Specifically, guiding refers to consciously guiding qi and blood to run smoothly along meridians through limb movements, thus having the functions of relaxing muscles and tendons, promoting blood circulation, benefiting qi and nourishing yin. The guidance does not overemphasize how to guide the internal qi to walk along the meridians, but pays attention to letting nature take its course, so that qi and blood can flow naturally along the route it should take by moving limbs. The breathing it needs is natural, not artificially controlled, and so is thinking. ?
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It has been mentioned in Neijing that the diseases suitable for guiding treatment are "flaccidity, syncope, cold, heat" and "depression", which need to be combined with "massage" Zhang Zhongjing's synopsis of the golden chamber emphasizes the treatment of "heavy stagnation" of limbs with "guidance, rest, acupuncture and rubbing", and Hua Tuo's Han-Tibetan Classic also points out that "guidance can drive away guests from joints"; "It is better to guide than to guide, so that people will invade the joints and it is difficult to consolidate."
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