What are the effects of Tai Chi Ba Duan Jin?

Everyone should be familiar with Tai Chi. It is a sport suitable for all ages and has certain benefits for the body. The movements of Tai Chi are very gentle when practicing. Don’t think it is not helpful to the body because it is so gentle. In fact, it has very good health care functions. It can also cultivate our sentiments and soothe our emotions. So what is the role of the health-preserving Tai Chi Ba Duan Jin?

1. The medical and health care function of Tai Chi

Tai Chi has been continuously evolving and developing in the long-term practice of the Chinese people throughout the ages, so that it has formed a complete and systematic content both technically and theoretically, and has become a relaxing and gentle sport with valuable medical value. This is one of the great contributions of the ancient Chinese people to sports.

Tai Chi is a profound martial arts art and has valuable medical and health benefits. It is a sport that combines my country's long-standing boxing, guiding techniques and breathing techniques, and adds innovations to it to cure diseases, strengthen the body, enhance physical fitness and prolong life. In the classic treatises on Tai Chi, there are words that explain in detail the ultimate purpose of Tai Chi: to prolong life and achieve eternal youth. The characteristics of Tai Chi are light movements, gentle operations, natural breathing, and using intention without force. It is movement within stillness, and although it is moving, it is still still. Stillness can nourish the brain, and movement can activate qi and blood. It takes into account both the inside and the outside, and cultivates both the body and mind. That is to say, it makes consciousness, breathing and movement closely combined, so as to adjust the yin and yang of the human body, dredge the meridians, harmonize the qi and blood, and make human life vigorous. It can make the weak strong and the sick healthy, and play a role in strengthening the physical fitness, eliminating diseases and prolonging life.

Modern medical research shows that Tai Chi is different from general fitness gymnastics. In addition to the activities of various muscle groups and joints throughout the body, it also requires even deep breathing and diaphragm movement. More importantly, it requires mental concentration, peace of mind, and intention. This has a good effect on the central nervous system, thus laying a good foundation for the activity and improvement of other systems and organs. The following is a brief description of the physiological effects of Tai Chi on each major system.

2. The Effect of Tai Chi on the Nervous System

The nervous system, especially its higher parts, is the hub for regulating and controlling the activities of all systems and organs. Humans rely on the activities of the nervous system to adapt to and transform the external environment. People rely on the activities of the nervous system to unify the functional activities of various systems and organs in the body as needed. The practice of Tai Chi has a good effect on the central nervous system, because from the very beginning, Tai Chi requires the body to be relaxed and the mind to be calm, to eliminate distracting thoughts, to concentrate, and to use intention without force, all of which are good training for brain activity. In addition, in terms of movements, Tai Chi movements should be practiced like flowing clouds and running water, continuous, like the Yangtze River, endlessly flowing. "Its roots are in the feet, originate from the legs, are controlled by the waist, and run through the fingers. From the feet to the legs, the waist must always be complete and coherent." From the eyes to the hands, waist, and feet, the upper and lower parts are taken care of without any confusion and are coherent. At the same time, some parts of the movements are more complicated and require good balance ability. Therefore, the brain needs to be completed under intense activity, which also indirectly trains the central nervous system. This increases the tension of the central nervous system, thereby activating the functional activities of other systems and organs and strengthening the brain's regulatory function.

Tai Chi is a very interesting activity. People who practice it regularly have this feeling: when practicing the postures, they feel comfortable all over their body, and they feel refreshed and happy after practicing. These are all proofs of the practitioners' high emotionality and strong interest. The improvement of emotionality is of great physiological significance. A foreign medical expert once said: "Improving the patient's mood is equivalent to curing half of the disease." The above shows that Tai Chi has a good effect on the central nervous system.

3. The Effect of Tai Chi on the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems

The movements of Tai Chi include the activities of various muscle and joint groups, as well as rhythmic and even breathing movements, especially the movement of the diaphragm. Therefore, it can enhance blood and lymph circulation, reduce blood stasis in the body, and is a good way to eliminate blood stasis in the body.

The periodic contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscles throughout the body can enhance venous blood circulation. Muscle activity ensures venous blood return and the necessary venous pressure to fill the right ventricle. Breathing exercises can also speed up venous return. Because Tai Chi requires deep, even, natural breathing, and the Qi must sink into the Dantian, the effect of breathing is increased, which in turn accelerates the circulation of blood and lymph, strengthens the nutrition of the myocardium, improves the nutritional process of the heart, and creates good conditions for preventing various heart diseases and arteriosclerosis. At the same time, Tai Chi's deep abdominal breathing has a good effect on improving the ventilation and gas exchange function of the lungs and increasing lung capacity.

4. Tai Chi's Effect on Metabolism

Improving human metabolism is an important health factor of Tai Chi. Many diseases in the elderly are inseparable from the reduction of metabolism. Therefore, persisting in practicing Tai Chi has a good effect on lowering blood cholesterol levels and preventing arteriosclerosis.

To sum up, Tai Chi is a physiological fitness exercise that has a positive effect on the central nervous system, enhances blood circulation, reduces blood stasis in the body, and improves digestion and metabolism. It is suitable for the rehabilitation of almost all chronic diseases of the human body, and has good therapeutic effects on neurasthenia, neuralgia, hypertension, heart disease, gastrointestinal disease, liver disease, kidney disease, lumbar muscle strain, rheumatic cold legs, arthritis, diabetes, etc. It is a health-preserving and wellness exercise suitable for all ages.

Health Tai Chi Fan

The health-preserving Tai Chi fan is derived from the health-preserving Tai Chi sword, taking the strengths of martial arts, Tai Chi and ancient Daoyin, integrating poetry, calligraphy and painting, drama and music, and was created under the guidance of the meridian theory and qi and blood theory of traditional Chinese medicine. The arrangement of routines is appropriate in density, well-organized, clear and uncluttered, turning vulgarity into elegance. In terms of the combination of actions, regularity is shown in simplicity, and comfort is hidden in reality and illusion.

The health-preserving Tai Chi fan is derived from the health-preserving Tai Chi sword, taking the strengths of martial arts, Tai Chi and ancient Daoyin, integrating poetry, calligraphy and painting, drama and music, and was created under the guidance of the meridian theory and qi and blood theory of traditional Chinese medicine. The arrangement of routines is appropriate in density, well-organized, clear and uncluttered, turning vulgarity into elegance. In terms of the combination of actions, regularity is shown in simplicity, and comfort is hidden in reality and illusion.

The above is an introduction to the health-preserving effects of Tai Chi Eight-Section Brocade. In fact, doing some exercise in daily life is very good for the body, especially for some elderly friends. The various functions of the body are constantly declining. If you do some exercise regularly, it can help yourself enhance the body's resistance, and diseases will not come so easily.