The six-character method is one of Ma Litang's qigong methods. For decades, millions of people have proved that the treatment effect is obvious and there is no deviation. It is a good exercise method suitable for the public. In the past ten years, with the development of the Internet, most people learn from online videos or books. Some people have achieved good results, some people have not, some people have achieved results first, and then there is no effect. Combining their years of practice experience and the problems of many online friends, I also talk about how to practice the six-character formula for your reference. From beginning to end, we should be "relaxed, quiet, natural", "assured", "indifferent" and "discouraged". We should learn to practice the preparatory style according to the content of the textbook and carefully understand the requirements of relaxation and inner feelings. Then learn the pronunciation and mouth shape of these six words in turn. You can practice in front of the mirror. Pronunciation must be based on the pronunciation of Putonghua. Generally speaking, as long as the pronunciation is accurate, the mouth shape is accurate. Mouth shape plays a great role in practice, so it must be accurate. Learn to practice abdominal breathing. Abdominal breathing is the opposite of chest breathing, that is, the abdomen is closed when exhaling, and the inhalation is naturally lifted. The focus of abdomen reduction is on the lower abdomen. As for lifting the anus and shrinking the kidney, it is ok to have that meaning, and the focus should be on abdomen. After you are familiar with the above links, you can practice your movements. In particular, we should understand that movements are auxiliary, and we should take relaxation and flexibility as the principle, and its speed should be based on the length of breathing, that is, movements should cooperate with breathing. Long breathing is slow, short breathing is fast. Some people react that they can breathe naturally if they move fast, but they can't let go. If you feel unnatural, you can shorten the running route length of the action when exhaling. For example, you can put your hand on your navel and exhale, and you can blow words. You can move your hands to the eyes of your waist and back before exhaling and reciting words (you can also practice the old six-character formula as a transition to the new method). After such adjustment, we can achieve the nature of breathing and action, and avoid overstretching and unnatural breathing caused by the influence of action on breathing. With regard to the requirements of breathing, intentional breathing, unintentional inhalation, let nature take its course. Breathing and inhalation should be natural. Don't artificially pursue uniformity, fineness and slowness. Don't think that the longer I exhale, the better, and don't think that the longer I exhale, the more diseases I will discharge, and then I will inhale and replenish more. If we simply take the reinforcing and reducing breath of Qigong as such a simple task, then we don't really understand the root cause of the six-character prescription for treating diseases. Some people think that breathing less and inhaling more is tonic, which is also wrong. In fact, people always breathe the same amount of air. If you drink alcohol, or have a serious illness or turbidity, you can indeed exchange a lot of wine, illness and turbidity in the zang-fu organs, expel them when you exhale, and expel the essence of the human body at the same time, but it does not mean that you can inhale and inhale the essence that supplements the zang-fu organs. Although it can increase the oxygen content in the body, accelerate the blood circulation of the diseased tissue, and thus improve its function, this kind of operation with excessive intensity can not fundamentally solve the damage to the body, because the Yun Hua Qi and blood with the ability to repair disability has a process of staying and repairing, that is, the process of infiltration and nourishment. If the operation intensity is increased, the treatment intensity and moving speed will increase, so it can't stay properly and can't permeate and nourish. Of course, it is impossible to repair the disability well, so breathing must be natural, and the whole body's blood runs naturally, so as to dredge, nourish and repair. Regarding whether to make sound, we must first understand the ventilation of making sound and not making sound. Ventilation with sound is greater than that without sound. Secondly, we should understand why we should make a sound. At first, the purpose of practicing pronunciation was to correct the mouth shape. There is generally no sound after familiarity, and of course there is a smell of friction. Some people advocate long-term vocalization and think that vocalization is better than silence, which is not entirely correct. At the beginning of practice, vocalization is definitely good, because it is conducive to the correct mouth shape, because the evil spirits are heavy and need a lot of exchange, so the effect will be good; But this is qigong, not music. When practicing qigong, we should relax and be quiet as much as possible. When it is quiet to a deeper level, breathing constantly and the breeze is blowing gently, how can it make a sound? If you practice oral English once or twice a day, it's ok. You will get hurt if you practice a few times for a long time. On the therapeutic principles of six-character prescription. The six-character formula focuses on oral breathing and abdominal breathing. In a relaxed state, oral respiration can dredge the related zang-fu organs and meridians, and at the same time, exhale as an excuse to expel the sick qi of the zang-fu organs, which is irreplaceable by many methods. At the same time, with abdominal breathing, the rising power of the three yang qi increases, so does the falling power of the three yang qi. When exhaling along the abdomen, cooperate with mouth breathing to dredge the human meridians to the maximum extent, and at the same time achieve the purpose of vomiting. Ma Litang's guiding role has once again increased the dredging efforts of the above-mentioned related meridians, so the effect is very good. Although there is such an effect, it does not mean that the effect will be better if the expiratory volume is increased. On the contrary, breathing is not based on natural principles. If the exhalation volume is increased, there will be problems of hurting qi, such as dizziness, abnormal stool for a long time, chills all over the body, more and more serious practice after catching a cold, and more wrinkles on the face, which has no effect. At the same time, learn to rest. Practice is a combination of practice and cultivation. As far as the six-character formula is concerned, it is the practice of closing the abdomen and lifting the anus, reciting words and exhaling, and taking a break. At the beginning, you can practice seven points and three points. In the later stage of practice, you can practice three points and raise seven points, that is, you can take a long rest after a short rest. Practice can achieve the purpose of eliminating evil and dredging collaterals, and cultivation can achieve the purpose of gathering energy and supplementing the disabled, and neither of them can be neglected. As for the problem of mastering Qi by heart, in the initial stage of study and practice, it is best not to involve it for the time being. Facts have proved that satisfactory results can be achieved without purposefully guiding qi along meridians. The key is that many people don't have a good grasp of the degree of intention, and they are either light or heavy in practice. This requirement of purposeful mastery of qi seems to be nothing. When will it be added? If it is not added for life, the effect is still very good. If you want to add it, at least be careful with your heart, or something is moving in it. You just have to follow your intentions. Approximate number of times. Generally speaking, practice at least twice at a time, of course, because you don't feel tired. It is best to practice with pulp-washing meridians.