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WUJISHI BREATHING EXRCIS

Translated by Men Den

Revised by Tin Shen

MEDICIN & HEATH PUBLISHING CO.


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Breahin exercise as irs pracised as a means o

ecuperaion Then i was inroduced ino he medicale and he boxers' circl. In hisory, counless docors,oers, Buddhiss Taoiss an Conns devoed hem-eles o he research in breahin exercise Obviously,eahin exercise i by no means a wichcra Alhouhere are various schools o breahin exercises, hey aren ac branches oriinaed rom he same source, penera-

ng and inerminlin wih each oher Wujis breahercise, however, is one o he eoic lowers in he breah-ng eercise arden.

Bein he ceveres creaure o all, mankind bean oceate such n valuable exercise as brean exercise hreehusand ears ao. By exual research, brean exercises a creave dvelopmen o he man's acions o walkin,

si, sandin and lyin. I is a special orm o movemenf he vial enery, blood and cells o he body. I neihercases he acceleraion o he pulse rae or he increase obreahin requency as is compensaion, or is i orced ostop as a esul o he aiue o muscle, joins and nervesThereore,

i is an exercise especially suiable or he sick,

he old, he weak and hose ho are no or srenuousphysical exrcise


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Neveheless , beang execise had long been neglec

ed In he pas ; i was pacised only by a few who ook as a way of convalescing he healh and passed on fom

he mases o he dscipes. I was once aed wih

mysicsm and nliced such an ingloious name as

"supesiion

Duing he en yeas o disubance (om 1 966 - 1 976 beang execse was uhlessly amped.Ever snce the late 1 970 's, the scence f beathing

exercse has been feelng proud and elated Moe and more people have become interested n it . Numerous articles about

eahng execse have been publshed boh n he news-

papers and magazines Breahing execse has shown gea

poenialy in lie scence and n he eld o curng diseasesand keeping good healh. Grea mpoance has been aachedo by he deparmens concened and he asghedpesonnel Fuher researches are being carred ou so as omake i advance.

As here ae various ypes o beahng execises,

s advsable o choose a smple, sae and eecive ype or

he masses o pracse Ts bookle will render a choice oimprovng healh, delayng ageng and p olonging e or hebreang exercses, he suerers o conc diseases, heaged and he weak, he ineecuals, science workers and hebroad masses o eed workers Wujishi breang exercisehad so many advanages ha n he pas many people oundi a pleasure o pracse i and passed i on rom generaion o

geneaon. Today, has araced counless exercsers Thereis an obvous endency o uhe developmen o sexercse.

The manuscrp o hs bookle has been checked andapproved by Lu Zuowen, a veeran physician o TradiionalChinese Medcne o he Cenrl Hospial o GuanzhouRalway Bureau while he possr was wien by Jn

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{, a senior elow exerciser o Maser Cai Sonan OurI mus o o such breahin exercise addics as WuX Pan Qi, S hao Yan, Huan Shiquan, Hu Jieyin, Cen

(igan, Yao Zhenwen, Li S hupei, Wan Hua , Zou Yuequn,

aoben ec for heir sincere hep and vauabe advice

ue o he inadequae knowede we have, i is unabe o have some imperfecions or errors s book.W icerey hope ha he addics o he same rade wil'm offer he suesions or advice or urher expora-I ad research

Cai SonfanFan Naii


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CNTEN

Foward

I Wujishi breahin exercise . . . . . . . . . 1

I I The oriin disseminaion and characerisiceaures o Wujishi breah exercise

I I Mechanism and herapeuic eec o Wujishibreahn exercise 1 0 -

IV. Indicaions o Wujishi breahn exercise . . . . 22V Processes and essenias o pracisin Wujis

breahn exercise VI How o enerae he inner via enery? Wha iscaed esser circuaion and reaer cculaion?

VII. Reacions o and uidance o breahin exerciseVII I . Why does he body someimes have Exerior

movemens" whie perormin he breahin. ?exerse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

IX Don seek he reacion o Exerior movemeno he body . . . .

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X Wujish breahn exercise and he emiin oOulown a" .

X I How o choose he me, dircio and locaionor pracisin breahin exercise? .

X II Reulain he daiy lie whie pracisin hebreahn exercise

X II I Squeeze ime or pracisin he breahn exercse X IV Poins or aenion in pracisin he breahin

exercise 6X V Livin examples o ood eecs aer pracisin

he breahin exercise . X VI . Po sscrip . . . . . . . . . . . . 0


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ILLUSTRATIONS

OF

MASTER CAl'S PRACTICE IN BRATHING EXRCIS

1. WUji beathing execise

Cultivating an tanspoting the vital enegy (for keeping godhealt and teating iseases)


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. Jinggang (Budd stye) eating execise

o inceasing te amont o vital enegy

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3. Pre Yin style

Fo srengheng he sadiness of h owr par of he bod

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Ple sle

For strenghenng he centl prt o e od nd clerng

Dm te girde cnne)


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e Yang (Bodisattva st style

For diecting te vital enegy pward and stengtening te

ppe pat of te body


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6 re Yang (Bohisattva) 2n stye

For irecing te ta energy par an strengenng thepper part of te by

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ou son men pusng Mr. Ca wi orce are beigrebounded away by m wen e mkes use o e be

ing exercse

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WH ETH EXECE

Consan pracice o breahin xercise can srenhen

one's healh, preven and rea disease and prolon le

A e Chaaceisic Feaures of Wuji Breathing Exercise Reulain he body The exerciser mus adop he

posure o eeponnhesamesrahline", i .e . keep

he hree acupuncure poins o Bahu Huiyin (erineum)and Yonquan on he same sraih lne.

2. Reulain he hear (mind) Sick one's mind ohe cenral poin o Umblcus

3 Reulain breahn : Breahe naurally

B The Advantages of uji Breathing Exercise1 The processes are sple They are airly easy or

he exeriser o learn and maser (The old, he youn and

he weak can all make use o his exercise )2 . Sand rih and erec Appear o be quie ou-

wardly, bu i s movin inwardly This exercise will no brinabou any sde eecs and deviaions

3 There is no resrcion as ar as place and ime areconcerned (I can be pracised eiher indoors or oudoors)

4 I can be sared and ended any ime you like (Toend he exercse, us open he eyes and ake o he conen


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proruded and he cenral lne lnkn he ee pons"wll be ben. Only when he ps are relaxed, can he nerval enery low unchecked

4 Was Was s he masay I mus be boh relaxed and erec Only when he was s relaxed, can he nner

val enery be srenhened Ches The ches mus be relaxed bu do no hrow ou. Havn relaxed he ches, he back wll naurally sandou a lle

6 Arms The arms mus naurally han a sdes,wh palms acng nward. To ben wh, jus le he armshan naurally By and by, hey should be pu n he exac

poson, e. he ddle er should slhly ouch Fenshpo (he sems o a rouser le close o he hh).7. The p o he onue should lhly ouch on he

hard palae. Bu do no ress wh orce. I here s anncrease n salvary secreon, swallow mouhul by mouh-ul.

8 The head s pushed" up very enly. Le Bahu

pon aces skyward, wh he neck relaxed.To pu n a nushe, he exercser should be relaxed,

ue and naural.

D echnm of Wuji Brehng Exercise

Is rean mehod s o oser he prmordal Q and

dspel he pahoens Throuh pracs Wuj breahexercse, one can culvae he val enery (he ressance odseases). O course, as o he acue dsease, s advsableo consul he docor. Accordn o he heory o he rad-onal Chnese medcne, one lacks he val enery, shly necessary or o culvae and reorce , whchs he very purpose o pracsn Wuj breahn exercse

Once he val enery s srenhened, hen can clear he


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channels and heir collaeral chanels and balance Yin andYang principles, improe he supply o Qi and blood,srenghen immuniy rom diseases Thus, he aim o pre-venng and reaing diseases are achieved .


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pai and in he pi o "heaing he wounded and recuing

he dying", Maer Cai broke away he conveniona idea o

sece imparing, and is wing o paieny insruc every-

boy who i inereed in i He ha been doing hi in Guang-

zhu region for more han weny year Wih ee decade'

eperience behind him, Maer Cai enjoy igh preeamng he ciizen Guangzhou. The foower who havebeen earning rom or more han en year have obain-

ed marked reu and quie a few conic dieae ufferer

have beneied a o No ong ago , Guangzhou Coege o

Traiiona Chinee M edicine conerred a ie o honorary

ecurer on im A a maer o ac, he i he maer o

brehing eercie in Guangzhou region who ha receiveduc a hoy ie conerred upon by a higher educaioniniuion.

Maer Cai ha b een praciing breahing eercie everadecade He i boh mode and aiming high He ha devoedhie o he reearch in variou choo o breaing

eercie, aborbing he rong po and remoudinghem. n recen year, he ha gained hgh aanmen inbrehig eercie wih new deveopmen and creaionaded o h origina breang eercie One unique hingabou Wuji breahing eercie inheried by Maer Cai i heac ha he via energy can be deced o every par o heboy according o one dee can ao emi waiqi"

ouowing a), whch can be ued eiher o cure dieaeor i maria ar The preiminary Wuji breahing eercie ony ha one

paern whie he advanced one ha even paern, namey,Jin Guang breahing eercie Or, Buddhi eercie, orcuivaing he via energy), Zhou Tian breang eercieor cearing Du and Ren channe), Chunyinhi Purey

Yin ye, or praciing he eadie o he ower pa o


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he body), Hunran Yi Qi an inegraed pie) breahingeercie for cearing he midde channe), Chunyang yihi Purey Yang Fir ye or Bodhia F ye, forinducing he via energy o he uper par of he body) ,Chunyang Er hi Purey Yang econd ye or Bodhia

cond Sye, for decing he via energy o he upperpa of he body) , Lian Shen Huan X u breahing eercieor connecing he upper and he ower par of he body)Beide, here are ome auiiary eercie The advancedpaern of breahing eercie i for he purpoe of keepinggood heah, edefence and aack hoe who are freefrom ine can a o earn he advanced eercie aer a

year of praciing he preiminary eercieWujihi breahing eercie ake he form of quieanding o rea dieae and proong ife I rainingehod i an organic combinaion of piri, body and repiraion The characeriic feaure of i poure arekeep he body righ and erec; he ee poin", namey,Baihui Huiyin Perineum) he midpoin bewee he wo

Yongquan poin , mu be in he ame raigh ine Ouward-y, he eercier ook a i a a mounain, bu inwardyhe via energy fow ike he orren in a river

Wujihi breahing eerci can cuivae he eence ofife, he via energy and he pi A we know, ince ancienime, he meica heory, he maria ar and he reigioucirce in China have aached grea imporance o he cuiva-ion of he eence of ife, he via energy and he piriwhich have been conidered hree reaure in he humanbody The Taoi choo mainain ha breahing eerciecan make one peak e and cuivae he via energ, re

rain from e aciviie and cuivae he eence of ie,ranqui he mind and remoud emperamen herefore,

afer a ong erm pracice of Wuji breahing eercie, one


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. ECHM D EC EFF

OF H TH CE

Wuj breahng eercse s an vauabe germ n he

reasure house o he radona Chnese medce norunaey, has been negeced or a ong me and buredin gra deph In h sp o drawing s vei and dggngou s essence, we w brey epan s mechansm andherapeuc eec n he gh o such radiiona Chnesemedicne heory as he Theory o Vscera, he Theory oChannes and her Coaeras, and he Theory o Gasca

on

Strengthe he Vital Eergy, Haoize he FunctioaAciviies of he VisceraOur predecssors hed ha pracsing breahng eercse

was a ehod o seadjusmen or secuvaon whwhch one coud oser he vrue prncpe and o consoi

dae he oundaon o e Tha was a udena under-sanding o breahng eercs beng a herapy whch coudadjus he uncons o h whoe body By seadjusmen orsecuvaon, we reer o he acive sorg o essence o o h va enery and he spr upon which he bodydepends or suviva and or keeping good heah In a word,pracsng breang eercise can reoce he vue princpewn he human body

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Wujihi breahing eercie hep renghen he prmo-dia energy by mean of reguaing he funciona aciviieof he vicera, epeciay hoe of he peen and he kidney.Kidney i he Congenia Foundaion". The congeniaeence and via enegy formng he prmordia energy are

ored in and uppied by he kidney The renghening ofhe funciona aciviie of he kidney can muae andprooe he funciona aciviie of ohe icea. Thepeen i he foundaion of fe". The Acquired Eence andvia energy forming he primordi energy come from hegrain and waer which are rnformed ino nurien by hepeen and ranpored o he five parenchymaou vicera.

In he radiiona Chinee medicine, here i uch a ayinga he fir and foremo hing for curing a kind ofdieae i o renghen he funcion of he omach and hepeen". Praciing Wuji breahing eercie, however, canmake he penic Qi funciona aciviy of he peen)abundan and heahy. A he penic Qi acend, Yuan Qihe primary moive force of aciviie of ife) wi fourih.

The peen and he kidney have an eremey imporanbearing on he fourihing or deeroraion of he primordiaprincipe of he human body The funciona aciviie ofhe vicera, he reiance, immuniy, he reguaion abiiyand he abiiy of adapaion o he eerna envonmena have omehng o do wih he kdney and he peen.

Tha he reaon why Wujihi breahng eercie i effecivein reaing many chronic dieae of he vicera and hedieae of he four imb and nine aperure namey woeye, wo ear, he wo nori, he mouh, heurehrameau and he anu).

Wujihi breahing eercie can reinforce he penicQi, onify he kidney eence, produce uicien bood,

improve he funcion of ung and nourih he iver A

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hee eec are quie obviouFrom he eu acheved by he paien aer prac

iing breahing eercie one can ee ha i ha he wondero curing dieren dieae wih he ame remedy Forinance ome who had o urinae many e a nigh have

markedy reduced he requency and become norma; omewho had backache or weak knee have become i and rong;ome who uered inominia and ued o dream a o odream can now have ound eep; ome who acked appeiehave changed ino having a good appeie; ome who hadconipaion or diarrhoea have ao become norma; hehair which had come o beore can now regrow; he hair

which had urne grey can backen graduay; ome who uedo have neurahenia or orgeune have regained goodmemor and become quickminded; ome who were in owpiri and ooked ae and du have ecome energeic andu o viaiy wih a ruddy beaming ace ome pahoogic change o he organ or bioogica chemiry indehave ao changed o he beer A hi ha hown ha

Wuji breahing eercie reay ha an objecive and pracicaeec o rengthening he via energy and reguaing heunciona aciviie o he vicera

Oer the Chnne, Ativte the Cirution o VitEnergy nd Bood Bne Yin n Yg

Wujih breahing eercie reie on he ranporaion ohe via eney o cure dieae The ranporaion o hevia energy can eiminae he pahogen cear he channedipe the eravaaed bood However hoe who are inpoor heah mu ir o a cuivae he via energy wihwhich he bod reiance can be renghened. Recen wehave ued remoeconro mehod to e he hear bea o

he eercier ha been eied ha Wuji breahing


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Eercier Cai o ngang wih a breahing eercie hiory o29 year)Teer Guan Haoben Head o Phyica Cuure TeachingGroup o Guangzhou Coege o Tradiiona ChineeMedicine)

Apparau X F3 Hearbea EmierDuraion o he Eercie 25 minueAnayi o he Reu a The pue rae beore geing up in he morning wa 8

bea per minue; he pue rae beore breahingeercie whie iing quiey wa 08 bea per minue.Thi how ha he eciabiiy o he ympaheic

nerve o he maer o breahing eercie wa ayhgh The ympaheic nerve had become eciedbeore he acion o breahing eercie ared

b . Te breahing eercie aed or 25 minue, duringhich he highe hearbea rae n he r minue wa 5 bea per minue , and he owe hearbea rae inhe 4h minue wa 88 bea Th dierence beween

he hhe and he owe pue rae wa 2 bea perminue . i minue er ending he breahing eercie,he hearbea reurned o 08 bea per minue, heame rae a ha beore he eercie

c . During he eercie, he hearbea rae in he minue and he wenyecond minue urpaed habeore he breahing eercie began. There were ive

repeiion 03 bea per minue; our repeiiono 86 bea per minue; 3 repeiion o 00 bea perminue. A hi how ha he change o hearbearae wa ay eguar and abe

d . The average hearbea rae wa 996 bea per minue,which how ha here wa cerain aey and adapa-biiy


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e Anaizing he phyioogica diagram o he hearbea,we can ee he eciabiiy o he ympaheic nerve iweakening whie he eciabiiy o he vagu nerve irenghening. And he phyioogica diagram o ecia-biiy and inhibiion i convered, which i highy

conducive o raiing he phyioogica ineria , urmouning he phyioogica inerne, keeping goodhah, prevening and reaing dieae.e ac ha i meaboze on he bai o cuivaing

he via eney, ha he decreae o he oa conumpiono he human energy and he eciabiy o he ympaheic nerve, he renghening o he eciabiiy o he

vagu nerve how ha cuivaing he via energy i eaving up money in a bank I can ore he primordia qienergy o ie) o he human body. However, in he proce o ranporing he via energy, he hearbea rae markedy acceeraed, which i omewha ike having phyicaraining I i characeriic eaure o concurreycuivaing and ranporing he via energy ha make

breahing eercie have uch advanage a being eecive andae and have eenive adapabiiy .

The raiona poure o hreepoinonheame-raighine adoped by Wujihi eercie i hepu ingeneraing he inner via energy. Generay peaking,anding or a whie n hi poure wi yied uch reacion

a eein re, numb, boaed, warm or coo ec. And onewoud ao ee a i he a wihin he body i oving aonghe channe . Thi eeing wi reach i cima wihin ieenminue. The Reearch Oce o Breahing Eercie inGuangzhou Coege o he Tradiiona Chinee Medicine hamade a reearch ino he eec o he 293 eercier whohad been praciing breahing eercie or a monh They

ound he eecive rae reached a gh a 8%

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eae an you min ca an aboe a he ia enegy caneaiy ecen o Danian euning o i oigina pace Fo,i you ook upwa, hen he ia enegy wi acen; ani yu ook ownwa hen he ia enegy w ecen

Puing in you owe jaw i in ageemen wih hing

up" he hea geny hu Baihui" acupoin wi e skywa. ome eecie en o owe hei hea o o incine backwa hi poue wi make Baihui eia he aihne inking he hee poin .

When he ia enegy acen om Du Channe i.e.h Back Miine Channe) he back o he neck wi naay become eece eeing a i he hea an neck ecomewoen an ene hen he ia enegy wi gaayacen om Dazhui acupoin hough he Yzhen acupoinwhich i in he occipia poubance), e Fenghi acupoin, a meeing poin o Du Channe, he inay BaeChanne o Fooaiyang an Yangwei Channe, hen, up ohe op o he hea In breang eecie hi IS cae

puhing up he hea geny, which i a key o ang anirecin he mechanim o he ia enegy in Du Channeand in he aegic Channe an geing ough he Dazhuiacupoin in Du Channe Dazhi poin i ocae ne heseenh ceica eeba. I i an impoan poin wihnumeo ma channe eading o he hea. I he ienegy can' pa hrough Yuzhen pa, one wi ee izzy

o ge i o uch a ympom one can ea Dazhui yemiing ouowing a". I i eay o geneae ia enegyeween Changiang an Baihui in Du Channe Licking eha paae wih he ongueip i anaoun o buiing abidge, aco which he ia enegy can ecen o Qihaihe ea o ia enegy, eering o he pa o he chebeween he wo bea o h o he abomen beow

he umbiieu) an connec wih kiney i ining o

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Danan.

c Reax your shouders ad hang your arms nauraya sides whou pressng hem agas he sides ghy, norrechng hem apar. Keep your arms reaxed wh oosegers geny ouchng Fengshi acupon whch beongs o

e Ga Badder Chane o Foshaoyang). ha s o say,ouch he seams o he egs o he rousers cose o hehghs wih your mdde ingers In hs way he inner vaenergy w be conneced Reax your souders w maehe va energy sn Dana ad mae he graviy o yourboy seay Remember, don press your arms ighyagans your sdes because e percardac erves go ough

he armpsd he ches mus be reaxe whe eepng he bac

proruded a e Boh he orso a he hips mus bereaxed By reaxng he ches, he bac w nauray pro-rde a ie. hus, he via eergy w pass hrough hebac easy From he vewpon o mara ar, his meansyou will have a kind of potential force which can burst

ou a any momen. orso shoud be ep reaxed anerec wh buocs pung in. nder no ccumsancesshoud you prorude your buocs. Nie, puing n your

buocs s a ey pon pracsing breahng exercse. Byso dong, you can cear he way or he va energy o runfrom top to bottom. Once your hps (whch are somewhate waer-ocs) are reaxed he va ene

rgy w ind easy to snk to Dantian and then to go down to your hees , and above a wi easiy go up o Tanzhu acupon ,whch beongs o Touyang Chane . (In he ermoogy obreahng exercse, he wo channes a he bac o he necare caed anzhu whie he head s he meeg pon o Yang and a channes.)

As he va energy ascends o Shanzhong he mde

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poin beween he wo brea) and graduay f he Yuangacupon 6 un above hanzhong) one can pu n hebuock and keep he anu hy hu ju ike bearng heenon of urgen urnaon or bowe movemen. Tha oy conrac and f Huyn Perneum) po whch i n

he mdpoin beween he privae par of he body andhe anu and he door of Ren Du and he raegc Channe) Th caed fing he anu. In breahng xerce i caed bdifu hung up he boom door) which canenabe he congenia Zhen Q o acend fom Dananhrough Huy and aong Du Channe. Lfng anu canmake Yang acend and via energy fourih f Yua in

and Yuan Yang of X iaoj ao he par of he body cavybeow he umbicu) and keep Zhen Qi or Zheng Q heprimoria prncipe) from oufowng.

e . Keep he hree pon on he ame raigh ne.Afer anding comoraby and nauray he body houdghy cne forward making he projecon of he gravyof he body fa o he midpon of he ine nkng wo

Yonguan pon which are ocaed a one hrd par of hefron oe). Tha o ay he mdpoin beween woknee face he mdpoin beween wo Yonguan poinbeow and face quarey o Huiyin Perineum) above andhe abovemenoned wo midpon face uarey o Bahua he op of he head a poin ocaed a he cropoin ofhe ine inkng wo earip and he cenra ne on he head.

Keep he whoe body rgh and erec whou ncinaonee Fgur .

The hreepoionheameraighine i heeence of breahng eercie whch enabe he exercierand eadiy and coniue an mporan facor n genera-ng and decng he ner va energy o variou par of

he ody Many exercier have experienced ha here wi

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YONGQUAN

be abundan val energy a oon a hey adop h poure.

hreeponnheameraghlne" embode he eenalpon of radonal breang eerce, whch wa he ecrepaed down by Yang' Tajquan from generaon o genera-on. Th poure look mple ye dffcul o grap Ahe nal age, h lne can be condered a coare lnewhch wl become finer a me goe on and eperence -creae.

Reearch ha been done o meaure and wor o heange of he body forward ncnaon, whch urn ou o bewo degree .

Howeve, nffcen o eplan or decrbe hepoure of h eerce oely by he ange of forward nclnaon. I hghly neceary o adj he poure accordng o he bdy hape and he pe of deae of he

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join , muce and bone houd be reaed . pine bone

houd be reaed one by one The more reaed you are , he

eaier i wi be for he inner via energy o generae

During he eercie , he poure, repiraion, conciou-ne and mind houd a be naura. ome eercier hink

reaaion mean o be of and ack". hi i a kind ofminderanding. In ac wha we epec i reaed, buno ack ene, b no rigid. Mr Pang hugong, a aeoficia in Guangdong Mueum, oninaw of a famoureformi Kang You wei once wroe a coupe for Lu Zo-wen, a eeran docor of radiiona Cinee medicine inGuangzho Raiway Cenra Hopia. The coupe read,In mind, a breaing eercier i a cam a a Taiji eercier,wherea in appearance, he ook ike a frai peron wi aoumn air." Tha i a vivid and concie decripion ofWujihi breahing eercie .

3 Sck Conscousness o Dnn Mke Coscousnessnd he V Energy Foo Muuy

Aer raaion, draw back he eyeh o he fronand e he eyeid fa nauray, en coe he eye oreave a narrow crack), decreae your reacion o noie fromouide. Move your mind and your imaginary eyeigh downo he abdomen a if you are ooking a he umbiicu. ai wha we ca concenraing oneidea a Danian", whichi or e purpoe of concenraion of mind. In breangeercie , i i caed Reguaing e ear md) .

here are a kind of decripion abou he ocaion ofDanian. o far here ha no been a unified one. Here bDanian, we mean he midde Danian in e abdomen. Iuuay reer o e poin 5 un beow he umbiicu and15 un deep rom he urface of he abdomen. By icking

h concioune o Danian" we mean icking he con

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sciousns to Qizhong, i e . S hengque acupoint Qi

(Umbilicus) is the root of man's life Vagi are abunant at

the abomen There are a lot of avantages to cocentrate

one's iea on Qizhong It i both easier an safer for a

beginner to o so , hich is unlikely to have any sie effects.

Aherng the thought to Dantian" means that the exerciser shoul be a stable qutism ithout any strac-

tng thought . The only thought i s mn is to ors:

relaxation" an Quetsm" . Ths s a state n hch one

feels carefree, sees nothng, hears othng , ithout any

orries. The four openings of eyes, ears, mouth and nose

seem to be all shut . One might even get nto a state of forget-

ting everything incluing himself. If oe is not quiet enough, then the vital nergy cannot be related .

Although the exercser s not expecte to have anystracting thought, yet, t is nevtable for a begnner tostract hs thought or to meet th some outse nterference. Shoul this happen, one shul guar aganst rah

ness e can open his eyes an fx on a stant object for ahile Then, the istracting thought may graually is-appear. One shoul learn to get nto a state of quietness na nosy envonment. The purpose of aherng the thought toantian is to let the vtal energy naturally escen from RenChannel an gather at Dantian .

Ahering the thought to Dantian has the follong

avantages: Dantian s Q ai (sea of the vital energy), fromhch Ren, Du, Chong Channels start It is n fact a hub(pvot) of al channels connecg ith the five parenchymatous viscera and the six hollo viscera, the tlve channelsan the ffteen collateral channels It s a spot of generatngan storing the vital enrgy. As long as you stick yourconsciousness at this point, you ll be mune from all

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connect ith Shen Qi (Renal Qi) an make Zhen Qi (the rimorial rinciple gather at Dantian, laying the founationfor breakng through th obstacles an clearing Du ChannelIt ca n also make Mingmen the gate of vitality, the areabeteen the kneys ful of the motve force of life Ming-

men is the root of the Yang rincple Vitality comes fromMngmen (In traitonal Chnese mecine, kiney refers tothe e kiney hle the rght kiney is cale MngmeBut, in breathng exercse, the to kineys are cale subgate of vtality When the gate of vitality s ful of fe (themotve force of life, t can get r of the regs an asorbthe essence Wle practisng the breatg exercise one

oul fee the vtal energy creeping up lke a orm Thats the generating of vitality

Concentrating your consciousness on Dantan shoulbe natural No forcefu concentraton is avocate A correctay of oin t shoul be though conscous, yet not stckng, be neither stcking nor unsticking be nither arrive

nor epart; on't seek help from others Forceful concentra-tion ill probably result sie effects such as har respation, heaache, hea sling, bing sleepy, feeling tight the chest or sellg at abomen Those ho are eak orsick ill probably be tangle by the ghost to go too far"as a resut o obstucting the channels ith too much a(Qi or vital energy in the sea of vital energy But ithout

sticking the min to Dantian, the vital energy ill not begenerate Tere is one more point for attention avinggenerate the inner vtal energy, let it move along the channel naturally Dont ect t ith forceful consciousness,otherise, it is easy to go rong There ere someexercisers ho attempte to step up the getting tough ofall nnels for quicker effects by means of taking eep

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scosness Conseqenly he more hase he less spee aneen urn o he oppose resulng n casng some efecs.All egnners shol ear hs n n.

S o long as yo can keep he hree poins on he same

rag lne sc or mn o he cenral ar of

Umlcs reahe narally an erss n pracsn henhere ll surely e anan val energy roun Danan . ches elo he Umcus An ou ll ceranlyge no he sae of muual follong of conscosness anal energy hch means he val energy runs narallyno hrough exron. For he laer s conrary o he ascprnple of W syle reahng exerse. Some exercsers

go so far as o ranspor he val energy hrough greaeran lessr crculaon recng along Du channel an upo e forehea an he p of he nose forcng he onnecon eeen Ren an Du chanels As a resul some efecsappeare.

Bee Ny d UcosciosyGenerally speakng he nhalng an exhalng of a normal person s oh eqal an even. As o a eak personhose Yn flourshes exhalng s longer han nhalng hleo a person hose Yang ourshes exhalng s shorerhan nhalng. The exercsers of Wu syle are expece oreahe naurally a he very egnnng of aherng hough.

By natural reahng mean o shu ones mouh genlyplace he ongue fla n he mouh nhale an exhale slolyhrough he nose or ough he slghlyopen moh analmos forge he reahng

Breahng unconscously means one shoul no force-fully seek he nner al energy h conscousness aneepen he resraon. The consous recng of he ar

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the central part of each palm (here there is still someremaining Qi) to rub the forehea revolvingl an to ryash" the face up an on then move the to palmsfrom the anterior ha line to the posterior hair line an onto the posterior occiput an postrior auricular parts o

repeat that rubbing several times ill o One can also havesuch physical movements as aistturning abomenrubbingan kickg

For the convenience of memory the essential pointsfor practising this execise can be summe up as follos(ors by a veteran octor of the traitional Chinesemeicine in Guangzhou Railay Central ospital) :

The line" nking Yongquan erineum an Baihuishoul be straighthe tonguetip shoul gently touch the har palate;The exerciser shoul raise the AnusAn stick the min to the Umbilicus Dra in the buttocks an relax each shoulerLoose quiet natural" are the ke ors to remember


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V . O TO GT TH TLGY? HT CLLD L

CCTO D GT CCLTO?

The generaton of Na Q (the nner vtal energ) startsfrom Dantan an moves along he channels.

The ar (Q or vtal energy) from Dantan strbutes tofour lmbs ough the tee Yang channels of the han anthe foot. The begnners can easly feel the reacton n hshans therefore e beleves the materalty of Q Observa-tons sho that t s the left han for the male an the rght

han for the female that feels such a reacton. n martaart there s an exercse calle left avance rght retreat"or a male an vce versa for a female. Wle treatng the

sease throuh he emttng of outflong a s themales le han or foot the females rght han or t hatcan react more easly. t s scovere by the ancentpeople long tme ago that the a (Q or vtal energy) moves

clockse n a males boy an counterclockse n afemales bo. To mercanChnese scentsts Yang Zhennng an L Zhengao also testfe n the scentfc exper-ments that a parcle s ve nto le an rght ectons(e. Yn an Yang) h absolute regulart. Obvously, theol sying of le for male, rght for female" s a phsologcal phenomenon

As soon as the mechansm of Q at Dantan stats

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Zhenq (the Congental rmoral Q ascens along RenChannel (the Front Mlne Channel an meet th GuQ (rncples of ater an gran at Shanzhong acuponthch s also calle the upper sea of Q locate on the RenChannel n the chest beteen the to breasts It s for

storng the prncples of ater an gran an s a meetngplace of Yn Q an Yang Q avng been mete, refnean purfe the vtal energ l fuse the Fve renchmatous Vscera an the Sx olo Vscera.

or a normal person the usual route of the ne vtaenerg s the natural ascenance of the ar ( ong RnChannel That s socalle Ren Channel governs the asce

ance of vtal energ hle Du Channel governs the escenance of vtal energ. After breakng through erneumYang Q ves nto three streams Renma (the AnterorMlne Chanel Duma (the osteor Mlne Channelan Chongma (the Strategc Channel Ren an Chongchannes run along the Stomach Channe of ootYangmngan the Kne Channel of ootshao up to the front

chest, then the run on along Du Channel at the backYang Q strbutes to fferent parts o the bo an nallsappears. It cnnot return to the ornal pace. Therefor,t cannot · help lengthenng ons ag . n rthng exercse ths route s cale favoue corse" h nner vtlenerg of an xercser hoeer runs aong reverse otee snks th vtl eneg on to anta an let t return

to the orgnal pce. In bathng xerse th rote scale avert course That s h those ho keep onpractsng the exercse ma hpe to have a longer fe

Ren Du Chong an other channels run aong fferetroutes respectvel efore the meet. Ater he to streamsof ar n Ren an Du Channels meet at the ps an escen

to Shangzhong onng th other chnnels then the ll

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change Zhong Q (the Q stored n the thorax) nto the

Congental Pmodal Q, the descendance of hch to

antan and Q a (the sea of ar) s called uan an(retunng to Dantan) by the Daosts.

The repeated movements of the ar (Q or vtal energy)

beteen S hangzhong and Dantan can clear Ren Channel.That is the fst phase of practising breathing exercise called

cultvatng the essence of lfe an change t no vtalenergy". One of the ams practsng the breathng exercses to fll antan th abundant vtal energy

The abundant vtal energy n Ren Channel ll enterWelu from antan and runs upard along Du Channel

Gettng tough u Channel s cultvatng the vtal nrgyan change t nto sprt" When Shen Q can go through thethree posteror passes, namely, Welu pass, Lulu pass, Yuzhenpass, then the a (Q or vtal energy) can crculate between Ren and u channels That s hat e call "Lesser Crcula-ton", hch s the second phase of practsng breathngexercse

Lesser Crculaton" means the ar (Q or vtal energy)

orgnates from antan, runs on to Perneum , then runs

up along the S tomach Channel of Foot-Yangming , the

Kdney Channel of FootS haoyn , the Urnary Bladder

Channel of Foot-Tayang and Duma (the Posteror M dlne

Channel) and past azhu , up to Bau at the top of the

head When runnng don to Zuqao, t dvdes nto to streams Fom the loer ld of the eye (S Qao) to the

cheeks here t falls to to substreams : One s through

the brge" bult by the tongue-tp n the mouth to connect

Ren Channel an goes back to Dantan The other s through

Janjn po nt , along the breasts at the front chest , then goes

back to antan. After the to steams of Q meetng at

Dantan, t runs on to erneum, back to the former

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rote agan. It keeps crculatng ths ay on an on

A veteran exercser's Q (vtal energy) can run alongthe route of Greater Yn an Yang Circulaton hch begnsrom ernem crclates along D Channel the StomachChannel of FootYangmng the Kney Channel of Shaoyn

the Urnary Blaer Channel of Tayang then up to Dazhhere t ves nto three streams One rns along the routeof lesser crclaton The other to rn on along the threeYang channels of each han throgh Laogong acpont atthe centre of each palm then rn p along the three Ynchannels o each han to Zhonglo (collarbone) an meetth the stream comng on from the hea. Ater that t

ves nto to streams One rns along Ren Channel anon to Dntan then moves ron Dama (the GrleChannel) rom let to rht aron the ast That s hat ecall The ar (Q or vtal energy) clears Dama". Afterretrnng to Dantan the a goes on to eneum Theother stream rns on from the left an the rght collar-bones respectvely throgh the armpts on he ses antoars the hps That s hat call The ar (Q or vtalenergy) clears Yange Ma (the Reglatng Channel ofYang) an Yme Ma (the Reglatng Channel of Yn)After meetng at erneum these to streams of ar vesnto to streams agan each runnng along the three YangChannels of the Foot (at the exteror parts of each foot)

on to Yongquan pont then rnnng up the three YnChannels of the Foot (at the nteror parts of each foot)an fnally back to Penem. That s hat e callsffcent air (Q or vtal energy) flls the three YangChannels of the Foot the tee Yn Channels of the Footthe four channels of Yange Yne Yangqao Ma (theMotlty Channel of Yang Ynqao a (the otlty Chan-

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along these tee aspects (namely cultvatng the essence oflfe an changng t nto vtal enegy cultvatng the vtalenegy an changng t to sprt an cultvatng the mnuntl t eaches the state of total emptness) heeascultvatng the vtal enegy at Datan s the key In fact

all beathng execses eque the abunance of vta enegyat Dantan Theefoe stckng the mn to Dantan salso cae he metho of bulng the founaton


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V ETO OF AND GUDCE TOBT EXERCIS

Th sgns of ffcts of brathng xrcs ar of to

fol On s ractons call by t Th othr s th ffct ofpng go o halth an tratng th sass Th formr canb sn at onc, hl th lattr ll ta som tm totstfy

Thr ar varous ns of ractons So long asqutsm" an rlaxaton" hav bn achv on llfl th orml movmnt at th jonts an th ntror

movmnt" along th channls. Or, h ll f sor numb,solln, hot, coo lght havy, panful sobr tchng,satng, th chpng f ntstns, th ttchng of musclsan tror organs, colour snsaton, th rushng movmntof ar xtror movmnts of th boy or llusons tcDurng ach brathng xrcs thr ll b on or svralnorma ractons Thr s nothing strang about t Onshou not b orr, nor shoul h s t tntonally

o rap on's progrss s largly pns on onstrmnaton an prsvranc Of cours, corrct nstructons hav mportant barng on t Thy can hlp on avotsts an turns A vtran nstructor can asly fn outhch part of th xrcsrs body has not bn rlax can conscously mt Q (th ar or vtal nrgy) though hshan an ar" th xrcsrs movmnt of th nnr vtal


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energy an tell if it is strong or eak If it runs too fast ortoo sloly or gets stuck, he can give timely instructons tocorect it.

In conucting the beginners, the main task of theinstructor's is to help the exerciser aopt a correct posture,

to see his or her hips, torso an chest are relaxe or not(It is unnecessary to ask a beginner to strictly relax hischest), to see if hs o her knees are slightly bent Once theinner vital energy silts up, the exerciser can clear it by emitting the outfloing air When practising the exercise collectvely, it is avisable to arrange the suffeers of heat touble,hypotension, hypoglycaemia an those ho are prone to

get izzy in such places that they can be kept uner closeobservation Shoul any accient happen, they can getimmeiate help

Some beginners have been taught to apply the methoof the inucement of the exterior movement of the hans" ,that is, to irect the vital energy generate from Dantian to

the Three Yang Channels of the han so as to create the unconscious exteror movement of the hans an feel theexistence of the inner vita energy" This can arouse theexercise's great interest. This metho can easily be acceptean apple by the begners, an most of hom can feel thereaction of the breathing exercse after practising it once otice.

The metho of inucing exterior movement is fairysimple. Aer the exercser has apte a correct staningposture an become relaxe an quiet, the instructor canapproach the exerciser from behin an genty an slolyprop up the exerciser's to arms t< each sie aving onethis once or tice, the exerciser's to arms ll unconsiously an regularly bounce up sieays. The instructor shoul

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his hips sticking hs min both to Dantian an hs fingertipsan taking natural breath By so oing, exterior movements of the to arms ill soon occur For example, inGuangzhou Meical School, there ere more than onehunre teachers an stuents trie this metho , several

scores of them coul prouce exterior movements nGuangzhou N 42 Mile School, half of the thirtyexercisers coul prouce exterior movement in their fistattempt or the secon te, all of them coul prouceexterior movement in varying egrees Mr Zheng i notfeel any exterior movement in his first practice avingimprove the conitions of his relaxation an quietness,

exterio movement occurre even hen he as practisingit be Another Mr Zheng ho as from Guangzhou No2 Mile School, rote to us ater a fortnights iniviualpractice, saying that his breast tumor ha markely shrunkan soene

oever, the inucement of exterior movement is only a means rather than an obj ective One shoul avoi persuing

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At the ntial stage, exteror movement s unsteay anregular By an by t ll become regular Generally speak-ng, exterior movement begs at the troublng part Itmoves from slght motion to violent moton, then tens togentle an mil moton It can be symmetcal an un

symmetrcal Any part of the boy can have exteror ove-ment In some cases, t can evelop nto boxing, ancng anmassaging Some exercsers go so far as to roll on the grounor skp an leap, hch s against the princple of Wujshbreathng exercse

Exteror movement seems to be free from conscousness hen it is looke at superically As a matter of fact,

t s closely relate th the cerebral cortex It s the seconsgnal system hch s functionng For the cerebrum is thecontrollng centre of various organs of the boy an the

arehouse" storng the message of health It can store asmany as 00000 bllion astronomcal figures Ths ncluesthe hien pathologcal nformation of various organs, -formaton accumulate from aly life an professional

ork As soon as the vital energy reaches the nerve centre ofthe senses of sht, hearing, smellng, touchng an so on,the stimulate an reinforce signal of the cerebral cortexcells ll exert the nerve mpulse along the ifferent channels an thus irect the exterior movement Along th theexcitaton, renforcement eaking, nhibtion an transferring the ifferent shapes of limbs an torso ll appearconsequently an the actions simlar to that of a tger or aeer or an ape or a bear or a bir ll unconscously beprouce

This phenomenon of nformaton activity exertngfluence upon exteror movement can be trace back to theexercisers illness recors, aily lfe or professon For

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a teacher of musc unconscously acte as a ban conuctorwhle practsng the breathng exercse . A sufferer of rheu-

mato crouche on an stoo up alternately hen the

vital eney stmulates the focus

This exteror movement is calle stillness evelops

nto movement hen t becomes extreme". Aer all siltechannels have been cleare the exteror movement llstop Ths s calle movement evelops into stllness hen tbecomes extreme" Durng te practising process there llbe certan pan at the focus hich has not been thoroughlycure Some pan ll even last for a certain time It s alsocause by the impellng of the vtal energy at the focus.

Such pan is oen a goo thng. There is nothng to beorrie about As the ol sayng of the trational Chinesemecine goes Being silte brngs about pan" So long asone persists in practsng the breathing exercise the painill sooner or later sappear along ith the removal of thefocus.

As far as the nature of the exteror movement is concerne it is the result of the unconitional reflex We onecarre an interesting experent. When an exerciser asemtting outfloing air" to a paralyze ol oman agemore than eghty, he foun some reactions from her ferseveral treatments, he avise the ol oman to practisethe breatng exercise at noon everyay hile he oul

emit outfloing air" by remoecontrol" As a resul, theparalyze ol oman oul silarly keep on clapping. Infact, this remotecontrol" exerciser as then busily engagein ork at noon nstea of emiting outfloing air" to theol oan far aay from hi The coauthor of ts booki silar experent to testify this. e chose some othertime for the paralyze old oman to practise the exercise

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her by reotecontrol. The same thng happene. Sheoul keep on clppng hns as before . Ths shos theexteror movement s the result of the contonal reflexof the pralyze ol omn aer recevng the outflong" treatent


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X. DO'T K T O OF XTO

OVT OF T OD

Base on the abovementione principle Wujishi breath

ing exercise emans tha the exerciser aopt a correctposture an not to seek unconscious reaction of exteriormovement so as to avoi eviations

Accoring to the preecessors experience sightmovement is better than violent movement hereas stllnessis the best" e hol t is a truth seeke from numerous factsan practice Unconscous exterior movement is harmful to

some patients The authors of this book have collecte a lotof negative examples hich are neeless to be cite here oneby one

To put it in a nutshell such viations as long anviolent exteror movement the uncontrollable rolling anleaping are vlnerable an easy to incur accients of hichthe ol an the age people must be aare Generally speak-

ing Wuis breathing exercise is not in favour of exteriormovement let alone the volent one. Of course the slghtmovement out of pathological reason oes not matter much

The long uraton of exterior movement implies theaste of internal vital energy Many exercisers feel exhausteaer a long uration of exterior movement Movementmeans flouishment Violent movement is especially in-appropriate to those suffering from hypertension coronary


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heart an various kins of cancers. This has long been testife by countless facts

Quite a fe exercisers have realize that once theexterior movement is brought uner control, the internalmovement of the vital energy ill markely increase As a

esult, he or she ill feel more comfortable We hol that theinternal movement of the vital energy is especially conuciveto pacifying the min, nouring the bloo an reinforcing Qi(the vital energy)


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X. WUJH BTHG X D

H MG OF UT-FLOWG

Many young people and breatng exercse addcts arenterested in emttng the outflong ar". They have tmeand aga asked the same queston: Can a Wujsh breathng

exercser emt the outflong a"?oever, the exercser must be aare that the man aof practsing the breathng exercse is to strengthen hsphysque and to cure dseases. If one shes to emt outflong ar" to cure others dsease, the prerequstes he musthave are ft and strong physque and consderable mastery ofmedcal knoledge. Without them, it is difcult for hm o

her to keep on emttng outfloing ar". e or she mayeven spol hs or her on health. For, Q (the air, the vtalenergy) is the material base of human body. Emittng theoutflong a" results from consumng Q thin thehuman body. The old Chnese sayng says, it takes morethan one cold day for the rver to freeze three feet deep".One cannot expect to master the breathng execse tech

nque overnight. Although some people can emt the out-flong air", yet he s stll eak physically. Therefore thesepeople should not take emttng the outflong air" asthe man am. Moeover, not all patents can use othersoutfloing ar" to treat their llness.

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point It il take many years of painstaking training beforeone can sen out the a through Yintang Baihui acpointsor any desired pon o f the boy

The strength of the outfloing air" epens on tofactors : physique of the exerciser an ho much efforts he

as put in The naure of the outoing air" vares romperson to person So ar people have alreay knon thatthis material or enery has physiological physcal anchemical efforts Not long ago people n Zhongzhan Unver-sity teste Mastr Cai Songfang s ave of attraction force anlong electromagnetic ave ning out the outfloing air"emitted by h as markely higher than other people Yet

ue to the lmtatons of the present eqipmens they coulnot make further sty and research into itAt any rate one thing is certain that all the breathin

exercisers are able to oit Outfloing air" Wujishi breathing exerciser is no en Some of the Wujsh breathinexercisers have alreay aplie their outfloing ar" toacupuncture and Qgog neele treatment Any ambitious

an ellbuilt breatng exerciser ho is concurrently gooat meical koege can o more researches into lifescience

oever there are certain ifficultes applying theoutfloing air" to pracical treatmnt In recent years,meial appartuses inviting the emitting message of thebreatng exrciser have been turne ou opening up a ne

horizon for the airtransportg treatment It goes ithout saying that as far as the majority of the

exercisers are concerne it is avisable for them to mbilizethe postive factors ithin their on body through practisingthe breathing exercise themselves because regulatng thfunctional activities by the vital eney engenere byoneself ill surely prouce better results than receving theoutfloing a" by someboy else for treatment


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X. HOW TO H TH T , TO

D L nO FO T TH<

X

Many breathing exercisers are very much concerne

ith such questions as: hen is the best time for practisingthe breathing exercise? o many times shoul one practiseit for each ay? o long shoul each time take?

Accoring to the theory of the traitional Chinesemeicine the best time for practising he beathingexercise among the tentyfour hours are: Zishi (the perioof the ay from 1 p m. to am . ) Wushi (the perio of the

ay from a .m . to p .m . ) Maoshi (the perio of the ayfrom 5 a.m to 7 a.m), Youshi (the perio of the ay from5 p.m. to p.m.) an Yinsh (the perio of the ay from 3a.m. to 5 am) .

Quie a fe ocuments an masters of the breathingexercise also hol that Zis Wushi Maoshi an Y oushi arethe ieal time for pracising he breathing exercise During

Zishi 1 p .m . to 1 a .m . ) the vital energy an bloo flourishin the Gall laer Channel At his perio of the ay livingthings gro. After Zishi the vital energy ascens (The Yangprinciple flourishes). The normal functions of the FiveParenchymaous viscera an the Six ollo Viscera epenon the ascenence of Qi from Ga blaer. That is hy somepeople call the Gall laer Channel the chief of the Yangchannels As long as the Gal laer Channel can ork


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normally, then one ill be free from all kins of iseases.Therefore, a person ho is eak an having the trouble ofimpotence can strengthen the Yang principle if he oftenpractises the breathing exercise at Zishi. The patients suffering from liver trouble or blaer trouble can also choose

these hours for practising the breathing exercise. oever,a person hose Yang flourishes shoul not practise thebreathing exercise for too long a time at night. Otherise,he may become too excite to fall asleep.

Wushi refers to the time beteen 1 1 a.m . an 1 p .m .at noon, uring hich one has excess of Yang, an the vitalenergy an bloo flourish in the heart channel ile in the

afternoon the vital energy ill escen (eficiency ofYang). Therefore practising the breathing exercise from1 1 a .m . to 1 p. m. is conucive to strengthening the func-tional activities of the heart. People having heart efects canpractise the breathing exercise shortly before lunch time.

Maosi refers to the te beteen 5 a.m. an a.m.,uring hich the vital energy an bloo flourish in the largeintestine channel. If one practises the breathing exercise atMaoshi, the lung functional activities can be strengthene.

From 5 p.m. to p.m. is calle Youshi. At these hours,the vtal energy an bloo flourish in the Kney Channel.iney, as e all kno, is of vital importance to humanboy. It is the centre of regulating the functions of all

organs. Practising the breathing exercise at these hours canhelp balancing Yin an Yang an improve the kiney func-tion, hich is very helpful in strengthening Yuan Qi (thePrimorial Principle). Most of the patients having chroniciseases can choose Yoush for practising the breathingexercise.

The cculation of the vital energy an the bloo also

has its specal regularities ithin a month. Practising the

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for practisng t What he nees is only a short span of breakor leisure tme t ill not hiner his progress in ork anstuy

If one practises the breathing exercise solely for thpurpose of keeping fit, he is expecte to o it both in the

mornng an in the evening Of course, just practise it once aay ill also o It shoul take as long as tenty muteseach time If one practises it for the purpose of curing acerta isease, he shoul at least spen more than one houron it every ay iang Bo, a famous riter use to practisethe breathing exercise eight hours a ay hen he as suffer-ing from cirrhosis Ou anrong use to practise it from

morning till nght hen he as suffering from hemiplegiaLater both of them not only fully recovere but also becameeknon masters of the breathing exercise of our countryAll of us shoul learn from them their strong ill aninomitable spirit

The breathing exerciser is also expecte to follo inorer an avance step by step an apply it accoring to

ones on specific conitions The begners shoul stanat least for tenty minutes Only by so oing can the innervital energy be fully generate If he feels comfortable, ecan stan for a longer te Shortly after the breathingexercise enters the clax state, he can then thra itf he feels tire aer staning for a hile, there is nothingto be afrai of Only those suffering from hepattis, TB

an cancer oul avoi getting fatigue They can o heexercise more than once

Attention shoul also be pai to the irection hileractsing the breathing exercise That is hat e callalking along the pattern of the Eight Diagrams", namely,south, east, north, est, southeast, southest, northeast an

northest The boxers alk ths ay for the purpose of

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attacking an efening hle the breathng exercsrs antto choose a rht ecton for the purposes of treatingiseases, strengthening the biological agnetics of the huanboy, acceleratng the process an the effect of the breathng

exercise an enhancing the effectveness of curng sease.

In tes of the theory of Yin, Yang an the FveEleents (e. the ive activtes or the fve prncples inactions) in the traitonal Chnese eicine. Lver troublebelongs to Woo an the exercser suffering fom thstrouble can face east hile practsng the breathng exercise.Lung isease belongs to etal, the exerciser sufferng froths trouble can choose to face est eart trouble belongs

to fe an ts sufferers can face south. Kney troublebelogs to ater an ts sufferers can face north. oever,the sufferers of spleen an stoach troubles can choosehchever ecton he esres. By an large, a healthyexercser ha better face southeast.

To select a goo envonent for practsng the exer

cise is equally mportant. One can practise t outoors: ata quiet an nless place in the green forest, by the river-sie or n the courtyar. e can also practse t noors,selectng a plac near the ino, a ellventilate, slightlysunny place. The reason for choosing those places is this:the cells of human boy ten to have negatve electrc charge,hile in the fresh ar there are a lot of anions hich can

suplement the negatve electric charge of the cells, promotethe metabolism of the human boy, regulate the excitationan inhbiton of the central nervous system, iprove thecerebral corex, accelerate the exchange of a n lungs,stimulate the functon of bloomakng an rase the unity ablity. Accorng to the measureent, the numberof anions in one cubic mllimetres of the a s as follos:

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refraiing from sexual life because the essnce of life isno longer abunent, an the functional actvities of thekineys are eclning As the ol Chinese sayig goes,xcessive sexual activities ill cause impament of theboy fluis hereas refraiing from them ill crease the

boy fluis" During the perio of treatig iseases throughthe breathng exercise, one shoul quit sexual intercourse,at least for the fst three months After three months, onecan beg to have it accoring to his health conition anstate of illness The appropriate sexual life of the healthyman is conucive to the balancng of Yin an Yang But asfar as the feeble an sick people are concerne, refraiing

from sexual life can help storing the essence of life It is notavisable for the exerciser to practise the breathing exerciseshortly after the sexual intercourse Nor is it avisable forthe exerciser to have the sexual relation after Zishi (ieminight)

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To some bsy people, t seems ffcult to f aequate

tme for practsing the breathg exercse For ths reason,many exercsers find t har to persst Actually, the manreason behn t s that these peple o not have full conence n the effects of the breathng exercse Consequently they lack etermnaton

It true to take part n sports a busy cty s oftenrestrcte by local contons oever, to practise Wujish

breathg exercse ll not have such lmitatons as theenvronment, the eather an nancal problem Onlyetermnaton an persstence that count As long as onecan overcome s lazess an make a goo arrangementof ork, stuy an aly lfe, he surely f the time forthe exercse The tme spent on grng the axe l not inthe least affect the te for cuttg oo ractce has

clearly shon that one ill become more vgorous afterpractising the breathng exercise, and consequently, hsefcency n ork an stuy l greatly proveduttng the te for breatng exercse is somehat likemakng an investment ones health, hich can brg hmore leisure an greater nterest in return!

To fd te for perfog the breathing exercse,one must be goo at sticking a pn herever theres

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aroun, you can choose nigh ime o do If you are onnight shif, you can o i afer you have g adequae resAll in all, e shoul be exible regarding he ime for theexercise Even before the meeing or he talk begins or henyou are chating ih your families, you can also achieve the

effec of he breahing exercise so long as you take a comforable posure an relax yourself an sik your mind oDantian an breahe eeply, sloly, gently an evenly


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1 So he Vigorous Boy ovemen enever I Aears

Vigorous boy movement results from either theeffects of the boy or the incorrect metho of oing theexercise. By vigorous movement, e mean the complete lossof control We have alreay observe some eviations causeby certain moving breathing exercises For instance, someexercisers may keep on moving vigorously for four to eight

hours, being unable to stop it. Some fell on on the groundunconsciously, looking pale ith his bloo pressure escen-ing, his breathing an pulse getting faint Some even faileto control himself an finally fell into a fishpon, anvigorous movement as still going on after he ha beenrescue The orst case oul be going ma after vorousboy movement

The loss of control an balance is a eviation of thebreathing exercise Those hose nerves an channels aresensitive are prone to have vigoros movement. Research

is being carrie ot to in out the scientific explanationWe hol it has something to o ith the tense ecitationfocus in the cerebra corter

The occurrence of eviations i cause a kin of teatboth to the iniviual an the social community as a hole

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Therefore it is imperative to prevent deviations and to finout a ay of avoiding them. Besies it is necessary to tellthe masses the inications and contraindications of eachbreathing exercise so as to avoi misunderstaning.

Wuishi breathing exercise is not in favour o vigoros

boy movement. Whenever the body movment occursadustments an corrections must promptly be mae. Themethos of austment are as folos:

Fst, control it ith consciousness at the very beginning of the vigoros movement thinking to oneself I muststop it!" Then sloly open the eyes stare straht ahad orstare upard then onar , then forard

Secon istract the concentration from Dantian let thevital energy there isperse.Thd raise the front parts of the soles alternately to

let the vital energy there disperse" too Forth use the thumb and the inex finger of one

hand seize and squeeze the last joint of the small finger of he other han.

Generally speaking ith the abovementione methosone can successfully stop the vigorous boy movement

When urbid Air Adversely Shoo Up ry o GelyMke I DescendThe air ascending along Du Channel uring the breath-

ing exercise is calle Qing Qi (the puriie principle) ilethe air ascending along Ren Channel is calle the recoil ofZhuo Qi (the urbid principle). It is a common occurrencefor the trbid air (Qi) to shoot up to the chest or th head ofthe exerciser

This usually results from incorrect standing posre orthe defects of the oy Should this occur one can tem-

porarily istract his min from Dantian and slow dect

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the a to descend But don't do it ith force If the turbida has already shot up into the head hich begins to feelas heavy as lead or starts to sell, then the exerciser shouldsloly and orderly disperse the a roun the head. If one'schest feels uncomfortable, or the air in the hea falls back

adversely, then rest for a hile and start the exercise allover again Sometes there ill be some belch in thetomach then the exerciser can open his mouth ide andspit it out

3 Don't Strt to Do the Brethng Exercse Wen ne IsToo Hungry or vereten

To practise the breathing exercise hen you are hungryill spoil the vital energy hereas to practise i hen youare overeaten ill hurt your stomach Those ho are deficient or have suffered from hepatitis, lo blood pressureor hypoglycemia ill sometimes feel giddy or heaache ifthey practise the breathing exercise ith an empty stomachThe precaution measure for it is to eat something before the

exercise in the morning but do not overeat Those ho areeasy to get dizzy, should not do th exercise for too long atime They can lengthening the time bit by bit When theyant o stop the exercise, they should ithdra it slolyagining the a is sloly and gently descending from Baihuito Dantian By so doing, uncomfortableness can be avoideand safety ensure

4 Stop Prcisng te Breathng Exercse Wen ne FsAnous or s a Sense of Supresson n e Chstor Wen re s a TunderstormWhen one feels anxious or has a sense of suppression in

his chest dont force oneself to go on ith the breahing

exercise e can pause and rest for a fe minutes until the

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neasiness is gone When there is lihtning an thner,the exerciser is easy to be frihtene e can pase an aitAfter the lightning an thner are over, he can resme theexercise.

5 .Contridtios of the Bethig ExerieThose ho are sffering from acte isease, psychon-

eross, high fever, ba col, perforation from gastri lceror those ho have ha haematemesis, big operation orserios tracheitis, plmonary emphysema or te omenho have too many menstral perios after giving bth toa baby, are not apt to o the breathing exercise ith regar

to those ho have jst recovere from serios illness and arestill eak an defficient, shol practise the breathingexercise ner the gidance of the veteran exercisers


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Exmpe ne : Mked effecs hve been chieved by hepient hving ognic her dsese

uan, male, age 65Aress No Fuyuan Lane , Mile Section o f ong

Shu Roa, Guangzhoue ha three tes of acute myocarial infarction from

192194 an ha been critically ill tice In 19 he

cocurrently ha arrhythmia, (ith only 38 heart beats perminute), the all of the heart ventricle leaking, the rightbunlebranch heartblock an heart hyrops In 196, heas iagnose as having organic isease an ifcult torecover The hospital refuse to take hm in as an inpatientan avise h to lie in be exclusively an not to carryanything weighng more than fve pounds" .

Being riven into a corner, he resorte to the breathingexercise treatment Guie by Master Cai Songfang, uangbegan to practise the breathing exercise in the latter half of1 9 . e felt te pain in hs chest had immeiately reuce After six months' practice, he had better appetite ansouner sleep e began to put on eight, too (from 61 kilograms to 5 kilograms) To years later, he no longer haarrhythmia No his pulse has returned to normal, an hs

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bloo pressure has change from 1 5090 to 1 2080 mmmercury column After pracising the breathing exercis, hefeels a lot better e seom catches col an he has neverinfecte ith flu by others Insea, he feels viorous ecan move freely an flexibly is boel movement is

normal is lumbago, lumloago an myocarial infarctionhave never occur again e selom has angina pectoris noalthough he has a sense of suppression in his chest from teto time Yet it ill isappear in a ay or to e still hascertan egrees of heart hyrops hich is being treate ithmeicine in aition to the breathing exercise

e says that he practises the breathing exercise three

to four times a ay: tice in the morning, once after theaernoon nap, once aer a bath in the late afternoon Ittakes tenty minutes or so each time After each breathingexercise, he feels arm an comfortable all over

xe Two Good effecs hve been chieved by he

ien suffering fro erirhriis hueroscuris ndcrcChen, male, age 5, orking at the yroelectric

Desn Institute of Guangong Provincee use to have serious periartitis humeroscapularis

Due to the obstruction n s le shouler oint, he coulonly raise his arms as high as the shouler level (ie hori-

zontay, formng 0 egrees angle ith the trunk) avingfolloe the octors avice, he persiste in oing sayarm an turnshouler exercise for to years. Each timeshortly aer the exercise , h e coul rase his arms t o a n angleof 1 0 egrees But as soon as he stoppe the exercise , hecol only rase his arms as hgh as before (to an angle of 90egrees)

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hoever, he coul raise his arms to an angle of 1 70 egreesThe sai exerciser use to have cataract. After practising

the breathing exercise, the eyesht of his left eye raisedfrom 03 to 0 8 His tooth gums often ble , an eht of his

teeth ere loose an shaky The octor avise h to have

them extracte Hoever, after practising the breathingexercise, his tooth gums have stoppe bleeing. Six of hisloose teeth have graually become steay. In aition on

his bal forehea , new ha has begun to ow He has also

put on eht increasing from 1 07 kilograms to 20 kilograms .

Examle Thee ldaged cyst ad cataact dsaearedad �esight resmed afte receivig the beathig exerciseteatmet

e , female, age 86Aress No . Sixth Street, East Block, Ne Workers

Village , uangzhou

Before the exercise, she as ifficult to alk ith ahump back t use to take her 35 minutes to alk ith thehelp of someboy else or supporte by a alkingstick)from her home to the Cemetery of Guangzhou UprisingMartyrs She ha a cyst hich as as big as a ucks egg onone of her ps. She ha cataract, too For years, she coulneither tea the neele nor rea anything. She as unable

to recognize an object beyon thty metres oever, aerone months practice of the breathing exercise, she coula ithout any help or support t only took her 1 5minutes to alk from home to the Martyrs Cemetery all byherself. She coul also a up the steps ith ease Moreover,the cyst on her hip isappeare ithout being notice.

After three months practice of the breathing exercise,

her eyesight as greatly improve She as able to threa

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the neede , mend the clothe and read the hitorical novel The hree Kingdom" One interesting thing aot hera that her heht increased y 2 cm She cold reach thething on the hook hich she had not een ale to reachefore That as sply ecase her ent pine had een

straightened a ithis old lady has oen confined herelf indoors andpractised the reathng exercise there Whenever she doesit, she ill face her ed ith a cane chair ehind her in caeshe shold fall over dring the exercise arly in the morningshe goes to the coaching spot in the Cemetery of GangzhoUprising Mayrs to practise the reathing exercise there

She has een asored in the exercise and orking very hardat it ncoraged and inspired y her, more than thirtypeople in her neighorhood have joined he exercises at thecoacng spot in the Martyrs Garden

Exame Four After ractisin the reathi exercise

e middle finer of the left hand hich had een hurt andecome crooked for over ten ears has ecome straihte tinea unuium on oth hands has disaeare ithoutain an medicine and re hair as turned lack aai.

, female, aged 59Address : No , Small Lane, Yongsheng Street, Yenan

hird Road, Gangzho

Startng from 1958, had sholder periartriis,lmar stran, inflammation of the nerve ends of her hand,sollen end of the lna She as nale to ash any clothe,nor as she ale to hold the mrell er feet ere ayand she cold not even croch d Starting from 1 96 1 ,her health ent from ad to orse She had stomachache,serios nerasthenia Whenever she

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She also ha eye efect Her eyebottom oen ble.She foun it har to see a film through to the en Thefirst joint of the mile finger of her le han ha beenhurt by a train ino an become crooke for morethan a ecae The first joint of the thumb of her le han

as solen an there as tinea unguium Her fingernailser blooless thick an easy to get hurt hich mae herfeel inconvenient aily life. She ha sought treatment inseveral hospitals Unfortuatly it as of little use.

But aer a fortnight's practice of the breathing exerciseshe began to feel much better Her rists became strongeran more flexible The mile finger of her le han became

straiht There as no more pain in her shouler She selomyane She coul stan for a longer time an foun iteasier to crouch on Aer to months' practice both theheaache an the bleeing of her eyebottom" ere goneAer tee months' practice she foun the corn on thethumb of her le foot ha come off ithout being notice.(As far as e kno there ere several similar cases elsehere) The tinea unguium lso got ell an her finger nailsha resume the normal colour reness an thickness nrecent months she has also foun that the grey hair of hersan her younger sister's ho is aged 73. See xample Five)have been replace by black air

Examle ve e patiens mopa due toatarac has ud to norma has uned to lackone afte pin te ea exes

Hu femae age 73(the same aress a s the lay i n xample Four)Before she practise the breathing exercise she coul

not crouch because her le knee ha been spraine She

oul pant very har hen aking u or on the steps . She

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hd o pa her ches s as o relieve he crammed air a herhroa She could no and for oo long a e because herbackbone could no suppor her long She had o lean n he

wall while doing the washing up Her limbs were ofen numb She was unable o cench in he morning Her hair was

silverly whie Her skin as dry and she looked lisless Marked effecs have been achieved afer hee monhs'practice of he breahing exercise Her hair ha begun togrow, black and hick Her eye-sigh has grealy improvedShe no longer pans while waing up and down he sepsNo does she have o pa her ches or feel back-ache She cancrouch easily and walk so fas ha some young people fd

it hard o cach up wih her Her memory has also changedor he beer and she can sleep well Many people say ha

she has recovered her youhful vour

Example Six : God result has bee achieved y thpatient suerig rom rheumatoid of gers

He, female, aged 67Address : he same as he lady of example fourSaing from December, 1 97 9 , she could no raise her

lef arm Nor could she ouch her back wih her lef handThere was hyperrophy in he roo-par of her le humbThe firs joins of he oher four fingers of her le handwere sifly bending o he lef, whch was diagnosed as

nger rheumaoid I was dicul for her to wash her clohescean, le alone o squeeze hem dry or o read a needle

She began o pracise he brahing exercise April, 98 1 . She pracised i wo three imes a day Each imelased for wenty minues From the laer half of Aprilonward, she pracised he breathing exercie in sandingposure one hour longer han before Whle doing he

exercise, she fel her hands auomaally moving and swing

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ng up an on, back an forth, an the arms, especiallyher hurt le arm, tistg an revolving backar Afterpractising the breathing exercise for more than tenty ays,she foun her crooke fingers ha become straght an thenger jots ha become smaler

Exmle Seve hemrthritis seile reces disere fter rctisi the rei exercise

Li , female, age 5 3Aress: No , ast Section of Cai Yuan Lane,

Donghuaong Street, GuangzhouShe ha ha hypertenson 80 30) an rheum arthritis

for thee yars before she practise the breathing exerciseBut aer three months' practice of the exercise stanngposture, her rheum arthritis as gone She use to haveisomna an urorrhaga at night (thee to four tmes aniht) After practisg the exercise, she can no sleep elan the frequency of urination at night has been reuce

he senile freckles on the back of her hans began to is-appear after a month's practce an no most of them aregone

Exmle Eiht Be tumor o e to of the hedisere ter rcti the rethi exerce for moth or so

Lu, female, age 5 Aress No Lianqing Li, Northern Section ofLx Roa , Guangzhou

She ha a umor on the left sie of her hea top as bigas a fingeroint (2 cm iameter), hch as re, soft,panful hen presse As a result, she often ha heaachehe octors of the Frst Municipal Hospta suggeste t

shoul be operate on But the patint hate to have her

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ha ct for the operation Later she began to practie Wjihibreathing exercise. A month later, the tumor disappearedan turne into a scar without her notice Besides, theexercisers elbow joint of the right han ha fracture andwas sufferg from rheumatism It as so painful that she

could not a pan shovel A the initial stage of the breath-ing exercise she felt a piercing pai at the hurt elbo But thepain disappeared after several occasions Now her right armcan work normally

mpe ne The ppay cyctdenom on the hpobosy hnk te pctisng the bething eece o

month o soChen, female , age 38Adress: No , Qingheli, Northe Sideway, Zhong

shan Thr Road, GuangzhouShe use to have two papillary cystadenoma on her

hips The one on her coccyges had been removed for morethan a ecae The remaining one as olid and 35 cm i

iameter Aer practising the exercise for tenty ays orso, the tumor became soft About a month later, it dis-appeare, leaving a very small har nucleus

Eampe Ten Tbeos tmo on hand nd cys onhp dsppeed te see months pctce o the beath

g eecise.Wu female, aged 63Aress : No Qianbian Street , Yenan Th Road ,

GuangzhouThe patient used to be weak and thin, with bad

appetite She cold only have less than one bowl of rice foreach meal er weiht was less than 3 7 5 kilograms In 1 98 ,

she found there was a cyst on her rh hp an felt hur

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hen sttg Doctors of the Fst osptal Attache toZhongshan Mecal College

cai songfang wujishi breathing exercises medicine health publishing co. 1994

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