Traditional medicine believes that the abdomen is the place where the functions of human viscera are concentrated, and the whole abdomen is mainly spleen and stomach. Subdivided, the navel and its surroundings are called navel belly, which belongs to the spleen. The belly on both sides of the navel belongs to the liver, the belly below the navel belongs to the kidney, and the belly above the navel belongs to the stomach.

Regular abdominal massage can not only strengthen the spleen and stomach, soothe the liver and benefit the gallbladder, but also tonify the kidney and warm the middle warmer. Therefore, "rubbing the abdomen" as a simple, simple and effective health care method has a long history.

At the end of the six-character exercise of health qigong, there is a special action of rubbing the navel and abdomen with both hands over the jaw. This massage method adopts the method of "Too Mo Chi Golden Luck" in ancient massage, that is, the position of two hands touching the skin remains unchanged, and the emphasis is on using internal force to directly act on abdominal organs according to the rubbing force, rather than rubbing the skin. As a massage technique, this technique is also widely used in the head, abdomen and back to treat gas accumulation, abdominal pain due to qi stagnation, bladder discomfort in the back and so on.

Xiong Yun in "Bear Play", a five-animal play of health qigong, also adopts the practice method of "rubbing abdomen", but unlike the six-character formula of health qigong, the abdominal rubbing in "Xiong Yun" naturally drives two hands to form a circle to rub abdomen in the process of shaking the waist and abdomen, and both hands move passively by posture, instead of actively massaging and rubbing the abdomen with both hands, which is a traditional "root-moving abdominal rubbing" method.

The vertical rotation of the waist and abdomen in Xiongyun and the compression of the ribs in Xiong Huang have played a good role in regulating the functions of the liver, spleen, stomach and other internal organs, as well as exercising the muscles and limbs of the waist and legs. It is helpful to harmonize liver and spleen, and prevent and treat dyspepsia, abdominal distension, anorexia, constipation and diarrhea, lumbar muscle strain, lower limb weakness and other symptoms.

It is intended to regulate the liver qi on both sides.

"Xiong Huang" in the "Bear Play" of Fitness Qigong Wuqinxi refers to squeezing the sides of the body through the change of footwork and the shaking of the body from side to side, so that the ribs on both sides of the body are relaxed, tightened and relaxed, which plays a role in dredging the qi of the ribs.