Post Date December, 02 2023
Kidney strengthening calisthenics
1. Sit upright, legs naturally separated, shoulder width apart, hands bent and raised sideways, fingers extended upward, level with both ears. Then, raise your hands up to the extent that your ribs feel a bit affected, and then recover. You can do it three to five times in a row, and you can do it three to five times a day as appropriate. Before performing the movements, it is advisable to relax all over the body. Inhale when lifting both hands, exhale when recovering, and do not use excessive force or force. This action can activate muscles and bones, unblock meridians, and restore Qi to the elixir field. It has a relieving effect on the elderly, weak, and short of breath.
Sit upright, bend your left arm on your legs, bend your right arm on your elbows, palm up, and do a parabolic motion 3 to 5 times. When doing the parabolic action, throw your hand upwards. The action can be slightly faster. Inhale when throwing your hand upwards, and exhale when recovering. This action has the same effect as the first action.
Sit upright, with your legs naturally sagging, and slowly rotate your body from side to side for 3-5 times. Then, swing your feet forward for more than 10 times, depending on your physical strength, as appropriate. When performing movements, relax your entire body, and the movements should be natural and gentle. When rotating your body, keep your torso upright, not prone. This action can move the waist and knees, benefit the kidney and strengthen the waist. Frequently practicing this action can exercise the waist and knees, which is beneficial to the kidney.
4. Sit upright, loosen your belt, undress, rub your hands hot, place them between your waist, and rub them up and down until your waist feels hot. This method can warm the kidney and strengthen the waist. There are Mingmen points in the governor meridian at the waist, as well as Shenshu, Qihai shu, and Dachang shu points in the Foot Sun Bladder Meridian. After rubbing, it can feel the whole body heat, and has the effects of warming the kidney and strengthening the waist, relaxing tendons, and promoting blood circulation.
"Keep your feet together, cross your hands and raise your head, then bend over, touch the ground with both hands, then squat down, embrace your knees with both hands, and silently recite" blow "without making a sound.". In this way, it can be done continuously for more than 10 times.
Regular exercise can have the effects of tonifying the kidney, consolidating the essence, strengthening the waist and knees, and dredging the meridians.
Waist Massage Exercise
1、 Rub the palms of both hands together until the palms of the hands are warm, then place them on the waist, palm them towards the skin, and massage the waist up and down until they feel warm. It can be done twice in the morning and evening, about 200 times each time. This exercise can tonify the kidney and absorb qi.
2、 Grip your fists with both hands, then use the protruding part of the palmar joint of your two thumbs to massage the waist and eye naturally. Rotate the massage inward in a circular motion, gradually applying force until you feel sore. Continue to massage for about 10 minutes, once in the morning, once in the middle, and once in the evening.
The waist is the home of the kidney, and regular waist and eye massage can prevent and treat chronic muscle strain, low back pain, and other symptoms caused by kidney deficiency in middle-aged and elderly people.
3、 Foot massage
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Yongquan acupoint directly connects to the kidney meridian, and the foot spring acupoint method in the heart of the foot is the place where the turbid qi drops. Frequent massage of Yongquan acupoint can benefit the essence and kidney, strengthen health, prevent premature aging, relieve liver and eyesight, promote sleep, and have a certain therapeutic effect on dizziness, insomnia, tinnitus, hemoptysis, nasal congestion, headache, etc. caused by kidney deficiency. The method of foot massage is to soak your feet with warm water before going to bed every day, and then rub your hands against each other. After that, massage the right foot with your left heart, and massage the left foot with your right heart for more than 100 times each time. It is advisable to rub your feet hot.
This method has the effect of strengthening the kidney, nourishing yin, and reducing fire. It has a very good effect on the common deficiency heat syndrome in middle-aged and elderly people.
Guidance: Acupoints that can affect the entire body are distributed on a person's feet. Among them, the organs (tissues) related to the brain, cerebellum, brainstem, nose, tongue, oral cavity, cervical artery, lymph glands, and other organs (tissues) are concentrated in the toe region, belonging to the intersection of the yang and yin meridians. If you properly massage and stimulate them, you can achieve the effect.
Reminder: People with diabetes feet should be careful to use heating supplies such as hot water bags, and should not soak their feet in hot water.
