Zhang Zhangmen continued to talk endlessly: "Liberators, go, remove, and temperate." Valley: The meaning of five grains, the subtlety of the water valley. Therefore, Bigu can be understood as not eating the subtlety of the water valley. Or the meaning of eating and eating grains. Now I will talk about the Bigu genre, "Art and Literature Gathering" contains the famous qigong master Xuan Jian in the Three Kingdoms,—— hunting when he was young, starving in the empty mound, seeing that there was a big turtle in the mound, counting and turning, impermanence, opening his mouth and swallowing air, or pitching or looking up. Jian also heard that the turtle could guide, but he tried to follow the turtle's doing, so he no longer starved. More than 100 days, quite bitter. Later generations occasionally peep into the grave and come out thrifty. Later, he was able to swallow his breath and break the valley. Therefore, in the later historical process, our Taoism produced many Bigu schools, forming complex methods of eating qi, such as Yin Zhenren serving the Yuan Qi method, Mr. Tai Weiyi using the Qi method, Mr. Taiwu serving the Qi method, Mr. Maoshan taking the internal qi method, Taiqing Wang Lao Oral Transmission of the Qi method, Mr. Huanzhen taking the internal Yuan Qi method and Lingbao Gong, etc., the types of skills are diverse, the methods are different, but its basic core is still soft and slender breathing and breathing. The Taoist reasoning of the Qi Bigu technique 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 sustain life without eating grains for a long time; and the Bigu technique can induce the production of hydrolysis enzymes, so that water can be used as an energy source. Therefore, after such years of cultivation, it is really rare for many of our Taoist priests to live to be more than 100 years old. ”

Xiao Fei involuntarily whispered to me: " In fact, human beings are homeothermic animals, even if they are motionless in sleep, they still need to consume energy to maintain body temperature and internal organs, so from a scientific point of view, it is not realistic to convince Qi Bigu, it is unscientific, because from a scientific point of view, within a day of fasting, the glycogen stored by the liver has been depleted, because red blood cells and brain tissue usually only burn glucose, so the human body begins to convert other energy substances into sugar to meet needs; after fasting for 36 hours, muscle protein decomposes and releases amino acids, and the liver ingests alanine to make sugar under the influence of hormones; after fasting for 48 hours, the body begins to mobilize a large amount of fat to produce energy。 However, fat is not a clean energy source, and a large amount of acidic products are produced during consumption, and the content of ketone bodies in the blood and urine increases rapidly, and the acid-base balance of body fluids begins to be tested. If hunger is not relieved at this time, and fat burning cannot meet the needs of life, the body has to break down a large amount of protein again.

Protein is the functional unit of life, and the breakdown of a large number of proteins will bring about dysfunction. Severely malnourished people are on the verge of organ failure, and death is inevitable. Intravenous nutrition preparations formulated by modern medicine for patients who cannot eat by mouth contain nothing more than several major nutrients such as glucose, amino acids, and fat emulsions, supplemented by trace elements, vitamins, electrolytes and other necessary substances. Proponents of the Confession do not deny the importance of these nutrients, however, they argue that nutrients are not only available from food. These descriptions can only be found in science fiction, and hydrolysis enzymes are unimaginable to exist in a human body where water takes up more than half of its weight. Therefore, I personally think that it is not advisable to convince Qi Bigu, it has no scientific basis, and it is a wrong cultivation method. “

Zhang Zhangmen glared at us, signaled us not to mumble, but to listen to him attentively, and then continued to say in a beaming voice: "Bigu needs to eat omnivorous and medicinal bait at the same time. The commonly used omnivorous foods are sesame, black soybeans, red dates, chestnuts, walnut meat, honey and alcohol. As for the medicines, there are more medicines, including Rehmannia root, Polygonatum polygonatum multiflorum, Polygonum multiflori, wolfberry, asparagus, Maimendong, chrysanthemum, Poria cocos, Atractylodes, pine nuts, cypress, coria seeds, yam, almonds, white peony, calamus, Ze Yuan, Shiwei and so on. There are also some people who just advocate eating less, and still eat a small amount of staple foods in the process of Bigu, which is actually no different from dieting. Looking at this kind of bigu technique, some of the medicines taken during the practice are mainly fats and some are sugar-based, but the calories content is much lower than the normal three meals. The Song Dynasty government revised the "Taiping Shenghui Fang" has the secret recipe of the gods Bigu to stay in the face, which is composed of poria cocos, chestnuts, sesame seeds, and jujubes, boiled into a paste to take, requiring 2 times a day, 50 grams each time. According to "The History of the Song Dynasty: The Biography of Yinyi", Chen Shu once lived in seclusion in Wudang Mountain, "serving the valley for more than 20 years, but drinking several glasses a day." I myself am quite in favor of this school, and my own cultivation is mainly based on this for cultivation, and I also use this recipe as the staple food of my cultivation, you can record it carefully, it is indeed very beneficial. “

Xiao Fei couldn't help but say: "Indeed, this method of Bigu is indeed very scientific, that is, starvation therapy, it is good to talk about starvation and cure all diseases, in fact, the three schools of interpretation, Taoism, and medicine have a common secret - to make people immortal, and there must be no feces in the intestines." Buddhists believe that breakfast is a heavenly eclipse, lunch is human food, and dinner is ghost food. Therefore, in order to be healthy and not hinder the practice, Buddhism also requires monks to eat a vegetarian diet and not eat at noon. Since ancient times, doctors have advocated that it is best to eat in the morning, eat enough in the middle, eat less in the evening, and skip dinner, and especially emphasize that people should live forever and have a clear intestine. In short, the purpose of the three schools of Buddhism and Taoism is to keep the intestines free of stool, which is a common method for the human body to slow down aging, prevent diseases and thus maintain immortality. Therefore, scientific research has found that restricting energy intake, from lower organisms and fungi and fruit flies to mammalian mice and dogs, can have the effect of prolonging the life of organisms, that is, hungry animals not only live longer, but also live healthier. Scientists speculate that this may be due to the fact that low-calorie foods reduce the consequences of oxidative stress in the body. Molecular biology studies have shown that the mTOR (mammalian target receptor for rapamycin) signaling pathway, which is closely related to aging, is also more activated in response to food. The results of animal experiments are naturally generalized to humans themselves. From a disease prevention point of view, dieting can help to increase longevity. However, dieting also needs to be done under the guidance of science. If you only take the so-called medicine for a long time, then the nutrients you consume will inevitably be out of balance. Scientific dieting should take into account the reasonable combination of various nutrients, and should not be neglected. It can be seen that the correct Bigu not only has no damage to the human body's functions, but also can improve some functions of the human body, and has a positive effect on weight loss and bodybuilding, dispelling diseases and strengthening the body, and prolonging life. Reducing the intake of staple foods and calories while increasing physical activity can effectively control and prevent a series of metabolic related diseases represented by type 2 diabetes.

Especially for people with diabetes, the preferred way to control blood sugar is dieting. If dieting and lifestyle changes can maintain blood sugar at reasonable levels, then there is no need to resort to medication, which is one of the reasons why many Bigu advocates claim that Bigu can "cure" diabetes, but not all diabetics are suitable for dieting, and some types of diabetes are prone to ketoacidosis in conditions of starvation. Therefore, for patients, the specific operation of dieting should have a clear plan and arrangement, and take into account their own feelings, and it is best to carry out it under the guidance of professionals, rather than blindly throwing themselves into the arms of Bigu to pursue a radical cure, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. It is also effective for cardiovascular disease, because obesity is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, so dieting and weight control will undoubtedly keep people away from the threat of the number one health killer of human beings. Arteriosclerosis and atheroplaque are the direct causes of coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, and dieting can help reduce blood lipids, reverse fatty liver, and delay the onset of atherosclerosis. Therefore, some Bigu enthusiasts believe that Bigu can dredge and soften blood vessels, and its significance is actually nothing more than the benefits of dieting and weight loss. Therefore, Bigu belongs to a kind of Taoist practice of health preservation and detoxification. It has the benefits of detoxification, beauty, slimming, and self-nourishment. During the study of Bigu, it is necessary to practice qi and subdued qi at the same time. However, for men and women who want to lose weight, it is definitely the best choice. The effect is very fast, and it is not easy to rebound. People who are in sub-health can also go to Bigu. It allows you to lose weight quickly into a lightning bolt without rebounding. “

I smiled and said, "No culture, it's terrible, in fact, do you know, to give you science, lightning is actually four meters wide, so if a person is like a lightning, that is to say, he must be four meters wide, so in the future, you must not say that you will be thin into a lightning." In the modern society where appearance is justice, especially the great abundance of material conditions, everyone lives a happy life with plenty of food and clothing, everyone is diligently pursuing beauty, the pursuit of slimness, especially afraid of becoming a greasy middle-aged uncle, middle-aged aunt, so weight loss has become a trend, all the rage, weight loss has become a topic of lasting concern, all kinds of weight loss tricks emerge in endlessly, exercise weight loss, hunger therapy, Copenhagen recipe Dafa, slimming tea... And so on, and even some people actually use diet pills to make huge profits, but in fact, the medicine is three points poisonous, very harmful to the body, huge profits, but everyone is still flocking to it, just for a good-looking body, there will be a series of side effects. For example, palpitations, insomnia, and excessive calorie intake are the main causes of obesity, and some diet pills achieve weight loss by increasing the body's calorie consumption to avoid excess calories. These diet pills contain ephedrine, which can cause symptoms of insomnia and heart palpitations after taking them. There is also anorexia, and some people will experience loss of appetite after taking diet pills. This is mainly because diet pills contain an appetite suppressant called fenflamine. Long-term use, although it can make people lose weight, but it is easy to cause anorexia, which is not conducive to human health. Especially diarrhea, many diet pills are effective because of diarrhea. Most of these medicines contain laxatives, and people experience vomiting and diarrhea after taking them. After such a toss, the body loses a lot of water, and the weight will naturally decrease, achieving the effect of weight loss, but long-term use will be dehydrated, malnutrition and other dangers. So it's too much to lose, so weight loss is a need for perseverance in exercise, healthy eating, exposure to ten cold, weight loss through diet pills is not the right way, we must learn this Bigu technique well, after going back to benefit those who want to lose weight, we can also make a little fortune by the way, and will not hurt their bodies, why not?"