bigu originated from the Taoist regimen of "don't eat grains" and was a common health regimen used by the ancients. It originated from the pre-Qin Dynasty and was popular in the Tang Dynasty. The earliest record comes from "Zhuangzi·Xiaoyaoyou": "The mountain of Liaogushe, there are gods and people living in Yan. The skin is like ice and snow, and the skin is like a virgin. It does not eat grains but sucks the wind. Drinking dew, riding the cloud, flying the dragon, and swimming beyond the world..."
And modern From the perspective of first acquaintance, people often only stop at "not eating grains" and simply think that the way of health preservation is to starve. In fact, starvation can only be referred to as the appearance of bigu. If it is just that, it loses its significance as a health rule for longevity.
The essence of bigu is actually that it can effectively regulate the body. Even in many ancient books and classics, the so-called bigu is not a hunger strike, but by adjusting the breath and taking in other complementary foods (fruits, Chinese herbal medicine), it is the method to treat bigu as a health care, health care and treatment.
For example, there is a saying in "Sustaining the Marrow Sutra" that "you can eat less and persuade, and you can enjoy the life", which shows that Taoist health preservation is not a simple hunger strike. Therefore, in general, you must insist on eating qi. Second, we still have to eat omnivorous baits other than cereals.
For modern people, we need to understand our body correctly and understand the current environment before we can understand bigu. Significance, Taoism's search for health preservation is to understand the harmony and unity of life and nature, so that life can survive with healthier dignity.
First eating is an instinct, but for living things, there is another instinct, that is, when they are sick, they stop eating and enter a protective state against diseases. This is why patients often lose their appetite.
In fact, according to modern medicine, this is the result that the body automatically turns on the immune system when a disease occurs in the body. In order to concentrate on fighting the bacteria, the human body temporarily stops eating and reduces consumption.
Once the body returns to normal, energy supplementation becomes the right choice. The same is true for bigu, short-term bigu can regulate the body, but if there is no source of energy intake, long-term reluctance to bigu will cause problems in the body, leading to bigu health, but it goes to the opposite of health.
Some people even use bigu for the purpose of losing weight, although they seem to quickly consume their own stored fat. The goal of weight loss is achieved, but the body's fat storage system will receive a hunger signal. After the diet resumes, the human body will quickly increase the body’s fat storage layer. This is why many bigu losers will become more obese after they stop practicing.
So for Bigu, in addition to understanding the principle, the goal is also the key to achieving the goal of health preservation. After all, to the Taoists who put forward bigu, health preservation means Taoism.
So what does bigu in Taoist health care look like? The "Zhongshan Yugui Fuqi Jing" says: "A husband seeks immortality, the ultimate goal is the sect; the door of the ultimate ultimate goal is to convince the qi; the principle of obedience, fasting is the first."
According to this, you can see that the so-called bigu It is a gradual process and a natural state, not a mandatory behavior.
To achieve bigu, you must first be convinced, and before you are convinced, you need to fast. Especially for those who cultivate alchemy, you can see the "Nei Jing Tu". In fact, you can see that there are many orifices in the human body. Once activated, they will operate. From acquired to innate, in fact, they are still operating. The process reaches the so-called "no food, no drink, no cold, no heat, no sickness, noThe state of being old, not breathing, not thinking but still alive". That is, the state of no food, no breath, no thought, and no body.
So if you want to achieve this goal, the "fast first" mentioned above is very important. The ancient fasting method requires a separate room, burning incense, bathing, sitting or sleeping in the room, vegetarian retreat, Suffocate and absorb the filth, take down the filthy air in the body, and burn the whole body with thoughtful fire, until you feel that the room is as bright as the day.
Then the environmental conditions of modern people are different from the ancients, although they are different, they must also accept the ancients’ fasts. Remains, clears the mind, calms the mind, and achieves the purpose of fasting from the inside and outside.
The ancients used to take breath or medicine to cooperate, or breathe for a period of time and naturally enter the state of fasting. But if you have a heart Those who still seek bigu for health can also have the following methods, or they can achieve their goals:
Nian, first exhale, and when the breath is exhausted, close your breath and swallow your abdomen. If you can’t breathe out and swallow into the intestines, you will easily cause disease. You must first expel the turbid gas and cause the body to rise, and then swallow the so-called swallow. Yuanqi.
When the turbid qi is exhausted, immediately shut down and swallow it, send it with the intention, rub it with the hand, and go straight to the lower pubic area. The dry pharynx is called "cloud travel", and the throat is called "rainshi" when the qi is dried. ".
With this combination of reducing the grains, the energy of the grains can be exhausted slowly. In addition, taking medicines such as Polygonatum, cornus, jujube, polygonatum, pine seeds, etc., can also be used for non-grain adjustment.
