Tai Ji Chuan, which has been circulating for a long time, has become an increasingly common phenomenon around us. Why is it so popular? Because Tai Ji Chuan has a strong health care function, it can not only exercise, but also regulate the body. Research shows that Tai Ji Chuan and jogging are good for the heart, and Tai Ji Chuan needs less exercise. Moreover, Tai Ji Chuan has its own philosophical source, and Tai Ji Chuan's philosophy comes from Taoism, which is very beneficial for the elderly to shape their life ideals and goals in their later years.

Tai Ji Chuan's fitness mechanism can be summarized into three aspects:

First, strengthen the brain

Tai Ji Chuan requires undivided attention and consistency, which is a good exercise for the brain; Tai Ji Chuan's exercise method of whole body relaxation and combination of static and dynamic is beneficial to the regulation of excitement and inhibition of cerebral cortex.

Second, exercise.

Tai Ji Chuan requires good health and comfort, which helps to prevent and treat diseases such as cervical spondylosis; Tai Ji Chuan emphasized the prevention and treatment of diseases such as low back with the waist as the axis. Tai Ji Chuan pays attention to running through the whole body, which helps to enhance the function of joint ligaments and cartilage; Tai Ji Chuan emphasized that the exercise of transforming the virtual and the real helps to enhance the balance and flexibility of the body. Tai Ji Chuan promotes venous return to the heart through muscle relaxation and joint flexion and extension. Tai Ji Chuan also called for "unity of form and spirit", which means hand, foot and eye, which is helpful for the exercise of visual nerve and the improvement of vision.

Third, practice gas.

Chinese medicine advocates that "qi is handsome for blood, and qi can produce blood"; Taiji Zhuan advocates that "Qi should be promoted by intention and transported by qi". Practicing Tai Ji Chuan can gradually deepen breathing, strengthen chest and abdomen movements by stirring the diaphragm up and down, which has a "massage effect" on the five internal organs and helps to speed up the blood circulation of the human body, which is an effect that drugs cannot achieve.

Tai Ji Chuan has a long history. As the main way of healthy exercise for the elderly, it can not only exercise, but also be a good means of self-cultivation.

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