Bow your head and tiptoe, replenish kidney qi, treat low back pain: this small action is so magical!
Tiptoeing, don't look at it as a small action, but it's an ancient health regimen! Middle-aged and elderly people usually tiptoe, the effect is unexpected!
Tiptoeing: 800 years of wellness
The tiptoe has been used in ancient times, originally known as the "Dun heel method", and the newly unearthed "Quotation Book" of the early Western Han Dynasty has the record of "Dun Heel to Benefit the Chest" and "Dun Heel, a Dun Left, a Dun Right, Three Hundred Only".
With a long history of 800 years, the last action of Baduanjin is called "Behind the Seven Ups and Downs of Hundred Diseases", which is also through the way of shaking the heels, stimulating the kidney meridian system, inducing the whole body shock, and gently massaging the five internal organs, so as to eliminate the miraculous effect of all diseases.
Tiptoe is a good cardio exercise
When you stand on tiptoe, the amount of blood squeezed out by each contraction of the muscles in the back of both calves is roughly equivalent to the amount of blood excreted by the heart's pulse.
It not only keeps the heart rate at about 150 beats per minute, so that the blood can supply enough oxygen to the heart muscle, which is beneficial to people's cardiovascular health, but also exercises the calf muscles and ankles, prevents varicose veins, and enhances the stability of the ankle joint.
In addition, tiptoe exercises can also move the limbs and mind, eliminating the problems of blackening in front of the eyes and dizziness when using the brain for a long time and standing up suddenly.
Most importantly, it avoids damage to the knee, which is a good exercise for many elderly people who don't have a good knee joint.
In addition to this, there are many benefits of tiptoeing that you might not expect:
1. Supplement kidney qi
People with weak kidney qi and insufficient kidney yang often have symptoms such as cold intolerance, cold pain in the heels, and edema of the lower limbs.
2. It can prevent and treat low back pain
Due to the wind, cold and dampness, the evil guest enters the bladder meridian, resulting in poor flow of qi and blood, and it is painful if it is not passed.
Stimulating the bladder meridian can open the meridian qi, and it is not painful, so it can stimulate the heel method of the bladder meridian, and can also prevent and treat low back pain, cervical spondylosis, and posterior headache.
3. It can prevent and treat stroke
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that all strokes are a syndrome of yin and yang deficiency caused by the decay of true yang, and cerebral hemorrhage is a symptom of yang energy uprushing caused by "yin sheng geyang".
When Yang Qi rushes upwards and gathers in the brain, the central nervous system will be stimulated several times more than usual.
Stimulating the heel can not only stimulate the flow of qi and blood in the brain, but more importantly, it can lead the floating yang downward, from the bladder meridian and kidney meridian to the soles of the feet, which is a method of latent yang.
4. It can prevent and treat poor urination
Poor urination in men, according to Western medicine, is prostate disease, which is more common in prostatic hypertrophy, prostatitis, etc.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is caused by unfavorable bladder gasification. Stimulating the heel is a trick to treating prostate disease.
Specific exercises on tiptoe
1. Tiptoe
Maintain an upright posture with your feet together and your hands at your sides.
Then slowly stand on your toes, grip the ground firmly with your toes, then drop your weight from your toes to the balls of your forefeet, relax your body, and finally do a free-fall movement so that your heels lightly hit the ground, causing a gentle shock that spreads along your legs to your upper body.
When you turn it a few times, you will feel refreshed and have a good aftertaste.
2. Walk on tiptoe
Take 30~50 steps each time, take a short break, and then repeat a few more sets according to your physical condition, and the speed should be comfortable and relaxed. Beginners can support the wall, and once they are proficient, they don't need to resort to foreign objects.
3. Sit on tiptoe
Keep your knees and thighs level, you can put two mineral water bottles or pets on your thighs for weight-bearing exercises, tiptoe 30~50 times each time, and the speed can be self-adjusted.
4. Lie down and hook your toes
When resting in bed, stretch your legs together and put your toes together, either with both feet or on one foot. If you feel uncomfortable in your calves, stop and rest. Do it 20~30 times each time, and the speed is also self-adjusting.
Tips
1. Rub the heel step by step, don't use too much force, otherwise it will easily lead to heel pain. If it causes pain, don't worry, rest for a few days, soak your feet in hot water, and you'll be fine soon.
2. In addition, when playing chess, playing cards, playing computer or standing still for a long time, it is best to do a tiptoe exercise about 1 hour or so, which can make the blood return of the lower limbs smooth, so that the lower limbs will not become numb due to sitting for a long time.
I didn't expect that often tiptoeing has so many health benefits!
We can do it anytime and anywhere, especially for middle-aged and elderly friends. A good way to recommend it to WeChat friends, everyone will be grateful to you!