Chinese medicine believes that the anus not only has the change of qi, but also can turn qi into essence. As soon as this place was opened, the essence was used up. If the essence is exhausted, life will have no energy and everything will be out of reach. Therefore, "closing the door" is necessary, but the key is not "closing", but "lifting". Lift the anus upward, and the sperm will not escape easily. Therefore, the theory of health preservation attaches great importance to "lifting from the airway", lifting the anus and protecting the true qi of Yuan.
Frequent lifting of anus is helpful for rising yang, dredging meridians, warming five internal organs, prolonging life, and can prevent and treat diseases such as proctoptosis, hemorrhoids, impotence, premature ejaculation, urinary incontinence and frequent urination. At the same time, it has obvious prevention and treatment effects on chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, hypertension and varicose veins of lower limbs.
Method of levator ani exercise
China's ancient longevity secret recipe "Sixteen Appropriate Health Preservation" mentioned that "Gu Dao should always be mentioned" (the valley road refers to the anus), and Sun Simiao also proposed "Gu Dao should always be pinched" (pinching, that is, lifting and shrinking). It means often doing levator ani exercise with breathing, which is conducive to the rise and fall of qi in the body to promote the operation of qi and blood in the body.
Anal lifting can be done while sitting, standing or walking. The specific method is: relax and breathe naturally. When doing this, lift the anus together with the perineum, inhale at the same time, and then relax when exhaling. One mention and one loose is 1 time, and it is repeated about 30 times.
There is no time or place limit for levator ani movement. In addition to horizontal anus lifting, there are several specific methods to lift anus, including standing, sitting, standing on tiptoe, sitting straight, holding legs and bending feet. Although the posture and movements are slightly different, the methods of lifting anus are similar. The specific methods of lifting anus are: relax the whole body, clamp the buttocks and thighs, take a deep breath, inhale and lift anus, and relax when exhaling. One lifting and one loosening can be done 20 ~ 30 times, 3 ~ 5 times a day. The method is as follows (sitting, lying and standing): when inhaling, the anus is forcibly sucked up, and when exhaling, the anus is tightened and relaxed. If you can take the chest and knee position (kneeling posture, chest sticking to the bed, hip lifting) to do anal lifting exercise, the effect will be better. When exercising, you should quickly contract and relax the muscles around the anus, which can gradually increase the exercise time and frequency. In addition, you can use the following methods: you can stand, sit up and lie down. When doing sit-ups, sit up straight, relax your arms, take a deep breath (no need to hold your breath), and then do anal exercises. At this time, you will have a numbness from the bottom to the brain, and then continue to lift your anus. Don't relax until you can't keep relaxing. It should be reminded that you should not tighten your abdominal, hip and leg muscles during exercise. Stick to it for a few months, you can get obvious results, feel energetic and urinate effectively. It is advisable to feel comfortable when exercising, and don't rush for success. The key is perseverance.
Benefits of levator ani exercise
It can restrain urethra and treat urinary incontinence.
When urine involuntarily and uncontrollably leaks from the urethra, it is urinary incontinence, which is a secret of women. Frequent levator ani movement can enhance the response and contraction ability of pelvic floor muscles, enhance the impedance of urethra, restore and strengthen the function of restraining urination, and eliminate the trouble of urinary incontinence.
Prevention and treatment of anal diseases
Anal lifting exercise is a good method to prevent and treat anal diseases and promote the recovery of wound and anal function after anal surgery. During levator ani's exercise, indirect muscle contraction acts as a "pump", improving pelvic blood circulation, relieving anal sphincter and enhancing its contractility. Patients with anal fissure mainly suffer from severe pain caused by anal sphincter spasm, which makes the fissure difficult to heal. On the contrary, if the anal sphincter is too loose and the support for hemorrhoids and rectal mucosa is not enough, it will lead to hemorrhoids prolapse and proctoptosis. After the operation of anal diseases, the anal sphincter was damaged to varying degrees. At this time, effective anal function exercise can improve local blood circulation, reduce the congestion and expansion of hemorrhoid veins, enhance the local disease resistance of anus and rectum, and promote wound healing, thus avoiding and reducing the recurrence of anal diseases. For patients with proctoptosis, lifting anus is an essential health care treatment. Lifting anus can improve the contractility of anal sphincter and relieve the symptoms of proctoptosis to a great extent.
It can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and eliminate hemorrhoids.
Hemorrhoids are caused by anal varicose veins and poor blood return. Constipation for a long time, standing for a long time, eating spicy food or increasing intra-abdominal pressure are all easy to cause this disease. However, when lifting qi and constricting anus, it will crowd out the perianal vein, making the local venous return smooth, especially when exhaling, choosing to constrict anus, taking advantage of this opportunity of intra-abdominal depression, is more conducive to the anal venous blood return.
It can strengthen the perineum and improve the "sex" interest.
There is a bundle of muscles in female pelvic floor and vagina called pubic coccyx muscle. It is like a tight hammock, supporting all the organs in the pelvis and the muscles of the vagina. If this muscle lacks regular exercise, it will often lead to decreased vaginal sensitivity and decreased sexual pleasure. Generally speaking, middle-aged women, especially those who give birth through vagina, have loose vaginal muscles. Frequent anal lifting can make the whole pelvic floor muscle group exercise, become firm and elastic, which is beneficial to the blood supply of reproductive organs, enhance the ability of sexual awareness, and then improve the quality of husband and wife's sexual life.
Levator ani exercise can strengthen pelvic muscle contraction and help men to improve erectile dysfunction, but if it is due to insufficient arterial blood supply or psychological sexual dysfunction, the effect of this exercise is limited.
Male levator ani exercise is helpful to the contraction of anus and prostate, which is theoretically helpful to sexual function.
The methods and benefits of levator ani exercise are introduced above, which can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Many hemorrhoids have a good therapeutic effect. People who are prone to hemorrhoids can do more anal exercises every day.