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Traditional five-element array method

It should be the top ten array. China ancient attack and defense array, adapted from China ancient novelist. This is recorded in Xue Yan Yi in the Tang Dynasty, as follows:

A long serpentine arrangement,

Two dragons came out of the water,

Heaven and earth three talents array,

Four-door array,

Five tigers and sheep array,

Liujia array,

Seven stars and the big dipper,

Eight Jin Suozhen,

Nine-string row array,

Ambush on all sides

In fact, the formation in ancient China was not so complicated, and it could be simply divided into attack and defense. The Art of War in the Warring States is a master of the ancient art of war. It summarizes the experience of ancestors and systematically and completely divides the "array" into ten arrays, namely: "square array, round array, sparse array, multi-array, cone array, goose array, hook array, mysterious array, water array and fire array. In addition, there are more than 20 kinds of "cloud array" for shooting, "victory array" for encircling the enemy, "Guanxiang array" for surprise attack, "Eight Array" and "Plum Blossom Array" improved by Zhuge Liang.

Array change

Brief introduction of top ten sudden changes:

Attack the head or tail of the dragon array, and the other end turns around to form two dragon arrays.

Forward in the middle, forming a three-talented array of heaven and earth.

The two ends retreat to form a four-door array, which is interspersed with each other to form a five-tiger group array.

Then, according to the arrangement of six hexagrams, that is, six hexagrams array.

Then half of it is drawn as a line (which can be changed at will), and the other half is like a four-door array, which is the Big Dipper Array.

Go around and follow the Eight Diagrams Array, leaving eight exits and turning them into a square, that is, eight Jin Suozhen.

Arranged in the Nine Palaces, the soldiers will be interspersed and gradually become a whole, crossing each other, that is, the nine-character serial array.

Eventually turned into an ambush on all sides.

Ten arrays of changes are endless, and health and longevity are irresistible, which is the dream goal of people. The sun, the moon and the sky in nature inspire people to learn from and return to nature, so that life can last forever. "Zhouyi? Legend in the image: "Heaven is powerful, and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement." Su Wen? "Ancient Naivety Theory" said: "I heard that there were real people in ancient times, holding heaven and earth, grasping yin and yang, breathing essence, keeping god independently, and keeping the same muscles, so they could cover heaven and earth for a long time." Although this expectation is difficult to realize, there are still many people who pursue longevity since ancient times. At the end of the Han Dynasty [[Zhang Zhongjing]] said in the preface [[Treatise on Febrile Diseases]]: "It is strange that people living in today's world do not attach importance to medicine and do not study prescriptions. In order to cure the illness of loved ones, the next is to save the poor and help the poor, and the middle is to protect the body. " Clearly put forward the idea of health preservation with medicine. The Five-Animal Play taught by Hua Tuo to his disciples is a record of early fitness and health preservation, while Ye Qiqing Sticking Powder taught by Hua Tuo to his disciples is a record of early life-prolonging prescription, which shows that Hua Tuo is indeed quite accomplished in health preservation research. Spiritual health or psychological recuperation, which is dominated by tranquility and nothingness, originated from the study of Laozi and Zhuangzi, and later mainly developed in Buddhism and Taoism. It is inseparable from the advocacy of cultivation and quietism of the two schools, which is also an important prerequisite for [[Qigong]] cultivation. Confucian Qigong advocates selfless and fearless integrity, that is, Mencius said, "I am good at nurturing my integrity", which is rarely passed down from generation to generation. Therefore, Qigong is also dominated by Buddhism and Taoism, and Wei Boyang's The Book of Changes can be regarded as a classic of Qigong. During the Jin and Sui Dynasties, the health preservation of mineral medicine reached its peak, and taking Wushi powder almost became the fashion of the literati class at that time. It spread widely, the disaster was fierce, and there were many casualties, which can be seen from the relevant records in the Theory of Pathogens of Sui Dynasty. After the Tang dynasty, the decline did not end, and the escape of emperors and giants was recorded. The art of sexual intercourse before Qin and Han dynasties seems to be more open, which can be seen from the ancient records of Mawangdui Han Tomb and the remaining silk books unearthed from 1973 ~ 1974. After the Song Dynasty, perhaps due to the development and influence of Neo-Confucianism in Zhu Cheng, the feudal concepts of sex and sexual life, as well as the views of repression and exclusion, became more and more serious. Those who talked about sex in the room were not included or sealed as books, so few people passed it on to future generations. Since it was founded, Bigu regimen has been circulated for more than 1000 years. Because it is not easy to follow, it must be supplemented by meditation and other techniques, which is difficult for ordinary people to implement and accept. Therefore, there has been no great development, and it is only circulated in a few sects of Buddhism and Taoism. On the contrary, the principle of diet regulation and health care has developed day by day and deepened from generation to generation because it meets the needs of all walks of life, especially the upper class. Because the four seasons health care and environmental health care conform to the wishes of nature and people, the research is gradually deepening.

Since 1970s, the research on health preservation at home and abroad has become increasingly active. Foreign countries focus on theoretical research and experiments to explore the causes and mechanisms of aging, including the internal determinants of organisms and harmful accumulation in the process of biological survival. China, on the other hand, focuses on the collation of traditional theories and the exploration of specific methods to combat aging.

Six-character formula for eliminating diseases and prolonging life

Blowing, oh, hush, eating, shouting and laughing are the six-character formula to prolong life, and the practice is to spit it out and take it.

1, general tactics

When the liver is draining, the eyes are competing for essence, the lungs know how to bask in the air, the hands are raised, the heart and hands are connected, the kidneys blow against the knees, spleen diseases, the mouth must be taken, and the triple energizer lies hot.

Step 2 Blow kidney qi

Sit up straight, raise your hands, draw three degrees from your left and right ears or throw your backhand, and turn around three to five degrees at the same time, so that the difference between front, back, left and right is more than ten degrees. This method can dispel wind evil accumulated between waist, kidney and bladder, and the rest is the same as above. If you want to practice incense in a quiet room, you must be warm and cool, and know the difference between dryness and wetness. If you get angry after midnight, or go to bed after five o'clock, you should first breathe out the foul air in your stomach, or stop at nine o'clock, or try your eyes on the next one with your thumb back nine times, press your nose left and right seven times, wipe your hands very hot, shut up, breathe first and then rub your face, no matter how many times, this is a real daily life method of people, and then the tip of your tongue touches the upper jaw, and your mouth is full of body fluids. Swallow it three times and it will be delicious. Doing this three times and nine times can deeply irrigate the luster of the five internal organs.

3. Oh, good mood

Sit up straight, clench fists with both hands, build six degrees with each other, then sit up straight, press one hand on the wrist of the other hand, and extend the other hand downward like a heavy stone, then put your hands together, and stand with your hands and feet at five or six degrees, so as to get rid of wind and evil diseases in your heart, close your eyes for a long time, and stop after swallowing three teeth.

4, soothing the liver and regulating qi

Sit up straight, press your hands again, slowly move your body to the left and right for three to five degrees, then sit up straight, and turn the two-handed phase release instrument to your chest for three to five degrees, which can eliminate the wind and evil qi accumulated in your stomach.

Step 5 eat lung qi

Sit up straight, hold your hands on the ground, curl up and lift your spine three times, which can eliminate wind evil and fatigue accumulated in your lungs. You can also tap three or five times on the spine with the back of your hand, close your eyes and knock your teeth three times before you stop. This can eliminate the wind poison in the chest.

6. suck your temper

When sitting, stretch one foot and bend one foot, strike back three or five degrees with both hands, or kneel down, touch the ground with both hands, and look around for three or five degrees, which can dispel spleen wind evil and stimulate appetite.

7. Xi Sanjiao

Sit flat, hold your head up, palms up, hold your ankles with your hands, shake them for three to five degrees, or sit up, spread your feet left and right, buckle your hands, and raise your back for three to five degrees, which can dispel wind, poison and evil spirits in your kidneys.

Keeping a happy mood is the most important way to keep fit.

[Edit this paragraph] Ancient food and health classics

Don't be partial to food.

"All good, you should not be eccentric. If excessive, it will harm the body and cause diseases. If you are evil, you should not abandon it completely. If you abandon it, it will be filthy and uneven. "

The food should be light.

"Light taste and peace of mind"; Diet should be "fat-free, sour and salty"; "Thin taste nourishes blood and benefits qi".

Dieting sometimes

"Not hungry is spleen fatigue, not thirsty is abdominal distension"; "If you want to live a long life, eat three meals according to time"; "Food and taste are harmonious, and all diseases are not born."

Eat at the right temperature

"Food should be warm, not cold"; "Eat and drink, don't burn, don't catch cold."

Food demand limit

"If you eat moderately, you will benefit from your health and life. If you don't control your diet, you will be tired and your life will be damaged. " "Don't drink too much when you are thirsty, and don't eat too much when you are hungry."

Chew slowly.

"Eating slowly is good for people. Three: nourishing the liver; The spleen and stomach are easy to digest and will not swallow and cough. "

Concentrate on eating

There is nothing to say when eating and nothing to say when sleeping. Conducive to digestion.

Don't eat when you are angry.

"People have to worry about eating"; Don't eat after you get angry, and don't get angry after eating. Good mental state is of great benefit to health care.

Choose food carefully.

"Don't eat stinky meat. Dead people who are infected with pigs and sheep can't eat it. Those who touch meat can't eat it. cook the meat can't eat it if it doesn't change color."

After-meal health care

"After eating, you can rinse your mouth several times to make your teeth unbeaten, and you can also knock on three scientific points. Medically, it refers to the parts of the human body that can be acupuncture, mostly where nerve endings are dense or thicker nerve fibers pass through. Also known as acupoints and acupoints.

[Edit this paragraph] Overview

Shu'' (the fourth sound) is a subject that studies the positioning characteristics, indications and basic theories of acupoints. It is a basic course of acupuncture and has a very important position in this major. Modern research combines the morphological structure of acupoints with acupuncture effect, enriching the content of acupoint science.

Acupoints are special parts of human body, where qi and blood flow into and out of zang-fu organs and meridians. "Losing" means "losing", or simply "losing". "Cave" means a gap. Huangdi Neijing is also called Jie, Hui, Qi Bag and Qi Fu. It is called "point" in Acupuncture A-B Classic; "Taiping Shenghui Fang" is called "acupuncture"; The acupuncture diagram of Tongren acupoint is generally called "acupoint"; "Shenjiu Jinglun" is called "acupoint". Su Wen's On Qi Symbols explains that acupoints are "caused by pulse qi"; "LingShu. The Nine Needles and Twelve Origins says that "the parade in and out of the air is not flesh and blood". It shows that acupoints are not isolated points on the body surface, but special parts closely related to deep tissues and organs. "Communication" is a two-way street. Reflect pain from the inside out; From the outside to the inside, accept stimulation and prevent diseases. In this sense, acupoints are the reaction points of diseases and the stimulation points of treatment.

[Edit this paragraph] What exactly are acupoints?

1882, Briks discovered that there were warm spots and cold spots on the human body surface, and was known as the pioneer of somatosensory physiology. In fact, as early as more than two thousand years ago, our ancestors knew that there were many special sensory points on human skin. Huangdi Neijing, a famous medical classic written from the 5th century BC to the 1st century BC, has pointed out that "air pockets have different names" and recorded the names of 160 acupoints. In Jin Dynasty, Huangfu Mi compiled the famous Chinese acupuncture book "Acupuncture A-B Classic", and discussed the names, aliases, positions and indications of 340 acupoints in the human body. In the Song Dynasty, Wang redefined acupoints, corrected his mistakes, wrote the Atlas of Acupuncture and Moxibustion at Tongren Acupoints, and pioneered the research and casting of two acupuncture Tongren for acupuncture teaching and examination. Their lifelike shapes and precise carvings are amazing. It can be seen that long ago, China ancient doctors knew how to treat diseases according to acupoints, and formed a complete theoretical system of acupoints in long-term practice.

"Like Classics, People in the Four Seas" contains: "Losing, being fat, and being connected." Therefore, acupoints are also called lost acupoints and Shu acupoints, as well as acupoints, acupoints or meridians. According to the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, human acupoints have three main functions, which are not only the place where the qi of meridians is injected into the body surface, but also the place where diseases are reflected on the body surface, and the place where acupuncture, massage, qigong and other therapies are carried out. Acupoints have magical effects of "quick pressing" and "quick exorcism". However, what is the essence of acupoints? Is it really a special structure of the human body? For a long time, people have speculated about this and can't agree.

What is the essence of acupoints emphasized by TCM? Some people discuss the electrical characteristics of acupoints and find that there are "good conduction points" with particularly high conductivity in some places on the skin, and their positions are consistent with the positions of acupoints. However, it was later found that the total area of acupuncture points in the whole body was only four ten thousandths of the body surface, but there were much more resistance parts. Later, people used the weakest current to stimulate muscles, and any place that can make muscles produce the maximum contraction effect is called the exercise point. Through comparison, it is found that the distribution of exercise points and acupoints is almost the same. But what is the mechanism of moving points is not very clear. Some people have studied the relationship between acupoints and nerves, and found that almost all acupoints are related to nerves. A certain point and the nerve of an organ often belong to the same spinal cord segment. During embryonic development, skin and nerve are homologous, and there are projection points of various skin areas and organs in the nerve center. On the contrary, there are nerves in non-acupoint areas, and there is no difference between them in histology. It is also found that acupoints are closely related to blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, and the skin temperature at acupoints is higher than that in other places, which may be precisely because of this series of complicated relations, forming the mystery of acupoints.

Many people explore the essence of acupoints from their electrical characteristics. 1950, Nakatani, Japan used 12 volt direct current to pass through human skin, and it was found that there were some "good conduction points" with particularly high conductivity on the skin, and their positions coincided with those of acupoints. Shortly thereafter, the famous French acupuncturist Niebert, with the assistance of his assistant, confirmed this phenomenon by measuring the skin resistance, and determined that the acupoint resistance was only half of the skin resistance around him. The measurement of the corpse also got the same result. At the end of 1950s, Chinese scholars' research on acupoint electrophysiology also basically affirmed that acupoints have the characteristics of low resistance and high potential. However, it is speculated that the total area of acupuncture points in the whole body only accounts for four ten thousandths of the body surface, but there are many parts of body surface resistance, far from being limited to acupuncture points. Moreover, physiological activities such as eating, sleeping and exercising, changes in external environment such as time sequence, season and temperature, and fine mental state will all affect skin resistance. No wonder the researchers of Shanghai Institute of Hypertension lamented that it is quite difficult to determine acupoints in this way. It took five years for Della Foye of France to measure acupoints by this method, but the result was far from that of China, so he had to come to an abrupt end.

Some people compare and analyze ancient acupoint theory with modern medical theory, trying to explain it with new theories and concepts. For example, when electric current stimulates the skin, the stimulated muscles contract. The part of the body surface that is stimulated by the weakest current and produces the largest muscle contraction is called the movement point. American scholar Jin Lin proposed that the distribution of exercise acupoints is almost the same as that of traditional acupoints. Japan's soldier head justice and Frost and others in the United States compare acupuncture points with trigger points. The trigger point is considered as a local intersection in the body muscle tissue, which has the characteristics of deep tissue sensitivity, nodules and radiation pain. Although its mechanism is not clear, it is generally believed that it is caused by muscle spasm, endocrine disorder or muscle tension caused by pain or other reasons. When acupuncture points, muscle fibers and nerve fibers in local tissues will be damaged due to the mutual friction between tissues and the interaction between metal needles and tissue dielectrics. In addition, the distribution of the two is similar. Therefore, they think that some characteristics of acupoints are very similar to trigger points. Some people even think that they are just synonyms. It has also been reported that acupoints are closely related to poor acupoints and skin activity points. These multi-channel studies reflect the characteristics of acupoints from the side, which is undoubtedly of certain reference value for exploring the mysteries of acupoints.

Others focus on the morphological structure of acupoints, hoping to uncover the mystery of acupoints in one fell swoop. Experts from Shanghai First Medical College dissected and observed 324 acupoints on the corpse, and found that 99.6% of the acupoints were related to nerves. They further found that the nerve distribution of meridian points and related organs often belong to the same spinal cord segment, and the meridian points on the exterior and interior also belong to the same spinal cord segment. Japanese scholar Sen Hidetaro proved that there are about 100 acupoints in the whole body, which go deep into the nerve bundle. Acupoints are also related to the receptors at the end of the peripheral process of sensory ganglion cells, such as muscle spindle, nerve tendon spindle, tactile corpuscles and annular corpuscles. From the genetic point of view, epidermis and nerve tissue are homologous. There are projection points of skin area and internal organs in the nerve center. Therefore, there may be a correlation between acupoints and embryo morphology. However, some studies have come to the opposite conclusion: nerve fibers are distributed in acupoint and non-acupoint tissues, and there is no obvious difference between them in histology. As for the difference between nerve tissue under acupoints and non-acupoints, it is still unclear. It has also been reported that acupoints are closely related to blood vessels and lymphatic vessels. By using infrared thermal imaging, Kazuo Nishijo observed that the skin temperature of acupoints in the chest and abdomen was 0.5 to 1℃ higher than that of the surrounding skin, which he thought was due to the existence of blood vessels under acupoints. According to anatomical data, many acupoints do cover subcutaneous veins or deep blood vessels.

Acupoint researchers believe that human acupoints are complex and comprehensive structures and functions closely related to nervous system, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, muscles and other tissues. As for the specific structure of acupoints or what is their essence? Scientists still have their own opinions and opinions, but there is no clear answer.

[Edit this paragraph] Regularity of acupoint arrangement

What are the "acupoints" of the human body? Is there any "regularity" in its arrangement? The speculation is as follows:

We know that "function" is such a thing, and "energy" is "generated" through different shapes of "paths". So how do "functional" things like "acupoints" come into being? So what is the most common "kinetic energy" in our bodies? That is "blood", "body fluid" and "nerve". Then, are "acupoints" caused by the positions of "blood vessels", "body fluid" and "nerve"? Then let's "observe" it carefully.

Finally, we will find that most acupoints are located in the gap or depression of bone, generally at both ends and in the middle of bone gap. If they are not located in gaps or depressions in bones, then their acupoints. Why is this happening? Because "blood" or "body fluids" tend to "stay" in these "positions" during circulation, there will of course be more "immune lymphocytes" and "nerve cells" to control the "situation". As a result, the special phenomenon of "acupoints" was formed.

So we can often see the description of acupoints between bones/sulcus, etc.

● From the complete natural civilization X file.

[Edit this paragraph] Common sense of human acupoints

The scientific name of acupoints is acupoints, and its aliases are: air bag, qi fu-organs, knot, meeting, bone deficiency, pulse qi and acupoints.

There are about 52 single points, 309 double points, 48 odd points and 409 odd points.

There are 12 viscera meridians in the human body (in fact, there are 24 meridians that are symmetrical). In addition, there is a "Ren meridian" in the center of the front of the human body and a "Du meridian" in the center of the back, each with a special meridian running through the whole body. These 14 meridians are lined with human acupoints, which are called "Zheng acupoints", and all of them have 365 acupoints.

There are 108 acupoints, of which 72 acupoints generally use massage techniques such as point, press and massage, which will not cause harm to human body, and the other 36 acupoints are deadly acupoints, commonly known as' dead acupoints'. Seriously, these 36 points are fatal, and ordinary massage has no adverse effects. Fatality must be caused by unexpected gravity, abnormal force or dangerous goods.

The dead point is divided into four points: numbness, dizziness and severity, all of which have nine points. It adds up to 36 fatal points. Used as a' killer' in the life-and-death struggle.

These songs are:

"Baihui fell to the ground,

If you don't go home,

Zhangmen was hit,

Ten people and nine people died,

The sun and the dumb door,

I was destined to die,

Spinal fracture, but no fracture,

I died in a hurry. "

Sixteen, make Tianjin full of mouth, then food is easy to disappear, which is beneficial to people. Lying full, food does not pile up, but it is sick. "