The five internal organs include heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney, and the six internal organs include gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, bladder and triple energizer. As we already know, the activities of Wuqinxi are comprehensive and thoughtful, from the limbs to the five senses and nine orifices, which also drive the viscera to carry out activities. In Wuqinxi, the activities involving viscera are also comprehensive and thoughtful, including stretching (hind-necked deer, fruit-offering apes, flying cranes), squeezing (neck-shrinking deer, shaking bears) and hanging (long-distance running deer, flying cranes).
Stretching and pressing (such as feeding tiger, returning tiger, double-armed bear, swinging bear, moon-watching ape and stretching deer), twisting and twisting (going up the mountain tiger, feeding tiger, returning tiger, one-armed bear, double-armed ape and oblique flying crane). These exercises have a good effect on dredging meridians, distributing qi and blood, strengthening muscle strength and activating physiological functions.
Exercise improves the level of metabolism, and all tissues of the body need more nutrition and oxygen, which increases the burden on the heart and lungs. They must step up their work to meet the needs of their bodies. The burden on the heart and lungs is aggravated, and the result must be to improve its function. So it's not a bad thing, but a good thing.
The lungs need to inhale a lot of oxygen, and the exercise of Wuqinxi is based on relaxation and naturalness, so we mainly rely on deep breathing, not increasing the breathing frequency, especially consciously exercising abdominal breathing, so that the amount of oxygen inhaled and the amount of carbon dioxide exhaled per breath increase. The close cooperation of limb movement and respiratory movement makes the thoracic skeleton stronger and the respiratory muscles gradually developed.
Breathing is powerful, lung capacity is improved, which further makes the body inhale more oxygen and expel more carbon dioxide. This can make more alveoli play a role, improve the elasticity and permeability of alveoli, and is conducive to gas exchange.
Oxygen and nutrients needed by human body are transported through blood circulation. The heart is the power organ that drives blood to circulate throughout the body. In order to transport more blood, it must step up its work. One is the increase of heart rate, and the other is the increase of stroke volume.
Long-term exercise of Wuqinxi is mainly to improve the latter function, that is, to improve the myocardial function, so that the atrial and ventricular walls are constantly thickened, the heart capacity is increased, the elasticity of blood vessels is improved, and the function of hematopoietic organs is also strengthened, so that the heart beats strongly and the ejection capacity is increased.
The nutrients needed by the human body are mainly taken through the gastrointestinal tract. In order to supplement energy substances, the gastrointestinal tract must also improve work efficiency. This fact itself is an exercise for the gastrointestinal tract. Wuqinxi pays special attention to increasing the strength of abdominal muscles. Abdominal deep breathing increases the range of activities of diaphragm, which has a good massage effect on stomach, intestine and liver, and is also of great help to improve the function of these digestive organs.
Therefore, after the exercise of Wuqinxi, I generally feel that my appetite is strong and my appetite increases. The swing of the arms and the lateral bending of the arms directly act on the gastrointestinal tract, activating the functional activities of the spleen, stomach and intestine.
With the strengthening of cardiopulmonary and gastrointestinal functions, the activities of other internal organs have to be adjusted, so they have also been exercised accordingly, further improving their physiological functions and coordination ability.
Extended data
Wuqinxi exercises limbs.
Upper limbs include scapula, clavicle, ribs, ulna, radius and hand bones, as well as the main joints of shoulder, elbow and wrist, especially shoulder joint. Lower limbs include hip bone, femur, calf bone, patella and foot bone, including important joints of hip, knee and ankle. Three yin meridians of the hand, three yang meridians of the hand, three yin meridians of the foot and three yang meridians of the foot respectively pass through the upper and lower limbs and reach the viscera.
Limbs are the parts of the human body that often move. However, due to the limitations of muscles and joints used in daily life and labor, uneven work and rest or overwork will inevitably occur, and the result is dysfunction. The movement of limbs is beneficial to dredge meridians, improve blood circulation, strengthen bones and muscles and smooth joints.
Every section of Wuqinxi contains physical activities, which are comprehensive and thoughtful, including the immobile parts and unusual activities in daily life.
There are many kinds of flexion, extension, contraction, extension and rotation of the upper limbs, such as two-arm forward and backward rotation (mountain tiger, turning back tiger, shaking bear), external rotation and internal rotation (flying crane, fruit-offering ape), forward and downward lifting, and lateral horizontal lifting (flying crane with two arms). Flexion and extension of elbow joints and wrist joints are common, and there are many ways to change them, especially the rotation of arms. For example, a deer with a constricted neck turns its wrist from the palm of its hand, turns its nose under its five fingers, and makes a rotation of its entire hip, which affects its elbow, wrist, palm and knuckles.
There are also oblique flying cranes and Phytolacca acinosa that change hands and turn their arms in this way. The movement of palm and fingers runs through the transformation of fist, palm, claw, hoof, wing and arm. The movement of lower limbs is mainly reflected in various footwork and its transformation. No matter what kind of footwork, it plays a positive role in the three main joints of hip, knee and ankle without exception. Different footwork, different movements.
In sports, legs are often empty and solid, while long-distance running deer and flying cranes are independent on one leg; These have exercised the support and stability of the legs. Besides. The swinging and closing of the hips of the bear with two arms, the hip and knee exercises of "horse stance just look" and "Xie Bu", and the ankle flexion and extension exercises of stretching deer, flying crane, flying crane and tiger back are all rare activities in daily life.