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1. How many years must a person live to fulfill their natural lifespan?
American scholar Haierfu estimated human lifespan based on the number of cell divisions, concluding that the human lifespan should be 120 years. This finding astonishingly aligns with our ancestors’ records of natural lifespan. However, why is the average lifespan of modern people only seventy to eighty years, with most dying from diseases? Why has the expected lifespan of contemporary individuals decreased by nearly one-third compared to ancient times?
In our long medical experience, we encounter various patients, and whenever we ask them, “How long do you want to live?” many say they have never thought about this question carefully.
The length and quality of life are the most significant matters in our lives. If you do not care enough about it, how much joy can life bring?
We should indeed prepare for our health and longevity early. This preparation does not require much time or money, but it brings a high quality of life.
A high-quality life means living to one’s “natural lifespan.” How many years must one live to be considered to have reached their “natural lifespan”? The Huangdi Neijing states: “In ancient times, people lived to be a hundred years old in spring and autumn before departing, thus fulfilling their natural lifespan.” Thousands of years ago, wise Chinese could deduce a person’s life according to the laws of nature.
This is a question worth deep reflection. What causes us to fall ill, and who steals our forty to fifty years of life? Of course, it is the ‘Yin Qi.’
The Yin Qi is caused by ourselves.We often harm our Yang Qi and promote our Yin Qi, leading to decline by middle age and failing to fulfill our natural lifespan. Our ancestors pointed this out thousands of years ago. The Huangdi Neijing: Shanggu Tianzhen Lun states that those who do not care for their health drink alcohol as if it were a beverage without moderation. Excessive drinking harms both the spirit and the organs and blood vessels. Additionally, many adopt harmful lifestyles as normal, deeply entrenched in various health misconceptions without realizing it. For example, indulging in desires after drinking, harming oneself with alcohol and overindulgence, seeking momentary pleasure while recklessly indulging, unaware of preserving one’s essence. Other unhealthy lifestyles, such as staying up late, binge eating, and irregular daily routines, can lead to premature aging and chronic diseases, preventing one from fulfilling their natural lifespan!
Some say, “People today live longer than in the past, with many elderly reaching eighty or ninety years old.” But I think: these long-lived elders lived in a different era. Nowadays, those who toil day and night often have health conditions like hypertension, diabetes, shoulder periarthritis, and vascular sclerosis appearing prematurely in people in their thirties and forties.
In fact, our ancestors already pointed out a bright path to living to one’s natural lifespan in the Huangdi Neijing: “Follow the principles of Yin and Yang, harmonize with the techniques, maintain regularity in daily life, eat and drink in moderation, and avoid excessive labor, thus allowing the body and spirit to coexist and fulfilling their natural lifespan, departing at a hundred years old.” What does this mean? It means we should never harm our Yang Qi artificially, but I believe this is not enough. In my view, we should actively cultivate our Yang Qi at all times to enhance the body’s self-healing ability. Remember, no matter your age, as long as your Yang Qi is sufficient, living to your natural lifespan is not a dream.
2. Health Preservation is Cultivating Yang Qi
When the body is unwell, it is like experiencing cold and damp weather. However, as soon as the sun comes out, this environment becomes unfavorable for the growth and development of diseases. Therefore, we must use our own hands to lift the sun within our bodies, allowing it to shine upon our internal organs and bring us lasting health.
The Huangdi Neijing states in the Shengqi Tongtian Lun: “Yang Qi is like the sky and the sun; if it loses its place, it shortens life and becomes unremarkable.” The Yin Yang Yingxiang Dalu states: Yin and Yang are the “roots of life and death.” Zhang Jingyue commented: “The way of life and death is only Yin and Yang. When Yang comes, things live; when Yang departs, things die.“
Human life revolves around the concept of “Yang Qi.” Only by protecting Yang Qi can one avoid all diseases, and only with abundant Yang Qi can the body’s self-recovery ability function normally, making medicine effective. It is precisely the deficiency of Yang Qi that leads to various health issues; many people’s chronic diseases are not due to ineffective medicine but because their Yang Qi has not been stimulated.
Throughout history, renowned Chinese physicians have treated diseases and preserved health by mobilizing the body’s Yang Qi.
Song Dynasty physician Dou Cai was a prominent advocate of Yang Qi health preservation. He emphasized, “If Yang essence is strong, one can live a thousand years; if Yin Qi is strong, it must harm.” He particularly focused on moxibustion at the Guanyuan (CV4) point, believing that during the summer and autumn transitions, one should moxibustion the Guanyuan point a thousand times, which is about a month of moxibustion, to maintain strong and vigorous energy and vitality. Year after year, this practice would keep the lower abdomen warm like a sun, bringing joy to the individual.
We can also use standing meditation to invigorate the body’s Yang Qi; massage acupoints to unblock meridians to stimulate Yang Qi; and utilize dietary therapy to conquer the greatest enemy of Yang Qi—dampness. Practice has proven that these methods are very effective.
Health preservation is about cultivating Yang Qi.
When the body is unwell, it is like experiencing cold and damp weather. However, as soon as the sun comes out, this environment becomes unfavorable for the growth and development of diseases. Therefore, we must use our own hands to lift the sun within our bodies, allowing it to shine upon our internal organs and bring us lasting health.
3. Why Do Modern People Have Excess Yin and Deficient Yang?
We should adjust our breathing and diet to nourish the body’s Yang Qi. In terms of breathing, we should breathe in fresh air filled with the spirit of heaven and the vitality of all living things. In terms of diet, we should utilize the properties of food to help Yang Qi flourish.
In real life, those with weak bodies often exhibit the following symptoms: cold hands and feet, pale complexion without luster, or dark complexion, being particularly sensitive to cold weather, or feeling as if cold water has been poured on the lower back, preferring hot tea and soup, feeling fatigued and weak, easily experiencing chronic diarrhea, indigestion, malnutrition, anemia, or edema; additionally, slight exercise leads to palpitations, shortness of breath, easy sweating, or loose stools, being prone to diarrhea after catching a cold, swelling after fatigue, or frequent urination at night, reduced libido, men easily experiencing impotence or premature ejaculation, women having reduced menstruation, infertility, and so on…
All of these are manifestations of excess Yin and deficient Yang. The body is shrouded in the ominous clouds of disease, with Yang Qi being deficient, leading to these symptoms. To this day, those symptoms seem not to be exclusive to chronically ill individuals; even normal people exhibit some of these symptoms to varying degrees. Why do modern people have excess Yin and deficient Yang?
The Huangdi Neijing tells us: Humans are born of heaven and earth; heaven nourishes the Yang with Qi, and earth nourishes the Yin with food. We can observe our surroundings; pollution is severe, and breathing in such poor-quality air certainly damages our Yang Qi. Moreover, the food on our tables is exquisite and abundant, mostly consisting of meat and poultry, which nourishes Yin. In this lifestyle, many people’s physiques have become plump, but their spirits have not improved.
Spirit belongs to Yang, while the body belongs to Yin. When the two are unbalanced, with excess Yin and deficient Yang, the phenomenon described in TCM as “form surpassing Qi” occurs. The Huangdi Neijing states: “When Qi surpasses form, one lives long; when form surpasses Qi, one dies young.” This means when a person’s mental state cannot fully control their body, they will become ill and find it difficult to heal.
This reminds us: we should adjust our breathing and diet to nourish the body’s Yang Qi. In terms of breathing, we should breathe in fresh air filled with the spirit of heaven and the vitality of all living things; in terms of diet, we should utilize the properties of food to help Yang Qi flourish. For example, internal dampness is a common problem for modern people; dampness is a Yin evil that can inhibit Yang Qi. Job’s tears and red bean soup can eliminate internal dampness, and once the dampness is removed, Yang Qi will naturally flourish. Additionally, we should pay attention to food combinations; for instance, drinking alcohol with kudzu flower can prevent drunkenness; cold crabs should be paired with warming ginger and perilla leaves to prevent gout. By paying attention to these small issues in life, we can make significant strides in health!
The Huangdi Neijing also tells us: Movement belongs to Yang, while stillness belongs to Yin. Modern people’s bodies lack proper exercise, leading to excessive stillness, which harms the body’s Yang Qi. The combination of these factors results in a pathological state of Yang deficiency, making our Yang Qi even weaker than that of ancient people.
All life arises from Yang, and all death also arises from Yang. The growth, maturation, and aging of a person are all governed by Yang Qi; the generation of essence, blood, and fluids is all transformed by Yang Qi. However, the era, environment, and lifestyle we live in provide us with too little Yang Qi, which is why we suffer from various diseases today.
4. Abundant Yang Qi, No Diseases Invade
The human body has the ability to resist external evils. This ability is Yang Qi, also known in TCM as “Wei Yang” or “Wei Qi.” Wei means guard or protect. Yang Qi acts like the body’s guards, distributed at the skin’s surface (sinews), responsible for resisting all external evils and safeguarding the body’s safety. Anyone with abundant Yang Qi can avoid all diseases.
When modern people catch a slight illness, such as a cold, they generally do not easily seek TCM. Many, with chronic illnesses, often ask, “What is the cause of my various ailments?” Ultimately, the root of your past and present illnesses is only one: weak Yang Qi.
Humans exist between heaven and earth, and the natural elements of wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire constantly threaten our health, which is what TCM refers to as the “six evils.” Throughout the four seasons, spring has wind evil, summer has heat and damp evils, autumn has dryness evil, and winter has cold evil. Some of these can cause illness quickly, while others may remain latent for a long time, transforming into various forms of other diseases. However, within the encirclement of these six evils, why do some people fall ill while others do not?
It turns out that the human body has the ability to resist external evils. This ability is Yang Qi, also known in TCM as “Wei Yang” or “Wei Qi.” Wei means guard or protect. Yang Qi acts like the body’s guards, distributed at the skin’s surface (sinews), responsible for resisting all external evils and safeguarding the body’s safety.
Anyone with abundant Yang Qi can avoid all diseases. Humans exist between heaven and earth, and the natural elements of wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire constantly threaten our health, which is what TCM refers to as the “six evils.” Throughout the four seasons, spring has wind evil, summer has heat and damp evils, autumn has dryness evil, and winter has cold evil. Some of these can cause illness quickly, while others may remain latent for a long time, transforming into various forms of other diseases. However, within the encirclement of these six evils, why do some people fall ill while others do not?
Those with abundant Yang Qi can easily keep the evils at bay, so regardless of how harsh the environment is or what kind of pathogens are prevalent outside, they will not fall ill. Why can some people escape epidemics? It is because their Yang Qi is very strong, while those with weak Yang Qi are different; the evils encounter little resistance at the body’s surface and can easily penetrate and harm the body.
Thus, those suffering from various difficult diseases, severe illnesses, or chronic conditions are fundamentally those whose Wei Yang is not solid and whose sinews are not tight, all due to insufficient Yang Qi, allowing various external evils to gradually invade the body and accumulate over time.
The causes of diseases are the six evils outside the body and the seven emotions inside the body: joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock. Excessive joy harms the heart, excessive anger harms the liver, excessive worry harms the spleen, excessive sadness harms the lungs, excessive fear harms the kidneys; many changes in the five organs are caused by emotional fluctuations.
When do human emotions fluctuate the most? It is when Yang Qi is insufficient. Those with abundant Yang Qi are optimistic and open-minded, while those with insufficient Yang Qi are pessimistic and despairing. Therefore, by elevating Yang Qi, a person’s mental state will undergo a significant transformation, and the so-called diseases caused by the “seven emotions” will all drift away from us. Even if one occasionally falls ill, the body’s self-healing function will restore our health in the shortest time possible.
Moreover, aging is merely the decline of Yang and the rise of Yin. Aging is a natural law, but through effort, it can be postponed until the natural limit of our lifespan. When one reaches their natural lifespan, death is no longer a frightening matter but a great liberation and joy.
In summary, as long as Yang Qi is sufficient, we will naturally not fear illness, aging, or death. What doctors can do is only to use needles and medicine to mobilize the body’s Yang Qi, reviving the body’s self-repair function.If we understand how to protect and cultivate Yang Qi, we can proudly say: the best great physician is ourselves.
5. Self-Diagnosis: Simple Methods to Determine “Internal Dampness”
Dampness is the greatest enemy of modern health, the source or accomplice of most difficult and chronic diseases. As long as dampness is reduced, all so-called modern diseases will stay away from us, and all malignant and chronic diseases will lose their breeding ground.
Why are modern diseases so complex and difficult to treat? Because there is dampness within their bodies, and the external evils always conspire with the internal dampness, entangled and inseparable.
Why has Sichuan cuisine, which was once popular only in southwestern China, become popular nationwide? Because Sichuan flavor is spicy, and previously only those living in the damp southwestern region needed it to resolve internal dampness. Now, many people across the country have internal dampness and need spiciness to resolve it, so everyone instinctively loves Sichuan cuisine.
Among the six evils that cause diseases—wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire—dampness is the most feared. Cold and heat can be managed; cold can be warmed, and heat can be cooled; wind can be driven away, dryness can be moistened, and heat can be cleared. However, what about dampness? That becomes a bit tricky. Using drying methods to eliminate dampness often harms the body fluids, and dampness cannot be easily removed. Therefore, in TCM, there are various methods to deal with dampness, such as drying dampness, promoting dampness elimination, and draining dampness. The more methods there are, the more cunning this enemy is, making it harder to deal with.
Dampness is pervasive. When dampness harms the body, it never fights alone; it always collaborates with other evils.
When dampness encounters cold, it becomes cold dampness. This is like in winter; if the weather is dry, people can still tolerate the cold, but if the dampness is heavy, it becomes unbearable. This is why winter in the south is more uncomfortable than in the north; the dampness is heavier, and the cold evil is more harmful.
When dampness encounters heat, it becomes damp heat. This is like in summer during sauna-like weather, where both heat and humidity make it hard to breathe, which is clearly less pleasant than in dry, sunny weather.
When dampness encounters wind, it becomes wind dampness. Driving away wind is easy, but once it becomes wind dampness, it often leads to chronic diseases that are not easily treated. Dampness under the skin can also lead to obesity, which is a challenging health issue…
In individuals with illness, there is certainly stubborn dampness at play; even seemingly healthy individuals may have dampness lurking within, waiting for the right moment to act. So, how can one determine if there is dampness within?
The most convenient way is to observe the stool: If the stool is unformed and consistently loose, there is certainly dampness within. If the stool is formed but leaves residue in the toilet that is hard to flush away, this is also a sign of dampness, as dampness has a sticky characteristic. If it is not convenient to observe the toilet, one can check the toilet paper. If the stool is normal, one sheet of toilet paper should suffice. However, if there is dampness within, multiple sheets will be needed.
If there is constipation and the stool is unformed, it indicates that the internal dampness is very heavy; the stickiness of dampness causes the stool to linger in the intestines, leading to toxic feces entering the blood, resulting in various diseases.
Furthermore, one can also judge by the color of the stool. What kind of stool is considered normal? “Golden yellow, cylindrical; banana-shaped, very smooth.” To be honest, there are not many healthy stools like this; most are dark green or blue, and few are well-formed.
What causes the stool to be dark green? First, it is due to excessive meat consumption, combined with modern people’s lack of exercise, leading to excessive Yin and deficient Yang, causing internal dampness to accumulate, thus affecting stool quality.
Why are well-formed stools rare? In TCM, it is said that if the spleen is deficient, the stool will be loose. Chinese people should primarily consume grains, but now they eat more meat, and many feel uncomfortable if they do not eat meat for a day. The combination of meat and vegetables is unreasonable; over time, it harms the spleen and stomach. The spleen is responsible for transforming and transporting moisture; when the spleen is harmed, moisture cannot be fully transformed, leading to accumulation in the body. Therefore, unformed stools indicate spleen deficiency and dampness within, which is the biggest health issue for modern people.
Diseases are insidious and harm the spirit; they hide within the human body, unseen. Western medicine can reveal part of it by opening the body, while TCM infers the internal state of evils through observing external signs.
If you still feel tired when you should be getting up at 7 AM, feeling as if something is wrapping around your head, making it hard to muster energy, or if you feel as if something is enveloping your body, making you reluctant to move, then you do not need to look at your tongue or stool; you can judge that your internal dampness is heavy. TCM states, “Heavy dampness feels like being wrapped up,” and this feeling of being wrapped is the body’s response to dampness, akin to wearing a shirt that has been washed but not dried.
Dampness is the greatest enemy of modern health, the source or accomplice of most difficult and chronic diseases. As long as dampness is reduced, all so-called modern diseases will stay away from us, and all malignant and chronic diseases will lose their breeding ground. How to deal with dampness and eliminate it is our primary task in health preservation and disease prevention. By expelling dampness from the body, both body and mind will shine brightly.
6. Observing the Tongue and Nails for Diagnosis and Health Preservation
Our health preservation must be tailored to the individual, but it is not the case that there are as many health preservation methods as there are people. How can we determine our own health preservation plan based on our specific situation? A fundamental point is to distinguish between cold and heat. People have cold and hot constitutions, and based on the coldness or heat of their constitution, we must treat health preservation differently. We just need to follow our feelings: Cold constitutions tend to feel cold and prefer warm foods, while hot constitutions fear heat and prefer cool foods. We just need to arrange our diets and daily routines according to our preferences. Additionally, regardless of whether one has a cold or hot constitution, the internal environment can change over time; sometimes it may lean towards cold, and other times towards heat, which requires us to constantly observe our internal cold and heat conditions and adjust our diet and lifestyle accordingly. This is crucial, though it can be challenging to master and requires our constant attention.
How can we know whether we have cold or heat within? Here are two simple methods.
Every morning after getting up and washing, take a precious second to look at your tongue. In TCM, the tongue is the sprout of the heart and the external sign of the spleen; it can sensitively reflect the body’s cold and heat. If the internal cold and heat are balanced, our tongue should be light red and moist, with a thin white coating, moderate dryness and wetness, neither slippery nor dry; if the coating is too white, slippery, and moist, it indicates internal cold; if the coating is rough, thick, yellow, and greasy, it indicates internal damp heat; if the tongue is bright red without coating, it indicates that the internal heat has reached a certain level.
Another simpler method is to observe the lunar crescent at the base of the fingernails. Normal lunar crescents occupy about 1/5 of the entire nail. If it is far less than 1/5, it indicates internal cold; if it far exceeds 1/5, it indicates internal heat. Normal lunar crescents should be milky white; the whiter, the healthier. Each nail may have a lunar crescent, but their meanings differ. Generally, healthy individuals should have lunar crescents on their thumbs and middle fingers. The thumb corresponds to the lungs, and the middle finger corresponds to the heart; if the lunar crescents on these two fingers are normal, it indicates that the body’s cold and heat are relatively balanced, and there are no significant health issues. The little finger generally does not have a lunar crescent; if it does, it indicates heat in the kidneys. Of course, some may say, “I have no lunar crescents on any of my ten fingers.” This should be viewed differently; if one has never had them, it indicates a cold constitution; if one used to have them but no longer does, it indicates heavy coldness within, and one should focus on dampness elimination.
7. Standing Meditation is the Simplest and Most Effective Path to Longevity
After nearly 20 years of practicing TCM diagnosis and treatment, I have found that this health preservation method, which integrates health preservation, TCM, and martial arts, is currently the simplest, most convenient, and most effective method among all body and mind adjustment methods!
Nowadays, most people’s bodies lack adequate exercise, so we should use effective exercise methods to adjust our bodies. However, the reasons of “not having time to exercise” and “not seeing significant results after exercising” have diminished many people’s confidence in physical exercise. Here, I will introduce a simple, easy-to-learn method that does not take much time and has particularly good results, which I personally use every day.
I have practiced traditional Chinese martial arts since childhood, specifically Dachengquan. This style has no specific moves or routines; it simply involves “hugging your hands in front of your chest and standing still.” This action in martial arts is called “standing meditation,” and I have applied this martial arts method to health preservation, calling it the “Hugging Health” method.
To date, I have found that this health preservation method, which integrates health preservation, TCM, and martial arts, is currently the simplest and most effective among all methods for adjusting body and mind.
The “Hugging Health” method is very simple: stand casually, with both hands hugging in front of the chest, and relax the whole body.
That’s it! Using this “Hugging Health” method saves time and space; we can do it while watching TV or chatting. I often suggest to my friends and family (or patient friends) to stand like this for half an hour after getting home from work while watching TV, thus wasting no time.
Some may express doubt: Can such an effective health preservation method be so simple? Is there really such a good thing in the world?
The founder of Dachengquan, Wang Xiangzhai, was extremely weak and suffered from stubborn asthma at the age of seven or eight. At that time, there were no effective treatments for this disease. In desperation, the famous Xingyi master, known in the martial arts world as “Half-Step Bump Fist Conquers the World,” Guo Yunshen, imparted the secret of standing meditation from Xingyi to him. Wang Xiangzhai used this health preservation skill to adjust his body, not only curing his illness but also unknowingly developing profound martial arts skills.
The “Hugging Health” method I am introducing now is a fusion of Wang Xiangzhai’s skills and my own experience. The action of “standing casually, hugging hands, and relaxing the whole body” naturally leads one to form the optimal health preservation state, directly stimulating many acupoint functions in the body. Therefore, the principle of the “Hugging Health” method is to stimulate the body’s meridians, integrating numerous health functions of the body’s meridians and acupoints.
First, it mobilizes the Zusanli (ST36) acupoint; additionally, with more practice of the “Hugging Health” method, one will feel a line hanging from the top of the head, which stimulates the Baihui (GV20) acupoint; the hugging hand position stimulates the Laogong (PC8) acupoint; and the standing position of the feet stimulates the Yongquan (KD1) acupoint, activating the two major acupoints for nourishing the heart and kidneys. Thus, when practicing the “Hugging Health” method, one often feels warmth in the palms and soles; also, the chest, abdomen, and back will fully relax, harmonizing the Ren and Du meridians… All useful acupoints and meridians in the body can be fully mobilized through the “Hugging Health” method, making it truly a method that “one stance connects meridians, one hug brings health!”
The simple “Hugging Health” method perfectly combines health preservation and mental well-being. Years of practice have led me to realize that “Hugging Health” is a great movement hidden within stillness; it appears to be standing still, with only slight movements, yet all the body’s vital acupoints are in motion. This is true movement, the most efficient and effective movement. “Hugging Health” is also a stillness that is truly still; while one may not be entirely free of distractions, one can still feel joy and mental ease.
Usually, our minds race like wild horses, unable to stop abruptly, but when practicing “Hugging Health,” our minds slow down, as if wandering in the moonlight and gentle breeze.
When practicing the “Hugging Health” method, there is no need to focus on the dantian, nor is it necessary to eliminate all distractions; rather, think of pleasant things, because the heart governs joy, and a slight joy is better than any heart-nourishing medicine. At this moment, we relax our whole body, free from worries; you will soon experience what true bodily joy is.
8. “Relaxation” is the Best Medicine for the Body
The “Hugging Health” method can use the simplest approach to relax the body and mind, addressing all health issues related to tension, including physical tension leading to cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, shoulder periarthritis, and psychological tension leading to insomnia, forgetfulness, timidity, vivid dreams, acrophobia, hydrophobia, hemophobia, depression, and so on, most of which can be resolved through the “Hugging Health” method.
If you are feeling unwell recently and face the doctor’s serious expression during a hospital check-up, waiting for a “verdict” on your health status, do you feel extremely anxious or even panicked?
If you are an employee of a large company suddenly promoted to a managerial position, responsible for a large project, while feeling a sense of achievement, do you also feel pressure immediately?
In these situations, I believe everyone would answer affirmatively. In fact, none of these are significant or difficult matters, but if you do not know how to alleviate them, your health will suffer greatly. So, what should you do? Learn to relax.
Stand properly, raise your hands, and form a ball shape in front of your chest, relaxing your whole body. The “Hugging Health” method is the best way to relieve stress—however, beginners often experience shoulder tension.
Many modern individuals suffer from cervical spondylosis and shoulder periarthritis due to prolonged tension in both body and mind. When initially practicing the “Hugging Health” method, there may be subconscious tension, causing the shoulders to rise and the arms to tense. At this point, we can first relax the shoulders, then retract the palms, ensuring that the fingers are positioned as if holding a cigarette. It is essential to try to relax, achieving a state of being relaxed yet not lax, tense yet not stiff. This way, our upper limbs and shoulders will completely relax. Additionally, if tension arises while standing, we can move our hands slightly, raising or lowering them, still aiming for relaxation.
Practicing the “Hugging Health” method is essentially practicing relaxation. At all times and in all parts of the body, we must relax; if we are too tense, Qi and blood cannot flow smoothly.
Everyone experiences this: wherever there is tension, there is illness; when the mind is tense, the whole body is tense. After practicing the “Hugging Health” method for a while, we will feel that as soon as we raise our hands to form the ball shape, our shoulders immediately relax, and our minds also feel light, quickly entering a state of joy.
Once we learn to relax, joy will naturally follow, arriving uninvited. Some have reported that after practicing the “Hugging Health” method for a period, their courage has increased. One acrophobia patient, after practicing “Hugging Health” for two months, sent me a message from the top of Huangshan, saying he was experiencing the feeling of the wind blowing his clothes at the highest point, and his acrophobia had vanished. There are many similar examples. In fact, timidity stems from significant psychological pressure, and the standing meditation health method alleviates both physical and mental tension, leading to a lack of pressure and increased courage. Without anxiety, fear, and tension, what remains is boundless joy.
In daily life, we must not simply think that timidity is innate, nor should we believe that pressure and anxiety are unavoidable in life. The “Hugging Health” method can use the simplest approach to relax the body and mind, addressing all health issues related to tension, including physical tension leading to cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, shoulder periarthritis, and psychological tension leading to insomnia, forgetfulness, timidity, vivid dreams, acrophobia, hydrophobia, hemophobia, depression, and so on, most of which can be resolved through the “Hugging Health” method.
This “Hugging Health” method will unconsciously shift the body’s weight to the front two-thirds of the feet. In fact, placing it in the front two-thirds is meant to squeeze outward, thus instantly filling the Qi and blood of the Stomach Meridian (Foot Yangming) because this meridian is rich in Qi and blood, making it very quick to activate the body’s Qi and blood. Therefore, the effects of practicing the “Hugging Health” method are often much faster than those of yoga.
After standing for a few minutes, the two shoulder blades will feel warm and heavy, the palms and soles will also feel warm, and then the Qi and blood throughout the body will surge, indicating that the exercise volume is significant. This is true movement hidden within stillness, minimizing physical movement while maximizing the movement of Qi and blood. This way, unnecessary factors are eliminated, akin to a high-end car that makes no noise and generates no heat, achieving nearly 100% mechanical efficiency. Such a car does not exist in the world, but through the “Hugging Health” method, our body’s health vehicle can achieve such excellent performance.
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