Why Chinese medicine doesn't recommend swimming?

Chinese medicine does not recommend swimming for the following reasons:

1, first of all, it is easy to lose Yang. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, people's health is due to the normal qi movement, but water is something that breaks the balance. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold things are harmful to health, so swimming is easy to weaken human functions.

Secondly, it is easy to catch a cold. When swimming, people are always immersed in water, and the water temperature is very low. When people go ashore, it is easy to catch cold if they are not dried in time.

Swimming is introduced as follows:

From 65438 to the 1960s, swimming activities in many parts of Britain were quite active. 1828, Britain built the first indoor swimming pool at Liverpool George Pier. By the 1930s, this kind of swimming pool appeared in major cities in Britain.

1837, the first swimming organization was established in London, England, and held the earliest swimming competition in Britain. 1896, swimming was listed as an Olympic event. The highest organization for swimming is the International Swimming Federation, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. 1908 was proposed by the swimming associations of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Britain, Hungary and Sweden.

Ancient swimming, according to the existing historical data, is a consistent view at home and abroad, which originated from people living in rivers, lakes and seas in ancient times. In order to survive, they must catch waterfowl and fish as food in the water, and gradually learn to swim by observing and imitating the swimming movements of fish, frogs and other animals.

China has a long history and a vast territory. Recording swimming began five thousand years ago. However, swimming has developed into a sport for nearly a hundred years. From 65438 to the 1960s, swimming activities in many parts of Britain were quite active.

1869 65438+ 10, the Federation of Metropolitan Swimming Clubs (now the predecessor of the British Amateur Swimming Association) was established in London, and swimming was officially fixed as a special sport. Then it was introduced to the British colonies and spread to all parts of the world.

With the development of swimming, swimming can be divided into practical swimming and competitive swimming. Practical swimming is divided into side swimming, diving, breaststroke, treading water, lifesaving and military swimming; Competitive swimming is divided into breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and butterfly.