Cheng Qi’s Twelve Ways of Curing And Preventing Cervical Vertebra Diseases
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Now we have entered the times of chronic muscle and bone diseases. Not only do more people have such diseases but also there are more young sufferers with the problem. It has been believed that the aged tend to suffer, but now middle-aged people and teenagers get the disease easily. Even a 17-year-old senior high school student suffers from intervertebral pain which is getting worse and worse because of him doing his homework exercises long and often playing computer games the whole night. Through years of clinical practice, Shi Qi, a life-long professor of Shanghai Chinese Medicine University and head of the Vertebra Column Disease Research Institute of the university, concluded the following set of curing and preventing cervical vertebra diseases with twelve Chinese characters: Xi, Shu, Rou, Cuo, Song, An, Zhuan, Mo, Dun, Mo, Tu and Tiao. The set of ways can regulate the essence and blood of internal organs and also build the muscles and bones of the body. As a result, the goal of curing and preventing cervical vertebra and lumbar vertebra diseases is achieved and health is maintained.
Cheng Qi’s Twelve Ways
Preparation: stand with two feet naturally separate as broad as shoulders. Put hands on the stomach with the left on the right. Relieve the muscles of the body and take six deep breaths of the natural type.
1. Xi: rubbing the face as if washing.
Two hands rub each other for 6 to 12 times till they get warm. Put the hands upon the face and then push the hands upward till the thumbs reach the eyebrow. At this time have the thumbs move behind the ears. Do the same six times.
2. Shu: combing the head.
Get the fingers of each hand tightly close to each other and curved slightly, with which to comb the head first along the middle acupoint line and then along the side acupoint lines from front to back, three times for each.
3. Rou: massaging the ears.
Use the thumb and the index to massage the ear edge for some time and then pull the ear for three times.
4. Chuo: rubbing the neck.
Put the back of the right hand on the waist and the palm of the left hand on the back of the head. Rub the two parts for six times.Exchange the hands and do the same for the same number. Use the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger to rub daizhui acupoint for six times, first with the right hand and then the left hand.
5. Song: relaxing the neck.
Hold the waist using two hands with the thumb in front and move the neck. Turn the neck clockwise and then anti-clockwise. Lower the head and then return to the original position. Raise the head and return to the original position. Lower the head left sideway and return. Then lower the head right sideway and return. Do the actions in accordance with breathing.
6. An: pressing the waist.
Stand with two feet naturally separate as broad as shoulders with the palms put on the waist. Press and rub from the waist downward to the hip for six times, and then upward for six times.
7. Zhuan: turning the waist.
Hold the waist using two palms with the thumbs in front. Turn the waist clockwise six times and then anti-clockwise six times.
8. Mo: massage the kneels.
Get the kneels close together and bended slightly. Stoop with each palm put on each kneel. Rub the kneels till they get warm and turn them clockwise and then anticlockwise, six times for each way.
9. Dun: squatting to broaden the hip.
Stand with two feet naturally separate as broad as shoulders with the kneels slightly bent. Hold up the two arms with two hands crossed in front and opposite to the heart Imagine a sense of air in the center of the palms and squat down and up for six times.
10. Mo: rubbing the belly.
Put the hands on the belly with the right palm on the back of the left hand. Rub the upper part of the belly, then the middle part and finally the lowest part, six times for each part.
11. Tu: breathe out waste air and take in fresh air.
Stand with two feet naturally separate as broad as shoulders with the the palms downward. Lowly turn the palms upward and at the same time raise the two arms to the level a little higher than the shoulders while breathing air in gently and then draw back the palms to the chest. Change the hands to raised palms and push them forward hard while breathing out. At one-third of the way, puff the air out suddenly and let out a roar simultaneously. Repeat six times.
12. Tiao: exercising the limbs.
Tap the arms.
Slightly raise the left arm with the palm upward. Tap the inside part of the left arm from up to down using the hollowed palm of the right hand. Turn the palm downward to tap the outside. Then tap the right arm using the left hand in the same way.
Throw the shoulders.
Use the right palm to tap the left shoulder when turning the body left. Then turn right and at the same time tap the right shoulder with the left palm. Do it for twelve times.
Broaden the chest
Stretch the arms naturally and the hands hold each other in front with fingers crossed. Lift them up overhead with the palms upward while the body is drawn backward. Then the two arms fall down sideway. Repeat the actions six times.
Stamp the ground.
Get the feet close. Stamp the ground at the same place. When doing so, breathe naturally with arms moving in accordance. Do it twelve times.
Advice
The exercising time for a day should be 15 minutes. Do it 1 to 2 times a day. It is better to do the whole set of exercise at a time. Concentrate and exercise smoothly and gently. Do not act fiercely. Take care to keep warm to avoid getting cold.
(translated by Yi Daoqun)
Cheng Qi’s Twelve Ways
Preparation: stand with two feet naturally separate as broad as shoulders. Put hands on the stomach with the left on the right. Relieve the muscles of the body and take six deep breaths of the natural type.
1. Xi: rubbing the face as if washing.
Two hands rub each other for 6 to 12 times till they get warm. Put the hands upon the face and then push the hands upward till the thumbs reach the eyebrow. At this time have the thumbs move behind the ears. Do the same six times.
2. Shu: combing the head.
Get the fingers of each hand tightly close to each other and curved slightly, with which to comb the head first along the middle acupoint line and then along the side acupoint lines from front to back, three times for each.
3. Rou: massaging the ears.
Use the thumb and the index to massage the ear edge for some time and then pull the ear for three times.
4. Chuo: rubbing the neck.
Put the back of the right hand on the waist and the palm of the left hand on the back of the head. Rub the two parts for six times.Exchange the hands and do the same for the same number. Use the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger to rub daizhui acupoint for six times, first with the right hand and then the left hand.
5. Song: relaxing the neck.
Hold the waist using two hands with the thumb in front and move the neck. Turn the neck clockwise and then anti-clockwise. Lower the head and then return to the original position. Raise the head and return to the original position. Lower the head left sideway and return. Then lower the head right sideway and return. Do the actions in accordance with breathing.
6. An: pressing the waist.
Stand with two feet naturally separate as broad as shoulders with the palms put on the waist. Press and rub from the waist downward to the hip for six times, and then upward for six times.
7. Zhuan: turning the waist.
Hold the waist using two palms with the thumbs in front. Turn the waist clockwise six times and then anti-clockwise six times.
8. Mo: massage the kneels.
Get the kneels close together and bended slightly. Stoop with each palm put on each kneel. Rub the kneels till they get warm and turn them clockwise and then anticlockwise, six times for each way.
9. Dun: squatting to broaden the hip.
Stand with two feet naturally separate as broad as shoulders with the kneels slightly bent. Hold up the two arms with two hands crossed in front and opposite to the heart Imagine a sense of air in the center of the palms and squat down and up for six times.
10. Mo: rubbing the belly.
Put the hands on the belly with the right palm on the back of the left hand. Rub the upper part of the belly, then the middle part and finally the lowest part, six times for each part.
11. Tu: breathe out waste air and take in fresh air.
Stand with two feet naturally separate as broad as shoulders with the the palms downward. Lowly turn the palms upward and at the same time raise the two arms to the level a little higher than the shoulders while breathing air in gently and then draw back the palms to the chest. Change the hands to raised palms and push them forward hard while breathing out. At one-third of the way, puff the air out suddenly and let out a roar simultaneously. Repeat six times.
12. Tiao: exercising the limbs.
Tap the arms.
Slightly raise the left arm with the palm upward. Tap the inside part of the left arm from up to down using the hollowed palm of the right hand. Turn the palm downward to tap the outside. Then tap the right arm using the left hand in the same way.
Throw the shoulders.
Use the right palm to tap the left shoulder when turning the body left. Then turn right and at the same time tap the right shoulder with the left palm. Do it for twelve times.
Broaden the chest
Stretch the arms naturally and the hands hold each other in front with fingers crossed. Lift them up overhead with the palms upward while the body is drawn backward. Then the two arms fall down sideway. Repeat the actions six times.
Stamp the ground.
Get the feet close. Stamp the ground at the same place. When doing so, breathe naturally with arms moving in accordance. Do it twelve times.
Advice
The exercising time for a day should be 15 minutes. Do it 1 to 2 times a day. It is better to do the whole set of exercise at a time. Concentrate and exercise smoothly and gently. Do not act fiercely. Take care to keep warm to avoid getting cold.
(translated by Yi Daoqun)