Chapter 108 The Breath of a Real Man

"We said earlier that animals and plants are not completely different in many places, on the contrary, they have a lot in common. But there is one place, animals and plants seem to be very different." Zhang Lao said, He put a little emphasis on the word "seems".

   "Humble words, what do plants breathe through?" At this time, Zhang Lao asked.

This is a very important feature of Zhang Lao's previous lectures, that is, he often asks questions, as he is now, and the scope of his questions is too wide and too wide. Sometimes Xu Guangling can answer, sometimes Xu Guangling It's completely dizzy and can't connect to the line at all.

   But Zhang Lao's knowledge is reflected every time like this. One question, Xu Guangling can't answer, he will quickly change another question until Xu Guangling is connected. — and all these inquiries, though different, lead to what he is about to tell next.

   But Xu Guangling knew the question he was asking now.

   Plants, as living things, "breathe", that's for sure. But plants don't have snouts like animals, so they certainly don't breathe through them, so what?

leaf?

   But many trees lost their leaves in winter.

root?

   But some plants have no roots, isn't there a word called "rootless driftweed"?

So the answer is that the plant uses its entire body surface to breathe, wherever it comes into contact with the outside world, whether it's underground, underwater, or in the air, whether it's roots, stems, stems, or leaves. , can be used to breathe.

   Plants do not have a snout, but in a sense, it can be said that there are snouts everywhere, but their snouts are "miniature", and countless miniatures breathe together.

   Of course, it is hard to say whether it is "together" or not. It is also possible that this part of the breath is in this time period, and it is possible to switch to another part of the breath in that time period. But Xu Guangling certainly didn't know such further specific knowledge.

  Xu Guangling told Zhang Lao that he probably learned the knowledge from 100,000 whys and so on.

Zhang Lao nodded, and then said something to Xu Guangling that made him a little stunned: "So, my humble words, have you ever thought that animals, or we directly say humans, human bodies can actually be like Breathe like a plant?"

   Xu Guangling's reaction was yes.

   This is probably the reaction of the vast majority of people after hearing this.

   However, Zhang Lao only used a sentence to dilute Xu Guangling's stunned mouth, "Humble words, after you played Tai Chi in the morning, where did the sweat on your body come from?"

   Do you even need to ask?

   must be from the pores.

   Then Zhang Lao said: "In my humble opinion, water can flow out from the surface of the body, so can it flow in from the surface of the body?"

This should not be a one-way glass. One side is light and the other is opaque. Therefore, water should be able to flow in two directions on the surface of the human body. Although it is a bit strange to flow in from the body to the body, "infiltrating" is not. Should be no problem.

   In fact, sweat is just oozing out, so it’s actually the same.

  After Xu Guangling nodded, Zhang Lao said again: "Water can pass through the body surface, so oxygen, can it?"

   After hearing this question, Xu Guangling was stunned again.

Even if he didn't know any biological or chemical knowledge, he would probably come up with this answer by instinct: "Even water that is 'so big and heavy' can pass through, and 'so light and small' oxygen can pass through. Or air, is it not enough?"

   And oxygen can pass through the body surface, what does this mean?

   This means that the human body can breathe through the body surface like a plant!

Through a simple logical judgment, he came to this unquestionable conclusion, but Xu Guangling was confused for a while, because this conclusion obviously contradicted his cognition, or, in other words, was incompatible with "common sense" , is clearly inconsistent.

   At this moment, Zhang Lao smiled and said to Xu Guangling, "A little hard to accept?"

   Xu Guangling nodded truthfully.

   "Then do you believe it?" Zhang Lao asked again.

   Of course I believe it! The facts are here, even if you don't believe it, it's a fact! Xu Guangling thought for a moment that this was a strange thing, but after thinking about it in his mind for a while, he successfully accepted this new point of view.

   But there are still problems.

   That is, people's mouth and nose breathing cannot be interrupted, and interruption will inevitably suffocate.

Xu Guangling did not ask this question, but Zhang Lao answered him directly, or he knew that he must have this question, "Even if you eat every day, people may starve to death, if you don't eat enough. Even if you drink water every day. , people may die of thirst if they don't drink enough."

   The third sentence, Zhang Lao did not say.

And Xu Guangling automatically supplemented Zhang Lao's work, which is also the interaction mode that the two of them have developed during lectures these days, "Even if the body surface can breathe, people may suffocate and die, if the body surface breathing is not enough, it is not enough to satisfy The whole body needs it."

   After Xu Guangling finished speaking, Zhang Lao smiled slightly, and then said, "Humble words, now you understand?"

   Xu Guangling nodded.

   He really understood.

"So, the human body's breathing, mouth-nose breathing, and body surface breathing, these two breathing methods have always existed at the same time, and they have been going on at the same time. This can be verified in physiological experiments. But what ordinary people know and can intuitively experience is just nose and mouth breathing. Surface breathing is not known because it is not easy to perceive.” Zhang Lao further explained.

   Xu Guangling still nodded.

"Before, we talked about the problem of capillaries in the human body." Zhang Lao said slowly, "The baby's body is very smooth inside and outside, so in this case, the baby's surface breathing is also the most vigorous. Excessive respiration on the body surface means that there is no obstacle to metabolism.”

"So the baby's skin is also the best, so good that it can be described as 'pure and flawless', which is incomparable to any adult, and the circulation of the body from the core to the periphery of the body as the age increases. It's getting worse and worse."

Speaking of which, Zhang Lao Xiang told Guangling: "Before, I said that you passed the Taijiquan practice in the morning and the move that Lao Chen taught you to make the blood flow in your body, step by step, to get closer to the baby. , but this is only the first step."

   "The second step is what happens to your right hand."

"Simply put, your right hand, the heart of your right hand, can breathe. If you swim or dive, you will now be diving longer than the average person, because your right heart, in a sense, It's like the gills of a fish."

   "There is only one right heart for now."

"After you have mastered your left hand, top of your head, left foot, and right foot, that is, the so-called 'five hearts', diving again is not a question of how long you can dive in the water, but..." said When he got here, Zhang Lao smiled slightly, with a little cunning like a child, "Humble words, there is still a word in Zhuangzi's great master, which corresponds to the previous 'the breath of a real person', and also It can be said to be supplementary.”

   "That word, what is it?"

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   (end of this chapter)