Is Taoist qigong practice meaningful?

Taoist qigong originated from practicing Dan in ancient times. Ancient alchemists began to cultivate immortality by asking for it. The earliest alchemist paid attention to refining external alchemy, that is, refining the so-called "elixir" with gold, silver, minerals, vegetation and so on. We often hear the expression "nine turns to elixir" The so-called "turn" is "change sublimation". Nine turns means that the elixir changes after nine reactions. Most of the substances used in Waidan are highly toxic, and countless people have died because of taking Zedan. Therefore, the external alchemy gradually declined. At the same time, with the development of traditional medicine and metaphysics in China, Inner alchemy has been gradually valued by people who cultivate immortals. The so-called inner alchemy is a practice method with one's own body as the tripod, one's own heart as the fire and one's own spirit as the medicine. This method is harmless to people's lives, and even if the cultivation of immortals fails, it can achieve the effect of strengthening the body. Therefore, Neidan technique quickly became popular. Jin and Ge Hong's "Bao Pu Zi" and Chen Tuan's "Lao Zu Zhou Yi Qi" all introduced the cultivation process of Dan in detail. The word "Qigong" we are talking about now is a new term that appeared in the 1960s and 1970s after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In Taoist qigong, the so-called "refining qi, refining qi, and returning to emptiness" is a description of the realm of cultivation. In fact, the whole process should be "refining body fluid, refining the true qi, refining the essence, returning the essence to the air, and refining the empty cultivation". The so-called "essence" here is not what we call "essence", but has a great relationship with "essence" The essence of transforming essence into qi means that sperm is "congenital essence" and "acquired turbid essence". The two are very different, but inseparable. Meta-essence is invisible and attached to turbid essence. If turbid essence is lost, yuan essence will also dissipate. Therefore, Taoism advocates refining qi or nourishing brain. The so-called "harmony is human, and adversity is immortal" means that if people are exhausted, they can have children, and vice versa.

People who practice Buddhism have no sexual intercourse or nocturnal emission. But for those who have just practiced, this is really difficult to do. Overflow is natural and cannot be forced. If nocturnal emission is frequent, you can try the Taoist method of reviving the mind and strengthening the brain. "When urinating, bite the bullet and hold your breath. Visualize the essence flowing from the bottom of the sea to the back of the governor vessel, so that qi enters the brain. After urinating, you exhale and introduce the qi in your brain into your abdomen along ren meridian. "