From the perspective of TCM health preservation, toes are the end of the six meridians of lower limbs. By pulling your toes, you can stimulate the six meridians, which is beneficial to human health. Long-term persistence will inevitably make people strong, especially the strength of lower limbs. Although it can't reach the level of mental activity, it is certain to improve people's ability to act.
Let's take a look at the fitness method of pulling your toes to get through the six meridians.
Six meridians related to toes There are six meridians in human lower limbs, namely the Yin San meridian of foot and the Sanyang meridian of foot. The Yin San Meridian of Foot extends from toe to abdomen, namely the spleen meridian of Foot Taiyin, the liver meridian of Foot Jueyin and the kidney meridian of Foot Shaoyin. From head to toe, the three Yang meridians of the foot are the stomach meridian of the foot Yangming, the gallbladder meridian of the foot Shaoyang and the bladder meridian of the foot Taiyang.
Pulling your toes will stimulate the nearby meridian points and promote the blood circulation of each meridian, which is equivalent to massaging the points on the whole meridian. Because different meridians and acupoints correspond to different tissues and organs of human body, pulling toes is equivalent to massaging the whole body, and long-term persistence will improve human health.
Specifically, pulling the toes can exercise the liver, kidney and spleen meridians, pulling the second and third toes can exercise the stomach meridians, pulling the fourth toe can exercise the gallbladder meridians, and pulling the fifth toe can exercise the kidney meridians and bladder meridians. In addition to exercising meridians and toes, it can also exercise the muscles, bones and nerves of lower limbs, which can improve the sports ability of human body.
The method of keeping in good health by pulling toes is simple and easy to operate. Usually, when you sit on the bed, put your left knee on your chest first, so that your hands can grasp your toes and your right leg can stretch horizontally on the bed surface.
First, the thumb and forefinger hold the big toe at the back, with the thumb up and the forefinger down. Press the big toe hard with your thumb to bend it downward, and then pull the index finger back to bend the big toe in the direction of your body, so that it bends to the extreme and feels sore. Do this once, and do it 180 times for each toe. Other toe pulling methods are the same as above.