My relationship with Taoist divination.

? In 212, I met a Taoist priest in the divination group. He knew that I had not cured the weakness of the spleen and stomach after taking Chinese medicine for more than five years, and my weight remained between 88 kg and 92 kg. The Taoist priest asked me if there was a way to adjust the combination of the spleen and stomach and body and mind, and asked me if I would like to try. I said I would, so I started to contact Pigu in beginning of autumn that day. The Taoist priest called me every day to remind me of the precautions. I took a cold bath, drank pure water and exercised regularly every day. I spent seven days in the first stage, eleven days in the second stage and fifteen days in the third stage. At each stage, I felt as light as a swallow and my skin was tender and smooth.

? Talk about Bigu: The word "Bigu" comes from "not eating five grains" in Taoist health preservation, which is a common way of health preservation in ancient times. Bigu is also called Qigu, Qigu, Juegu, Qugu and Duangu. Taoism believes that when people eat whole grains, they should accumulate dung in their intestines, which will produce foul gas and hinder the road to immortality. Therefore, the Taoists imitate the immortal behavior described in Zhuangzi Xiaoyao Tour, hoping to achieve the goal of immortality.

The ancients also often regarded it as a rule of health care. The Book of Washing Marrow says that "if you eat less, you will be convinced, and you will enjoy your life", which shows that it can prolong your life. "Biography of Historical Records of Liu Hou": "Zhang is benign and ill, that is, he does not eat the valley." It is said that guiding the valley as a way to treat diseases. Anyone who walks in the valley must insist on eating gas, and second, he still has to eat omnivorous medicine bait other than cereal and wheat meals. The silk book on the specific methods of eating qi in the valley is the first monograph on the therapy of eating qi in the valley in China. According to textual research, the silk script was written in the early Han Dynasty, about the period of Hui Di (26-188 BC). Details of its content may be the ancient anecdote handed down from the pre-Qin period. "It means that when you first go to the valley, you often have a top-heavy hunger phenomenon, and you must use the method of" blowing "to eat gas to overcome it. Here, the combination of Pigu and Huoqi, like the combination of Huoqi and Guidance in Zhuangzi Deliberate, seems to indicate the initial existence of these three techniques in the pre-Qin period.

take the breath to get through the valley

The main way to get through the valley is to take a long and gentle breath. This method comes from bionic breathing, so it is also called turtle breath. Taoism believes that the reason why turtles live long is that they "eat gas". Qi circulates in the human body and is indispensable. The movement of Qi contains the deepest secrets of human body. Ancient books say that "the meat eater is brave and fierce, the grain eater is wise and clever, the gas eater lives by gods, and the non-eater lives by gods". Practicing "convincing" before crossing the valley can not only resist hunger and weakness caused by fasting, but also make people energetic and live longer.

? According to Yi Wen Lei Ju, a famous qigong master in the Three Kingdoms, "When I was young, I hunted, and I fell hungry in the empty grave. When I saw a big turtle in the grave, I counted it and turned around, and my direction was impermanent. I swallowed my breath with my mouth open, or I leaned or leaned back. Thrift is also known as the turtle can guide, but I try to do what the turtle does, so I am no longer hungry. More than a hundred days, quite bitter. Later generations occasionally peek into the grave and come out frugally. After that, I was able to die. " In the course of thousands of years, there have been many schools of divination, and complicated methods of eating qi have been formed, such as Yin Zhenren's taking Qi, Taiweiyi's taking Qi, Taiwu's taking Qi, Maoshan's taking Internal Qi, Taiqing Wanglao's oral taking Qi, Huanzhen's taking Internal Qi, Lingbao's skill, etc., which have various functions and different methods, but their basic core is still gentle and slender breathing and breathing.

within one day of fasting, the glycogen stored in the liver has been exhausted. Because red blood cells and brain tissues usually only burn glucose, the human body begins to convert other energy substances into sugar to meet the needs. After fasting for 36 hours, muscle protein points release amino acids, and the liver ingests alanine to make sugar under the influence of hormones. After fasting for 48 hours, the body began to mobilize a lot of fat to produce energy. However, fat is not a "clean energy source". In the process of consumption, a large number of acidic products will be produced, and the content of ketone bodies in blood and urine will increase rapidly, and the acid-base balance of body fluids will begin to be tested. If hunger is still not lifted and fat burning can't meet the needs of life, the human body has to decompose protein in large quantities again. "Those who are convinced to avoid the valley regard air and water as food, and this is the simplest and cleanest food"; "The persuasion advocated in Pigu is to cooperate with abdominal breathing to generate vacuum suction and suck air into the digestive tract"; "The reasoning of Taoism's technique of" serving the spirit and avoiding the valley "is that saliva, air and water enter the digestive tract through swallowing and correct breathing, and synthesize nutrients in the body, so that they can maintain their lives without eating grains for a long time."

My experience of crossing the valley:

Weight change

From the first day to the fifth day of crossing the valley, weight loss is the most obvious. On average, you will lose 1 to 2 kilograms a day, and from the fifth day, you will lose .5 to 1 kilogram a day. After that, you will almost lose weight in a certain decreasing way (sometimes there are exceptions, depending on everyone's own physical factors and cooperation).

Changes in physiological functions

During the period of crossing the valley, the blood pressure of patients with hypertension will drop significantly, while that of patients with hypotension will increase, but their vision, hearing and touch will become keen, and their memory and association will also be enhanced. The number of white blood cells will not change within the first week of crossing the valley, and it will increase rapidly from the 7th day to the 11th day, increasing by 1.57 times or more, which shows that crossing the valley can improve the immunity of the body. Some people will release a unique odor during the period of crossing the valley, and even the exhaled gas will smell bad. This is because the metabolic waste and toxic substances in the body are excreted through the skin.

Changes of tongue coating

At the early stage of crossing the valley, the adhesiveness in the oral cavity increased. Looking at the surface of the tongue in the mirror, it grew yellow tongue coating, and some people even showed black tongue coating, which was rarely cut within 1 days. If you continue to cross the valley, the tongue coating will be clean, indicating that toxins are discharged and the body and mind are purified.

Changes in defecation and urination

During the period of crossing the valley, the frequency of defecation decreases, and it is normal to defecate once in the first 1-4 days after crossing the valley. This kind of stool is called stool, and the color of stool is generally black or dark green or dark brown, which is muddy (with a few exceptions).

Qi attacking the focus

During the period of crossing the valley, a few people will have the phenomenon of Qi attacking the focus, some diseases seem to get worse, or they excrete viruses and pull out black things, such as fatigue or easy fatigue, which is a normal reflection of the body's self-repair.

time of breaking the valley:

breaking the valley within one week is a short-term breaking the valley.

a week or more to three weeks is a mid-term one.

a three-to-five-week period is a long-term one.

the valley-breaking for more than five weeks belongs to ultra-long-term valley-breaking.

although it has an effect on increasing work and treating diseases, it is not obvious. Some diseases can receive obvious curative effect or even be cured after three to seven days of crossing the valley. However, most diseases need to go through a mid-term period to achieve ideal results. From the practical observation, as long as it is in a good state of breaking through the valley (with spirit, strength and physical and mental pleasure), relatively speaking, it is better to break through the valley for a long time.

In my own opinion, the difference between the hunger strike and fasting is that the state is different: spirit, strength and physical and mental pleasure. And can work and study normally. Otherwise, it's not called crossing the valley, it's bravado.