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Transcript: "Regulation of the breath" refers to the exercise
of respiration and conducting qi. It has three very important roles.
First, it can promote reaching the quiescent state in mind and
physical relaxation. Second, it can achieve the effects of massaging
the internal organs of the body. Third, it is the only available
entrance to control the autonomic nervous system because only the
respiratory system is under dual controls of voluntary and involuntary
neural domination. Through changing the rhythms and depths of breath,
one's intention can eventually influence the tones of autonomic
nervous system at certain extent, such as raising skin temperature or
reducing blood pressure, that have positive therapeutic effects on
many internal disorders. The breathing regulation methods commonly
used are the natural respiration, orthodromic abdominal respiration,
counter-abdominal respiration, pausing-closing respiration, as well as
the nose-inhaling and mouth-exhaling methods, etc.