In the era of the Ming dynasty (from 1368 to 1644), this method has become widespread in China. He has proved himself to be an excellent means of healing, strengthening the body and prolonging life - provided he is often and persistently applied.
1) Combing the hair. Frequent combing of hair (besides personal hygiene) helps to strengthen vision and relieves headaches when it appears. The method is that the hair is gently combed in the morning, and this process is repeated ten times a day.
2) Dry ablution of the face. Frequent dry ablution removes various pathogenic factors, and the side effect is that wrinkles do not appear on the face's smoothed face.
Method of execution: rub your palms against each other until you feel the heat, then put them on your nose and swipe them up on both sides of the nose, pressing, mainly, the middle fingers. After the fingers lie on the forehead, they slightly move apart and slide lightly on both sides of the forehead down. Repeat these movements 30 times.
3) Exercise for eyeballs. Frequent exercise of the exercise for eyeballs can heal cataracts and clouding of the cornea, as well as get rid of hyperopia and myopia.
Method of implementation: rotate the eyeballs first in the direction from left to right, and then from right to left.Movements should be made at a slow pace. Having rotated 14 times in each direction, close your eyes tightly for a while, and then open them sharply and widely and "grab" the visual impression.
4) Tapping the ears. Frequent performance of a tapping on the ears can prevent dizziness and a sense of noise in the ears.
Method of implementation: cover the ear canals with both palms and press the index fingers on the middle ones. Tap your index fingers easily with the back of your skull 24 times.
5) Tapping with teeth. Tapping with teeth can painlessly strengthen the roots of the teeth.
Method of implementation: close the teeth of the upper and lower jaw, as if chewing food. Knock them up and down 24 times.
6) Licking of the mouth. The ancient Chinese considered saliva a treasure of the human body and called it "golden juice" and "jade wine". Licking the tongue of the mouth can cause salivation.
Method of implementation: lick the tip of the tongue between the lips and teeth, conducting them from left to right and right to left. Repeat 30 times in each direction.
7) Swallowing of saliva. Ancient Chinese considered the ingestion of saliva a good way of irrigation of "five internal organs" and "six cavities", as well as the moistening of the limbs, joints and hair of the body.
Method of implementation: swipe the upper part of the oral cavity with the tongue and rinse the mouth with the saliva formed by 36 movements in a row. Then easily swallow saliva in three full sips.
8) Inflammation of the chest. In doing this exercise, you can promote stuck food and get rid of the feeling of bursting in the chest and diaphragm.
Method of execution: holding your breath, inflate your chest and stomach to the maximum, and then raise your head, open your mouth and exhale sharply the harmful gas. The exercise should be repeated 5-7 times.
9) Tearing the abdomen. Stretching the stomach helps calm the mind and promote stuck food.
How to do it: rub your palms against each other until a sensation of warmth appears in them, then put them together directly on the naked stomach or on clothes without lining. Stretch the stomach clockwise in the middle of the palm, making circular movements around the navel. Describe the palm of small, medium and large circles - twelve times each.
10) Reduction of the sphincter. The ancient Chinese called this exercise "raising the rice passage." It promotes upward rising of the yang (positive qi energy).
Method of implementation: vigorously inhale air and shorten the muscles of the anus and perineum. Hold this position for a while, then relax the muscles and exhale. Do the exercise 5-7 times.
11) Shaking with limbs. This exercise helps to stretch the joints of the hands and feet.
Method of execution: firmly grasp both arms with your hands. Turn first left shoulder forward, and then right, as if rotating the gate. Turn the shoulders in both directions 24 times each, and then sit quietly. Raise your left foot and slowly pull the toe up. At the moment when the left leg is almost completely elongated, abruptly throw out the left heel outward. Repeat these movements five times. Then do the same exercise with your right foot.
12) Rubbing the arch of the foot. The ancient Chinese called this exercise "rubbing the Yongquan point". This point of acupuncture is located in the front inner part of the arch of the foot (at a distance of a third of the length of the foot from the toe). Rubbing this point helps to strengthen the kidneys and suppress residual excitement, which helps the practitioner prepare for bed.
Method of implementation: first rub the left foot, and then the right foot. Repeat the movement 50-100 times for each foot.
13) Dry bath. The dry bath helps to soften circulation of chi and blood circulation, makes the skin smooth and shiny.
Method of execution: rub your palms against each other until you feel the heat, and then rub the body. The rubbing is performed in a general direction from the point of Baihui to the face and covers the left and right shoulders, both arms, thorax and abdomen, and then - on both sides of the trunk to the waist and, finally, reaches the legs.
14) Relaxation of muscles and ligaments. The ancient Chinese believed that this exercise helps to relax the muscles and ligament apparatus, as well as to activate the flow of qi and blood energy in canals and branches.
Method of execution: sit on the bed, stretching your legs forward. Tilt your head forward and pull the arch of your foot at the same time with both hands twelve times in a row. In the intervals between these movements, slap thighs and shins several times.
The above-described wellness massage is best performed in the following order:
exercise on combing hair - early in the morning,
exercises for washing the face and relaxation of muscles and ligaments - immediately after awakening,
exercise on grinding the Yongquan point - after washing your feet before going to bed.
The remaining ten exercises can be performed twice a day - all together or selectively in an easy-to-use sequence.
