In ancient China, there was a famous saying that "Exhale at the umbilicus, and you will live longer than Nanshan". In other words, if the breath can reach the navel, the life span is very long, and this deep breathing method is very positive for health preservation.

The so-called "abdominal breathing" is the action of using the abdomen to assist breathing. Leng Qian, a health-care practitioner in the Ming Dynasty, wrote "Tips for Aging": "When you inhale, you will lift it, when you breathe for a long time, you will swallow it, and when you meet fire and water." It contains the essence of abdominal breathing.

Abdominal breathing, described in ancient books, means bellows. When breathing, the stomach seems to be a bellows of the skin. The stomach bulges, the skin sucks in air, and then slowly relaxes and the skin exhales.

Benefits of abdominal breathing:

First, expand vital capacity and improve cardiopulmonary function. It can expand the chest to the maximum extent, make the alveoli in the lower part of the lung expand and contract, let more oxygen enter the lungs, and improve the cardiopulmonary function.

Second, reduce lung infections, especially pneumonia.

Third, it can improve the function of abdominal organs. It can improve the function of spleen and stomach, and is beneficial to soothing the liver and benefiting the gallbladder. Abdominal breathing can reduce blood pressure by reducing abdominal pressure, which is very beneficial to patients with hypertension.

Fourth, you can massage the internal organs to make them squirm. During abdominal breathing, these meridians and zang-fu organs in human abdomen move and fluctuate synchronously. This makes the internal organs and limbs of the human body absorb oxygen. One is clear and the other is turbid. If the function of ascending and descending turbidity is restored particularly well, people's clear qi will rise and turbid qi will fall.

Fifth, it is conducive to calming the nerves and increasing wisdom. Abdominal breathing allows the body to inhale more oxygen and also allows the whole body to circulate through the air.

Sixth, lose weight. Increase the blood circulation and oxygen content of the body and accelerate the burning of body fat.

Seventh, make people's skin delicate. Chinese medicine says that "lung governs fur". If a person has sufficient lung qi, his skin will be very delicate and firm, thus achieving the effect of beauty and freckle removal.