1.Lajin in reclining posture : best posture for the overall 12 body meridians self-healing activation
↑shift-able vertical plank leg-rest lajin bench
or
↓fixed vertical plank leg-rest lajin bench
⇧ Doing Lajin with a lajin bench .
↗ Home D.I.Y Lajin with two chairs against a wall corner. ↙
2. Lajin in squatting posture⇩
3. Lajin in standing posture ⇩
(a) ↑ front view. (b) ↗side view.
⇩ (a)The major Jin of human body.
Feet-Legs-Waist-Neck.
(b) The major Jin of human body.
Hands- Arms-Chest.
↘ (c) The major Jin of human body.
Inner side of both legs- Hui Yin acupuncture point.
4. Lajin in Y-shape posture ⇩
↑ On the bed.
↓ On the floor.
5. Lajin in L-shape posture ↓
6. Neck Lajin ⇩
7. Lajin sitting on sofa-chair
Things to note about Lajin.
1. When practicing Lajin outdoors, avoid wind and chills; when practicing it indoors, avoid direct wind from electric fans or air conditioners. Sweating during Lajin is beneficial, and it is NOT necessary to cool down deliberately. The waist and knees should never be exposed as the body is relaxed and pores are opened up during Lajin. It is best to wear long-sleeved shirts and trousers to stay warm, particularly when the air-con is on; otherwise, the cold may get in through the open pores, affect the joints and induce more diseases.
2. There is no fixed standard as to how long or how intense a Lajin session should be, which vary according to a person’s age and health condition. The overall principle is: for better and faster effect, stretch with more weights and for a longer time. For people who dance or practice yoga, or have a very flexible body, each leg may be stretched for 30-50 minutes or more.
3. If, in reclining posture, your sole cannot touch the ground, you can slightly move your lowered leg outward to ease the pain. But once it can touch the ground, move it inward until both legs are close together to avoid splay feet.
4. People with hypertension, heart disease, the frail, the elderly, and the critically ill should take it more slowly, as the pain induced in Lajin will increase the pulse and blood pressure. Even though these are normal reactions and signs of improvement, it is advisable to gradually increase duration and intensity. A small pillow may be used to prop up the head in order to avoid blood rushing to the brain.
5. If headache, dizziness, pale face, cold sweat, chest tightness, numb and cold limbs, rapid and irregular heartbeat, or other severe healing reactions appear during Lajin, stop for a while and slap heavily on the inner elbows and Neiguan acupoint near the wrists. The more pain is felt during this process, the more necessary it is to continue Paida.
6. Women can practice Lajin at any point of the menstrual cycle. Those suffering from menstrual pain will feel better if Lajin is practiced during the period.
7. Stay attentive when doing Lajin. When pain is felt at different parts of the body during Lajin, do some Paida as well. It will be greater healing effect. In particular, for those having difficulty in Lajin, slapping the joints, hands and feet can help relieve the pain felt during Lajin.
Few things to note about Paida
1. Avoid wind and chills during Paida.
Avoid direct wind from an electric fan or an air conditioner during Paida, so as not to let the wind and chills enter the body through open pores, which could induce new illnesses. If air conditioning has to be used, turn the fan to “low”, and increase the temperature to no less than 26℃.
2. How best to drink water before, during and after Paida?
Before, during and after Paida, drink some warm water to replenish hydration, to prevent fatigue or dizziness, and to enhance metabolism. It is best to drink ginger and jujube tea, particularly for those weak in Qi and blood.
Many people drink water as a habit, even when they are not thirty. They even follow the “expert advice” and drink many gallons of water every day, which can induce a lot of illnesses. According to Chinese medicine, drink only when you are thirsty and drink when it is warm. Do not assume that drinking much water helps detoxification. Where there are blockages in the body, the excess water can get trapped inside, damage kidney and urinary bladder functions and cause other health problems. And do not drink cold water. It is a taboo to drink cold water in early morning when the body’s Yang energy is rising along with the sun-rise. Cold water extinguishes the Heart fire and induces heart disease.
3. Avoid bathing or showering after Paida.
In cold weather, when you have little or no sweat, it is better not to take a bath on the day of Paida. As the Qi and blood flow in the body is automatically enhanced after PaidaLajin, it is best not to interfere with this process. And, the skin pores are wide open after Paida, cold-dampness can easily enter the body. When it is hot and you have much sweat, shower two hours after Paida. Never shower with cold water. Shampoo and shower gel containing chemicals should be avoided.
4. When Sha appears, it is best to continue slapping until it comes out thoroughly and then disappears.
Sha around the elbows and chest after Paida.
This process can take a long time, sometimes for over an hour. Prolonged Paida helps the Sha fade away faster. The slapped area gathers more Qi and blood, and it facilitates their flow and detoxification. Even if you stop Paida, normally the Sha will disappear in a few hours or days. It only takes a longer time.
If Sha disappears fast, it is indicative of good health. Normally, the Sha on kids, young and healthy people disappears faster; it goes away more slowly in elderly people and gravely ill patients. Some Sha can take weeks to disappear. After Sha appears, you can move on to slap other body parts, and wait until the Sha disappears to start a second round of Paida on the same areas.
5. The very fact that Sha disappears with continued Paida shows that it is not blood vessels being broken. Rather, the toxic substances in the blood are being decomposed, and removed through skin pores, other orifices and detoxification channels in the body. Sweat, tears, runny nose, urine, stool, smells from the skin and other excretions are all telling signs of detoxification.
6. Dark Sha, reddish and swelling skin that appear during Paida can look horrible. For instance, some people cannot put on their shoes, for their feet are so swollen after Paida. These are good healing reactions, and the self-healing mechanism is working to detoxify. Continue Paida. Do not panic even if the skin is broken and blood seeps out. Paida for a while to get rid of some toxic blood and bodily fluids. Then move on to slap on an adjacent area.
Sha and bleeding during Paida are part of the self-healing process. Some people regard the appearance of Sha as a sign of subcutaneous hemorrhage. This is a misunderstanding. When checked with medical equipment, the major blood vessels at the area with much Sha remain intact. And, if you slap on healthy parts of the body, no Sha or blood will come out.
7. It is normal that the skin sometimes breaks during Paida. You can stop slapping it and move on to slap on another part of the body. However, to heal certain illnesses, it is better effect to slap until the skin breaks, and toxic blood and fluids come out. For instance, this way people with psoriasis or eczema can get rid of more toxins at the affected areas; to relieve severe symptoms of heart disease, slap on the inner elbows until the skin breaks.
Prohibitions
Paida is prohibited in the following cases:
1. Those who tend to bleed easily or those with blood disorders, such as bleeder disease, Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP), etc.
2. Those with skin trauma, and/or festered skin with bodily fluid on it.
3. Those bleeding, having acute injuries, severe infections, or fresh bone fractures.
It’s Okay to slap on regions with muscle and soft tissue damage and surrounding areas, it can hurt more, but the self-healing effect is great.
4. For patients with retinal detachment, avoid Paida the eyes.
Sha and self-healing
What is Sha?
Sha (痧; pinyin: shā): Toxic waste in the blood and bodily fluids that appears beneath the skin during Paida. It comes in shades of pink, crimson, purple, purplish black, black, etc. When the amount of Sha reaches a peak, it will gradually fade away with continued Paida. Lumps, red swelling, and white powder on the skin are also different forms of Sha.
Sha is a word unique to the Chinese language. It literally means “toxic sands and little stones”. Ancient Chinese called them “blood stones”, i.e., pathogenic substances similar to gall bladder stones and kidney stones. Establishing its occurrence and coining the term “Sha”, as well as using it to diagnose and treat diseases, is a perfect case demonstrating the wisdom of ancient Chinese.
In the scientific language, Sha refers to tiny toxic particles that are processed and filtered from harmful substances in the blood and bodily fluids, when the Yang energy boosted through PaidaLajin scans the entire body and induces biochemical reactions with various substances in the body. Pushed by Qi, these particles are excreted through the orifices. Sha can be excreted through skin pores as tiny solid particles, or in the sweat, tears, nasal discharge, urine, stool, and so on.
Four types of toxins in Sha:
1. Toxins from environmental forces such as wind, heat, cold, and dampness.
2. Toxins from diseases.
3. Toxins from prolonged medication and fabricated, processed foods. Chemical odors expelled during Paida are evidences of detoxification.
4. Toxins produced by negative mindset and emotions. These are far more toxic than the impact of drug toxins and external forces, and are the main causes of illness.
Paida the skin forces toxic waste in the blood to cling to and go through blood vessel walls, and colourful patches of Sha will appear beneath the skin. With the same intensity of Paida, Sha does not appear on healthy parts of the body, but will only surface on those parts or acupoints with existing and latent illnesses.
Self-diagnosis according to colours of Sha
The general principles in self-diagnosis according to colours of Sha are as follows:
Sha appears only where diseases are present; the amount of Sha surfaced indicates the severity of diseases; the darker the Sha colours, the more severe the pathogenic elements (toxic waste, excessive cold, heat, dampness, etc.) are in the body.
Sometimes, lumps and red swelling may appear along with Sha. Regardless of the disease name, when pains are relieved and Sha is surfaced and decomposed through PaidaLajin, the self-healing method has taken effect. Sha does not appear the way and the amount we expect it. Heavy Paida on a healthy person does not force out much Sha; gentle Paida on a sick person easily gets Sha out.
The colours of Sha have the following implications:
1. Flushed skin: healthy, normal;
2. Red: “wind-heat”; common in people of “sub-health” condition;
3. Purplish red: “stagnant heat”, prone to soreness;
4. Blue: “phlegm-dampness”, prone to fatigue;
5. Purplish black: stagnation and inflammation, indicating that toxins have accumulated in the body and that the meridians are heavily blocked;
6. Black: appearing mostly in those with chronic or critical illnesses, or those under prolonged medication;
7. Colourful Sha and reddish swelling skin: severe blockages. The swelling, similar to the appearance of Sha, is a good detoxifying reaction.
PaidaLajin is diagnosis and treatment at the same time. Whatever its colour, Sha signals health problems and indicates that detoxification and treatment are under way—excessive heat, cold, dampness, and toxic waste in related organs are being expelled.
1. Where there is Sha, there is a health problem. The more severely blocked the meridians are, the faster Sha appears (sometimes in less than one minute of Paida) and the darker its colours are. However, Sha is not the only self-diagnostic criterion; pain is a more accurate signal. Having pain but no Sha also reveals health problems, for “no pains, no blockages”.
2. Some Sha travels in the body. This indicates that Qi and blood flow is being regulated and that Paida produces a lasting effect in boosting Qi and blood circulation.
3. Some people may have red Sha at first, and with continued Paida, darker spots, lines or patches of Sha will appear, and in severe cases even dark, hard lumps will emerge; in some cases, especially among the seriously ill, Sha may not come out easily because the Qi is weak and fails to stimulate blood circulation; some people do not have sufficient Qi and blood, but they have rough skin and thick flesh where toxins are buried deep within, so it is quite hard to get Sha out. In such cases, Paida hard and long enough, and for multiple times before Sha can be gradually drawn out.
4. In some people, Sha may cease to emerge after a few Paida sessions, but can re-appear after some time. This indicates that the self-healing power has its own agenda and mechanism. When, where and how much Sha appears do not follow a person’s willpower. Sometimes, try as you may, no Sha will come out; at other times, Sha will surface unexpectedly. It also shows that a person’s health condition is constantly changing, and that in the tug-of-war with Qi, toxins are changing and moving around in the body.
5. If Sha appears only when you are receiving Paida by others, but not when you are slapping yourself, then self-help Paida is too gentle and the duration is too short for it to take effect.
6. When you fall sick, you will have Sha where it previously did not, and Paida hurts more. Where there is little Sha, intense Paida or Paida by others can get out more Sha. These are good healing reactions, where diseases and injuries are brought to the surface to be uprooted.
7. The colour of Sha can turn lighter, turn yellow, or have a paler wave-like shade soon after it appears or on the following day. It can also spread to surrounding areas. These are all normal reactions, indicating that the self-healing mechanism is regulating Qi and blood circulation at the affected body tissues.
PaidaLajin should be continued even after diseases are cured. These exercises could be adopted as life-long habits, because, in our daily life, we may still have thoughts and behaviors that do harm to our health. Practicing PaidaLajin daily is just like having regular meals. It enables the body to produce in vivo the best organic nutrition and medicine. If, no matter how intense PaidaLajin is practiced, no sore, numb, painful, or swelling sensation is felt, and no other healing reactions occur, this indicates that the bones are in place and tendons are flexible, thus PaidaLajin need not be continued. However, even in yoga teachers with very flexible tendons, signs of detoxification reactions like numbness start to appear when a Lajin session is extended beyond 30 minutes.
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