Baduanjin is a kind of health qigong, which needs to be practiced with movements and breathing. Swimming out to breathe and sweat after practice will lead to a part of water loss in the body. You will feel thirsty at this time, so it is correct and necessary to replenish water.
But be careful not to drink ice water, coffee and so on. A glass of cold boiled water at room temperature, mineral water or warm water will do.
What you can't do after practicing Baduanjin 1. You can't eat immediately after practicing Ba Duan Jin. It is best not to eat immediately after practicing Baduanjin, because Baduanjin is an exercise of practicing qi. The muscles and respiratory system that have just finished practicing Baduanjin are places where blood is concentrated, and there is less blood in digestive organs. Eating at this time not only has poor digestion and absorption, but also brings a burden to the gastrointestinal tract. The correct way is to eat it half an hour after practicing Ba Duan Jin. At this time, after a period of adjustment, all aspects of breathing tend to be flat, and digestive function gradually returns to normal.
2. You can't take a shower immediately after practicing Baduanjin. After practicing Baduanjin, your body temperature will generally rise and you will sweat, but you can't take a bath immediately. You must wait for about half an hour before taking a bath. Because of sweating, the sweat pores on the body surface are open, and bathing at this time is easy to catch a cold.
Don't smoke after practicing Ba Duan Jin. Don't smoke after practicing Ba Duan Jin. It's best not to smoke when practicing Baduanjin. Because the most important thing in practicing Qi is to cooperate with breathing, promote blood circulation and dredge meridians. During this period, smoking will accelerate the transportation of harmful substances such as nicotine in cigarettes to all parts of the body, and smoking will also affect lung function, which will not achieve the effect of strengthening the body.
4. You can't drink alcohol after practicing Ba Duan Jin, and it is not allowed to practice Ba Duan Jin. The components in alcohol can be absorbed into the blood through the gastrointestinal tract, which is the time to accelerate blood circulation and relieve fatigue after practicing Baduanjin. At this time, there is a lot of alcohol in the blood, which will cause harm to the body, and the loss will outweigh the gain.
5. After practicing Ba Duan Jin, you can't squat down to rest immediately. After practicing Baduanjin, the whole body blood circulation is accelerated and the meridians are unobstructed, which can relieve the whole body fatigue. However, if you squat down immediately, it will hinder the blood return of lower limbs, affect blood circulation and deepen physical fatigue.
What are the benefits of practicing Baduanjin? 1. Improving vital capacity When practicing the first+second+sixth style of Ba Duan Jin, it is required to continuously increase the breathing range and depth during the completion process, so that the diaphragm can move up and down greatly and the breathing muscles can be fully exercised. Diaphragm is the most important respiratory muscle in human body. Training it can increase the chest volume and improve the vital capacity. For people with cough and asthma, it has a good adjuvant treatment effect.
2. When practicing the fourth and fifth styles of Baduanjin, you can turn your hips mainly to the abdomen and waist and buttocks, which can improve the waist and buttocks circumference; The sixth formula is to achieve the effect of losing weight by regulating the effects of hormones and autonomic nerves; The eighth type exercises the waist and abdomen, regulates the water and liquid metabolism of the kidney, and achieves the effect of slimming. Therefore, obese people may wish to practice Baduanjin every day.
3. Relieving backache The first style+the third style+the fourth style+the fifth style+the eighth style of Ba Duan Jin has a good effect on relieving backache and grief. Among them, the first type and the third type can improve the flexibility of shoulder joints and hand joints and improve the bad habit of hunching over; The fourth type can improve the flexibility of the spine and neck, and the fifth type can rotate the waist and upper back to improve the flexibility of hips and ankles; The eighth formula can make the body do great flexion, improve the flexibility of the human body and prevent osteoporosis.
4. Improve memory. Practice the first+fifth+eighth style of Ba Duan Jin. These exercises can expand the chest, help blood circulation and supply fresh blood to the brain, thus enhancing memory and attention.
5. Improve insomnia and relieve stress. Practicing the first+fifth+seventh style of Baduanjin can improve insomnia and relieve stress. Because these exercises can enhance metabolism, regulate autonomic nerve and central nerve, stabilize brain activity, strengthen blood circulation, and be beneficial to qi and blood circulation.
If qi and blood in the body can't run on time, and Yin and Yang Can can't meet on time, Yin and Yang will be reversed, and they can't sleep when they should sleep, and they can't sleep when they are depressed, leading to insomnia.
6. Auxiliary treatment of shoulder and neck problems The first and second forms of Ba Duan Jin are active chest expansion exercises, which can strengthen the function of shoulder and neck joints and eliminate shoulder and neck stiffness; The fourth one can be moved to the cervical spine to relieve the symptoms of shoulder and neck stiffness; The sixth kind can relax the muscle groups between spinous processes by jumping.
7. Regulating the spleen and stomach The first practice of Ba Duan Jin stimulates appetite by regulating the triple energizer, regulating the internal organs, balancing the endocrine and metabolic systems; The third formula can strengthen the function of spleen and stomach, help the human body digest food and absorb nutrition; The seventh prescription can enhance the function of liver and gallbladder, promote bile secretion and lower cholesterol.
8. Improve immunity and practice the first+second+third style of Baduanjin, which can improve immunity. These three formulas are through stretching the chest left and right, pressing hands up and down, reconciling the five zang-organs, and massaging the five zang-organs, so as to dredge the meridians such as triple energizer, lung meridian and spleen meridian, guide qi and blood, enhance energy, activate cells and enhance immunity.
9. Improving Headache The fourth+fifth+sixth formula of Ba Duan Jin is very helpful for relieving headaches.
These movements can be moved to the cervical spine, waist and buttocks and the whole body spine, so that the muscles and bones of the whole body are active, the blood is smooth, and the pressure on the head is naturally reduced. The most common cause of headache comes from stress, the muscle fascia of neck and shoulder can't relax, and headache is caused by continuous contraction.
How long is Baduanjin valid? The average person will see the effect after practicing Baduanjin for 3-6 months, which varies from person to person.
Everyone's original intention of practicing Ba Duan Jin is different. Some people just want to exercise, others want to lose weight and treat some chronic diseases. Many people persist for 3-6 months before they can obviously find that their health has improved. Everyone wants to get different effects. As long as the method is correct and you keep practicing, your body will tell you what you have got.