气冲病灶-Qichongbingzao

About Qì Chōng Bìng Zào (气冲病灶)

Generally, Qì Chōng Bìng Zào has 3 phases, namely zhǎo bìng (找病), fān bìng(翻病) and tuì bìng (退病)stages.

zhǎo bìng (找病)

When Qi circulation is hindered by greater resistance in the body and the body’s internal strength is not able to punctuate through the Bìng Zào(Focus of Syndrome), the Qi will automatically find alternative routes to go around the focus of syndrome and such process will kick in when the Qi faces another block at the alternative routes and so on.

Coming out of this continuous attempts are the effects of helping the body to clear off the less serious Bìng Zào, while revealing the more serious BìngZào which the body has yet to gather enough strength to clear off for now. This process is called zhǎo bìng.

fān bìng (翻病)

In the first stage of zhǎo bìng , most of the meridians would have been dredged. The La-Jin and Pai-Da process will enhance the energy in the body either partially or as a whole. This will enable the recharged body to focus on the remaining identified Bìng Zào with multitude of energy to clear off the focus of syndrome. As a result, symptoms of various Bìng Zào will become even more obvious and followed by the revelation of all sorts of sicknesses. This process is called fān bìng.

fān bìng is the stage of fighting against the sicknesses, is also the most difficult period. During this period, not only that the body will feel lousy, the symptoms of the sicknesses will get aggravated. If you were to carry out medical check-up at the hospital then, usually the test results would indicate a temporary state of losing control leading to abnormalities. That is why in Taoism Qi Gong, this stage is always dubbed as “dà sǐ dà huó” (大死大活)stage - to some extent, this is the darkness before dawn breaks. Unfortunately, many patients failed to grasp this Qi Gong’s healing cycle and gave up practising it half way through. One must understand that without going through this dire state of suffering, it is impossible to have new lease of life let alone the effects of “body overhaul” and “rejuvenation”.

tuì bìng (退病)

After the long standing of Qi’s attempt to punctuate through the Bìng Zàoand following with the increased intensity of La-Jin and Pai-Da, the body’s energy will get boosted continuously. The Bìng Zào (appear in the form Sha)will gradually recede to the constant pressure from Qi and eventually disappear. At the same time, the patients will feel their various sicknesses subsiding and eventually going away. This is called tuì bìng

Three Aspect of zhǎo bìng and fān bìng

The process of zhǎo bìng and fān bìng does not change course as a result of individual’s perception or wishes, the Qi’s mechanism has its own discipline. It will not only diagnose the known sickness but also the unknown problems in the body. As a result, it always give rise to anxiety to those patients who do not understand the discipline of this healing technique. Some may even mistakenly thought that the new found problems are caused by the La-Jin and Pai-Da. In actual fact, such revelations are the desired effects of La-Jin and Pai-Da. This is simply because you cannot just tackle where the problems are but to go through a comprehensive healing for the body. Then only the outcome of such comprehensive process can be considered complete body overhaul. This process will must tackle the sickness from the following 3 aspects:

1. Past Sickness

These are in respect of past illnesses of which some may have been cured long ago. However, the wounds caused by such illnesses may have not healed properly as a result of subsequent changes to the body’s organic structure (for instance, joints of the operated wound) which left unnoticed. As a result, the meridians at these specific spots may not allow the Qi to pass through easily and this would normally lead to soreness at the old wounds and other complications related to the past sickness.

2. Current Sickness

These are in respect of the illnesses that you are aware of. Suffering from the impact of these illnesses will become more severe when the Qi hits right on the Focus of Syndrome.

3. Future Sickness

Future sicknesses can have 3 types:

a) Existing illness that are left undetected due to lack of symptoms;

b) At the early stage of some illness that do not have much symptoms (e.g. weakening kidney, pancreas);

c) Potential illnesses that might strike in future Despite the fact that we might not realize their existence or even be traced by the hospital’s prognosis, one will get to feel the presence of these 3 types of sickness when Qì Chōng Bìng Zào.

To conclude the above, for those who wish to achieve their personal health goal through La-Jin and Pai-Da, Qì Chōng Bìng Zào is an important step towards regaining the health. Only to pass through this stage that one can heal from all sicknesses and lay down a solid foundation for his/her future health.

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(一)气冲病灶：

一般要经历三个阶段即是找病、翻病和退病的过程。

1. 找病 ：

当气机运行受到较强的阻力而体内能量尚不足以冲开病灶时，气机的运行便会自动改变运行路线，当另一运行路线再次受到强烈的阻滞时，便会再次改变路线，如此不断循环，一方面将体内足以冲开的小病灶（气滞点）全部疏通了，另一方面也把由于能量不足而暂时冲不开的病灶一个个地暴露出来了，这个过程就是找病的过程。

2. 翻病 ：

第一阶段的找病过程使绝大部分经络变的更为畅通，修炼者的能量在不断的练功中得到加强，便会直接冲向已经找到的病灶，并以更大的力度加以冲击，使各种病灶的症状更加突出，各种疾病都被翻了出来，这就是翻病的过程。

翻病过程是修炼者修复体内疾病的相持阶段，也是经历痛苦磨难的阶段，这个时期，不但修炼者自身会感到身体的明显不适，病情“明显加重”。如果此时到医院检查，各项指标往往也处于暂时的失衡状态而变的不正常。因此，道家气功将这一阶段称为“大死大活”阶段。不少患者由于对练功治病的机理不了解，往往在这个阶段败下阵来，放弃继续修炼而导致半途而废，实在可惜。要知道没有“大死”的过程是不可能有“大活”的结果的，更谈不上“脱胎换骨”和“返老还童”的效果了。

3. 退病 ：

病灶和真气经过一段时间的相持后，随着修炼者不断练功，体内的能量不断得到补充，病灶（大的气滞血淤区）在真气的不断冲击下，逐渐化解、缩小乃至完全消失，患者自身感觉的各种疾病的症状也会逐渐减轻、消失。这就是退病的过程。

（二）找病翻病的三个层次：

找病和翻病的过程是不以修炼者主观愿望为转移的，气机运行有它自身的规律，它不但要把你了解的病翻出来，还要把许多你并不知晓的疾病也翻出来。因此往往会给一些不了解练功治病规律的修炼者带来困惑，有的甚至误认为自己练功出了(旧病未去、反而病越练越多) 偏差。其实这是道家气功修炼中极为正常的好现象，因为筑基补漏，不能光去修补你已知道的病，必须对身体进行全面彻底的修复，才能真正算得上“脱胎换骨”。而“全面”、“彻底”，必然包含了三个层次的疾病。

1. 过去的病：

一些多年前所患过的伤病，有些虽然早已康复，但因伤病在愈合时组织结构发生某些变化（组织粘连、手术刀口的疤痕等），经络组织并不通畅，气在冲击这些组织时，便会出现疼痛，酸涨等旧伤旧病“复发”的症状。

2. 现在的病：

你所了解的现时正患的疾病，气冲时便会出现症状加重、疼痛加剧的现象。

3. 未来的病：

所谓未来的病本身就有三种情况，一种是自己并不了解、尚无症状的“已病”（已有的病）；一种是没有症状的早期病变， 如：中医认为的肾虚、肝瘀、心火等；另一种则是真正的“未病”（处于潜伏期的将来的病）。

这三种自己并不知道，甚至连医院也无法诊断出来的“病”，在气冲病灶时，也会被翻出来。

综上所述，对于修炼者或希望通过练功医疗的修炼、达到康复疾病目的的人来说，“立志以恒”无论从修炼入门到康复疾病都是非常关键的一步，在这一阶段的修炼中，气冲病灶是修复“已漏之身”的必经之途、是筑基阶段不可分割的一部分。只有通过了这一步，疾病才能康复，继续修炼才有了根基。