In recent years, with the progress of society and the development of the economy, the pace of life has accelerated, and sub-health problems have gradually become a major problem that troubles modern people. Sub health refers to a physical condition that falls between health and illness, manifested as symptoms such as decreased physical strength, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and emotional fluctuations. To address this issue, the Baduanjin of Fitness Qigong has become one of the effective methods for improving sub-health status due to its unique fitness effects.
What is Baduanjin?
Baduanjin is an ancient Chinese traditional health preservation technique with a long history and a long history. Its movements are simple, gentle, and slow, with a combination of elasticity and tension, alternating between movement and stillness, making it easy to learn and master. Through long-term exercise, Baduanjin can enhance physical fitness, improve qi and blood, help clear meridians, nourish yin and yang, and make people’s ears and eyes bright.
The practice of Ba Duan Jin is usually divided into three stages:
Action phase
By practicing the basic movements of the Baduanjin, one can achieve the effect of stretching muscles and promoting blood circulation.
Respiratory stage
By regulating breathing, promoting the flow of qi and blood, and achieving a balance between yin and yang.
Ideation stage
Through the guidance of thoughts, it is possible to achieve the effect of concentration and peace of mind.
For the sub healthy population, Baduanjin has the following benefits:
- Enhance immunity:
The practice of Baduanjin can help promote the body’s metabolism, enhance physical fitness, and improve immunity, thereby being able to resist various diseases and improve sub-health conditions. - Adjust mindset:
When practicing the Baduanjin, it is necessary to maintain inner peace, which can help reduce stress, regulate emotions, make people feel happy, and improve sleep quality. - Improve physical fitness:
The practice of Baduanjin can improve blood circulation, enhance cardiovascular ability, improve muscle strength and endurance, thereby comprehensively improving physical fitness. - Improve digestive ability:
The practice of Baduanjin can help promote gastrointestinal movement, improve digestive system function, and prevent related diseases such as constipation. - Delaying aging:
Practicing Baduanjin can help improve blood circulation in the skin, enhance skin elasticity and radiance, and help slow down the aging process. - Regulating the endocrine system:
Practicing Baduanjin can promote the normal operation of the endocrine system, regulate hormone levels, and improve sub-health status. - Enhance cardiovascular function:
Through deep and long breathing, Baduanjin can effectively allow the breath to penetrate the dantian, thereby reducing heart rate and decreasing the consumption of oxygen by the myocardium. At the same time, it enhances blood circulation throughout the body, reduces the burden on the heart, and is beneficial for heart function. - Improve respiratory capacity:
Baduanjin combines abdominal breathing and chest breathing, as well as natural breathing and fist breathing, emphasizing “deep, long, thin, gentle, even, and soft”. This breathing method helps to enhance the activity of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles, regulate the respiratory function of the intercostal muscles, and thus increase lung ventilation. In addition, this breathing method can also massage the five internal organs and six viscera, which has good therapeutic effects on diseases caused by visceral problems. - Improve the function of the nervous system:
During the practice of Baduanjin, it is necessary to maintain inner peace and physical relaxation, guide movements through thoughts, improve self-awareness, and enhance control over the nervous system. This method can also effectively relieve the tension and fatigue of the brain, make thinking clear and emotions happy, help maintain the balance between the nervous system and endocrine system, and promote the gradual recovery of some chronic diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and cervical spondylosis. - Enhance the functionality of the sports system:
Baduanjin exercise is a slow stretching exercise that involves stretching in multiple directions, including front, back, left, right, up, and down. It includes rotating fingers, wrists, shoulders, and waist, stretching the body, stretching muscles and bones, and spiral movements. The physiological load brought by this spiral exercise method helps to comprehensively exercise bones, muscles, and joints.
Baduanjin is a simple and easy to learn health exercise that has a significant effect on improving the sub-health status of people. Long term practice of Baduanjin can improve quality of life, enhance physical health, and prolong lifespan. Therefore, we should make full use of this excellent traditional cultural heritage and let the Baduanjin protect our health.
