Looking backwards to ease the five kinds of strains and the seven injuries

1: Following the above, stretch the legs slowly and straighten the knees. At the same time, straighten the arms out in front of you with the palms facing backward, the fingertips downward, and eyes staring ahead. After that, fully rotate the two arms externally with palms facing outward. Turn the head to the left as far as you can and hold for a second with the gaze also following backwards to stretch the eyes.

2: Loosen the waist and hips, and let the body’s center of gravity slowly descend. Slightly bend the knees, and at the same time, let the two arms rotate internally and press down to the hips with palms down, with the fingertips pointing forward and eyes looking straight.

3 & 4: The movements are the same as 1 and 2 but in the opposite directions. One left and one right movement count as one movement, repeating three times in total. After the third round, slightly bend the knees, and at the same time, move the two palms and hold in front of the abdomen. Fingertips should be opposite with palms up and eyes looking straight ahead.

[Principles and Effects] “The five kinds of strains” refer to the strain of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys. “Seven injuries” indicate the damages caused by excess joy, anger, grief, sorrow, fear, fright, and pensiveness. In this movement, looking backward can stimulate Dazhui (Du 14) at the neck to prevent and treat “the five kinds of strains and seven injuries”. This movement can increase the range of neck movement, activate eye muscles, prevent eye fatigue and prevent diseases of the shoulder, neck and back by improving blood circulation in the neck and brain simultaneously.