That is sixteen words, that is, "lift when inhaling, swallow when inhaling, and fire and water meet." This is the most convenient introduction to Neidan. People say that every word in it is worth one ingot of gold, so it is called "sixteen ingots of gold", which shows its inherent practical value!
Because of its extraordinary curative effect, this formula has been valued by various schools in past dynasties. There was this "trick" in the famous book "The Key to Aging" in the Ming Dynasty, and it was praised as a magical trick of rejuvenation from simplicity to simplicity. There is also a fine explanation from Dan's family: "When you inhale into the abdomen, you will have a slight conation and eyesight. When you lift it from the pubic root, you will bring it to the navel. When you inhale gas, it will pass through the lower part of the pulse and be taken to the navel. As the saying goes, inhale and lift, and return to the navel. " He also pointed out: "With a little heart and vision, carry it into the Du meridian, from the tail to the ridge, until the top door." However, the ancient books have different interpretations and slightly different applications.
The following are specific and detailed methods: first, pay close attention to rest, stir the upper and lower palates with your tongue, and when the body fluid is full, make a sound to swallow it. At the same time, immediately take a breath in the nose and send it to the abdomen with your mind. While inhaling, retract the anus (such as forbearing defecation), lift the internal qi from the perineum to the abdomen with your mind and eyesight (internal vision), so that the upper qi (clearing qi) and the lower qi (internal qi) meet in the abdomen and stay in the abdomen for a while. Then exhale, combined with relaxing the anus, and with ideas and vision, the qi of Dantian will enter the Du meridian through the perineum, directly penetrate into the mud pill from the tail, and exhale along the Mingmen, Jiaji point and the jade pillow of the spine. Finally swallow the oral liquid. At this time, the breath will pause, and the breath will rise to the mud pill at will, and the body fluid will be sent to the abdomen casually, and it will stay in the abdomen for a period of time. This process of swallowing in one breath, one breath and one mouthful is a single transportation process. ? In this cycle, practice this method two or three times a day, and it is advisable to practice for twenty or thirty minutes each time.
To practice this method, besides mastering the skilled process carefully, there are some matters that must be paid attention to:
"Qi returning to navel" adopts the method of "reverse abdominal breathing". "Breathing lifting" means lifting the anus when inhaling, and it is also the idea of "Qi returning to the navel". "Qi and Qi" are two kinds of qi, one is the gas inhaled by the nose, and the other is the gas that lifts the anus and closes the abdomen, so that the two kinds of qi meet at the navel, namely Shenque point.
The "pharynx" swallowed in one gulp is "body fluid", which is considered to be transformed by the essence of kidney water in Neidan operation, and rises to the mouth with the movement of qi, which is qualitatively different from ordinary saliva. The Danes call it "gold in today's liquid" and swallow it back to the abdomen, which is also called "jade liquid back to the abdomen". Body fluid in the mouth is a "good prescription for treating yin deficiency", and the word "life" was artificially created in ancient times, meaning "water beside the tongue", which has many life functions and energies. Sixteen pieces of gold regard pharynx and body fluid as an important part of the achievement method, which also fully embodies the whole life theory of Taiji traditional Chinese medicine. Kidney belongs to water, heart belongs to fire, water will rise and fire will fall. Swallowing body fluid into the abdomen can not only lead to the decrease of heart fire, but also help the increase of kidney water, which will eventually lead to the intersection of heart and kidney, and fire and water will be auspicious.
When exhaling, you should swallow and exercise body fluid immediately, and don't stop. You should also deliberately connect the mud pill to the abdomen and navel with the body fluid. If there is no body fluid, you should also gulp it down. The classic "Lingbao Dafa" once put forward the method of "virtual swallowing", thinking that if the body fluid in the mouth is not healthy, it can be used as the method of "virtual swallowing, only in the pharynx, and qi has its own water". Therefore, although there is no body fluid, "virtual swallowing" can also produce good results. Don't ignore swallowing action because there is no body fluid. (Lingquan Taiji Academy) Xu Huaiqing