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Medical qigong is one of the four main branches of Chinese
medicine, and it is the energetic foundation upon which the others
(acupuncture, herbal medicine, and medical massage) are based.
Medical qigong and tai chi exercises are becoming more popular, but
there are few books that discuss how they can be used to help
address specific disorders. This book is the first medical qigong
book that does not simply introduce a set of exercises that are a
part of a general qigong routine. Rather, the exercises provided
are those prescribed to patients at qigong hospitals in China.
Medical qigong doctors and Chinese medicine hospitals have used
these exercises for hundreds of years and yet they are relatively
unknown in this country. The first half of the book introduces
medical qigong theory from a modern Western scientific perspective
as well as from the traditional Daoist and Chinese medicine
perspectives, so that the reader will understand why and how
medical qigong exercises work. The second half is practical
exercises for self-healing. The book introduces guidelines for
selecting appropriate exercises, and then the exercises themselves.
There are general tonification (strengthening), purgation
(sedating), and regulation exercises for health maintenance,
followed by sections on specific organ and health disorders. This
book targets health care practitioners as well as "patients,"
meaning anyone interested in taking an active role in the healing
process.
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