🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Traditional Chinese medicine holds that practicing Tai Chi strengthens the kidneys’ ability to store and preserve essence, and regulates the endocrine system. Therefore, Tai Chi not only improves erectile dysfunction, seminal emission, and weakness in the lower limbs, but also alleviates insomnia and frequent dreams caused by physical weakness and kidney deficiency, significantly improving sleep quality.
Tai Chi involves “abdominal breathing,” which alters abdominal pressure, expands thoracic cavity volume, increases negative intrathoracic pressure, reduces pressure in the superior and inferior vena cava, and accelerates blood return. Due to rhythmic changes in abdominal pressure, internal organs undergo increased activity, improving gastrointestinal circulation and enhancing digestion and absorption, thus preventing constipation. Scientific research shows that the periodic contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscles during Tai Chi strengthen circulation. More importantly, muscle movement causes reflexive dilation of coronary arteries, opens more capillaries in heart muscle, ensures adequate oxygen supply, improves myocardial nutrition, and enhances contractility. Simultaneously, the network of capillaries in skin, muscles, and internal organs expands, lowering blood pressure and effectively preventing acute cardiovascular events at night.
Practicing Tai Chi adjusts nervous system activity, restoring highly tense mental states and balancing yin and yang. Thus, cultivating the spirit through Tai Chi can treat neurasthenia, memory loss, insomnia, and restlessness.
Clearly, practicing Tai Chi before bed effectively improves sleep and prevents multiple diseases—making it an excellent method for health preservation among older adults.