Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 CONFIDENTIAL SG1A COUNTRY: (U) CHINA (CH). SECTION 001 OF 004 PAGE:0003 THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE BODY SUBJ: .21GONG RESEARCH BY CHINA'S PEOPLE'S SG1 LIBERATION ARMY (U) A WARNING: (U) THIS IS AM INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINAILY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 CONFIDENTIAL SG1A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOI: (U) 910410. RE2S: I SOURCE: 1. (U) JOURNAL, DOMGFAMG 21GONG M) (ORIENTAL SCIENCE 9,IGOHG), BEIJING, CHINA, No. 3, 1990, IN CHINESE. 2. (U) NEWSPAPER, JIMGJI RIBAO (JR), BEIJING, CHINA,, 10 APRIL 1991, IN CHINESE. 3. (U) JOURNAL, 2IGOHG YU XEXUE (QK) (9,IGOH AND SCIENCE), GUANGZHOU, CHINA, NOS. 3, 4, 9 AND 10, 1990; MO. 4, 1991, IN CHINESE. 4. (U) JOURNAL, 21GOHG ZAZHI (U) (21GON JOURNAL), HANGZHOU, CHINA, VOL. 11, MO. 4, 1990, IN CHINESE. 5. (U) JOURNAL, ZHOHGGUO 23:GOHG (ZQ) ,(CHINESE 2IGOHG), 21RHUAHGDAO, CHINA, NOS. 2 AND 51 1990, IN CHINESE. PAGE:0004 TEXT: 1. ( ) WESEARCH ON THE PROCESS. FFE=D-S-,--XHD CLINICAL,7 sr"WWW Q liowl@STC 3041 0501 )M-- NJ W-AJJJ4 (STC 1 ;Z@ @3? 9jaW Wa@LK U U U A V U k; T L V b I A I Pt t; k- T H k; Q H I rt k;:@i h F L U P L k;.''';jj 2ATJJJ jW"--jPLAj (FIELD COMMENT --,%aLUONGf IS A CHINESE SYSTEM OF PHYSIGAL AND MENTAL EXERCISES PRACTICED WITH THE AIM OF GENERATING NATURAL THERAPEUTIC ENERGY. MLLlgx IS THE APPLICATION OF THAT ENERGY TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BODT 'BYA 2IGOMG PRACTITIONER FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES) A. (U) TITLE -- "EFFECT OF WAI2I WHEN APPLIED TO PRESERVED BLOOD IN VITRO" M, MO. 2o 1990, PP. 10 - 12) - RESEARCHERS -- ((XU)) WUGE (STC 1776 3527 2706), ((LU)) HUAIXIA (STC 6424 2037 7209), ((LE)) SHULIHG (STC 0519 3219 3781), ((WU)) YAHGJIMG (STC 2976 0111 2533), ((LI)) DAZHI (STC 2621 1129 1807), AND ((WAN)) SUJIAM (STC 8001 5685 1696) - AFFILIATIONS -- BEIJING MR GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL LABORATORY AND BEIJING MR -9,IGON INSTITUTE (FIELD COMMENT -- SOURCE DOES NOT INDICATE THE SIX RESEARCHERS' RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS). - CONTENTS -- EXPERIMENTS FOR THIS RESEARCH WERE CONDUCTED DURING JUNE 1988 AMD MARCH 1989. IN THE JUNE 1988 EXPERIMENTS, WHEN WA121 WAS APPLIED TO THE PRESERVED IN VITRO BLOOD OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP, THERE WAS LESS DECLINE IN RED BLOOD CELLS AND HEMOCHROME (FIELD COMMENT -- A CHEMICAL COMPONENT OF HEMOGLOBIN) AS COMPARED WITH THE CONTROL GROUP. IN ADDITION, NO RETICULOCYTES WERE FORMED IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP. IMPAIRMENT OF LYMPHOCYTES ALSO DIFFERED MARKEDLY BETWEEN BOTH GROUPS, WITH 12.32 PERCENT LYMPHOCYTE IMPAIRMENT IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND 19.71 PERCENT LYMPHOCYTE IMPAIRMENT IN THE CONTROL GROUP. FURTHERMORE, RED BLOOD CELLS AND SERUM SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE (SOD) LEVELS WERE FOUND TO BE CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 Approved For Relea8%ffijffl/10: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 x TIAL PAGE:0005 HIGHER IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP. IN THE LATER TESTS, DAMAGE TO LYMPHOCYTES DIFFERED WIDELY BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS, WITH 3.7 PERCENT LYMPHOCYTE DAMAGE IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP? AND 4.6 PERCENT LYMPHOCYTE DAMAGE IN THE CONTROL GROUP. B., (U) TITLE -- "BIOLOGICAL REACTION OF COLON BACILLI TO WA121" (Z2, NO. 2, 1990, PP. 10, 12, 13) - RESEARCHERS -- XU WUGEP ((LIU)) WEILUM (STC 0491 4850 0243), ((L3:U)) YUCHI (STC 0491 3768 3069), LI DAZHI, AMD WAX SUJIAN - AFFILIATIONS -- BEIJING MR GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL LABORATORY, AND BEIJING MR 9,IGOMG INSTITUTE (FIELD COMMENT -- SOURCE ERRONEOUSLY CALLED THIS INSTITUTE "THE RESEARCH AND CLINICAL INSTITUTE"). (FIELD COMMENT -- RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS OF EACH RESEARCHER WERE HOT GIVEN IN SOURCE.) - CONTEXT -- EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED IN JUNE 1988 AND MARCH 1989 IN WHICH WA12I WAS FOUND TO INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF COLON BACILLI. IN THE JUNE 1988 TESTS, MAXIMUM GROWTH INHIBITION WAS OBSERVED FROM THE 3D HOUR OF BACTERIAL GROWTH THROUGH THE 12TH HOUR; THAT IS, FROM THE ACTIVE PERIOD OF THE BACCILUS' GROWTH THROUGH ITS PERIOD OF STABLE GROWTH. IN THE MARCH 1989 TESTS, THE GROWTH OF COLON BACILLUS WAS INHIBITED UNTIL THE 6TH HOUR OF GROWTH, THE BACILLUS' ACTIVE GROWTH PERIOD. IN ADDITION, DURING THE EXPERIMENT, FUSION OF MEMBRANES AND CELL WALLS OF TWO SEPARATE CELLS WAS OBSERVED. THE CHROMOMETER USED WAS A SERIES 1-2-3 (SIC) MULTIPURPOSE BIOCHEMICAL ANALYZER MADE BY THE BAKER COMPANY, A UNITED STATES FIRM. C. (U) TITLE -- "FRE2UENCY SPECTROGRAM OF 21GONG THERAPISTS OBSERVED USING A LASER DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENT OF CAPILLARY BLOOD FLOW" (Z2, NO. 5, 1990, PP. 11-12) - RESEARCHERS AND AFFILIATION -- XU WUGE OF THE BEIJING MR GENERAL HOSPITAL AND OTHERS. - CONTEXT -- CHANGES IN VOLUME OF BLOOD FLOW IN 21GOMG PRACTIONERS WERE MEASURED AT THE LAOGOHG XUEWEI (STC 0525 1362 4494 0143) (FIELD COMMENT -- THIS REFERS TO A POINT BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD METACARPAL BONE, WHICH THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER TOUCHES WHEN THE FIST IS CLENCHED) USING A LASER DEVICE DESIGNED TO MEASURE CAPILLARY BLOOD FLOW. THE DEVICE DISPLAYS ITS MEASUREMENT OF THE VOLUME OF CAPILLARY BLOOD FLOW IN VOLTS. THE AVERAGE PEAK VOLTAGE MEASURED IN 21GOHG PRACTIOMERS WAS 1,802 MILLIVOLTS, BUT THE AVERAGE PEAK VOLTAGE MEASURED IN PERSONS WITH NO TRAINING IN .2IGONG WAS 40 MILLIVOLTS. MOREOVER, DIFFERENCES IN VOLTAGE VARIED WITH THE METHOD AND STYLE OF P.IGOHG USED IN THE EXPERIMENTS. THE HIGHEST VOLTAGES WERE RECORDED IN THOSE PERSONS WHO HAD THE MOST EXPERIENCE PRACTICING 21GONG. ON AVERAGE, PEAK VOLTAGE WAS ACHIEVED BY 21GOHG PRACTIONERS 4 MINUTES AFTER THEY BEGAN PERFORMING -QIGOHG. IN NO CASE DID IT TAKE A PRACTIOHER LONGER THAN 8 MINUTES TO REACH PEAK VOLTAGE. D. (U) TITLE -- "EFFECT OF -21GONG WAIP-1 ON ELECTROPHORESIS OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN PATIENTS" (D2, MO. 3, 1990, PP. 46-47) - RESEARCHERS AND AFFILIATION -- ((FENG)) LIDA (STC 7458 3810 6671), ((L:E)) YUMIN (STC 2621 3768 2404), ((CHEM)) HAIXIH (STC 7115 3189 9515) OF THE PLA NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL, SHANGHAI. CONTEXT -- QI20MG PRACTITIONERS APPLIED WAI21 RADIATION FOR 10 MINUTES TO IN VITRO BLOOD SAMPLES TAKEN FROM 108 PATIENTS SUFFERING CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 Approved For Releab%AMqNj%A qlA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 PAGE:0006 FROM TUMORS, DIABETES, AND ISCHEMIA. THE ELECTROPHORETIC VELOCITY OF RED BLOOD CELLS INCREASED UPON EXPOSURE TO WA12I RADIATION. IN 95 CASES, THE ELECTROPHORETIC VELOCITY OF THE RED BLOOD CELLS BEGAN TO RISE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EXPERIMENT. ALTHOUGH THE MECHANISM OF THE ACTION OF WAIPI ON CELL ELECTROPHORESIS IS UNCLEAR, WAIQI HAS PROVED EFFECTIVE IN TREATING TUMORS, DIABETES, AND ISCHEMIA. WAI21 HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE IN TREATING RED BLOOD CELLS THAT HAVE SLOWER ELECTROPHORETIC VELOCITIES. E. (U) TITLE -- ACTION OF 21GONG WAIqI ON ARTIAL HATRIURETI POLYPEPTIDE, UREA NITRIDE, AND CREATIHIHE IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS M, NO. 3, 1990, PP. 21-22) - RESEARCHERS AND AFFILIATION -- ((WANG)) XIU21MG (STC 3769 4423 3237), ((LIU)) CUIHONG (STC 0491 5050 4767), ((ZHAO)) YUNTAO (STC 6392 0061 3447), ((ZHAHG)) ZHAOFU (STC 1728'2507 7450), ((ZHOU)) CHUHHUA (STC 0719 2504 5478) AND ((DOHG)) BAO (STG 5516 5508) OF THE PLA NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL'S DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL NEPHROLOGY. - CONTENT -- TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON 20 PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC UREMIA RESULTING FROM RENAL FAILURE. WHEN WAI2I THEREAPY WAS ADMINISTERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT, ARTIAL HATRIURETI POLYPETIDE AMD UREA NITRIDE LEVELS IN THE PATIENTS' BLOOD PLASMAS SHOWED MARKED REDUCTIONS, AND PROSTAGLAHDIN LEVELS INCREASED. HOWEVER, CREATIMINE AND THROHBOXANE LEVELS SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE. F. (U) TITLE -- "EFFECT OF 21GOHG WA12I ON PHAGOCYTOSIS OF IN VITRO HUMAN LEUCOCYTES" (QK, No. 4, 1991, P. 18) - RESEARCHERS AND AFFILIATION -- FEHG LIDA, ((CHEN)) SHUYIHG (STC 7115 3219 5391) AND ((WANG)) YUHSHENG (STC 3769 0061 3932) OF THE IMMUNOLOGY CENTER, PLA NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL, SHANGHAI - CONTENT -- GENERALLY, APPLIED WAI2I RADIATION WAS FOUND TO IMPROVE PHAGOCYTOTIC FUNCTION OF IN VITRO WHITE BLOOD CELLS. IN 39 OF THE 50 CASES TESTED, A 9.26 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT IN PHAGOCYTOTIC FUNCTION OF IN VITRO LEUCOCYTES WAS NOTED. IN THE OTHER 11 CASES, IMPAIRMENT OF IN VITRO LEUCOCYTE PHYGOCYTOTIC FUNCTION WAS RECORDED. G. (U) TITLE -- "EFFECT OF 2IGOMG ON FUNCTION OF BLOOD NEUTROPHILS IN HUMANS" (2Z, VOL. 11, MO. 4, 1990,'PP. 171-173) - RESEARCHER AND AFFILIATION -- (CXIE)) ZHENCHUAM (STC 6200 2182 1557) OF THE MEDICAL LABORATORY AT THE CHENGDU MR GENERAL HOSPITAL, CHENGDU (GEOCOORD:304ON/10404E) - CONTENT -- IMMUNOLOGIC FUNCTION OF NEUTROPHILS IN BLOOD WAS ENHANCED AS A RESULT OF 9,IGOHG TRAINING. THE PHAGOCYTOTIC RATE WAS ABOUT 24 PERCENT FOR THE EXPERIMENT'S CONTROL GROUP, BUT THE PHAGOCYTOTIC RATE FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP, WHICH STOOD AT ABOUT 21 PERCENT BEFORE THE EXPERIMENT, ROSE TO ABOUT 38 PERCENT ON THE 30TH DAY OF THE SUBJECTS' 23:GOHG TRAINING. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP ALSO EXPERIENCED AM INCREASE IN ITS RATE OF POSITIVE CELL REACTION TO MITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TESTS, WHICH ROSE FROM ABOUT 32 PERCENT BEFORE THE EXPERIMENT TO ABOUT 53 PERCENT ON THE 30TH DAY OF 2IGONG TRAINING. THE CONTROL GROUP HAD A POSITIVE CELL REACTION RATE TO MITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TESTS OF ABOUT 28 PERCENT. H. (U) TITLE -- "EFFECT OF 2IGONG ON HEMODYKAMICS AND BLOOD RHEOLOGY" M, No. 4, 1990, P. 16) CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 Approved For Relea@%J@W@%J% ?IA-RiDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 PAGE:0007 RESEARCHERS AND AFFILIATION -- ((WANG)) XIUFAHG (STC 3769 4423 5364) AND ((LUO)) FEHG (STC 7482 6912), OF THE PLA AIR FORCE HOSPITAL IN LANZHOU (GEOCOORD:3603H/10341E). - CONTENT -- AFTER UNDERGOING P.IGOHG TRAINING, SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS WERE NOTED IN THE FOLLOWING HEMODYHAMIC AND BLOOD RHEOLOGY INDICATORS -- TOTAL CARDIAC OUTPUT, HEART RATE INDEX, CARDIAC OUTPUT PER MINUTE, AVERAGE SYSTOLIC PRESSURE, AVERAGE DIASTOLIC PRESSURE, AVERAGE ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE, CARDIAC INDEX, EFFECTIVE BLOOD VOLUME, AND PULSE RATE. CONSPICUOUS INCREASES WERE NOTED IN CAPILLARY SEMI-RENEWAL TIME AMD AVERAGE-RETENTION TIME. 2IGONG WAS FOUND TO INHIBIT THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM, TO RELAX THE SKELETAL MUSCLES, AND INCREASE CAPILLARY BLOOD FLOW. AS A RESULT OF INCREASED CAPILLARY-BLOOD FLOW, MORE OXYGEN, NUTRIENTS, AND HORMONES REACH CELLS. 1. (U) OTHER RESEARCH BEIJING MR 21GOHG INSTITUTE AND BEIJING MR GENERAL HOSPITAL CONDUCTED JOINT RESEARCH OM,9,IGOMG WITH THE PLA ACADEMY OF MILITARY MrnTnTW7_ (no. un I- IQQA- A. (U) TITLE -- "THE STUDY OF TRAUMATIC PA ATLEGIA IN CANINE MODEL TREATED BY BAGUA XUX DAO GONG (FIELD COMMENT -- ONE OF THE TYPES OF 21GONG) (SIC) (Z2, NO. 5, 1990, PP. 9-11 - RESEARCHERS AMD AFFILIATION -- XU WUGE OF THE BEIJING MR GENERAL HOSPITAL, WAN SUJIAX OF THE BEIJING MR 2!GOHG INSTITUTE AND OTHERS. - CONTENT -- TRADITIONALLY, 2IGONG HAS BEEN USED WITH FAVORABLE RESULTS IN CHINA TO TREAT TRAUMATIC PARAPLEGIA. THIS STUDY WAS LAUNCHED IN EARLY 1990 TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF SHORT-TERM TREATMENT ON ACUTE CASES OF SPINAL CORD INJURY AMD CHANGES INDUCED BY SUCH TREATMENT IN SPINAL CAPILLARY CIRCULATION. IN THE EXPERIMENT, 41 DOGS WERE USED AS SUBJECTS. 21GOMG WAS FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE IN RESTORING NERVE FUNCTION AND SPINAL CAPILLARY CIRCULATION, IN HELPING THE DOGS REGAIN LOST WEIGHT, AND AS A SEDATIVE IN CANINE TRAUMATIC PARAPLEGIA CASES. B. (U) TITLE -- "RIGONG TREATMENT OF 56 CASES OF FACIAL PARALYSIS OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES" M, NO. 10, 1990, P. 25). RESEARCHERS AND AFFILIATION -- ((REX)) GUANGPIXG (STC 0117 1639 1627)AND ((TANG)) CHENGPEI (STC 0781 2110 1014) OF THE PHYSICAL THERAPY LABORATORY, 261ST PLA HOSPITAL. - CONTENT -- THIS TREATMENT WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN JANUARY 1987 AND OCTOBER 1989 USING A 220 VOLT CURRENT AND THE APPLICATION OF WAI21. OF THE 56 PATIENTS TREATED, 41 COMPLETELY RECOVERED, 8 SHOWED SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, AND 6 SHOWED MODERATE IMPROVEMENT. ONE OF THE PATIENTS, HOWEVER, EXPERIENCED NO CHANGE IN CONDITION. C. (U) TITLE -- "EXAMPLE OF A CURE FOR LONG-TERM DYSURIA RESULTING FROM TRAUMATIC SPINAL INJURY" M, MO. 9, 1990, P. 28) - RESEARCHERS AND AFFILIATION -- ((LIU)) RUITIHG (STC 0491 3843 1656) OF THE CLINIC OF THE PLA AIR FORCE, JIKAK MR GENERAL HEAD2UARTERS, JIMAM (GEOCOORD:364ON/11700E). - CONTENT -- TREATMENT COMBINED BIOLOGICAL HOLOGRAPHIC ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY (STC 3932 3670 0356 1873 6859 0459 4070 3127) WITH THE APPLICATION OF WA12I. WA12I WAS APPLIED FOR 10-20 MINUTES TO THE LAOGOHG XUEWEI AND ABDOMEN OF THE PATIENT, A 6-YEAR-OLD CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 Approved For ReleabP,3M%j%A @IA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 PAGE:0008 GIRL. REMOTE WAIQI WAS APPLIED THE NEXT DAY AS WELL. FOLLOWING THE TREATMENT, THE PATIENT WAS ABLE TO ELIMINATE 300-500 MILLILITERS OF URINE EVERY 2-3 HOURS UNASSISTED WITH NO RESIDUAL URINE. D. (U) TITLE -- "TREATMENT OF STRESS HEADACHE WITH 21GONG" (Z2, MO. 5, 1990, PP. 15-16) - RESEARCHERS AMD AFFILIATION -- ((GAO)) ZHEHGJIH (STC 7559 2973 0093), ((LIU) GUANGYOU (STC 0491 0342 0645), AND ((MING)) DEJUN (STC 2494 1795 0193) OF THE 324TH PLA HOSPITAL, CHONGQING (GEOCOORD:2934H/10635E). - CONTENT -- THE CLINIC TREATED THE 28 STRESS HEADACHE PATIENTS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WITH 21GONG AND THE 33 PATIENTS OF THE CONTROL GROUP WITH WESTERN MEDICINE. THOSE IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP HAD WAI21 APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE AFFECTED AREAS. AFTER THE WA121 TREATMENT, PATIENTS WERE GIVEN MASSAGE THERAPY. THE CONTROL GROUP WAS GIVEN PAIN KILLERS, SEDATIVES, SLEEPING PILLS, AMD VITAMIN B TABLETS. AFTER TER DAYS OF TREATMENT, THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP REPORTED 15 CASES OF COMPLETE CURE, 7 CASES OF MARKED IMPROVEMENT, 5 CASES OF MODERATE IMPROVEMENT, AND 1 CASE IN WHICH THERE WAS NO CHANGE. THE CONTROL GROUP REPORTED 6 CASES OF COMPLETE CURE, 8 CASES OF MARKED IMPROVEMENT, 7 CASES OF MODERATE IMPROVEMENT, AMD 12 CASES OF NO CHANGE. 4. (U) 31LIDIMNG THEAAgj___FQUIPMEHT -1 A. (U) MODEL F2-A MULTIFUNCTIONAL QIGONG THERAPY EQUIPMENT (JR, 10 APRIL 1991, P. 3) THIS EQUIPMENT WAS DEVELOPED AND MANUFACTURED BY THE JOINT CHINA TIAHHEHG INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGY TRADE COMPANY (STC 0022 0948 1131 5899 0948 7139 4842 3444 2111 5890 6319 2496 0678 0155 4920 0361 0674) (FIELD COMMENT -- LOCATION UNKNOWN) UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE BEIJING MR GENERAL HOSPITAL. THE EQUIPMENT PROBABLY WILL BE MARKETED COMMERCIALLY AFTER THE MANUFACTURER OBTAINS PATENT RIGHTS TO THE EQUIPMENT. THE EQUIPMENT IS DESIGNED TO GENERATE WAI21 THAT WILL FREE CLOGGED ENERGY CHANNELS, REDUCE INFLAMMATION, AND RELIEVE PAIN. THE EQUIPMENT IS ALSO DESIGNED TO FINE TUNE THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. IT IS ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE IN TREATING AMGIITIS, TUMORS, AND PSEUDOMYOPIA. IT CAN ALSO BE USED TO TREAT 100 TYPES OF DISEASES, INCLUDING ARTHRITIS, HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, AND BRONCHITIS. IT WAS CLINICALLY FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE IN 96.6 PERCENT OF THE CASES TREATED. COMMENTS: (FIELD COMMENTS)--1. (U) BASED ON THE NUMBER OF RESEARCH PROJECTS REPORTED, THE BEIJING MR GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE BEIJING MR 2IGONG INSTITUTE, AND THE PLA NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY PLA ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN 2IGONG RESEARCH. THE LEADING RESEARCHERS AT THESE ORGANIZATIONS APPEAR TO BE XU WUGE OF THE BEIJING MR GENERAL HOSPITAL, WAN SUJIAH OF THE BEIJING MR 21GOHG INSTITUTE, AMD FENG LIDA OF THE PLA NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL. 2. (U) WITH THE EXCLUSION OF PARAGRAPH 3-1, THE EIGHT STUDIES PERTAINING TO THE 2IGONG MECHANISM CAN BE BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS -- 1) SIX STUDIES RELATED TO 21GOHG WAIQI, THREE OF WHICH CONCERN THE IN VITRO EFFECTS OF WAIQI RADIATION (PARA 2-A, 2-D, 2-F), TWO CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 Approved For Releat%J@03/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 ID EHTIAL PAGE:0009 CONCERN THE IN VIVO EFFECTS OF WA12I RADIATION (PARA 2-B, 2-E), AND ONE CONCERNS WAIQI FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE QIGOKG THERAPIST (PARA 2-C); 2) TWO STUDIES CONCERNING THE EFFECTS 21GONG TRAINING HAS ON THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF 21GONG TRAINEES (PARA 2-G, 2-H). OVERALL, ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF IN VITRO STUDIES CONDUCTED CONCERN 21GONG. OF THE EIGHT STUDIES THAT USED HUMAN SUBJECTS, TWO DEALT WITH THE EFFECTS OF 21GONG ON THE PHAGOCYTOSIS OF HUMAN LEUCOCYTES. THE RESEARCH STRESSES THE AFFECT OF @2IGONG ON THE nuilArt IrMu NXHM SG1A CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6 SG1A UNCLASSIFIED BODY COUNTRY: PRC SUBJ: CULTURAL FESTIVAL OPENS IN NANJING SOURCE: BEIJING XIHHUA IN ENGLISH 1526 GMT 25 SEP 91 TEXT: PAGE:0030 ((TEXT)) NANJING, SEPTEMBER 25 (XIHHUA) -- OVER 900 OVERSEAS GUESTS FROM ECONOMIC, TRADE AND FINANCIAL CIRCLES HAVE GATHERED HERE TO SPEND TOGETHER WITH OVER FIVE MILLION NANJING RESIDENTS THE FIRST NANJING CULTURAL FESTIVAL AND THE '91 AUTUMN TRADE FAIR, WHICH OPENED TODAY. THERE WILL BE OVER 60 CULTURAL AND ART ACTIVITIES IN EIGHT ET-TING. CATEGORIES INCLUDING B OPERA, DRAMAS, FOLK DANCES AND SONGS, SKETCHES, ACROBATICS, -IGONG (DEEP BREATHING ACTIVITY) AND @P-@011 G@ C EXHIBITIONS OF MODER P CALLIGRAPHY, PHOTOGRAPHY, POTTED LANDSCAPE AND ANCIENT CULTURAL RELICS DURING THE FESTIVAL AND TRADE FAIR. TALKS ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN NANJING AND OVERSEAS BUSINESSMEN WILL BE HELD. OVER 520 VARIETIES OF EXPORT COMMODITIES IN 15 CATEGORIES WILL BE ON DISPLAY FOR OVERSEAS BUSINESSMEN TO THE TRADE FAIR. THE CITY HAS ALSO LISTED 163 PROJECTS TO SEEK OVERSEAS COOPERATIONS. NANJING IS A FAMOUS HISTORICAL CULTURAL CITY OF THE COUNTRY. IT IS THE SECOND LARGEST METROPOLIS IN EAST CHINA FOLLOWING SHANGHAI. ADMIN (EKDALL) 251526 SR992509.026 TI 25/2237Z SEP BT #4794 NNNH SG1 I UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0200650009-6