How to practice qigong?

abdominal respiration

The so-called abdominal breathing method refers to the breathing method of making the abdomen bulge when inhaling and depressing the abdomen when exhaling.

I. Test methods

Put your hand under your armpit (put your right hand under your left armpit, and vice versa). You can feel your hand when you breathe in your chest, but you can't feel it when you breathe in your abdomen.

2. Basic elements:

Slowly, for a long time, uninterrupted, it can start from inhaling for 8 seconds, stopping for 8 seconds and exhaling for 8 seconds, and gradually extend to inhaling for 20 seconds, stopping for 20 seconds and exhaling for 20 seconds.

Three. pace

1. Inhale, do your best, and expand the lower abdomen.

2. Stop breathing, feel nervous, and push your breath to your abdomen.

3. Exhale and lower abdomen contract

Practice as soon as you have time, and it will become a habit over time. And naturally changed chest breathing into abdominal breathing.

Four. function

Abdominal breathing for fitness and health preservation

Training abdominal breathing is helpful to increase ventilation, reduce breathing frequency, increase cough and expectoration ability, and relieve dyspnea symptoms.

● Training abdominal breathing is beneficial to qigong, yoga, weight loss and other enthusiasts! In addition, there are surprises for friends who like singing and their voices!

Theoretical basis of verb (abbreviation of verb);

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the abdomen lives in the middle of the human body, where the main digestive organs such as stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, large intestine and small intestine are gathered. Among them, the stomach is the acquired foundation of the human body, and the nutrition of human viscera and limbs depends entirely on the stomach to process and transform food such as water, grain, meat and vegetables. Only the healthy gastrointestinal function can ensure the effective supply of Qi Ying. When people use abdominal breathing, with the ups and downs of abdominal muscles, the energy of gastrointestinal activities will increase, and the digestive function will be strengthened, so that the human body can absorb nutrients more fully and reject dregs more thoroughly. At the same time, abdominal breathing can not only promote blood circulation and increase oxygen supply, but also expand the range of diaphragm activity and increase vital capacity.