Influence Of Taijiquan On The Old Health From The Traditional Chinese Medicine Point Of View

The influence of Tai Chi on the body balance of Yin and Yang, Qiand blood meridian patency, Organs and coordination are discussed in this paper.And also we evaluated and analysed the chronic disease, blood pressure, physicalhealth, mental status, appetite, sleep and complexion in objective way. The TCMtheory was used to analyses the effect of Tai Chi on health in order to illustrate theits healthy preserving for practitioners. The whole research has provided the theoryfundament for further promotion of Tai Chi.Method: Through literature search and field survey, the majority of TaijiquanPractitioners is the middle-aged and elderly. A questionnaire survey was conductedamong the before and after exercise and no exercise, compared by using SPSS17.0software, and found Tai Jiquan could alleviate chronic disease, blood pressure,physical health, mental status, appetite, sleep, complexion and so on. Thus it has agood effect on adjusting blood meridian, Yin and Yang balance, Organscoordination and so on.The analysis of the mental state uses the scoring method inSF-36scale for mathematical statistics,and sleeping efficiency uses the PSQIformula,(see text). At the same time, through documents from the point of view ofTCM theory analyze effects of Taijiquan on health, pave the way for this papertheoretically.Results:(1) Practitioners before and after exercise and no exercise have comparedwith the systolic blood pressure, P=0.000, the difference is less than0.01,thedifference is statistically significant. Comparison of P=0.04and the difference is lessthan0.05,people with no exercise diastolic blood pressure P=0.14, more than0.05,illustrating the difference itself is not significant, this phenomenon is caused by the sampling error.(2) From the chronic disease improvement effect,87%Practitioners think Taijiquan can improve chronic diseases,13%Practitioners thinkTaijiquan cannot.(3) practitioners sleep efficiency, before and after exercisecompared with P=0.041, people with no exercise compared with P=0.04, thesignificant difference is less than0.05, the difference has statistical.(4) by TaiJiquanexercise,86%believe that health is better than before,11.2%regard health as beforealmost, other don’t think it is better than before.(5) Practitioners who practice beforeand after exercise and without any sport P<0.05,the difference has statistical.(6)Bring in Brog scale to measure the Taijiquan exercise intensity,73.8%subjectivefeeling is between11~13, it is the most suitable exercise for the elderly.Conclusion:(1) Tai Jiquan can adjust Yin and Yang,and make Yin and Yangbalance. It Is mainly reflected the Tai Jiquan can improve chronic diseases for theelderly, make blood pressure return to normal, and improve the quality of sleep, soas to improve the physical health status.(2) Tai Jiquan could adjust blood meridianflowing, and let blood meridian flowing and balance. Complexion of many elderly isyellow,red, after a period of Taijiquan exercise, most recovers to normal color(healthy state). normal blood is harmonic and adequate, so ups and running of bloodin the face can be reflected. The fundamental cause of ill is collateral channelsblocked or meridian blocked. Disease improvement is also a sign of meridianflowing, meridian flowing is mainly reflected in muscle pain, flexibility andmovement ability etc.(3) Tai Jiquan has great improvement on the internal organswhich can strengthen the spleen and stomach function, liver function, renalfunction and cardiac function, and play the organ function normally. The blood ofhuman body can be seen through the complexion, and also can reflect the functionalstatus of the Zang Fu organs. Appetite can reflect a person’s ability to digest, themovement will also affect the digestive system, the human body is an organism,improving digestive ability will also affect the other function.