Why do I fart when practicing Ba Duan Jin? What should I do if my neck hurts after practicing Ba Duan Jin?

Ba Duan Jin is a colorful treasure among traditional Chinese medicine's Daoyin and Anqiao. It generally has eight sections, and the word "Jin" means it is as soft and beautiful as brocade. As Gao Lian of the Ming Dynasty said in his book "Zunsheng Bajian" in "Ba Duan Jin Daoyin Method": "Do it after midnight and before noon, and the creation will combine heaven and earth. The cycle will turn in sequence, and the eight trigrams are good causes." The word "Jin" is composed of "gold" and "silk" to indicate its exquisiteness and luxury. In addition, the word "Jin" can also be understood as a collection of individual Daoyin techniques, which is as continuous as silk brocade, and is a complete set of fitness methods. So, why does practicing Ba Duan Jin make you fart? What should I do if my neck hurts after practicing Ba Duan Jin? Let's take a look at the introduction of Encyclopedia Knowledge Network to answer these questions!

Contents of this article

1. Why do you fart when practicing Ba Duan Jin?

2. What to do if your neck hurts after practicing Ba Duan Jin

3. Detoxification effect of practicing Ba Duan Jin

Why do you fart when practicing Ba Duan Jin?

Farting after practicing Ba Duan Jin is a problem that many people encounter at the beginning. Don't worry, you can find a secluded place to let it out freely, don't hold it in, because this situation is considered to be a reaction of the body to expel disease. When practicing Ba Duan Jin, the breathing method used is the internal nourishment breathing method of "exhale, stop, inhale" and "inhale, stop, exhale", which can increase the ventilation function of the lungs, facilitate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, and expel turbid air. Part of the turbid air is expelled through breathing, and part of the turbid air is expelled through the digestive tract, resulting in continuous farting.

What to do if your neck hurts after practicing Ba Duan Jin

If the pain is not serious, it is recommended to rest for two days and then continue to practice Ba Duan Jin. Persistent practice of Ba Duan Jin can greatly improve some mild pain symptoms.

However, if the pain is very severe, it is recommended to stop practicing Ba Duan Jin immediately, go to the hospital for an X-ray examination, identify the cause, and receive symptomatic treatment.

Generally, if there is a pre-existing neck disease, hot compress is required, and if it is strained during exercise, cold compress is required within 24 hours. However, if ordinary people cannot judge, they must not apply cold or hot compress without authorization, so as not to make things worse and cause unnecessary trouble.

Detoxification effect of practicing Ba Duan Jin

Some people will feel physically weak after practicing Ba Duan Jin for the first time. This is actually a phenomenon of detoxification and disease elimination in the body.

Because Ba Duan Jin is a form of health-preserving Qigong, it can open up the triple burner meridian, pericardium meridian, lung meridian, liver meridian, gallbladder meridian, and Chongdai meridian through the coordination of breathing and movements. Some people with weaker bodies, due to insufficient Qi and blood, will experience Qi deficiency when impacting the meridians, and therefore will feel weak and tired after practicing Ba Duan Jin.

suggestion

In this case, in fact, as long as you proceed step by step, and practice the Ba Duan Jin with an intensity and frequency from weak to strong and from little to more, you can only practice one or two movements at the beginning, and not too many times. After you adapt, you can gradually increase the number of movements and the number of times. Gradually, your body will become stronger, and the feeling of fatigue after practice will also improve.

Some friends may also have this experience: after practicing Ba Duan Jin, they fart more and it is very embarrassing. In this case, do not hold back your farts, you can find a secluded place to release them freely, because farting is also a reaction to detoxification and disease elimination after practicing Ba Duan Jin.

When practicing Ba Duan Jin, the breathing method used is the internal nourishing breathing method of "exhale, pause, inhale" and "inhale, pause, exhale", which can increase the ventilation function of the lungs, facilitate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, and expel foul air. Part of the foul air is expelled through breathing, and part of the foul air will be expelled through the digestive tract, resulting in continuous farting.

suggestion

Don't hold back your farts, otherwise the waste gas will continue to be absorbed by the intestines, and the detoxification and disease elimination effect will not be achieved. Usually, if you persist in practicing Ba Duan Jin for a period of time, the waste gas accumulated in the body will be discharged, and the farting situation will gradually improve.

Some people will experience body aches after practicing Ba Duan Jin, which may be a detoxification phenomenon of practicing Ba Duan Jin.

When practicing Ba Duan Jin, the Qi and blood in the body will impact the meridians in various parts of the body. In traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying that "pain means blockage". When impacting certain blocked meridians, pain will occur. Therefore, some people who have not exercised for a long time, those in sub-health conditions, etc., will experience body aches after practicing Ba Duan Jin for the first time.

suggestion

Generally, body aches will ease within one to two days, and you can continue practicing Ba Duan Jin the next day; but if the body aches are severe, it is recommended that you rest for a day or two before practicing Ba Duan Jin.