Key Acu-Points

* Renzhong: the point at the junction of the upper third (vertical) and middle third (lateral) of the philtrum

* Yingxiang: double points at the level of the midpoint of the lateral wing of the nose, in the masolabial groove
* Shangen: the midpoint of the line connecting the inner canthus of the eye with Yintang.
* Yintang: the point at the midway between the medical ends of the eyebrows, up the tip of the nose.

Features

ZBE is a method for healing and fitness through natural belly-breathing activities. The emphasis is placed upon balancing the Yin and the Yang, at the same time; it also enhances the vitality of the five solid organs and the six hollow organs as well as the four limbs and all the bones. ZBE follows and tallies with the basic laws of life activities ¨C ascending, descending, opening, closing, condensing, dispersing and converting.
Practicing ZBE can quickly improve and enhance the micro-circulative system of the five solid organs and the six hollow organs, which will further improve and enhance the functions of the respiratory system, digestive system, blood circulative system, and immune system as well as the urinary system.
ZBE practices Hunyuan chi. It can activate both the external Hunyuan chi and the internal Hunyuan chi; it can also unify the practices of both the external Hunyuan and internal Hunyuan, the latter includes the Body and Mind Hunyuan as well as the Internal Organic True Chi Hunyuan.
ZBE starts from the whole and the one. The emphasis is placed upon the sympathetic vibration of all the three vital centers (Dantian).
There are no special visualizing activities in the practice of ZBE. In Zhineng Qigong practice, chi is activated through either physical movements, conscious activities of the mind or pronunciation of special words. ZBE practice activates chi through respiratory activities.
ZBE is an integrated method for fitness exercise. It is simple and easy to learn, beneficial to both the old and the young practitioners with remarkable effects. It is the evangel for the sick to restore health; and it is also a favorable method for the healthy to keep fit.
Through ZBE practice, the True chi or Hunyuan chi in the human body can be activated quickly with striking effects.
ZBE can be practiced as a supplementary form to Zhineng Qigong practice. ZBE practice is a transitional form to transmute the Hunyuan chi from the external Hunyuan to the internal Hunyuan, within the latter, from the Body and Mind Hunyuan to the Organic True Chi Hunyuan, then further to the Central Channel Hunyuan. It is a very effective form to come up to advanced standards.
Distinct reactions due to ZBE practice:

The practitioner may have a good appetite within some period of time or a poor one in other times.
If the practitioner has some kind of illness or disease in the internal organs, the limbs or the body, he or she will feel such sensations as soreness, numbness, swell or pain in the affected part.
In the process of ZBE practice, the practitioner may experience other reactions denoting improvement, such as colds, fevers, vomiting, diarrhea, oral ulcer, red eyes, physical weakness, dizzy head, cold or hot body, etc.
During ZBE practice, the practitioner sometimes sleeps more, sometimes less, sometimes feels vigorous and energetic.
The practitioner may experience distinct emotional or sentimental reactions due to the activities of the five internal organs, such as joy, anger, worry, deliberation and fear.

Postures

* Sit upright; rest the two feet flatly on the floor, keep them apart at the same breadth of the shoulders; lift up the crown-point (Baihui); tuck the chin; close the eyes slowly; withdraw forward the back and stretch straight the spine, relax the whole body naturally.

* Press the palms together and form praying-hands in front of the chest; then bend all the thumbs, middle fingers, ring fingers and little fingers inside the palms; point the index fingers up forming Hunyuan Sword Fingers.

* Move the Hunyuan Sword Fingers up to the nose; press and block the left nostril with the left index finger gently; press Renzhong with the right index finger; apply belly-breathing method through a single nostril. First, inhale through the right nostril and expand the belly outward; then exhale with the right index finger released from Renzhong and moved to the right nostril to where it presses; move the left index finger from the left nostril to Renzhong and press it lightly; exhale all the chi in the belly through the left nostril with the belly withdrawn naturally. Exchange the location of the index fingers as you inhale and exhale repeating the breathing cycles.

* Cover the belly button with the right palm, press the Yingxiang points gently with the left thumb and index finger, press close the nostrils and push up the nasal septum slightly, inhale forcefully while releasing the thumb and index finger; then exhale with the left hand moving slowly to the belly button, guiding chi into the lower Vital Center (Dantian). Exchange the hands and repeat the breathing cycles.

* Form the Hunyuan Sword Fingers again and repeat the same movements of the index fingers as described above, but practice both inhaling and exhaling in three to five steps, making them short and forceful, as if it happens within the belly to OPEN, OPEN, OPEN, OR CLOSE, CLOSE CLOSE.

Conserving Chi Within (Meditation/Yang Chi)

Place the palms onto the belly button for half of the duration of the above-mentioned practice. The purpose of this closing posture is to gather and keep all chi into the lower Vital Center (Dantian).

The natural belly-breathing method is applied to all the above-mentioned postures. Zhineng Breathing Exercise was compiled and created according to the rhymed formula of Hunyuan Qigong ¨C Hunyuan One Five Elements, invisible and formless but yet also visible and substantial; the Center contains Yinyang and vitality, the chi creates all lives through opening, closing, gathering and condensing, dispersing as well as dissolving. ZBE combined the knowledge of modern sciences and medicine, the traditional Chinese medicine and Qigong science, it reveals the secrets of human life science. The practitioner will restore health within a short period of time and achieve longevity through persistent practice.