广西平南科技双语实验学校 双语科技百科(医学) 第65期:五禽戏

双语科技百科(医学) 第65期:五禽戏  

The Five-arumal Exercise
The Five-animal Exercise
as a means of physical training in ancient China
was created by Hua Tuo
an eminent doctor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He summarized the traditional practice of our predecessors' building up their physical strength by imitating the animal movements
and created a set of healthcare gymnastics
i. e. the Five-animal Exercise
which consisted of five groups of actions imitating the movements and manners of the tigers
deer
bears
apes and birds. It is a thousand years earlier than the medical gymnastics contrived by the Swedish. At one time
seeing a kid playing with the door-latch
Hua Tuo immediately thought of a wise saying "Running water is never stale and a door-hinge never gets worm-eaten"
which further reminded him of the fact that most of the illnesses were actually caused by the circulation hindrance and stagnation of Qi and blood
and people
if doing exerases regularly like a door-hinge
would improve their health and immunize themselves from illness. As a result
Hua Tuo was absorbed in researching into the ways for the physical buildup once he had time. He
referring to the" Physical and Breathing Exercise" used by people at the time when doing physical training
thought about making improvements constantly in accordance with the movements of various animals
the result of which was the creation of a set of fist techniques imitating the movements and manners of the tigers
deer
apes
bears and birds. This set of fist techniques
by imitating the quick pouncing of the tigers
light galloping of the deer
nimble jumping of the apes
slow-paced walking of the bears and wing-spreading flying of the birds
can clear your head and brighten your eyes
improve your heart and lung functions
strengthen your waist and kid-ney
and lubricate your joints
thus contributing to the overall buildup of your is simple and easy to learn; anyone
whether men or women
old or young
can choose part of it for physical training at first
and then practice the whole set of actions as their physical buildup is gradually improved only is the Five-animal Ex-erase good for your health and longevity
but for the eradication of your as Hua Tuo said
"If feeling unfortable
you can do the Five-animal Exercise; as you perspire
you will get relaxed and feel like eating. " In recent years
the Five-animal Exercise
as a means of rehabilitation treatment
has been widely used as an auxiliary treatment of people suffering from such illnesses as stroke se-quelae
rheumarthritis
rheumatoid arthritis and osseous hyperplasia.