What is Qigong? Is there qigong? What's the function of Qigong?

Qigong has a long history in China. In ancient times, the contents of Qigong were usually called spitting, guiding, moving qi, convincing, alchemy, cultivation, meditation and so on. The word "Qigong" is rarely used in ancient books, and it is occasionally mentioned, and there is no complete explanation. Until the 1950s, Liu wrote in the book "The Practice of Qigong Therapy": "The word' Qi' here stands for breathing, and the word' Gong' is the practice of constantly adjusting breathing and posture ..." It is generally believed that the word "Qigong" has been confirmed and spread since then. Some foreign materials have translated Qigong into "deep breathing exercise", and some domestic reference books have also been copied. Obviously, the true meaning of Qigong has not been realized. In fact, qigong exercise includes three means: breathing, posture and mind, and each means has a variety of exercise methods. Deep breathing is just one of many breathing exercises. It can be seen that it is too one-sided to interpret the definition of Qigong as "deep breathing exercise".

If we define Qigong from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Qigong is an exercise method that makes people's qi coordinate through self-exercise.

With the development of science, we can use the relevant knowledge of modern science to understand Qigong, which will further deepen our understanding of the nature of Qigong.

From the perspective of modern behavioral medicine, Qigong exercise is a behavioral therapy that studies and trains a benign behavior that is beneficial to physical and mental health through conditioned reflex and finally fixes it.

From the psychological and physiological process of Qigong's function, Qigong can be defined as a self-exercise method, which mainly uses self-suggestion as the core means to promote consciousness to enter a state of self-hypnosis, and adjust the balance of body and mind through the psychological-physiological-morphological self-adjustment mechanism to achieve the purpose of fitness and treatment.

We can also sum up the above knowledge in one sentence: Qigong is a kind of self-psychosomatic therapy with China national cultural characteristics. There are many kinds of psychosomatic therapies. Qigong is different from many other self-psychosomatic therapies in that it has the national cultural characteristics of China-a kind of practical activity that is unique to China people and guided by the theoretical content of "regulating the mind" of traditional Chinese medicine.

What is the role of practicing qigong?

"Treating diseases and strengthening the body without disease" is a summary of the role of Qigong by predecessors. In recent years, with the wide spread of Qigong, the practice of millions of people has further confirmed the previous summary of the role of Qigong in preventing and treating diseases. Let's take a look at the benefits of practicing qigong to healthy people.

1, prevention and health care: Huangdi Neijing says: "Healthy qi exists, evil can't be done", "God hides inside, and illness is always safe". This shows that practicing Qigong has the functions of disease prevention, health care and physical fitness. Modern research has proved that the function of practicing qi can obviously eliminate physical and mental fatigue, restore physical strength and energy, improve work efficiency, enhance immunity and prevent diseases. With the development of society, people's daily life is getting faster and faster, and their psychological tension is getting higher and higher. Long-term psychological stress will reduce the body's immunity, cause the body's physiological dysfunction, and lead to functional and even organic lesions. Therefore, being good at learning to relax in a timely manner in a tense rhythm is very necessary for fitness and disease prevention. Qigong exercise can effectively play this role. Practice has proved that people who practice kung fu for a long time are not easy to get tired. They always feel energetic and seldom suffer from colds and other diseases.

2. Cultivate temperament: China traditional Qigong emphasizes the cultivation of mind, that is, optimizing people's mood, will and character. This is not only the premise of getting good results in practicing martial arts, but also the direct benefit that can be gradually obtained through qigong exercise. Practice tells us that under the quiet state of Qigong, people will experience great pleasure and comfort, not only physical comfort, but also a very comfortable mood, and the whole body and mind are immersed in a transcendental artistic conception. Long-term adherence to qigong exercise can play a role in cultivating sentiment, broadening mind, cultivating will, shaping sound personality and enhancing psychological adaptability. Practice can also make people feel comfortable and efficient, and it is also conducive to improving interpersonal relationships and improving mental health. 3. Developing intelligence: practicing Qigong can develop people's intelligence, which is clearly discussed in ancient Qigong classics. With the deepening of qigong research, this role of qigong has been gradually confirmed. Through qigong exercise, you can quickly eliminate brain fatigue, make you energetic, focused, sensitive, enhance your memory, improve your thinking ability, and thus improve your intelligence. Experts believe that Qigong may become an effective means to improve human intelligence.

4, prolong life: Chinese medicine believes that when people get old, the yin and essence are weak, the true elements are gradually lost, and various functions of the body are gradually declining. There are also some people who are old before they are old for various reasons. Practice has proved that Qigong can mobilize and exert the internal potential of the body, delay or delay aging, prevent the mental decline of the elderly, improve physical and mental health and achieve the effect of prolonging life.

In addition, Qigong can also be widely used in calligraphy, painting, singing and dancing, sports, playing musical instruments, acrobatic training and other fields, which can help people engaged in these activities to enhance their psychological stability, eliminate tension, mobilize their physiological potential and improve their activity efficiency.