恢复自我修复锻炼
保持健康是获得健康的最佳途径。但是如果你病了，那么西医和中医（CCM）（也称为传统中医（TCM））的传统模式是去看医生并让医生给你开一些药（就西医而言，可能会对你进行一些手术）。因此，治疗疾病的传统模式需要其他人的干预，通常是经过培训的医生。如果你能自己做些事情来治愈你的疾病，那不是很好吗？这只是幻想或一厢情愿的想法吗？也许不是。
The best road to good health is to stay healthy. But if you get sick, then the traditional paradigm in both Western medicine and Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM), also called Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is to go see a doctor and have the doctor prescribe some medicine for you (and in the case of Western medicine, may have some surgery done on you). So the traditional paradigm for treating illnesses requires intervention by someone else, usually a trained medical practitioner. Wouldn’t it be nice if there is something you can do yourself to cure your illnesses? Is this only a fantasy or wishful thinking? Perhaps not. In the last decade-plus, Hongchi Xiao, a man with an extremely interesting background, has met and learned from tens of legendary medical masters and doctors all over China and other parts of the world, including many recluses but with rare expertise in the healing arts. He learned not only CCM, acupuncture, and acupressure, but he also learned and mastered a set of auto-therapies (exercises), Lajin and Paida self-healing therapies (拉筋拍打自愈法)(Lā jīn pāidǎ zì yù fǎ) .
拉筋在中文里的意思是拉伸肌腱和韧带。
拍打在中文里的意思是拍打身体部位。Lajin in Chinese means to stretch your tendons and ligaments. Paida in Chinese means to pat and slap your body parts.
He has helped to revive and popularized these ancient self-healing therapies. Since 2010, he has organized more than 100 successful workshops in many places in China, as well as in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, and the U.S.
He has helped to revive and popularized these ancient self-healing therapies. Since 2010, he has organized more than 100 successful workshops in many places in China, as well as in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, and the U.S.
数千人参加了这些研讨会并从中受益匪浅。此外，这些练习不仅可以治病，还可以发现疾病，包括那些尚未明显表现的疾病。
Thousands of people have attended and greatly benefited from these workshops. Furthermore, these exercises not only can cure diseases, they can also detect diseases including those that have not clearly manifested themselves. Therefore, the same set of exercises can be used to detect and get rid of diseases, i.e., they can keep you in good health, and also cure your illnesses. This article provides an introduction to these exercises.
所以，同一套功法既能发现疾病，又能祛除疾病，即能养生，又能治病。本文就这套功法作一介绍。
First we provide some background on Mr. Hongchi Xiao. Mr. Xiao was born in Hubei Province, China. He graduated in 1985 from the University of International Business and Economics; then he worked in Beijing, Jiangxi, and Tibet as a university lecturer, village school teacher, and government official. Later, he went to the U.S., and in 1990 got his MBA from Thunderbird, American Graduate School of International Management. Xiao subsequently worked for over a decade as an investment banker in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai.
In 2006, he teamed with the famous director Ang Lee and made a successful bid for the concept proposal for the opening and closing ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympic, and was one of the two scriptwriters.
Although originally he did not study medicine, he always had some linkage to medicine, as his uncle is a Chinese doctor and his mother is a Western doctor. From a young age, he was especially attracted to CCM. Starting around a decade ago, a series of events led him to an unprecedented quest all over China, as well as several other parts of the world, to rediscover and learn CCM. He wandered as a vagabound to monasteries, temples, and even deep forests in China and overseas to seek out folk CCM masters. From these he learned and mastered many CCM techniques, including rare acupuncture and acupressure theories and techniques, bone-setting techniques, needle-knife technique, Lajin and Paida self-healing therapies.
在他学到的所有技术中，最吸引他的是拉筋和拍打自愈疗法，因为这是一种DIY技术。你自己的健康由你自己负责；这项技术可以帮助你诊断你的健康状况，也可以帮助你治疗你的疾病。
Of all the techniques that he learned, the most appealing to him is the Lajin and Paida self-healing therapies, because it is a do-it-yourself (DIY) technique. You are in charge of your own health; the technique can help you to do diagnostics on your health as well as to cure your illnesses.
The original treatise on CCM is the Huang Di Nei Jing 黄帝内经 ( Emperor’s Canon of Internal Medicine), the “Bible” of CCM from more than 2,000 years ago.
所以，同一套功法既能发现疾病，又能祛除疾病，即能养生，又能治病。本文就这套功法作一介绍。
First we provide some background on Mr. Hongchi Xiao. Mr. Xiao was born in Hubei Province, China. He graduated in 1985 from the University of International Business and Economics; then he worked in Beijing, Jiangxi, and Tibet as a university lecturer, village school teacher, and government official. Later, he went to the U.S., and in 1990 got his MBA from Thunderbird, American Graduate School of International Management. Xiao subsequently worked for over a decade as an investment banker in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai.
In 2006, he teamed with the famous director Ang Lee and made a successful bid for the concept proposal for the opening and closing ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympic, and was one of the two scriptwriters.
Although originally he did not study medicine, he always had some linkage to medicine, as his uncle is a Chinese doctor and his mother is a Western doctor. From a young age, he was especially attracted to CCM. Starting around a decade ago, a series of events led him to an unprecedented quest all over China, as well as several other parts of the world, to rediscover and learn CCM. He wandered as a vagabound to monasteries, temples, and even deep forests in China and overseas to seek out folk CCM masters. From these he learned and mastered many CCM techniques, including rare acupuncture and acupressure theories and techniques, bone-setting techniques, needle-knife technique, Lajin and Paida self-healing therapies.
在他学到的所有技术中，最吸引他的是拉筋和拍打自愈疗法，因为这是一种DIY技术。你自己的健康由你自己负责；这项技术可以帮助你诊断你的健康状况，也可以帮助你治疗你的疾病。
Of all the techniques that he learned, the most appealing to him is the Lajin and Paida self-healing therapies, because it is a do-it-yourself (DIY) technique. You are in charge of your own health; the technique can help you to do diagnostics on your health as well as to cure your illnesses.
The original treatise on CCM is the Huang Di Nei Jing 黄帝内经 ( Emperor’s Canon of Internal Medicine), the “Bible” of CCM from more than 2,000 years ago.
拉筋和拍打自愈疗法以中医理论为基础，认为健康不佳或患病是由于经络中气（人体生命力）的堵塞所致。人体有 14 条标准经络。拉筋和拍打自愈疗法的优点之一是，它不需要您知道单个经络的位置，因为它们会影响所有经络。 The Lajin and Paida self-healing therapies are based on CCM where ill health or illnesses are due to blockages of Qi, the body’s life force, in the body’s meridians. There are 14 standard meridians in the body. One of the advantages of the Lajin and Paida self-healing therapies is that it doesn’t require you to know the locations of individual meridians, because they affect all meridians.
前面说过，拉筋就是拉长你的筋和韧带。有句话说，筋拉长一寸，可以延寿十年。筋坏了，人就死。拉筋的各种练习有助于全身气血的循环。筋活了，身体就健康。筋一旦萎缩，身体就会出现各种不适的症状，比如颈部僵硬疼痛、背部僵硬疼痛、肌肉收缩或萎缩、下蹲不了、肘部不能伸屈等等。因此，拉筋也会提示身体的不适，有时甚至在早期西医技术还无法识别的时候就已经发现了。
As mentioned earlier, Lajin means to stretch your tendons and ligaments. There is a saying, that stretching your Jin (tendons and ligaments) by one inch will extend your life by 10 years. One dies when one’s Jin degenerates completely. The various Lajin exercises help the circulation of Qi and blood throughout the body. Flexible Jin will lead to good health. Once Jin shrinks, the body will manifest various symptoms of ill health, such as neck stiffness and pain, back stiffness and pain, contraction or atrophy of muscles, inability to squat down, inability to extend or bend the elbow, etc. Thus, doing the Lajin exercises would also provide indications of ill health, sometimes at an early stage when Western medical techniques might not identify them yet.
拍打的意思是拍打或扇动身体部位。这种练习通过促进身体经络气流畅通，将体内的有毒废物排出体外，从而恢复健康。被拍打的身体部位会自动聚集气血，然后加速血液循环。强化的气可以扫描身体并疏通堵塞的经络，从而清除体内的有毒废物、疾病甚至肿瘤。拍打后，这些有毒废物和疾病的症状会在皮肤上出现暗色或灰色的斑点或点。因此，拍打练习也会提供身体不适的迹象，有时在早期西医技术还无法识别时就能发现。
Paida means to pat or slap your body parts. This exercise draws out and expels poisonous waste in the body to restore health by facilitating smooth Qi flow in the body’s meridians. The patted and slapped parts on the body will automatically gather Qi and blood, and then accelerate the circulation. The intensified Qi could scan the body and dredge the obstructed meridians, resulting in clearing the poisonous body waste, illnesses, and even tumors. Sympdoms of these poisonous body waste and illnesses are reflected in the skin after Paida as darkish or greyish spots or dots. Thus, doing the Paida exercises would also provide indications of ill health, again sometimes at an early stage when Western medical techniques might not identify them yet.
拉筋、拍打自愈法能治什么病？因为拉筋、拍打是通经络的，所以能治很多病。
What illnesses can Lajin and Paida self-healing therapies treat? Because they blanket all the meridians, they can treat many illnesses. Furthermore, we need to be careful with an illness name, because a person identified with a particular illness may have multiple problems. For example, a person who has hypertension (high blood pressure) is often advised to take anti-hypertensive drugs. However, most anti-hypertensive drugs are diuretics that could do damage to the functions of the kidney. So, one really should find out the underlying problems that are causing the hypertension and utilize methods to remove the underlying problems.
前面说过，拉筋就是拉长你的筋和韧带。有句话说，筋拉长一寸，可以延寿十年。筋坏了，人就死。拉筋的各种练习有助于全身气血的循环。筋活了，身体就健康。筋一旦萎缩，身体就会出现各种不适的症状，比如颈部僵硬疼痛、背部僵硬疼痛、肌肉收缩或萎缩、下蹲不了、肘部不能伸屈等等。因此，拉筋也会提示身体的不适，有时甚至在早期西医技术还无法识别的时候就已经发现了。
As mentioned earlier, Lajin means to stretch your tendons and ligaments. There is a saying, that stretching your Jin (tendons and ligaments) by one inch will extend your life by 10 years. One dies when one’s Jin degenerates completely. The various Lajin exercises help the circulation of Qi and blood throughout the body. Flexible Jin will lead to good health. Once Jin shrinks, the body will manifest various symptoms of ill health, such as neck stiffness and pain, back stiffness and pain, contraction or atrophy of muscles, inability to squat down, inability to extend or bend the elbow, etc. Thus, doing the Lajin exercises would also provide indications of ill health, sometimes at an early stage when Western medical techniques might not identify them yet.
拍打的意思是拍打或扇动身体部位。这种练习通过促进身体经络气流畅通，将体内的有毒废物排出体外，从而恢复健康。被拍打的身体部位会自动聚集气血，然后加速血液循环。强化的气可以扫描身体并疏通堵塞的经络，从而清除体内的有毒废物、疾病甚至肿瘤。拍打后，这些有毒废物和疾病的症状会在皮肤上出现暗色或灰色的斑点或点。因此，拍打练习也会提供身体不适的迹象，有时在早期西医技术还无法识别时就能发现。
Paida means to pat or slap your body parts. This exercise draws out and expels poisonous waste in the body to restore health by facilitating smooth Qi flow in the body’s meridians. The patted and slapped parts on the body will automatically gather Qi and blood, and then accelerate the circulation. The intensified Qi could scan the body and dredge the obstructed meridians, resulting in clearing the poisonous body waste, illnesses, and even tumors. Sympdoms of these poisonous body waste and illnesses are reflected in the skin after Paida as darkish or greyish spots or dots. Thus, doing the Paida exercises would also provide indications of ill health, again sometimes at an early stage when Western medical techniques might not identify them yet.
拉筋、拍打自愈法能治什么病？因为拉筋、拍打是通经络的，所以能治很多病。
What illnesses can Lajin and Paida self-healing therapies treat? Because they blanket all the meridians, they can treat many illnesses. Furthermore, we need to be careful with an illness name, because a person identified with a particular illness may have multiple problems. For example, a person who has hypertension (high blood pressure) is often advised to take anti-hypertensive drugs. However, most anti-hypertensive drugs are diuretics that could do damage to the functions of the kidney. So, one really should find out the underlying problems that are causing the hypertension and utilize methods to remove the underlying problems.
As mentioned at the beginning of this article, during the last three years Xiao and his collaborators have conducted more than 100 workshops all over the world. The results have been extremely positive. For example, here is a part of a summary report from the organizers of such a workshop at the Soweto Old Age Home in South Africa: “Every one of the participants reported how they benefitted from the Lajin and Paida classes. They can move again and are no longer dependent on others to help them with basic tasks. Others can now walk without walkers and are getting out of their wheelchairs. What is quite remarkable is that participants who suffered strokes are much improved and I expect them to recover fully over the coming months. Also important is that their mood and spirit have much improved.”
As a matter of fact, the results have been so positive that many people questioned whether the organizers announced only the successful treatments. Xiao and the organizers have all along requested medical experts to come to their workshops to take measurements, to perform tests, and to record observations. Unfortunately no one has taken up their offers yet.
I believe that it is just a matter of time before the medical establishment will take seriously what Xiao and his collaborators are claiming. They will perform the necessary observations and tests. These claims will be verified, refuted, or modified. If the Lajing and Paida self-healing exercises have just even part of the benefits that Xiao and his collaborators are claiming, then this will already be a significant breakthrough and will have tremendous positive benefits with respect to our health and the cost of our healthcare.
In the meantime, if you want to learn more about the Lajin and Paida self-healing therapies, here are some references:
More about Hongchi Xiao and his organization, including videos and references: about Paida and Lajin Self-Healing (Abridged Version): A descriptive document providing a lot of theoretical background and reporting on the results of their workshops The La-Jin Therapy, The Pai-Da Therapy: A Powerpoint document describing how the exercises are done Interview in English with Hongchi Xiao that shows some of the Lajin and Paida exercises. The interview has 3 parts. The link to the 3rd interview that shows the actual exercises is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wQ-Fsyvb6I. From this link, you can easily find Parts 1 and 2 of this interview. You can ignore the comment in the Part 1 interview referring to a Daoist monk’s remark about reincarnation.
Ben James: "The simple Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM) techniques; Pai-Da & La-Jin (literally, 'pat-slap' & 'stretch-tendons') are incredibly effective methods of Self-Healing by stimulating one's own body's endogenous, organic healing-systems THAT ARE ALREADY THERE - detoxifying, mending, soothing, HEALING. Take back control of your OWN HEALTH! Just Do It! The Pain IS the medicine! Anywhere - Any Time! Universally Applicable! Totally Drug-free! It works by unblocking the body's meridians thus allowing Smooth Flowing Qi.
My sister quit smoking (35+years) on day 3 of the 7-day workshop in Perth 2013 and hasn't smoked since. The key to 'self-healing' is the Self; one has to 'tune into' one's Self. Lajin and Paida, practiced mindfully, is transformative!
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