Half of a person's life is spent in sleep, so sleep is of great significance to health. Taoist health care and Taoist medicine have studied people's sleep, and created a set of Taoist sleep methods and skills, which have become treasures in China's health care treasure house. Ancient Taoist hermits called Sleeping peacefully as hiding in a dark and sweet country, from which they got the artistic realm of Samadhi in sleep. Among them, Gao Tuan was the most famous sleeping fairy in the Five Dynasties and the early Northern Song Dynasty. He often lay in Huashan for several months, preaching sleep and sleep skills, and made contributions to life science in China.
The prescription of sleeping pills and sleeping skills have always been valued by Taoists. Semi-Shan Weng's poem says: "Flowers and bamboos dream in the afternoon, but I forget the world for the time being. Huashan Chu Shi, if you can see it, look for the fairy before you sleep. " It can be seen that the sleep prescription and sleep skills of Chen Tuan in Huashan Chu Shi have a great influence on society. According to Taoist health books, do not lie near the fire, do not be exposed to the wind, and do not sleep in the open air. Be sure to do slight movements before going to bed, such as rubbing your eyes, wiping your face, rubbing your stomach, brushing your teeth, gargling, rubbing your feet, combing your hair and meditating, so as to digest food before going to bed. Don't go to bed drunk, don't hang your feet, don't open your mouth, don't repeat your head, and put down all your plans, so that you can sleep. Sleep to warm your abdomen and neck with shoulder pads, warm your feet and freeze your brain, lie down to the right after meals and eat far away. Old people should take a nap, but young people can't go to bed until noon. Because the elderly are weak, sleep and raise, and the young are full of yang. Sleeping during the day can cause dizziness.
Yesterday's Unfamiliar Day, compiled by Zheng Xuan in the Ming Dynasty, records: "Fang Yue said,' Half drunk, staying alone, soft pillow, warm feet, calming the heart, staring at the eyes'". Cao Tingdong's Old Heng Yan in Qing Dynasty said: "Foolish people say that there are two ways to sleep. Fuck, if you think about the top of your head, breathe silently, return to your abdomen and so on, you should be able to sleep peacefully without rushing. Vertically, let his thoughts wander in the area without me, or he can gradually enter the hazy realm. The most taboo, the more you want to sleep, the harder it is to sleep. I didn't expect to cover up the waking point. But if you forget to be sleepy, you can sleep in your hometown. " He also said: "It is more beneficial to sit on a catnap and wake up refreshed than to lie on a pillow. There are people who can't sleep, but they keep silent, close their eyes and don't look. When they rest, they can sleep during the day and send them during the day. " The above can be described as the way to sleep.
"The Year of Red Wind" written in Zhou Dynasty of Ming Dynasty contains "Twelve Sleeping Skills of Huashan Mountain", which can be regarded as an inner alchemy, and is said to be taught by Chen Tuan, a high road in Huashan Mountain. "Sleeping Skills" says: "Those who learn Tao and practice truth will sit upright, knock their teeth for 36 times, call the gods in their bodies one by one, and then let them take off their coats and lie on their sides. The trick is to close your eyes, your eyes are half drooping, the red faucet reaches the upper jaw, your knees are closed and your feet are closed. Fingers are like hooks, and yin and yang return to the orifices, which is also the light of the sun and the moon. Then hold the sword tactic in one hand to protect the door, and hold the sword tactic in the other hand to bend your arms and pillow it. Eyes to the nose, nose to the door, teeth, open and close the door, seen in the heart, meet on the ridge, is also the essence of the sun and the moon. Skills such as transporting deer, raising cranes and resting turtles. My wife has 13,500 breath and 84,000 miles of gas day and night, which is the nature of heaven and earth. To return the thinking spirit to the Yuan spirit, internal medicine can also be used. The inside is the body and the outside is the use. Being good at the inside, being light at the outside, and integrating the inside and the outside is the time to enter the Tao. At this point, the six thieves are naturally eliminated, the five elements are naturally clustered, and the heat naturally rises and falls, thus brewing true liquid and watering the spiritual roots. Therefore, Xuanzang said,' Take a sip, drink spring wine when sleeping, stay at night, and the sun will never leave'. After sleeping, get up and wipe your heart and eyes twice, and your body and mind will be comfortable. " The book "The Life of Gui Zhi Heng Ji" contains the "Five Dragon Body Method" preached by Taoism, and its formula says: "Sleeping with your head facing east, lying on your side, like a dragon's flat, like a dog's song, bending your arms and pillows with one hand, rubbing your belly and navel with the other, stretching your feet and shrinking your feet, not sleeping, sleeping first, attracting deficiency, being quiet and returning to nature. "This method is to exorcise the sandman for Neidan's family, so as to achieve the state of" sleeping with God and waiting for news "and" sleeping without worry and sleeping without dreams "in Zhuangzi. Although this method fell asleep, it was still vivid and Zhan Ran thought, which led Shen Yuan to join hands with others by sleeping. As a result, "The nature of music education is obvious, so you can't start, realize the truth of your dreams, and enter the silence of your thoughts." His poem says: "Shen Yuan stayed in Dantian overnight, and the clouds were full of yellow tingyue. Two mandarin ducks are floating in the green water, and a purple lotus is in Shui Xin. "
Don't stick to the method of lying on your side. Lying on your back is called corpse sleep. Confucianism has the commandment of "sleeping instead of lying dead", while Taoism "learning to be excellent is to be an official", which can achieve the function of fetal zombies, which is also the realm of immortals. According to the legend of Zhang Sanfeng's Postscript of Dragon Slayer and Zhouyi Biography. Random thoughts says: "A gentleman sits at the table in one breath". The beauty of saying "go to dinner" instead of "go to dinner" is the word "enter", which means sleeping. With "god enters the air cavity", you can sleep while sitting and lying down, so why "high pillow and stone eyes"! Today, I will record the sleeping skill formula in Chen Tuan's "The Method of Stinging Dragons" handed down from generation to generation, and see the true meaning of Taoist sleeping skill:
Dragon belongs to Yuanhai, and Yang hides in Yin. People say it stings the dragon, but I sting the heart. Hide its use silently and rest deeply. White clouds lie high, there is no confidant in the world.