eyebottom oen ble. She foun it har to see a film through to the en The first joint of the mile finger of her le han ha been hurt by a train ino an become crooke for more than a ecae The first joint of the thumb of her le han as solen an there as tinea unguium Her fingernails er blooless thick an easy to get hurt hich mae her feel inconvenient aily life. She ha sought treatment in several hospitals Unfortuatly it as of little use. But aer a fortnight's practice of the breathing exercise she began to feel much better Her rists became stronger an more flexible The mi le finger of her le han be came straiht There as no more pain in her shouler She selom yane She coul stan for a longer time an foun it easi er to crouch on A er nths' prac tice bogone th the heaache an the bleeing ofto her mo eyebottom" ere Aer tee months' practice she foun the corn on the thumb of her le foot ha come off ithout being notice. (As far as e kno there ere several similar cases else here) The tinea unguium lso got ell an her finger nails ha resume the normal colour reness an thickness n recent months she has also foun that the grey hair of hers an ho is aged 73. See xample Five) haveher beenyounger replacesister's by black air Examle ve e patien s m opa due to atarac has ud to norma has uned to lack one afte pin te ea exes
Hu femae age 73 (the same aress a s the lay i n xample Four) Before she practise the breathing exercise she coul not crouch because her le knee ha been spraine She oul pant very har hen aking u o r on t he steps . She 6
hd o pa her ches s as o relieve he crammed air a her hroa She could no a nd for oo long a e because he r backbone could no suppor her long She had o lean n he wall while doing the washing up Her li mbs were of en numb She was unable o cench in he morning Her hair was silverly whi e Her skin as dry and s he looked lisless Marked effecs have been achieved afer hee monhs' practice of he breahing exercise Her hair ha begun to grow, black and hick Her eye-sigh has grealy improved She no longer pans while waing up and down he seps No does she have o pa her ches or feel back-ache She can crouch easily and walk so fas ha some young people fd it hard o cach up wih her Her memory has also changed or he beer and she can sleep well Many people say ha she has recovere d her youhful vour Exa mple Six : G o d result ha s bee achieved y th patient suerig rom rheumatoid of gers He , female, ag ed 6 7 Address : he same a s he lady o f example fo ur Sain g from De cember , 1 97 9 , she could no raise her lef arm Nor could she ouch her back wih her lef hand
There was hyperrophy in he roo-par of her le humb The firs joins of he oher four fingers of her le hand were sifly bending o he lef, whch was diagnosed as nge r rheumaoid I was di cul for her to wash her clohes needle cean, le alone o squeeze hem dry or o read a She began o pracise he brahing exercise April, 98 1 . She prac ised i w o three ime s a da y Eac h ime lased for wenty minues From the laer half of April onward, she pracised he breathing exercie in sanding posure one hour longer han before Whle doing he exercise, she fel her hands auomaally moving and swing 77
ng up an on, back an forth, an the arms, especially her hurt le arm, tistg an revolving backar After practising the breathing exercise for more than tenty ays, she foun her crooke fingers ha become straght an the nger jo ts ha b ecome smale r Exmle Seve he mrthritis seile reces dis ere fter rctisi the rei exercise
Li , female, ag e 5 3 Aress: No , ast Section of Cai Yuan Lane, Donghuaong Street, Guangzhou She ha ha hyper tens on 80 30) an rh eumarthritis for thee yars before she practise the breathing exercise But aer three months' practice of the exercise stanng posture , her rheum arthritis as g one She use to have isomna an urorrhaga at night (thee to four tmes a niht) After practisg the exercise, she can no sleep el an the frequency of urination at night has been reuce he senile freckles on the back of her hans began to isappear after a month's practce an no most of them are gone Exmle Eiht Be tumor o e to of the he disere ter rcti the rethi exerce for moth or so
Lu, female, age 5 A ress No Lianqing Li, Northern Section of Lx Roa , Guang zhou She ha a umor on the left sie of her hea top as big as a fingeroint (2 cm iameter), hch as re, soft, panful hen presse As a result, she often ha heaache he octors of the Frst Municipal Hospta suggeste t shoul be operate on But the patint hate to have her 78
ha ct for the operation Later she began to practie Wjihi breathing exercise. A month later, the tumor disappeared an turne into a scar without her notice Besides, the exercisers elbow joint of the right han ha fracture and was sufferg from rheumatism It as so painful that she could not a pan shovel A the initial stage of the breathing exercise she felt a piercing pai at the hurt elbo But the pain disappeared after several occasions Now her right arm can work normally mpe ne The ppay cyctdenom on the hp obosy hnk te pctisng the bething eece o mo nt h o so
Chen, fem ale , age 3 8 , Qingheli, Northe Sidewa y, Zhong Adress: No shan Thr Road, Guangzhou She use to have two papillary cystadenoma on her hips The one on her coccyges had been removed for more than a ecae The remaining one as olid and 35 cm i iameter Aer practising the exercise for tenty ays or so, the tumor became soft About a month later, it disapp eare, leaving a very small ha r nucleus Eampe Ten Tbeos tm o on hand nd cys on hp dsppeed te see months pctce o the beath g eecise.
Wu fe male, age d 6 3 Aress : No Qianbian Street , Ye nan Th Road , Guangzhou The patient used to be weak and thin, with bad appetite cold haveless lessthan than3one bowl of riceInfor each mealSheer weionly ht was 7 5 kilograms 1 98 , sh e found there was a cyst on her rh hp an felt hur 79
hen sttg Doctors of the Fst osptal Attache to Zhongshan Mecal College agnose t as cyst of schum Bese, octors of the roncal osptal of Tratonal Chnese Mecne agnose that there as a gangoneuroma on the th jont o f one of hs f ngers , I cm n ameter The octors sa both cysts shoul be operate on The patent as very much orr e avng earnt from the nespaper that the breathing exercse coul cure seases She as etermine to hae a g at t Thus she as ntrouce to the coaching spot n the Cemetery of Guangzhou prsg Martyrs to practse the exercse She got up at half past five every mornng to jon the other exercsers there Aer practsng t for thee months the gangloneuroma on hr fnger jont sappeare thout beng notce After the fourth month, the cyst on her hp also sappeare The patent as overjoye She sa she as not ony free from orres but also ha goo appette No she can have to bols of rce for each meal an her eght has ncrease klograms Exam e Eeve n e ump i n he aomen isaeared afer racisin he breahin exercise
uang, female, age 23 Aress : No , Thr Block , Seventh Stree t (E ast ), Janshe Ne Vllage, Guangzhou The patent ha a l um p n th e rht part of her abdom en bese the navel The lump as sol as bg as an egg It hurt hen pres se From Febru ary to Jly n 98 0, she ofte n ent to Zhongshan Mecal College for examaton, then n Jly that year she as hosptaze the Fst Muncipal osptal Guangzhou for thorough examaton, but the octors of these hospals foun t ffcult to come to a efe concuson about the cause of the pa Wheever 0
he patien ae anyhing, she woud vomi an she ofen felt dizzy, too She had hedache, high fever and tonslitis Someimes, he pai was so sharp hat she had o be sen to he firsaid depamn for treamen in he middle of he nght Doctors of the Frs Municipal ospit al even suggested ha an operaton be carried ou to deal wih he unnamed illess But the head of the famly dsagreed The patient naly le he hospital In March and April, he iness wen from bad o worse She coud o go o work ever since She could hardy fall asleep at nigh Saing from May ha year, she began o pracise he breahing exercise and soon saisfacory resuls were acheved The pan was disappeared Her appee has mprove d She can fall asleep fr om 0 p m o 6 a m every nigh Somemes she can even sleep lke a log Above all, he lump has completely dsappeared She can go to work as be fore xamle welve : he mayoma o f ers disaeared afer for monhs racice of he breahing exercise
Qiu, female, aged 49 ddress: s loor, No , Zhong shn Fouth Road , Guangzhou On December 20h, 98 0, she was diagnosed by 97 Hospial o he PLA (he People's Liberaion Army) as suffeing ro he myoma of uerus, which was as big as a duck's egg Her menstrual phase dysfuncion and menorrhagia In March, 982, she was unexpecedly hi by a moorcyce According o the examinaion eor o a disrict hospia, a pece of bone (peanusize) had come off afer the acciden However, ae r pracis ig the breah ing exercs o sandin posture o over a month, that piece of bone 8
was gone, an afer four monhs racce of he exercse, he funcon of her womb has reurne o norma (accorng o he examnaon repor by he Thr Muncpa Hospa of Guan gzhou ) Exame hirteen he atient having constiatio n , hyertension an artia arayss has ecome norma after ractising the breathin exercise
Zou, ma e age 7 0 Aress No . , Yenan Thr Roa , Guanghou Zou ha hyperen son ( 70/ 0 ) Saring from 97 , he suffere from hempegn ue o an cerebroascuar accen Then he kep on pracsng Tajquan for years Bu hs boo pressure was s hgh Beses, he ha conspaon, bowe movemen once aHeweek ony a resu, he hang was ery afra o efecae cou noAsseep we. Howeer, aer pracsng he breahng exercse n sanng posure for a monh, hs appee has mproe an he can now seep we a ngh Boh hs bowe movemen an boo pressure are back o norma The co han whch was parayze has becom e warmer an s coour has ch ange from purpe re o norma c oour as we Exae Fo rtee n Habita costiation an a ecae o chronic harynitis are a gne after ractising the brethng exercise
Ma, ma e, age 47 Aress n Lane, Norhern Secon of Weneh Roa Guangzhou Ma ha been sufferng from habua cospaon for more han a ecae. When urne worse, he ha o ig ou he soos wh his ngers There was oo n hs soos Besies he ha een suferng fom chronc pharyngs 82
fo moe than a decade He used to have soe throat, too Thee was no effect whatsoeve afte takng moe tan one hnded dose s of Chi nese hes In May , 98 2 , h e sta ted to p actse Wuj sh eat hing execse, ntoduced n the th ssue of he Spng e of Science In August, he came to the cachng spot n the Cemetey of the Guanghou Upsng Matys In Septembe tat yea, he no loge had habtual constpato e used to have soe thoat wheneve h used hs ans I ecet months, he has neve had soe to any moe He pactses the beatng execse twce a day Each te ae the execse, he feels shapeyed, shapeaed and cleaheaded Exmpe Fifeen: Boh inel nd exern piles he cnged for he beer fer pcising e brehing exercise
He, female, aged 49, a docto of Epdemc Peventon Staton She had had ples fo moe than twenty yeas 2 cm in damete) He stools wee dy and oen wth blood The ples oen came out, ae each owel movement In Febu ay, 980, she was about to hav an opeato on he ples Fom July st , 982 on, she pact sed t he eathng execse n standng postue fo half an hou evey monng, then, ten mnutes o so ae the nap and n the evenng Now she pactses t fo one hou evey day The ples won't come out even when she caes coal o does othe eav choes Each te afte pactsg the eathng execse, she eins to eel as if thee s a ball of ai whch looks lke a ed o black sometimes, geen) chrysanthemum, growng fom small to g, floatng fom the bottom to the top hthand sde When hs conscosness moves to Dantan, the a immedately spns down to Dantan as well It lnges thee fo about seven to eight mnutes befoe t dsappears
Se feels a n e ands and as e sensaon of e ans' moemen all oe xample Six ee Hypere sio , rapid hear bea are bac o orm al afer for mo hs ' pracice of he breah g exercise
ou, male, aed 4 Addess o Ye nan ou Road , Guan zou e ad aken e mons off due o llness and ad o subm an epenseaccoun of moe an eny yuan n medce o e easue' ofce Befoe pacsn e bean eecse, e as also suffen fom ypeenson (2204) and empysema s eabea as 2 beas pe mnue Afe eac lunc e ould feel eadace and uncomfoable all oe e ad o ee due o lless Bu, afe pacsn e bean eecse fo fou mons o s, s blood essue as become mu loe ( 4080 . s eabea s 80 beas pe mnu n ow e feels s empysema as caned fo e bee e as no embused a snle penny of ep enseacc ount on medce e can enjoy ood aee ad esful ng xample See ee S e le emphraxis empyse ma ad aaphylacic ashma hae bee maredly esseed afer pracisig he breahig exercise
Su, male, a ed 62 Addess o , Laodon Sree, Mdl e eo n o f Je Road, Guanzou Te paen used o b e Bu, o ne een n ealy 96 9 , e o as ma cause d by fa ue and ll From e n on, adas asma ands Auumn yea Ae 1 97e 7 e onoSp e do e ad eey all e yea ound a lo of spuum and cous om oembe, 980 o
Ocob er, 98 , he had been h ospial ized f ur im es and had o use anked oxygen de o he difficl of breang n 980, he had o qi work Medicine did no hae any effec on hi Whneer his ashma broe o, he could do ohg b we o he frsaid deparme for ijec ion o reliee he ouble On Sepem ber 2 7 , 98 , recommen ded by a fellow paien he began o pracise Wujishi breahing exercise After a dozen days of he exercise, he fe his back, neck and forehead were all sweaing The lowe par of his fee became cool and he fel as if some ans were moing abou and his ial energy and blood were moig back and forh like running waer. Afer sanding for tweny o hiry minues, his limbs became warm, and afer fory minues, he felpars warmof all he ha s pan in ieasy s ches hisoer back Som Bu eimes he spum is now o and spi some ou Wheneer hs hr oa feels i chng and he asm a is abou o break ou, he will pracise he breahing exercise a once, which can lessen an preen i He no longer has major fis of ashma now As o he minor rouble, he can easily b ig i der cool hrough meicine and he breahing exercise This paien pracises he exercise for o six mes a ay, oalling wohehours He gesexercise up a hree or fourposre in he morning o do breahing in sandig for y o fory minues Afer ha he goes back o be again He feels he can sleep beer aer he exercise Wen isied in Jly 98 2 he exer cise r said e did o hae o ake any medicine any mor e a he paid a isi o e do cor once in seeral monhs Exmlhs e chnged Eighteen or Bronchodi cse by bronchitis the betterttion ter rctising the brethng exercise
Chen, female, aged 40 Address No , 1 9th Block, New Phoen ix Village, Guangzhou The patient used to be very feeble, easy to catch cold, suffering from bronchodilatation caused by bronchitis She felt out of breath and had palpitation whenever she climbed the slope, ent up the stas, ran, got up in the morning and when it was blowing north wind When she breathed, there was always a sh" noise She used to cough every morning Sometimes she even spit blood In Jul y, 1 97 5 , her bronch iole bled In addition, she had neurasthenia, insomina She used to wake up as early as three am or four am, whch made her listless and hottempered er appetite was poor, too She did no feel like eating anythng at noon and n the evenng She was osing weight with each passing day No me dicine could have any effect on her Since March 1 1 th, 1 98 1 , she has been prac tising the breathng exercise She has never had haemoptysis any more since then And si nce the en d of April, 1 98 1 , she has changed or the better Now she does not have any discomfort while going up the stairs or running Althogh she sometimes pants, yet there is not palpitation or sh" noise ny more Of course, she does not pant as hard as before When she is soaked tough or when the wnd is bowing, she is al right She can also have a sound sleep although she sleeps less than seven hours a night She does not need any medicine now She is often in hgh spits She can wa briskly and her temper has become milder She is interested in the three meals of the day She has put on weight as well This exerciser practises the breathg exercise twice a day, totaling one hour
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Example Nineteen Reu maism and erysipelas have changed for he etter afer practising he reathing exercise
Lao, female, aged 69 Ad ess No , Nothen Secton o f Yuexu Road , Guangzhou The patent's and wast he wee suffeng fm eumatsm She couldmbs not stahten fges, no coud she hold a bowl She often boke the bowl du to cp She found t had to couch Besdes she was suffeng fom eyspelas The muscles n he legs often contacted nd the skn tched all ove Ate pactsng the standng beathng execse fo twentytwo days, he egs became fulle and ounde She dd not have to see the docto He voce used to be fant and she had to take such tonc as gnsheng twce a month ca old a Now she does not need to do that He ges bowl popely Hypetenton, headache have all dsappeaed The uveng of the hands and tetany have been educed The pan caused by eyspelas s gone except t stll tches fom tme to tme She has a good appette and can sleep lke a t op She sel dom cons ults the doctos Example Twent y Infammati on of Cervical vertera has een go rid of ater practising the reathing exercise
Deng, emale, aged 28, a clek of a dug stoe n Guangzhou The patn used to have nflammaton of cevcal eteba She could not move aound feely Besdes she got feuent headache She had to have a complete o patal est Acupunctue and message would not help Thee was a had node of 2 cm n damete at cevcal veteb Howeve, afte tee months' pactce of the beathng
exerse, he har noe sappeare an she an now move her hea an ne f reely xamle wen yone : Boh he sweling and ain cased by ceniedes bie disaeaed afe acising e beahing execise
uang, female, age 9 Aress s floor, No , anrenl, Yenan Thr Roa, Guanghou One he paens le han was ben by a enee, anoyne an honey were smeare on he woun, u hey oul no sop he pan I urne re an swolen a m ngh I was so panful ha she ou no fall asleep She hen go up o prase he breahng exerse n sanng posure. Srangely enough, he pan soppe mmeaely n he nex morning, he swelng was gone She no usually hae exeror moemen, bu, o her grea surprse, her le arm was unonsously lfng up a shouler leel. Afer he swellng was gon, she prase he reahing exerise agan Then her hans no move up o he shoul er lee l any more The exerser sa, her eyesgh use o be very ague ue o aara She even fale o ell he fferen owels. Now she an een reogne he he esin of eah owel. nspe by her example, he ve generaons of her famly have all aen par n he breahng exerise xamle we ny w o Good esls have been achieved by the aient sffeig fom twentyyeas old hyeten son and smachache ogh actising the beahing execise
Lu, female, age 80 Aress No , Norh ross Sree , Zhongs han Roa , Guangzhou 88
She had been suffeng fo hypetenson 200/00, headahe and stoahahe fo moe than twenty yeas Wheneve she had headahe, she wold stk a lot of plase analges on he head She also had bakskn thng fo a dozen yeas She used to feel the thn g fom May o Jun to O tobe Besde s, she had b een s ffeng fom he m ats In 980 , she od not w alk , no old she ove he head feely Afte two months' pate of the beathng exese, now she no longe has stomahahe, hypetenson, no does she feel dzzy She has fond t uh ease to walk ond She has a good appette and s full of vtalty Exmpe we y hree Seros somac che cor hngai (gi) hve been done way wih fer he breh ig exercise reame
L, male, aged 68, a ade fom angzho Insttte of At L had had stom ahahe and ndgesto n sne 1 930 's and hs stoahahe boke ot evey day e was also sffeng fom hypetenson 220/00 ypetenson plls dd not have any effet on h Besdes he had ada musle and s lefths ventle ado megalastan, He also hadneasthena sall ons aong toes andhad hangnals on hs fnge He had to have the teated at the ln twe a onth tal effets wee shown ae patsng fo a dozen days, hs stomahahe was gone, hs appette poved And he old have a sond sleep Afe thee to fo onths, hs hangnals and ons dsappeaed and hs neasthena and emphysea lessenedthee and ws hs stll blooda pesse tended to e noalwee athogh slght degee of hypetenson 89
xa e Twny-fou r Good effecs have been achieved by he aien suffering from such chronic diseases as u m onary u bercuosis ( T B ) , o ic nerve aroh y afer racising he breahing exercise .
Hng, me, ged 55 ddess : No , Daxn Rod , Gang zho In 970 , he go ch onc en es, hep omeg ay ( 5 cm Hs bowe movemen hd been bnoma fo eeven yes wh oose bowe nd conspaon enaey and bood ws oen fond n hs soos He so hd pes, hedocee, nesne nd ve pn, headche and emsm He ws ega opaten of he hosp. In 90, he had TB , wh f eqen v omn g of bood He begn o pacse he behng execse n Jnay, 9 . In J ne , hs TB was ond o ene he sae o sceo ma nd no njecon was needed, whch spsed he docos s emphysem was aso essened Now hs conc enes s bscay gone Hs bwe movemen s back o noma Thee s n o n y bood n hs s oos Hs p es n d o pse of he ns have no been fond e has esse hedche and no moe ve pn The eyesh of hs ef eye (hs gh eye s bnd h s mpo ved (f om 0 4 o 0. 6 On he whoe he fees a h He can seep we, oo In he ps, he dd no dae o e oo mch, whch wod make h hve abdomna dsenson Now he can ea as mch as he kes He can aso ke od bah He does no need he wan gsck any moe Han p acsed he beah ng ex ecse hee o f o es da y, o ang one ho Example Twent y-fve: Chronic hea titis B has been got
rid of, and HBsAG posi ive h chane ino negaive after practising he breahin exercse dug hospitalizaio n
L, mae ged 4, fome eache of a pmy schoo 0
n he Wesern Secon of Huxn Sree, Guangzou In November , 1 97 7 , he was found o be sf ferng from chronc hepa s (sAg, posve) He had been hospalzed n he Epdemc Dseases Hospal wce Whenever he brushed hs eeh, here was los of ooh blood n Sepem ber, 1 97 9 , he was agan hosp alzed for rean g hs lver rouble Sarng from uly 1 6, 1 98 1 , whle he was beg hos palzed n he Hospal for Epdemc Dseases, he pracsed he breahng exercse n h frs monh, four mes a day, oallng one hour or less In he secon monh, four o fve mes a day, oallng one hour and a half Afer he frs monh of pracce, hs HsAg was found o have changed from posve o negave Afer he second monh, every relevan ndex became normal Soon, hs appee grealy mproved He could sleep well There was no more ooh blood bleedng Whle pracsng he exercse, hs hands fel swellng and hs abdomen fel warm, and somemes he fel cool all over n a wor, he has now become f and srong Examle Twen y six He aiis B has been done away wh, HBsAg osive has rady changed ino negaive afer racising he breahing exercise
Du, m ale , aged 3 1 Address: No Nneh Lane, echaoq Sree, Sh bapu, Guangzhou n 1980, whle beng hospalzed, he was found o be sufferng frm epa s, hs lver be ng 1 5 c m bger han normal Ths lsed for egh monhs wh HsAg, posve o pracse breahng on anuary 2 6 , 1He 98 1began efore ha , hehepa en was exercse l sless He oen fel gddy The lver pan exende o h ches Somemes 91
was too ainful to be touched He also had difficult bowel movemen t His stools w ere some tes loose , some times ha rd He even found it difcult to fart He was suffering from serious insomina At night he could slee for two hours only He was unable to ride a bicycle He could neither stand nor sit for a ong time Whenever he sat down, he would feel the swelling the oen abdomen extending to the swelling the chest Hisofhands quivered His memory was very of short He had to take two or three doses of Chinese medicine every day During the eriod of ractising the breathing exercise, he had no other treatment excet taking a dose of Chinese medicine a day He ersisted in doing the exercise, tee times a day (in the morning, at noon and in the evening After days, HBsAg had changedof into After eighteen forty days, thehisfunctiona activities his negative liver and other organs had all become normal When examined by ultrasonic wave, the size of his liver was found to be normal He began to enjoy both his meal and slee All his troubles and worries were eiminated After leaving the hosital, he caried on wit the breathing exercise In the ast year, all his helth indexe s were f ound to b e stable While doing the exercise, he feels as if there is a hard choke in the abdomen faling down to Dantian and there is a sention of water driing in s lower limbs He can ow easiy fart His Huiyin (Perineum seems to oen and shut aternatey The ain round the iver has been lessened ater urinating This exerciser has now resumed his work for more than a year Exmle e even H erth roii sm cn b effectivel rete mens of the rethin exercise
iu, female, aged 30, a worker of eagull ectronic 92
Apparaus Facory in Guangzhou . In June of 1 98 0, docors of he Hospial of he radi ional Chese M edicine in Guangzhou diag nosed her as suffeing from hyperhyroid ism . The pae n fel he had palpilaion , appeie hyperfuncion and was easy o ge hungry , and she o fe n s weaed and pan ed . She had inso mina, oo Aer aki ng some medici ne , hin gs looke d up a bi
Bu she sll had dropsy. In December 9 8 0 , she began o prac ise he br eahing eercise, wo or ee imes a· day Each ime lased more
han en minues Afer each pracice, her hear bea would go down a dozen imes. In he pas her bowel movemen was regular. She had o have i several imes a day. Aer he exercise , everythin g has become normal. She is now tota lly
free from any illness. She has pu on weigh, oo, ncresing from 53 kilograms o 60 ilograms his eerciser has also
augh her faher who was suffering from conic racheiis how o pa cise he br eahin g ee rcise. He o o, ha s a chieved
som e saisfacory resuls. Example Twen ty- ight : The patient having raumatic Epi le psy has achieved good result after pracising the breah-
ing exercise
Liu, female, aged 34, a eacher of Public Healh School. In Ma y, 9 while she was pregnan, she was hi by a bus and fell off from a bicycle. I was bleeding wihin her cranial caviy, o she was operaed on in he Firs Municipal Hospial Her skull was cu open for draining he eravasaed blood. monh laer her skull was pached up in anoher peraion owever, aer she le he hospia, she had on(a)emia of pregnancy, hyperension and dropsy. On he orysih day afer giving bh o he baby, epilepsy broke ou From hen on, she had i a an inerval of our o
egh monhs One day n Sep ember 1 979 whle she was fryg fa n he kchen eplep sy sddenly broke o and she srck her head no he fryng pan As a resl her rgh face as scalded (2nd degree and her feare was serosly esroyed In Sepember 1980 she had eplepy wce Thn she joned her colleages n pracing he breahng exercse She dd he exercse for mes a day oallng wo hos Afer a year or so she go rd of he eplesy Eery me when he exercser hogh of he scars on her head she wold n conscosly hae some exeror moemens r nger wold pon he scar and sroke B wh e help of a apanese medcne now e color of her face s clse o normal She and her colleages all hold ha hs shold largely arbe o he brea hng exerc se oo
Example Twenty-nine Bowel movem ent relying on laative for yea ue to the operation on moderaor band of the anus has become normal ater he breathing eercise
Zhang female aged 48 Address : o Do ngfeng ifh Road Gangzh o She had been sfferng from pile s for more han we y years I was ag aa ed n he pas decade and had p rolap se of he ans a abo fory years old Afer 1979 her ans was operaed on wce leag fe scars Her moderaor band (lgamen of he ans was desroyed n he frs opera on whch made prolapse of he ans worse and here wer sll ernal ples n 1979, she had her ers remoed de o he cercal mor se was hen sfferng She had ee opraons wihn sx monhs As a resl she had o se laxave o help her bowel movemen And wheneer she had bowel moemen her ans wold break Besides she 9
sme te tes s as ematism pain in te knee nts n nes g n s n O J ne 9 82 se eg an t pt ise te e ating exese an effets wee swn afte twenty ays s. Te feqeny f te papse f e ans was ee. He weit was t wn n te fst mnt (fm 59.5 kigms t 5 5 kigams. Fm Otbe 6 982 n se as we mement eey ay wtt sing xie ny me. Se s as e aw ay it em atritis f e kne es . Exmpe hiry Mrked res s hve een chieed in reing Prkinson's nere syndrome wih he rehing exercise
Z mae a ge 63 Ae N . 2n Lane Six t Steet. New Cnst tin Va ge ss Gangz He se t e ypetens in ( 1 09 0) In 1 90 e w s seisy inje wie igging a tnne. He was teming a e. N mke effet was ahiee ing spitizatin. H e a n sten gt t wak . De t t e seee pain f a is ints e nt fa aseep at nigt. Dts f ne spita iagnse as sffeing fm Pakinss nee syme.yet Atg e nt ange eeie spitas tings i ftetment te bette.fm see Te ptient nt k afte im sef in ay ife .
e ws ne t pt n is tes n was e ae t tke a at. St wse e was ne t nt is intn an bwe mement. e en ene s teet an spke wit a fat ie. Wenee e pene is mt is saia w ip t It w take m ne t et ne ing f ice His nek was stiff nabe t tn fm igt t e ie esa Pepe se t tink tat e was an iit pe an smpe Dts at te sptas were s afi f seig 95
hm, ad ased hm to be trasferred to a bgger hospta for treatmet. Hs fames aso compaed that he was trobe some ad a rea sace. The patet sed to sgh, I am more dead tha ave. O aary 2, 982, peope advsed hm to try Wjsh breathg exercse the Cemetery of Gagho Uprsg Martyrs. He foowed perssted n dong the exercse ra or she.ther fteradvce two ad moths' practce, he fet that the wrggg a d g dg of hs test es had stregtheed. He cod have thee ing of rce fo r each mea. He cod seep e a og. Now he ca tae a bath ad pt o cothes, or croch dow at the stoo a by hmsef he sed to have cotpaton. He scarcely had oe bowe movemet a wee. ow he has t oce n two or three days. Hs wrsts ca aaso He caseve frewood g bgmove feexby. or a axe rghtchop hand. Hs ecbysholdo oger stff. He can tr t freey He ca go pstars or a wth brs strdes. The coor of hs face has chaged from dar ad pae to brght ad reddsh. Hs famles are oveoyed to see these great changes. Hs son once teased the father, Papa, yo have eaen p a yor rce porto! I the past he h ad t o tae medc ne t ee tmes a da y . Now t has bee redce to oce a da y. Exml e h yone se h y e si nd he s weng of knee hve een done way wih fe acsing he ehng execise
Ga, femae, aged 54 Address o . Ye a Thrd Road , Gagho Before she practsed the breathg exercse, she had ostl hyperpasa herhad e ostea nee whch had bee for tee years. Shenaso hyperpasa herswoe rgt nee for a year. She was abe to stad p aer she had 96
coche own She cold not staghte he legs een when lyng on a be She wol fee l shap an e at pan w henee h legs wee pessed Statg fom ly 9 982, she bean to pactse the beathng execse (n stanng poste Afte two months' pactce, obos eslts wee acheed Now the swollen jont has shn She can coch and stad p easly At the ntal stage, she ha pecg an whle stng p Now that pan s completey gone xampe hi ywo Wjishi beathng execise can sccessfly coec he deviaion of "osig contol
Cho, male, age 36 a woke Gangho Shp bldng Factoy The execse fst pactsed Donggng (mong beath ng ee cs e n 980 On ne , 98 , when he was ong some eang, he sddenly fon he ha lost contol" e was pancstcen and mmedately went to bed In hs sleep, he eamt that hs oos moement cld not be stoe All of sden, he wa waken p by a bang The ght se of hs hea and cheeks became nm b Afe mdngh t , he had nolntay emsson Fom then on, he felt as f he was hang a hgh fee hs hea swelled, ached an became nmb Thee was a sense of sppesso n hs chest These symptoms wee aggaated a week late Thee was ai (Q shootng p o gong n eey decton thn hs body e cold not walk steadly ey te when he lost contol", he wold have palptaton and pantng o shake wth fgh and hs scota wol become sot In h gon, two stems of Q (tal enegy seeme to shoot own When hs exteo moement became olent, he wol pff and blow, sometmes omt e wold wae hans and wallow the ai, too Then hs body wol become soft, cool, nmb, and thee was
scocg pa a suc acupucue po s as Zogfu, Waaw a, Laogo g , Bau a some as o f s fee a kees Hs puse wou cease fom 70 ob s pe mue o 1 40 o bs pe mue e coaco boo pessue wou c ease fom 1 24 mm of mecu y coum o 1 60 mm of mecuy coum O e g a se bese Bau acupo o e ea op, ee was a e a swoe ump cause by e upgog a wc was a s bg as a mug
bea ee wee some es boo spos, eac of wc was as bg as a eee po aou e poug ump Someboy suggese a e aop e meo of sckg e m o Yogqa acupo" o pu e ea os g s, s boo pessue oce escee fom 24/70 o 00/68 mm of mecuy com Bu e a several involuntary mssons, head-ache , constant vomiting
of a, a pag ee was a pa sema esce, oo Cosequey, e cou o go o wok Fgee by s, e bu o gae ou a e books e a abou Qgog (e beag eecse a moe o say w s ee sse fo e cae Lae , M ase Ca S ogfag (e co-ed o of s book) was ed o ede ep o e pae o oecom e e
deaos Ae coecg e deaos oce o wce , o mg a was cecked Ae a , M ase Ca emed s ou-fowg a o cea e ae's caes a au m ow o pefom Wjs beag execse Te days ae , s sese of suppesso e ces was geay esse ed Hs oce caged fom oow o cea oe Hs ead dd o fee as eay as ead ad e dsodey soog (o fowg) of e a dsappeaed Ffee days ae s
appee geay mpoed ad s eyes bega o ook bg e pa s sema esce was goe wey ays ae, e fe s was a egs a become soge e co 98
wa wth steay stes e bega to t o weght too The e a swolle lm o the to o hs hea was goe e co have a so slee I shot all the symtoms wee goe a he move back to hs ow hose a bega to go to wok as beore
V. POTT
The booket WUJSH RATHNG XRCS, written y Mr Fang Naii nder the gidance of Mr Cai Songfang wi soon be off the press My exschoomate Mr Cai Songfang wrote me from Gangho sking me to pt in a few words What words to pt in after a? Are the words abot how to practise this exercise? Abot the points for attention? Abot its effects? We, a these things have expicity been expained in the book The ony thing I can do here is o repeat some ciches: this breathing exercise is easy to earn, safe and effective. Geeray speaking, what the exerciser worries most is deviations However, this exercise wi sedom or never have deviations This is probaby one of the main reasons why so many peope ike i Mr Cai and I began to do research ino Wjishi reath ing ex ercise as eary a s 95 3 when we we re working at Shanghai 9th Textie Mi This exercise oriinaed fr om or teacher Ye Dami, then a research feow in a Research entre othe cassic docments of the raditona Chinese medicin in Shanghai. Both Cai and I earned this from him For more than thty years Cai and I have been doing the research into it and the present achievement is the rest of a ong, ardos and persivering work 00
Ou teac e M Y Dam ( 1 88 3 93 as fom Wen cang County, Zhejang Ponce He ad been ey fond of boxng and fencng snce chldood He leaned ajquan fst fom an Zaoln, then fom Yang Saoou, and Yang Cengfu ( 1 83 93 6) Ye and Sun Cunou ( 893 1 963 ) , son of Sun Lutang (founde of Sun Schoo ajquan), wee close fends Ye leaned qute a lot fom Sun Scool e leaned s Wutang fencn g fom L Cngln ( Fnguan ) and once became te best fence among L Scool scples Afte e had successfuly masteed shadow boxng and fencng, he once told hs anothe teace M Chen Wemn (ead of a boxg socety), I deve my boxng tecnues fom fencng" M Y e Dam set u p Wutang aquan Socety n Novem be, 92 6 s own house n Sa nga Wu s beat ng execse was taught to Yang Cegfu occasonaly at ts te and place Later, Yang added to the beginnng and the endng of ajquan ecopled by m hat s what s beng called Ye School ajquan n vaous parks n Shanga od ay Well , I tnk tat s wat I ha ve to say as a postscp t Jn Renln ( exsch ool mate ) Sangha Febuay, 983
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