man Mikk Al Pilo N HOCH 0 are I Milt t-A-vw" -1a W AM *Alto 401 k lw C, T Irv 1; kj I I kj FAIN ,60 v 9 fps it A Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 THE FIRST WORLD CONFERENCE FOR kCADEMIC EXCHANGE OF MEDICAL QIGONG (ABSTRACTS OF PRESENTATIONS) BEIJING CHINA, 1988 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 CONTENTS 1. A STUDY OF EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI OF QIGONG ON HUMAN CARCINOMA CELLS ............ ..... Feng Lida et al 1, 2. THE EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI ON THE IMMUNE FUNCTIONS OF MICE ... ........................................................................ Feng Lida et al 4 3. A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI ON THE L.@ CELLS OF LEUKEMIA IN MICE ................................................... Feng Lida et al 6 4. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN BRAIN SELF-ORGANIZATION IN THE QIGONG STATE ....................... .................................... Mei Lei et a] 7 5. A SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION ON THE QIGONG STATE ...... Yu Hefeng et al 8 6. AN INVESTIGATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON QIGONG EIGEN STATE ............................................................ Xu Lihua et al 10 7. AN INVESTIGATION ON EEG OF QIGONG EIGEN STATE ........................... .................................................................. Yan Xiaoxia et al 11 8. EFFECTS OF THE EMITTED QI ON HEALING OF EXPERIMENTAL FRACTURE ........................................................................ Jia Lin et al 13 9. EFFECTS OF THE EMITTED QI ON ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANCES OF THE OVERSTRAINED MUSCLE OF RABBITS .............................. Jia Lin et al 14 10. THE EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI (EQ) ON THE SKELETAL MUSCLE OF MICE UNDER THE STRESS OF ICE-SWIMMING - AN ELECTROMICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION ........................ Lu Danyun et al 16 11. PHYCIJOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF QIGONG ........................... Wang Jisheng 17 12. A RESEARCH ON FACTORS RELATED TO THE QIGONG STATE .................. ........................................................................ Wang Jisheng, 18 1.3..A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF QIGONG ......... ..................................................................... Tang Cimei et al 20 14. STUDIES OF QIGONG EFFECT ON THE HUMAN BODY BY THE COMPUTERIZED SYNCHRONOUS SYSTEM FOR MACRO-AND MICROCIRCULATORY PARAMETERS MEASUREMENT ........................... ............................................................. Xiu Ruijuan et al 21 15. EFFECTS OF THE EMITTED QI ON IMMUNE FUNCTIONS IN ANIMALS ......... ........................................................................ Li Caixi et al 22 M A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF QIGONG ON THE DECLINED INTELLIGENCE OF THE AGED ....................................... Sun Fuli et a] 24 17. THE EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI REPREFUSION INJURY OF MYOCARDIUM ...................................................... Qigong Science Institute, ............................................. Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine 25 18. A STUDY OF THE IMMUNE REGULATION EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI ON IMMUNOSUPPRESSED ANIMAL MODEL ........................... Zhang Li et al 27 . I . Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 Approved For Release 2000/08115: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 19. THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE EFFECT EMITTED QI OF THE I ON . 1 - Gu Ligang 8 MOUSE SPLEEN CELLS AND TUMOR CELLS IN VITRO et at 2 - - - - - 20, AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCR ON THE NERVAL NISMS OF MEC A THE QIGONG STATE AND THE EFFECTS OF THE EMITTED Q ............................................................. jL iu Guolong 29 et al 21. THE INFLUENCE OF THE EMITTED QI ON THE RY BRAINSTEM AUDIT6 EVOKED RESPONSES (ABER) AND AUDITORY MI DDLE LATENCY EVOKED RESPONSES (MLR) IN CATS ........................iu Guolong 31 L et at 22. A PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION OF THE NEURAL ANISMS OF MECH THE QIGONG STATE BASED ON THE METHOD OF AUDITORY VOKED RESPONSES I ............................................................i Rongqing 32 du et at 23. THE EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI AND INFRASO@,IC SOUND ON SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL (SEP) AND SLOW VERTEX RESPONSE (SVR) ...................................................en Xueyan 33 . P et at 24. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTEMITTED Q1 OF THEI OF QIGONG WITH FLUORESCENCE PROBES ..................u Nongqing 34 W et at 25. AN OBSERVATION OF THE POWER SPECTRUM AND RATHY OF TOP06 EEG IN THE QIGONG STATE ..........................................an Wcixing 36 et at 26. THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT QIGONG EXERCISES ANIFESTED ON EEG BY THE COMPUTER ANALYSIS .................................... 37 c e Qingnian ot at 27. EEG COHERENCE AND TOPOGRAPHY IN SUPPERQUIESCENiSTATE ......... .........................................................Wang Wei 39 ! et at 29. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF FAST WITH QIGONGISES ............... EXER t ..................................................................uang Guanghua41 29. MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL EFFCTS OF THE EMITTEDMAN ............ Q1 ON . ..... *'*'*"*""*""**"*"**'*****"*"*'*', ** Luo Son 42 @ et at 3 0. INFLUENCE OF ELECTRICAL LESION OF THE DUCTAL GRAY PERIAQU - D (PAG) ON ANALGESIC EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI ATS ............... IN A ..........................................................Kongshun 43.1 Yan et at n IN 31. ANALGESIC EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI ON ..................... WHITE RATS _. 3 ....... 45 Y' Yang Kongshun 32. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION OF THEINHIBITORY THE EFFECT F EMITTED Q1 ON TRANSPLANTED TUMORS IN MICE I Zhao Shan 46 ......... et at 33. AN OBSERVATION OF IN VITRO EFFECT OF THE Q1 ON HUMAN EMITTEJ PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES ............................fl ....... 48 Ye Ming 34. LOW-DIMENSIONAL CHAOS IN PRACTISING QIGONG1 Yagu Lin 49 ......... et at 35. ANTITUMOR METASTASES ACTIVITY OF THE EMITTED!QI IN TUMOR- BEARING MICE ........................................................Cao Xuetao et at 36. THE EFFECT OF THE EMITTED Q1 IN ENHANCINGINDUCTION THE IN VITRO OF LYMPHOKINES IN RELATION TO ANTITUMOR4ECHANISMS ... ............................................................ Cao Xuetao et at 51 2 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 37. AN OBSERVATION OF T-LYMPHMOCYTES BY ANAE STAINING IN THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF QIGONG ................................. Xu Hefen 52 38. AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QIGONG AND CHOLERESIS, ................................................... Wang Jialin et al 54 39. A PRIMARY OBSERVATION ON MICROCIRCULATION OF NAIL FOLD AND IMMUNOGENICITY AFTER QIGONG PRACTICE FOR SHORT PERIOD ...... ......................................................... Hong shunhua et al 56 40. CHANGES OF BLOOD VISCOSITY AND RCG IN 44 CASES WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AFTER THE QIGONG EXERCISE ............... ............................................................ Chu Weizong et al 57 41. A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHEP BETWEEN QIGONG AND ENERGYMETABOLISM-THE CHANGES OF THE BLOOD ATP CONTENT IN QIGONG MASTERS IN THE QIGONG STATE ...... Wang Zhengchang et al 58 42. AN EXPERIMENT OF THE EMITTED QI ON ANIMALS ......... Liu Tehfu et al 60 43. A STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF THE EMITTED Q1 WITH TRADFSCANTIC PALUDOSA MICRONUCLEAR TECHNIQUE ..................... .................................................................. Sun Silu et al 61 44. THE EFFECTS OF TAOIST QIGONG ON THE PHOTON EMISSION FROM T14E BODY SURFACE AND CELLS .......................................62 Liu Yaning et al 45. AN EXPE@RIMENTAL RESEARCH OF QIGONG FOR ANTISENILITY, KEEPING FIT IN MIDDLE-AGED INTELLECTUALS .................. Yang 64 Runliang et al 46. AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF THE CHANGES OF BLOOD VOLUME IN THE BRAIN AND THE CHANGES OF THE HEART RATE IN THE QIGONG STATE AND PSI STATE .......................................65 Wei Shouzhang et al 47. EFFECT OF THE QJGONG EXERCISE ON THE CONTENT OF MONOAMINE NEURO-TRANSMITTERS. IN BLOOD .................................67 Liu Binghuai 48. A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE CARDIAC FUNCTIONAL POTENTIAL EVOKED BY THE QIGONG EXERCISE ...........................69 Bao, Guojin et al 49. SPECULATION ON THE MEDIA OF QIGONG .....................71 Manaka, Yoshio 50. THE DIFFERENCE OF DIRECTION OF QI CIRCULATION IN THE SMALL QI CYCLE BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN .................. Yoshihiko 72 Yayama et al 51. TREATMENT EFFECT AND TENTATIVE WORKING THEORIES OF AUTONOMOUS QIGONG EXERCISE ..............................74 Everlyn Fung Lee 52. A STUDY OF STRENGTH FEAT CONCERNING THE HUMAN SELF-CURATIVE POWER ..................................................................75 Wang Chuan-Fu 53. A PRIMARY STUDY OF THE INDUCING FUNCTION OF THE EMITTED QI OF QIGONG ON THE BIOLOGICAL COMPOSITION OF a-AMYLASE IN WHEAT SEEDS .....................................................................77 Liu Haitao et al 54. EFFECTS OF THE EMITTED QI ON THE SPONTANEOUS DISCHARGES OF CEREBELLAR NEURONS IN RATS ..............................79 Yao Yuzhong et al 55. CHANGES OF SKIN TEMPERATURE DURING EMISSION OF Q1 .................. . 3 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96!-00792ROO0701080001 -1 .................................................................. Tokuo Ogawa et al 80 56. BIOENERGY STUDY OF THE CHINESE MERIDIAN SYSTEM IN PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDIT10N - AN OBSERVATION OF 483 HEALTHY HUMAN SUBJECTS ................................................. Julia J. Tsuci et al 82 57. EFFECTS OF QIGONG ON CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW (CBF) AND EXTREMITIC BLOOD FLOW (EBF) ................................. Zhao Baofeng 83 58. A CLINICAL AND LABORATORY STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF QIGONG ANAESTHESIA ON THYROIDECTOMY .............................. Lin Houshen 84 59. A RESEARCH ON "ANTI-AGING" EFFECT OF QIGONG ...... Wang ChongXiDg 85 60. BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF QIGONG ON IMPROVING THE HEART FUNCTION AND RELIEVING MULTIPLE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS ............ ...................................................... Wang Chongxing et al 88 61. CHANGES OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND MICROCIRCULATION UNDER THE QIGONG STATE ............................................. Chu Wcizong et al 89 62. A STUDY OF TREARMENT OF SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS BY QIGONG .................................................................. Zhu Jiru et al 91 63. FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE MECHANISM OF QIGONG IN TREATING BRONCHIAL ASTHMA AND CHRONIC BRONCHITIS WITH THE AID OF SEVERAL NEW TESTING METHODS ........................... Huang Hua et al 93 64. A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI COMBINED WITH SELF-- PRACTICE OF QIGONG IN TREATING PARALYSIS ......... Huang Meiguang 95 65. OBSERVATION OF THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT ON MYOPIA OF TEENAGERS PRACTISING "RELAXING AND QUIESCENT QIGONG FOR EYES .. ............ ............................................................ Wu Bingiiang et al 96 66. A CLINICAL OBSERVATION OF QIGONG AS A THERAPEUTIC AID FOR ADVANCED CANCER PATIENTS ................................. Sun. Quizhi et al 97 67. A CASE OF CEREBROATROPHY CURED BY QIGONG ......... Zhao Guang et al 98 68. A CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON THE LIVER AND GALL STONES TREATED WITH QIGONG ............................................................ Li Jinzheng 100 69. THE ROLE OF QIGONG AND TAIJIQUAN IN RESPIRATORY REHABILITIATION ............................................................... Sun Yingxing et a] 101 70. A CLINICAL STUDY OF CHOLELITHIASIS TREATED BY QIGONG AND EAR- POINT THERAPIES IN 40 CASES ....................................... Ma Shuan 102 71. OBSERVATIONS OF THE CURATIVE EFFECT IN CASES OF CHRONIC ATROPHIC GASTRITIS (CAG) TREATED WITH DAOYING (INDUCING) OR TUINA (RELEASING/RECEIVING) THERAPY ....................................... ............................................. Institute for Industry Health,the National Mechanical Industry Commission, Shanxi Province, China 103 72. THE BIDIRECTIONAL INFLUENCE ON THE ELECTROGASTRIC ACTIVITY IN MAN ......................................................... Feng Yangzheng et al 105 73. THE BIDIRECTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART . 4 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 RATE BY DAOYIN-TUINA ON THE ARTERIEAL BLOOD AND HEART RATE ............................................................ - Qin Chao ct at 107 74. THE ORAL-FACIAL SCAR SOFTENED BY QIGONG THERAPY ..................... o....................................... 0 ............................... Ma. Dingxing 108 75. AN OBSERVATION ON THE RESULTS OF DRUG AND QIGONG THERAPY FOR CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES ........................ Li Ziran et at 109 76. A GROUP OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON THE PREEVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION BY QIGONG ............ ........................................ o...................... Li Ziran ct at 113 77. OBSERVATIONS ON THE CURATIVE EFFECTS OF THE QIGONG EXERCISE "SELF-ADJUSTMENT THERAPY" IN HYPERTENSION ......... Jing 115 cTuinian 78. EFFECTS OF QIGONG ON THE RROSTACYCLIN THROMBOXANE BALANCE IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASES ...... Zhou Shifang1-17 ct at 79. A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF SELF-CONTROL QIGONG ON DIABETES MELLITUS .................................. o 119 ................ Gi Wu ct at 80. ON THE ANTI-TUMOR MECHANISM OF CHINESE QIGONG ........................ .......................................... o..................121 I........ Wang Junmel 8 1. SPONTANEOUS DYNAMIC QIGONG (SDQ) INVOLUNTARY MOTION QIGONG AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE ... o ..........................123 Wu Caiyun et at 82. EFFECTS OF "VITAL GATE" QIGONG ON MALIGNANT TUMOUR ................ ........................................................................126 Luo Sen et al 83. A CLINICAL STUDY OF QIGONG BASED ON DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMES (LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN 74 CASES) ............... Li Zequan et at 128 84. A CLINICAL STUDY OF THE TAOIST METHOD FOR KEEPING GOOD HEALTH AND LONGEVITY ON THE EVOKED CEREBRAL POTENTIALS IN PATIENTS WITH SENILE CEREBRAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS (AN ANALYSIS OF 40 CASES) ...................................................130 Cheng Kczhong et at 85. AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MYOPLA BY "VISION IMPROVEMENT QIGONG EXERCISE .. .................. ...............................................................131 Lu Shicai et at @ 86. THE EFFECT OF QIGONG EXERCISE (QUIESCENT AND DYNAMIC FORMS) ON THREE INDEXES OF PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION .........................................................132 Zhang Rulin et at 87. AN ANALYSIS OF 51 CASES WITH CHD TREATED BY QIGONG .................. ..................................................................135 Sun Jiwang et at 88. A STUDY ON Q1 AND SUPERPOWER .................................136 Hsiming Wu 89. SEX EXISTS TOGETHER WITH LIFE -A STUDY OF QIGONG IN TREATMENT OF IMPOTENCE AND ITS WONDERFUL EFFICACY ............ ........................................... -*****-*****.138 Huang Chengmo 90. THE PRESENT CONDIT10N OF QIGONG IN JAPAN ...... Mashanorl140 Yamamoto 5 7 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 9 1. THE ACTUAL ANALYSIS OF QI BY KINSHINDANHO (THE MUSCULAR- DIAGNOSING THERAPY METHOD) AND THE MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT OF IT ............................. .................... Kono,Tadao et al. 142 92. A TREATMENT METHOD TOWARDS FUNCTIONAL DISEASE OF THE KNEE- JOINT .................................................................. Shigeo Nakagawa 146 93. AN IDEA OF INNER DIAGNOSTIC METHOD ............... Mashakashu Kazhuda t47 94. AN OBSERVATION ON SKIN THERMOGRAPHY DURING QIGONG NEEDLING ........................................................................ Lin Maomej 147 95. NEW QIGONG -AN ESSENTIAL TOOL IN HEALING AND PREVENTION OF CANCER ............................................................ Chung Siu Wong 149 96. EFFECTS OF QIGONG ON PSYCHOSOMATIC AND OTHER EMOTIONALLY- ROOTED DISORDERS ............................................. Richard R. Pavek t50 97. QIGONG AS A PUTATIVE TREATMENT FOR IMMUNO-DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES .......................................................... Philip S. Lansky 152 98. INDIAN YOGIC PRANAYAM AND CHINESE QIGONG -A COMPARATIVE STUDY AND ITS APPLICATION IN TREATMENT OF ASTHMA .................. ...................................................... Ramaiah S. A. A et al 153 99. QIGONG SPIRAL TREATMENT-SUDARSANA RESEARCH BETWEEN 1978-1,987 ....................................... Vuokko Raakel Rahtu-Etiainen et al 154 100. QIGONG IN AUSTRALIA-AN EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST STRESS ... Jack Lim 155 10 1. THE USE OF THE EMITTED QI IN QIGONG AND ACUPUNCTURE IN THE TREATMENT OF FOOD ALLERGIES .................................... Chu Chow t57 102. INTRODUCTION OF QIGONG IN WEST GERMANY ...... Gisela Hildenbrand t59 103. A METHOD FOR QI FIELD DETECTION ........................... Lu Zuyin et al. 161 104. THE STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS IN QIGONG - EXPERIMENT ......................................................... Lu Zuyi.n et al. 162 105. THE EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI ON THE POLARIZED PLANE OF A LASER BEAM ............................................................ Yan Xin et al. 163 106. THE EFFECT OF QI ON THE COUNTING RATE OF 241 AM RADIOACTIVITY ..................................................................... Yan Xin et al 164 107. A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI ON MOLECULES AT A DISTANCE OF 2000 KM (1) EXAMINATION OF THE INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEM ON TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SAMPLES ............... ......................................................... Meng Guirong et al 166 (11) AN EXAMINAT10N OF LASER FLUORESCENCE AND ULTRAVIOLET ON THE RHODAMIN DYESTUFF .......................................... Li Shengping et al. 167 (111) A LONG-TIME TRACKING EXAMINATION OF UV SPECTROSCOPY ON THE SOLUTION OF POTASSIUM DICHROMATE .................. Sun Mengyin et al 168 (IV) A LONG-TIME TRACKING EXAMINATION OF UV SPECTROSCOPY ON THE . 6 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 r SAMPLE OF THE FLUORESCE IN DYESTUFF ............... Cui 170 Yuanhao et al (V) A TRACE EXAMINATION OF UV SPECTROSCOPY ON THE DNA SOLUTION OF FISH SPERMS ................................................172 Sun Mengyin et al (T) AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SAMPLE OF MIXTURE OF THE AGBR IUSH DYESTUFF BY EPR (ELECTRIC PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER) ................................................174 Li Shengping et al (VII) EXAMINATION OF ULTRAVIOLET AND ULTRARED THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEMS ON L-TRYPOTOPHAN SOLUT10N ............... Meng 175 Guirong et al (V111) AN OBSERVATION OF BOVINE SERUM ALBUMEN BY THE ULTRAVIOLET AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTROPHOTOMETER ............ Li Shengping176 et al (R)AN INVESTIGATION OF THYMINE BY A RECORDING SPECTRO- PHOTOMETER AND A THERMOVISION ..................... Meng 177 Guirong, et al (X) AN OBSERVATION BY AN ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRUM ABOUT YEAST RNA SOLUTION ...................................................178 Sun Mengyin et al 108. A QUANTITATIVE SURVEY OF SYSTEMATIC DEVIATIONS IN BROWNIAN MOVEMENT EXPERIMENT EFFECTED BY THE HUMAN MIND POWER ...... ...................................................... 179 Wang Yonghuai et al 109. MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE INFRASONIC WAVES FROM THE EMITTED Q1 ............................................................181 Niu Xin et al 110. THE EFFECT OF MIND-CONTROL IN QIGONG EXERCISE INVESTIGATED BY AN INFRARED THERMOVISION IMAGER ........................183 Du Luoyi 111. CHAOS AND FRACTAL OF THE HUMAN BODY IN THE QIGONG STATE A COMPLEX THEORETICAL APPROACH TO QIGONG ............... Li Fuli 184 112. SCIENCE OF VITAL MESSAGE AND QIGONG .................. Gu Hansen et al 187 113. PSEUDO-COLOUR TREATMENT OF THE RADIATION FIELD PHOTOGRAPHY OF QIGONG MASTERS .............. ............................... Cai Jianyu et al 190 114. A STUDY OF THE "DURATION AND DEGREE" OF THE SMALL QI CY CLE QIGONG ............................................................ Ren Zhengxin et al 192 115. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EMITTED QI ............ Gui Yongfan 193 116. EFFECTS OF THE EMITTED Qf ON SILICON'S CRYSTALLINE STATE ......... .................................................................. Wu Banghui et al 195 117. INVESTIGATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS AND LUMINOUS PHENOMENA IN A FUNCTIONAL STATE OF QI ............... J. J. Fan et al 196 118. A STUDY OF THE MECHANISM OF THE EMITTED QI .............................................................................. Guo Yinglan. et al 197 119. THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODEL OF HEALTH QIGONG AND ITS APPLICATION TEST ............................................. Liu Bcisheng et al 199 120. THE MECHANISM OF QIGONG -MAGNETIC RESONANCE ...... Ma hannan 200 121. ACHIEVEMENTS OF ANCIENT CHINESE MEDICAL QIGONG ...... Ma Jiren 203 122. AN EXPLORATION OF THE TRADITIONAL NEIDAN METHOD .................. ....................................................................... Song Tianbin 204 . 7 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000108115: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 t23. A STUDY OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HEALTH-PRES@RVATION BY QIGONG IN THE "ESSENTIALS OF HEALTH KEEPING" ...... Han Bin et al 207 124. A PRELIMINARY COMPARISON BETWEEN QIGONG AND INOIAN YOGA ... ztg Xiaofang 209 125. PROMOTING Q1 FLOW ALONG THE TRAVELLING' COURSES iOF MERIDIANS ............................................................ @ Li Ding et al 212 126. ZHIYI'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY OF BUDD41ST DHYANA- SAMADHI THERAPY ................................................... .. Chen Bing 215 127. QIGONG AND BUDDHISM .......................................... @omyo Miuya 217 128. ON TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS QIGONG AND ITS MEDICAL APPLICATION .................................................................. Takashi Tsumura 219 8 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08115: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 Titles of Papers Not Included in the Collection + Til HEALTH-PRESERVING Q100NG IN FULL FLOURISH Yosimiyatertisni (Japan) Ti AEC X@ if" r@ III JAI MENTAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES OF QIGONG MASTERS IN GIVING THE QIGONG THERARY 3. --k T A It @@ iff @@E AN OBJECTIVE STUDY OF'Q[ 4. jA rFj (rq P N- .tjL)V Kazu Mori at al (Japan) Mf, 14 P LA A f 4 THE MECHANISM OF PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF AIDS BY QIGONG Chen Ran (China Qigong science Institute, Hong Kong) WNY (-Ff A rp R @@-c -Tjj 4e@ POPULARIZATION AND DEVIATION RECTIFICATION OF QIOONG IN HONGKONG Lin Qin(China Qigong Science Inatitute, Hong Kong) 6. -q JL $q FOOT PRESSURE, CHANCE OF FOOT STEP AND THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE BODY IN THE STANDING POSTURE QIGONG-THE MECHANISM OF REGULATION OF THE BODY EQUILIBRIUM BY THE STANDING POSTURE QIGONG 7. Konta Kunio (Japan) ZADOCHIZUKO IL 1-0 --F 01 T ( H * 41: AT, T- I * Va --@- n * i@17) QIOONG-AS AN APPROACH OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE Zadochizuko (Japan) Sukginuka Noriyuki and Yosimiya, Terasni(Japan) f1j ( Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF THE EMITTED Q1 OF QIGONG ON HUMAN CARCINOMA CELLS Feng Lida, Qian Juqing, Chen Suqing et al (China Immunology Research Center, Beijing, China) We used the techniques of tissue culture, CytOgeDetics and electron microscopy to study the Hale cells and SGC-7901 human gastric adenocarcinoma. cells, the change of the cellular ultrastructure and abnormal structure of the chromosomes of the cells. The results showed: 1. The effect of the emitted qigong on the Hale cells: We repeated the experiment 20 times under identical conditions. The result is shown in Table 1. Table I The effect of the emitted qi on the Hale cells The number Survival rateDestruction G of the Hale rate cells (10/ml) roup Before receivingAfter receiving qi qi Exp. 4. 53 15. 33 100. 00 0 Control 4.53 10. 62. 69. 28 30. 72 Table I shows, after the Hale cells received the emitted qi for 2 0 minutes, the survival rate of the cells in the experiment group was 6 9. 2 8 Yo of that in the control group, i. C. 3 0. 7 2 Yo of the cells were killed. We analysed the distribution of the destruction rate, which is shown in Table 2. Table 2 shows, the emitted qi could kill the Hale cells. The destruction rate could reach 8. 9 1, 5 9. 6 1 yo , and the average destruction rate was 3 0. 7 2 Yo (P< 0. 0 0 1 At the same time, we observed the Hale cells with a translation electronmicroscope, and found that degeneration and swelling took place in some of the cells which received the emitted qi. The endoplasmic reticula. were dilated. obviously, and the nuclei of the cells were destroyed. Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RP00701080001 -1 Table 2 Analysis of the destruction rate of the H.ale cells by the emitted qi Destruction rate <10 it 21 31 41 >51 total YO Frequency 1 3 9 6 0 1 20 Ratio ( YO 5 15 45 30 0 5 too 2. The effect of the emitted qi on the gastric adenocarcinoma cells: After the gastric adenocarcinoma cells received the emtted qi for it hour, the survival rate of the cells was 7 4. 9 8 Yo of that in the control, i. e. the average IPstruction rate of the cells was 25. 02ye. (as shown in Table 3). TAble 3 The effect of the emitted qi on the gastric adenocarcinoma cells Number of cellsSurvival rate Destruction rate Group (tooo/mi) M YO Exp. 51. 12 100. 00 0 Control 38.33 74-98 25. 02 We repeated the experiment 41 times under identical conditions, cand through statistical analysis there was a difference between the two groups (PO. 05) (2)The structure of the chromosomes of the gastric adenocarcinorna cells: In the 1428 cells, the total abnormality rate was 5. 39yo in the experiment group, and the total abnormality rate of the t 4 2 0 cells in the control group was 1. 4 0 YO , in which there was a statistical meaning (P < 0. 01) . The abnormality of the chromosomes included exchange, breaking and dicentromere. Table 4 The effect of the emitted qi on the chromosomes of the gastric adenocarcinoma cells: The The Group Number, abnormality abnormality rate rate of of the the number structure of of the the chromosomes chromosomes Number <2n <3n <4n >4n 20 1. 40 Control % 30 1370 13 .2 Number 2. 96. 1. 0. 11 48 27 14 77 5. 39 Exp. YO 47 1349 24 8 3. 94. t. 0. 29 46 68 56 P <0. <0. 01 05 >0. 01 >0. 01 <0. 05 Summary: Tumour is a common disease which endangers man's life and health. The study on the effect of the emitted 9i on carcinoma cells, especially the study of the structure and the chromosomes of turnour cells, has not been reported in the world and in our country. The result showed that: 1. The average destruction rate of the Hale cells by th@ emitted qi was 3 0. 7 2 Yo , the highest destruction rate reaching 5 9. 6 1 YO . In order to confirm the effect of the emitted qi, we repeated the experiment 20 times under identical conditions. Through a statistical analysis, there was a difference between the experiment group and the control group (PO. 05); (11 Ill P 12 urn) seen in muscle fiber, in 1hich the cuchromatin occupied a large area and evenly dispersed with large nucleolis. The results show that the emitted qi obviously can lessen the chan es in skeletal muscle of mice induced by the stress of exhausting ice-swimming. It seems that the energy form of the emitted qi is suitable to be absorbed by liquid crystal resona ice in the body and compensates the energy lost during ice-swimming. 16 Approved For Release 2000108/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 After all, the effect of the emitted qi for regulating the function of nuclei is well worth attention. PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF QIGONG Wang Jisheng (institute of Psychology, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China) The aim of this research is to inquire into psychologial effects including intelligent and nonintelligent effects of qigong by using the psychological research method. The author has made many experimental researches on various kinds of forms of qigong with approximately similar results. Here are the results of 35 subjects who exercised Chanmi Qigong. The following are the averages and standard deviations of the items under the condition of just having finished the exercise and before the exercise. These items include speed of act (the amount of holding balls per minute) , errors of act (errors of holding balls per minute) , memory extent of reciting numbers orderly (using figure as the unit) , memory extent of reciting numbers backwands (using figure as the unit) , pure score of orniting numbers (raw score minus errors) , score of number symble test (the amount of finding numbers correctly per minute) , numbers of reading words with interference of color (the amount of reading words per minute) , errors of reading words with interference of color (errors of reading words per minute) , numbers of reading colors with interference of words (the amount of reading colors per minute) errors of reading colors with interference of words (errors of reading colors per minute) black-red number test (the amount of finding black-red number couple per minute). The related averages and standard deviations are: 27 + 5. 207 and 23. 943 + 5. 184, 0. 943 + 1. 110 and 1. 371 + 1. 140, 7. 97t ± 1. 204 and 7. 257 ± 1. 268, 5. 000 + 1. 029 and d. 2 @- 0. 964, 27. 217 + 6. 445 and 24. 043 ± 6. 657, 36. 087 ± It. 501 and 31. 261 ± 9. 107, 108 ± 27. 338 and 96. 829 ± 25. 602, 0. 086 ± 0. 284 and 0. 829 + 1. 098, 49. 917 + 12. 667 and 46. 971 ± 12. 340, 0. 914 ± 1. 095 and 2. 143 + 1. 833,7. 143+2. 586 and 5. 829+2. 595, P 0. 1 ) . The theta power at FZ point of 13 cases in the second group, however, had no significant difference between that before and during the practice (P>O. 05), even though the theta power increaseda little for a few of them. The control group which did not do qigong exercise had no changes in the theta power (P>O. 1). It was reported that the appearance of the theta rhythm on the frontal mid-line related to "inner experience", such as "thinking on something in earnest" was the same as that in the first group. The increase of the theta power on the frontal mid-line and good meditation feeling of the qigong practices are synchronous. The increase of the theta power, especially appearing of the theta peak, is suggested to be used as an indication of entering the qigong state for the first group. The change of power and topography of alpha are complicated. Both increase and decrease of alpha power can be seen. On the topography, it was found that alpha superiority of 6 cases transferred from the occipital area to the frontal area, 4 cases from the left to the right and that 5 cases showed alpha double peaks during the qigong state, because of dissynchronization between alpha, and alpha, THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT QIGONG EXERCISES ON EEG MANIFESTED BY THE COMPUTER ANALYSIS He Qingnian, Zhang Jianzhou and Li Jingzen (Beijing lnstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China) The present study was undertaken to analyze the effects of qigong on 12-channel EEG compressed spectral array, EEG brain topographic mappings, the statistical T-test topographic mappings and the correlation coefficient topornappings for different pr'actisers of qigong. Total number of the subjects were 30, among whom 10 were long-term practisers of qigong (called qigong masters), 10 were short-term practisers (called qigong beginners), the other 10 were in the control group without any qigong exercise. All the members were in good health, and had no history of neurological disease or head injury. The method of the study was as follows: The subjects sat comfortably iti chairs in a quiet chamber while EEG recordings were made from silver disc electrodes at the following locations: Fp 1, Fp 2, C 3, C 4, F 7, F 8, T 5 T 6, Fz, Pz and 0 1 . 0 2. - EEGs were recorded on paper, and were simultaneously recorded onto a 21-channel analog magnetic taporecorder (SONY A-821) . EEG signals were recorded for 5 min. prior to, 10 min. during, and 5 min. after the qigong exercise. The EEG was continually monitored in order to minimize the effects of muscle activity, drowsiness, eyp blinks on off-line computer processing (SIGNAL PROCESSOR 7TI.7s) . The . 37 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 computer program involved: (I) initial sampling processing; (2) window and periodogram arithmetic processing; (3) compressed spectral array processing; (4) linear three-dimensional interpolation processing; (5)topographic mapping processing; (6)statistical T-test topographical mapping analysis and (7)correlation cofficient topographical mapping processing. The spectral analysis was performed on the background of EEG using to FFT for the delta band, the theta band, the alpha I band, the alpha 2 band, the b ta I band and the beta 2 band. The results showed that the EEGs for qigong masters (with over 10 years of experience) during the qigong exercise were different from that of the others. In 1e compressed spectral array, the alpha rhythm originally predominant in the parieto-occipita@ regions decreased and the relatively unmarked alpha rhythm in the frontal region increased. The T-test topographical maps showed that in alpha I topographical map only the T values of 1he anterior half of the brain were over T (9) =2. 4536, therefore, the increase in alpha I component in the frontal regions was significant. Moreover, we found that the alpha I compo ent gradually increased and alpha 2 component gradually decreased during the qigong state. Th's indicated the slowing of alpha peak frequency during the qigong state. In comparison with tha of the qigong masters, the T-test topographic mapping for the qigong beginners showed that the increase in alpha I component in the frontal regions was not significant during the qigong -xercise. There was no change of the alpha rhythm in the contral group (without any qigong oxercise) who were in the resting state with eyes closed. Quantitative analysis of EEGs in subjects in the process of qigj Ing exercise and in the resting state showed that changes in EEGs during the process of qigong xercise were specific, and different from patterns associated with awakening and drowiness,1 or any state between these two extremes. The EEGs of 10 qigong masters in the process f qigong exercise were clearly different from those recorded during a resting state with cyes closed.- The peak amplitudes of alpha rhythm increased during the qigong state in all 10 qigong masters and this change was statistically significant, especially in the frontal regions. This result was the same as the result of T-test topographical mapping, which showed that tic increase in alpha 1 component in the frontal regions was statistically significant (P 0. 05) . In Experimental Group I (n = 15) and (n = 16) , the pain threshold obviously elevated. The difference was significant as compared separately with the basic pain threshold (PO. 05) was seen. In order to investigate the analgesic mechanism of the emitted qi, naloxone (0. 2mg/kg) was injected into the tail vein of 5 rats after their pain threshold was obviously elevated by the emitted qi. It was found that the pain threshold distinctly reduced as compared with the period when naloxone has not been administered. 45 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RP00701080001 -1 The above results showed that the emitted qi has analgesic effect on rats without any psychological interaction. This effect may be related to the action of e@dogcnous morphine. The emitted qi may promote synthesis and release endogenous morphine. In this study we also found that naloxone could only partially block the analgesic effect 0the emitted qi. It suggests that the analgesic effect of the emitted qi may be related to othjr substances, which remain to be solved. A PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION OF THE INHIBITqRY EFFECT OF THE EMITTED QI ON TRANSPLANTED TUMOR@ IN MICE a Zhao Shan,Mao X1aoyun,Zhao Bangzhu,Li Zhaohui _'d Zh U Da0hung (Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Guru proovince, China) There experiments were made to observe the inhibitory effect of different qigong doctors on transplanted malignant tumors in mice. Experiment I was designed for the purpose of observing the effect diminishing ascitic cancer (EAC) cells in tab beakers. Ascitic fluid was aspirated from mice which had been transplante (EAQ for 7 days. After being diluted with normal. saline to a cone cells/ml. the fluid was divided into two equal portions kept under the sa the portions was treated with the emitted qi for an hour, and the ot untreated for control. Sample fluid was taken from both portions immediately after the treatment with the emitted qi), 12 hours an4 stained with trypan. blue so as to count the surviving cells. The same four times. The results showed that the average number of the survivin portion was greater than that in the experimental portion each time. T cells in the experimental portion sharply decreased during the hour whc exercised onto the fluid, the diminishing rate being 20 yo , 6. 6 times z control portion (P 0.'05) It had no significant difference. However, there was, no M Iarked difference in the . 56 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RP00701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 length of the tubes and the numbers of tubes. 2. Lymphocyte transformation test: There was high difference before and after the qigong exercise in the two groups (PO. 05). 3. Serum with seroprotein clectrophoresis on cellulose acetate sheet: The ratio of the percentage of immunoglobins of the two groups were increased after the qigong exercise for twenty days, there was signi ficant difference + SD: 3 6. 2 9 ± 5. 0 Yo and 4 8. 0 3 + 7. 53 yo. t= 6. 02, PO. 05), but the photon emission from the hepatocyte suspensions after the qigong exercise was obviously greater than that before the exercise (the counts were 647. 0+85. 1 and 243. 3±8. 8, 392. 3±28. 5 and 181. 3±15. 6 respectively (P< 0. 0 0 1 Other had no such evident effects on the same cell suspensions. It should be mentioned that after the qigong exercise and the hepatocyte suspension was remaining standing still for 2 minutes, the luminosity counts decreased to a low level for about 172 + 2. When the exercise was done again the counts immediately increased up to 239. 8+141. 1. Then another cessation followed, the counts decreased rapidly down to 174. 3 . 63 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792 2. 1 , much lower than those before the qigong exercise ( 3 9 2. 3 + 2 8. 5 ). The above data verifies that qigong may enhance the hepatocyte spont, but its mechanism still needs further investigation. 0701080001-1 luminscence, AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF QIGONG FOR I ANTISENILITY @ KEEPING FIT IN MIDDLE-AGED IN@ELLECTUALS Yang Runfiang, Yang Intang and Hong Hoqiao 32 managers and administrators studying at the Gangsu Economic Management College were tested. All of them were males by an average age of 35. 71. The Contents and methods of study. Testing indexs: TSH, FSH, LH, IgG and Fe-Protein. The pattern of the qigong exercise: Quiescent form of qigong exercise was done 3 times (morning, noon and night) for about 30 minutes for each time. A month later the duration prolonged to an hour for each time. The change of the five testing indexes are as follows: Before the After the qigong qigong Index T P exercise exercise TSH 10. 22::@ 9. 8+1. 04 1. 45 >0. 05 1. 28 FSH 8.72+3. 25 4. 81+2. 69 5.79 <0. 01 LH 7. 29+5. 4. 73+3. 57 2. 54 0. 01<13<0. 20 05 IgG 8. 30+3. 12. 09 5. 3. 89 1 <0. 01 37 20 Fe-Prot. 181. 55130. 2838+178. 2. 92 <0. 01 7 1 Discussion: The human body is an integrated self-adjusting system. It is said i medicine that "blood is commanded by qi. " It means the circulation of bl( which in turn is based on the energy of blood. In performing the qigong regulation of the body, mind and breath, a qigong functional state @ produced by this state would be changed and increased from quantity to useful physiological changes in the'body would occur alongside the gradu self-adjusting function. The blood sample was taken from the tested persons before and aftc for 90 days. The separated serum was kept in a refrigerator. Results M . 64 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792F traditional Chinese I is generated by qi Kcrcisc through the pears. The energy jality. Therefore, y deepening of the the qigong. exercises ; obtained with the 0701080001-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 analytical method of radio immune RTA. The normal Fe-protein val ue is 16 0 + 15 2 ng / ml in the Lanzhou areas. It greatly increased after the qigoug exercise, indicating that the metabolism of the brain accelerated, the functions of the nervous system, immune system, digestion absorption and muscular movement strenthened. IgG is an important substance of immunity and it is of about 75 Yo of a gram of serum. The neutralization of the exotoxin of bacteria is its important function because it can combine the exotoxin quickly and clear away the toxicity of it, providing more energy of antitoxins in the body where the toxins were infected. The amount of IgG in the serum can be greatly increased after the qigong exercise. That is to say that the qigong exercise can improve the immunity and anti-infectious immunity TSH (thyroxine hormone promoter) showed slight decrease after the qigong exercise. It may be a result of the physiological activity of the hypothalamus changing from randomness to nonrandmness after the qigong exercise. The decrease of LH (Luteum hormone promoter) and FSH (ovum growing hormone promoter) which are secreted by the hypophysis to the normal ranges after the qigong exercise indicates a regulation of the function of the process from the sex ability to a condition of storing of the sperm of the middle-aged. Then the imbalance endocrine of the body can be regulated and the organs be strenthened, and finally the kidney function is activited. AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF THE CHANGES OF BLOOD VOLUME IN THE BRAIN AND THE CHANGES OF THE HEART BATE IN THE QIGONG STATE AND PSI STATE Wei Shouzhang et al (Taiyuan Railway Hospital, Shanxi province, China) I The qigong state consists of two-still state and dynamic state. Those who have Psi can show their psychokinesis state. These states are all relatd to mental activities. People doing qigong exercise all stay awake, but their awake feelings are different from others. According to our working hypothesis, the same instrument and leads, and the method of comparison with the same persons before and after experiments were 'used to investigate the physiological brain effects in the qigong state and Psi state. The subjects in the experimantal . 65 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R600701080001 -1 group, having calmed down for 15-20 minutes, closed their eyes and ha a REG test. When the experiment began, detailed records should be kept. Their mean v,, was determined by three rhythmical waves of REG. The mean value of the heart ratel was determined by intervals of the three waves of REG. These data were used as the jobjective criteria in comparison in the experiment. There were three persons in the experime t. One of them did the quiescent qigong exercise. The second did the dynamic qigong exercise, 1 The third had Psi. According to the method mentioned above, the first two persons were t@stcd by REG for 34 times respectively. The last one was tested 45 times. There were 73 p@rsons in the control group, 53 of which conducted mental arithmetic. The remaining people1were sitting quietly. 73 people were all given REG test too. The data of the experimental roup were compared with those of the control group. The experiment indicated that the amplitude value of REG was re4uced from 0. 1594Q (before doing qigong exercise) to 0. 1157Q (P 0. 25) . When the persons having PsJ did not show their psychokinesis, their amplitude value reduced form 0. 313Q (before: the experiment) to 0. 278Q (P 0 - 0 0 1 ) . Furthermore, in the control group, another 2 0 persons were sitting calmly only. There were no apparent changes of REG and the heart rate 30 minutes later (P>O. 05). For this reason, it shows that the qigong state, whether in quiescent or dynamic state and Psi state evidently, has a typical function of their own. EFFECTS OF THE QIGONG EXERCISE ON THE CONTENT OF MONOAMINE NEURO-TRANSMITTERS IN BLOOD Liu Binghuai, Rao He and Chen Quanzhu (Anhui'Colloge of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui province, China) Li Yefu, Shang Lili (Affiliated Hospital, Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui province, China) It is well accepted. that qigong contributes to preventing and curing of diseases and prolonging life. To study its'- mechanisms, the authors observed by means of fluoresence spectrophotometry in 68 subjects the variations of blood contents of monoamine neuro- transmitters before and after the qigong exercises (5-hydroxytamine, 5-HT; norepinephrine, NE; and dopamine, DA). 44 of the subjects were males, 24 females, their age ranging from 25 to 68 years old, with an average age of 48. They all had practised the qigong exercise for one month. All of them were patients of common chronic diseases, such as hypertention, coronary heart disease, gastric ulcer, gastritis, pulmonary emphysema, chronic bronchitis, joint system diseases, neurasthenia and neurosis. Results observed: 1. A comparison of monoamine neurotransmitter contents in the blood of the subjects pre- and post--fxercise showed a general reduction in 5 -HT, averagely from 0. 4 2 0. 2 1 to 0. 2 1 ±0. 13@tg/ml,' close to the normal value (normal value 0. 15+0. 04@tg/ml) The difference was notable (P < 0. 0 0 1 ) . Variations in NE and DA tended to go up, averagely NE being from 0. 2 7 + 0. t 3 to 0. 3 5 ± 0. 2 7pg / ml, DA from 0. 8 6 ± 0. 619 to I - 19 + 0. 8 1 @Lg / ml. Variation of DA displayed a statistical difference of P @0. 02. The above description showed that the effect of the qigong exercise is closely related to the monoamine neuro-transmitters in the body fluid. 67 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 2. Effects of the qigong exercise on the blood monoarnine neurotra smitters of patients of different diseases: The subjects were divided into 5 groups according to the nature of their disease. Subjects in each group showed reduction in blood 5-HT content -after they h d practised the qigong exercise. I The group of cardiovascular disease: from 0. 4 3 0. 3 4 to 0. 116 0. 11 @tg/ml (n 13). (2)The group of gastric disease:frorn 0. 38±0. 19to 0. 22±0. 13@g/ml(n=20) (3)The group of joint system discase:from 0. 44±0. 21 to 0. 18::L 0. 13@tg/ml (n=10) (4)The group of respiratory system disease:from 0. 44±0. 22'-to 22±0. t2@Lg/ml(n= 8) (5) The gruoup of other diseases (neurasthenia, neurosis): from 42±0. 22 to 0. 25± 0. 14pg/ml(n=13). In all the groups except the fourth group, variations in 5-HT content in comparison with the pro-exercise values, were respectively P (0. 01, @ 0. 01, 0. 05, @ 0. 05. The difference was obvious. The post-exerqise blood content of DA in various groups rose up remarkably. An evident difference was seen in the 2nd group (P @ 0. 05) . The NE con ent was seen to rise in the 5th group (P (0. 05), while in other groups the variation was hot obvious. In all the above groups, the content of vasoconstTictor substance 5-HT diopped to the normal concentration level, resulting in sufficient blood supply for the local tissues and organs. It also improved blood flow, promoted metabolism and strengthened the siological unction of the cells in the tissues, thus helping restore health, adding to the efficacy of qigong. The authors claim that the qigong exercise helps regulate the function of the neuralgic system, and the monoamine neuro-transmitters participate in the whole process. 1. The qigong exercise helps regulate the neuro-body fluid inner environment. Through regulating the 5-HT blood concentration in the neuro-transmitters of pa asympathetic nerve, it causes the extra high blood 5-HT of the cardiovascular patients to drop to the normal level. It physiological functions, resulting in the relief of also dilates the coronary artery, improves the symptoms. 2. The qigong exercise helps build or strengthen the physiological notion t e digestive system. The exercise exerts an influence on the control of nerves that govern the activities of the internal organs. It is shown by variation in the blood content of licuro-transmitters NE, DA, and 5-HE, with 5-HE getting lower and DA getting higher, facilitating local blood flow and metabolism in the tissues. . 68 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R600701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 3. Through regulating the concentration of pain producer 5-HE in the peripheral blood, the qigong exercise achieves an analgesic effect. The drop of 5-HE content is relative to the result of analgesia. This fact shows the drop of 5-HE is good for invigorating blood circulation and reducing extravasation, which is a proof of the TCM principle: "pain removes when block is eliminated". The qigong exercise results in preventing and curing of diseases. It helps regulate the nerve-body fluid inner environment, promotes activities of organs and maintains dynamic equilibrium of the organism through self-stabil ization. A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE CARDIAC FUNCTIONAL POTENTIAL EVOKED BY THE QIGONG EXERCISE Bao Guojin and Feng Shaoxiang (Xing Cheng Air Force Sanatorium, China) In order to probe into the effect of the qigong exercise in excitation of the cardiac functional potentials, and in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases we have observed the physiological effect of the heart function influenced by the qigong exercise 30 days before and after practice and measured the physiological loading intensity and the thermal effect of acupoints during the exercise with a PWC,,@ function test. The subjects were divided into two groups. The qigong group included 60 healthy people by an average age of 40.5 years, the control group consisted of 20 healthy people who were undergoing craunotherapy. Their average age was 36. 4. The experimental results are as follows: 1. PWQ,@ function test: We measured the PWC,,o value of the qigong group who exercised Shaolin Neijin Yizichan qigong 30 days before and after practice. The exercise done twice a day, 54 minutes for each. The control group's PWC value was measured 30 days before and after the craunotherapy. The subjects were given two different loading, 3 minutes for each with an interval of 3 minutes. At 2. 5 munites the measure of the heart rate was done for half minute. Then the PWC,,@ value and VO,, max was calculated. The result indicated the finished power of the qigong group was raised by 574. 94 kg. m/min. after the qigong exercise while the control group only increased by 83. 75 kg. m/min. (P @0. 05) . The qigong group's. VO, max increased by 0. 9 7L / min. after the exercise, whereas the control group's by 0. 14L/min. (P (0. 05) . It shows that the qigong exercise has a marked effect on excitation of the cardiac functional potential. 2. The physiological loading intensity: We measured the resting state heart rate before the 69 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved Fo Ir Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R@00701080001 -1 qigong exercise and the recovery heart rate 10 minutes after the e),ercise with a PV-701 WRIST-WANTCH-STYLE PULSE MONITOR. The heart rate during the exercise (lastingfor 54 minutes) was measured every two minutes. The resting state heart rate was 73. 4 per minute before the exercise, the average rate was 94. 3 per min. aqu the highest rate was 124. 4/per min. During the exercise the recovery rate was 82. 7/per min. after the exercise. These results tell us that the qigong exercise is a kind of light endurable loading exercise, - its physiological loading intensity does not exceed 50yo of the maximum intaking oxygen. It is a small amount of exercise suitable for the patients of heart trouble. 3. The thermal effect of acupoints: We measured the change of 1he skin temperature of the middle fingertip, Laogong (P 8), Yintang (Extra), Baihui (Du 2 0) and Sanginjiao (Sp 6) before and after the exercise with a semiconductor point thermome'er. Here is the result. There was a very significant change of temperature'at Laogong (P 8 before and after the exercise (P(O. 01), the average temperature increasing by 1. 3'C; telyperature on Baihui(Du 20) increased by I'C; temperature on the middle fingertip and Yintang (Extral) increased by 0. 7'C and 0. 8'C respectively; temperature oh Sanyinjiao (Sp 6) dezeased by 0. I'C. The increase of skin temperature of acupoints shows that the qigong exer4ise can promote blood circulation and expand the capillary. According to the above tests we can conclude: 1. The qigong exercise can excite the cardiac functional potential, -.IWG,,, function test is a measurement for the quantitative exercise tolerance test of the heart f inction. PWG@,@ value is depended on the heart volume, and people who have a larger volumE gained higher power, which increased by 148yo after the exercise than before. It shows that the qigong exercise can bring cardiac reserve into full play, increasing the cardiac systole and diastole volume, and enhancing the heart muscle contractive power. 2. When those who did the exercise bore a smaller physiological I)ading intensity, their heart rate is 128yo of that in the resting state, helpful to lighten the burden of the heart and decrease the myocardial oxygen consumption. This exercise is advisable for the weak old people and for those having chronic diseases, especially heart trouble. 3. The acupoint thermal effect was markedly seen during the ex(rcise. The increase of acupoint skin temperature is helpful to increase the excitability of tle muscle and nervous system and to heighten metabolism and cardiovascuclar function. 70 Approved For Re,lease 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R@00701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 SPECULATION ON THE MEDIA OF QIGONG Manaka, Yoshio (Kitasato, Institute. Sirogane 5-9-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan) Qigong exercise is not mere physical training, and qigong treatment is not a simple physiotherapy. What is essentiacl is that qigong procedure is an art in which qi plays an important role. However, it is not easy to define it with scientific terms. The author has much interest in the "biological information system" and the "media" which are unbelievably -minute and accurate in the system, but often too fine to detect them in detail. The author has enough reason to believe that certain part of the concepts of qi indicates such delicate biological information media which have many characteristics in common with qi, untouchable, invisible or inaudible, yet one can recognize their functions one way or another. The author proposes several topics about some biological information media which might give certain suggestions to explain the modus operandi of the qi activities. (I)OMURA's TEST applied to the abdominal diagnosis. (2)MANAKA's COLOUR-TEST of the five element points. (3)KATSUMATA's molecular wave. (4)KATSUMATA's afterimage-agent (5)MANAKA's series-effect (I)OMURA's O-RING-TEST#consists of "a" input and "b" output. For example, if one touches a point where pathological occurrence exists, 6@ a" input causes finger muscle tonus reduction. "a" is too minute to be called as nervous stimulation to occur nervous reflex. It is just an agent in the information system. The author has verified the fact that if one gives a right signal on a right point on the extremities, it can affect the concerned point on the abdominal area and one can check it with OMURA's test on the point in question. (2)ln t986 Manaka demonstrated the fact that if one applies the five element points with proper colouring, i. e. red on the the fire point, yellow on the earth point, white on the metal point and so on, these effects can be checked by OMURA's test. (3) Katsumata demonstrated in 1987 that any molecules of asymmetric structure emerge a wave while spinning, and studied the charactaristics of the wave. It could affect the OMURA's,test either. (4)Katsumata also proved if a substance stayed at one position for a certain period, there remained. so-called molecular wave alias (aftemirage agent). 71 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792 (5) In 1988 Manaka demonstrated that if one gave signals in certE particular (therapeutic) effect. It might give explanation to that movement of qigong which has special effect. THE DIFFERENCE OF DIRECTION OF CIRCULATION IN THE SMALL QI BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN Toshihiko Yayatna, Tomohiro Shiramizu and Klyosi (Saga Prefectural Hospital, Kouseikan, Japan) P00701080001-1 in series, they caused particular formula of QI The function of the human body is controlled by twelve main meridians which are divided into six yang meridians and six yin meridians. Yang meridians are superintended by the Du Meridian and yin Meridians by the Ren Meridian. To obtain the cimulation of the energy or qi along the Du and Ren Meridians is said the small qi cycle. When mall qi cycle has been achieved, the stagnation of qi in the twelve main meridian is dissolved'] and the flow of qi in the human body goes around smoothly. The achievement of small cycle is one of the important purposes in qi training. But the process to accomplish this is not clear yet, it is difficult for common people to do it, and furthermore, the real eaning of it is not elucidated. We have practised various classical qi training to make cl ar the process of the small qi cycle. Traditionally, it had been suggested that the flow of gi in the small qi cycle ascended along the Du Meridian and descended along the Ren Meridian But because we feet the. discrepancy between man and woman in our training process, we build up a new hypothesis that in woman the flow of qi in the small qi cycle ascends along the Ren Meridian and descends along the Du Meridian. We report here the data that testify this hypothesis and make the proposal that this hypothesis is useful to achieve the small. qi cycle. Materials and methods: The subjects were fifty healthy adult men and fifty healthy adult 'Vomen. The direction of qi flow in the small qi cycle was measured by means of O-RING TES'" (Omura's test), by using the stimulations of magnetic force or ultrasonic scanning on the DA and Ren Meridians. It is said that by this O-RING TEST the biological effects of subtle stimulation can be detected as the alteration of the finger muscle strength. Though the mechanism f this O-RING TEST is not revealed, it is known that the benificial. stimulations enhalc the finger muscle . 72 - I Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RP00701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 strength, but the harmful stimulations weaken it. The subjected person made a circle using the thumb and an index finger (O-RING), and the examiner also made O-RING with the same fingers of each hands passing through -the subject's O-RING. We measured the degree of separation of the subject's O-RING fingers pulling toward right side and left side by the examiner's O-RING before and during the stimulations by the magnetic force or the ultrasonic scanning on the Du and Ren Meridians. Result: 1. Ninety-eight percent of the subjects altered their finger muscle strength by the stimulation by the magnetic force or the supersonic scanning on the Du or Ren.Meridian. 2. The men's finger muscle strength was enhanced by the stimulation of the magnetic force or the ultrasonic scanning ascending in the Du Meridian and descending in the Ren Meridian, but the women's was weakened. 3. The man's finger muscle strength was weakened by the stimulation ascending in the Ren Meridian and descenting in the Du Meridian, but the woman9s was enhanced. 4. Two subjected persons on whom the stimulation had no effects reported that they realized the small qi cycle in high degree. 5. The persons who developed the qi felt that the progressive stimulation which enhanceed the 1 finger muscle strength was comfortable, but the regressive stimulation which weakened the finger muscle strength was discomfortable, and they also felt some tenderness on some meridians by the regressive stimulation. Nscussion: The stimulation of the magnetic force and the ultrasonic scanning, which cannot be precepted, can make some effects on the human body. If the qi in the human body goes around smoothly by the stimulation, the finger muscle strength can. be enhanced. It is revealed that the direction of the magnetic force and the ultrasonic scanning which enhance the finger muscle strength is reversed between man and woman, This fact may be one ground for the new hypothsis that the direction of the qi flow in the small qi cycle is reversed in man and woman. The small qi cycl e may be achieved more facilely considering the difference of the current between man and woman stimulatied by the magnetic force or the supersonien scanning. And the application of the smallqi cycle toward health care may develop. . 73 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 TREATMENT EFFECT AND TENTATIVE WORKING THEORIES OF AUTONOMOUS QIGONG EX@RCISE Everlyn Fung Lee, (National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Chinb A fairly simple method has been developed to turn on somebody to exercise autonomously by him or her following his or her own flow of qi. Based on yoga exercises and the modified yoga routine - gradbal conditioned reflex -the trainee would autonomously and subconsciously promote qi flow, By continuous practicing the atounomous exercise, one feels better either physically or mentally, especially to those with diseases. Some with herniplegia would gain muscle power to their weaker limbs. Some with arthritis would lessen their pain or e@@en become symptoms free. Some with toxic hyperthyroidism would become less agitated emoti@nally and symptomes free. Some with cancer still receiving radiotherapy or chemotherapy, would have less complications after each treatment, namely, they would find their leukocyte count lower but less than before and arise again much quicker. They also feel they can olerate much more to their treatment. To the ones with acute or chronic injury, they would ake their own qi flow to the local regions and to the corresponding points. How can the autonomous exercise come to work and why it has such benefit to one's health? As a medical professional, 1 can only use my own scient fic thinking logic to approach. I think I have come to an assumption very close to the fact. First of all, you have to find a quiet place, avoid all kinds of external stimuli, and also, prepare your mind to a quiet and relax state, then follow the instruction, do relaxing 10 exercise to warm up the body and relax all the joints, gradually let go f yourself, let your feeling float up, and follow your feeling. If you feel your body wants t move, let it be. It is more tentative to explain why it works. The human mind is controlled by two aspects, namely, conscious level and subconscious level. Conscious level controls the irritation coming from the outside world, but subconscious level controls the irritation coming from inside of our body. In conscious level, we think and do things accordingly. We think it is logic, and order our body to d@ so. If the body can tolerate, usually the body would not complain, though it might not be lbsolutely good to the body. In subcouscious level, we feel and let the body express as it desirts. It is the true voice . 74 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RP00701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 of the body. In the modern way of living, people usually rush their lives, they use more ordering in conscious level, suppressing their feeling, and they think they are taken care of their health, actually, they may do more harm than good. Autonomous exercise, in the contrary way, allows the body to express its own voice and the exercise is following the body's own demand. Of course it works wonderfully. Qi seems to be a hidden part of the body structure, waiting to be found. Therefore qi is born with. Qi should be a very active system since birth, but gradually loses its function after one is growing up by not knowing how to use this system. Since it is built in, qi can be arisen by any form of qigong practice, autonomous exercise is only one of them. A STUDY OF STRENGTH FEAT CONCERNING THE HUMAN SELF-CURATIVE POWER Wang Chuan-Fu (Taiwan,China) Human beings are born to an innate ability to resist diseases, called "self-curative power". Such power keeps our body permanently in normal and healthy condition. In physiology, such strength is also designated "homeostasis" . This power can enable the body to produce resistance against illnesses, eliminate causes of disease and facilitate the body recovered. The function of both physicians and medicine does not lie in curing diseases directly but in helping such curative power do execution. Provided the body is possessed of great "Self- curative power", it would not experience any illness. Even though sick, it can also be recovered within a-short time. Such power is so integral that we should increase and stimulate it every day. In such way, the genuine avenue to health can be reached. The way to health is composed of four elements: air, sunlight, water and electromagnetic wave. It goes without saying that air, sunlight and water are very important. As far as the electromagnetic wave is concerned, it is a very significant treasure, verified recently by scientists. In addition to sunlight, the sun also radiates a kind of magnetic wave of six million meter length. For billions of years, the incessant illumination of sun magnetic wave makes the earth turn out to be an enormous magnetic field. Due to the illumination of the magnetic wave on the earth, the iron material in the body is subject to magnetization which effects the blood circulation in order to keep growth of life. The magnetic waves of 75 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 both the sun and the earth are natural superlong waves, integral to the maintenance of human health. However, the function of our body is decaying day by diy, so is the natural resistance therein. In order to restore health, the magnetic wave@s4ould be reinforced for health-keeping and disease-curing effect. From the medical viewpoint, such methods as receiving injection taking medicine can td hand be called chemical therapy, also known as "first medicine". On the o i er som people discover the curing methods like massage, sun bathing, hot-spring ba which can be called physical therapy, also recognized as "second medicine" . The first cines may an second medi be available for superficial therapy, but infeasible for basic cure. Sin-.e the first and second medinines are facing an invisible wall which will not be broken through unless the magnetic wave increases as an auxiliary. According to the evidences of clinic tests undertaken by such farn us medical institutions as the Medical College of Roman University, the magnetic line of for c cannot only enhance health, offer power but increase the human self-curative power to a I rge extent, make the abonrmal neurotic system adjusted, provide blood circulation, creat now cells and renew tissues in the body. Different from ordinary electric currents, the electromagnetic wav can flow beyond the' surface of objects. It is also unlike X ray because the latter cann(t penetrate the bones whereas the electromagnetic wave can reach deep into the muscle, fats the internal parts of marrow and release neurotic tension. Such electromagnetic wave will n ver cause any unplea- sant feelings, for example, pain or shock, etc. On the contrary, it will result in comfortable and warm vibration. Such vibrant phenomenon gives rise to what is call d Joule's heat, which can strenghten the function of cells and produce analgesic and anti-i lammatory function. Passing through the internal tissues, the electromagnetic wave will creat the induction current so as to further the metabolism of tissues and ensure its vitality. Besi s, by going through the tissues in the body, the electromagnetic wave can keep the internal secretions normal and each organ healthy. The electromagnetic wave magnetizes the iron material in the lbody, forwards the function of blood circulation and reinforces the,circulation action of ly h. In such a way Prn the fresh blood is endowed with the ability to transport nutrients fully a d the whole cells are provided with resources of energy. At the same time, owing to the vibra ion of the iron in the red corpuscles, the cholesterin in the vessels is removed little by little s that such diseases as hypertension and paralysis will therefore obtain the fundamental prevent On. Most important, it can increase the self-curative power in our body, make the human body produce strong 76 Approved For Release 2000/08/15 CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 resistance against diseases and get rid of fatigue as rapidly as possible. If under the appropriate guidance of expert physicians to the proper accompaniment of the first medicine of chemical therapy and the second one of physical therapy, the so-called third medicine of magnetic wave therapy will be undountedly reinforced in view of its medical effect. The feat of strength is, in fact, the cletromagnetic wave, because the feeling of strength is heat, electricity (static current) and magnetic field (power), which are combined into the electromagnetic wave. What the feat of strength means is by enhancing the electromagnetic wave in the human body under the control of human consciousness. The feat of strength in itself is a traditional name, the scientific designation of which is the electromagnetic wave. Accordingly, the curing and reinforcing effect of the feat of strength is also that of the electromagnetic wave as described above. The feat of strength used by this sect is characterized by the personal performance of the teacher to imbue his own power as acquired by his own cultivation into the body of students for molding a body of strength, reinforcing its power', opening simultaneously the requisite blood circulation, make the students accopmlish their body of strength and furthermore applying it to the treatment of diseases on oneself or others. This sect of strength feat can cure not only the diseases of one's own but those of others to relieve them of pain, except for the patients with serious illnesses, who should be treated, accopmanied by other above-mentioned therapies. The feat of strength of this sect is derived from the electromagnetic wave in nature, which can be assembled in the human body for reinforcing the body. Its supply is inexhaustible and its application is limitless. It would never be involved in such drawback that the strength will become weak if performed in an excessive degree, unlike current feats of strength. A PRIMARY STUDY OF THE INDUCING FUNCTION OF THE EMITTED QI OF QIGONG ON THE BIOLOGICAL COMPOSITION OF ot-AMYLASE IN WHEAT SEEDS .Liu Haitao et al (Weifang Medical College, Shandong plovincc,China) This paper is a primary study about the biological effect of the emitted qi of qigong on the . 77 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RQ00701080001 -1 basis of enzyme study. -According to known reports, we know that the e nitted qi of qigong can raise the budding rate of rice seeds. Our experiment also shows that supp@ying the emitted qi to wheat seeds and corn seeds for a period of time can affect them Nkhen they later begin budding. If the purpose of the qigong supplier is to promote the budding, the budding rate may be comparatively enhanced. The budding process of seeds is a very corn lex physiological and biochemical one. What actual segment the emitted qi affects is something still unkwown. Wheat seeds contain 72 percent starch, which is a fairly high amount. The starch hydrolyzes and becomes the main source of nourishing matter needed by he embryo's growth. The hydrolysis of starch calls for a-amylase and 0-amylase. @-amylasc xists even before the budding of the seeds, and it forms quickly when the seeds are swelling n it is ormed from the zymogen which formerly existed in the endosperm. Usually it begins to show its vitality three hours after swelling. The porduction of a-amylase is more comrlex: when the secos bud, the embryo produces gibberellin (GA) . GA is transported ft) the endosperm and promotes the composition of some particular mRNA, therefore translating a particular protein- --a-amylase. It shows its vitality much later than 0-amylase, as it shows after the seeds are drenched for 24 hours. The inductivity of GA to a-amylase is a very srecific reaction. If we deprive the seeds of their embryos, without the inductivity of GA the seeds cannot produce a- amylase. The exogenous GA has-a similar inducing function. Before the experiment we cut off the embryos of the wheat seeds aAd cultivated them for 28 hours. After supplying the emitted qi to the experimental group, the seeds were cultivated for another 21 hours. Then the amylase vitality of the seeds was tested and compared with that of the control group. The result is that the difference between them is not obvious (P> 0. 05) . The experiment was repeated. In addition to the gigong group e 0 0 group we had two other groups: the group of seeds supplied with GA, t he g-oup of seeds supplied with the emitted qi and GA. After using the emitted qi for 40 hours, the vitality of each group was tested r espectively, and the results were compared. We found that the vitality of the group supplied with the emitted qi was much higher than that of th( control group (P< 0. 05) and the emitted qi did not have much effect on the GA treated gr(up (P0. 05) . TLC of 6 patients were abnormal before the exercise and 4 of them became normal after the exercise. 4 of the 14 cases increased by more than 15 Yo. The forced vital capacity (FVC) of all patients - 101 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792 improved by an increase of 16. 11 Yo on an average (P 0. 05) . Amplitude after meals: Before therapy: 54. 17±35. 38; after therapy: 83. 67±61. 78 (P 0. 05) . IgG and IgA decreased afte the therapy for those increased before therapy. It is believed that treatment of CAG with qigong has not yet been documented in China. Our total effective rate is 97. 1 yo. The effective rates of Zhang Jingren, Xu Zicheng and Man Yuenian in treatment of CAG with herbs were 88. 5 Yo , 97. 5 Yo & 93. 1 Yo respectively. Our total effective rate in pathology examination was 8 7. 1 YO , lower than 73. 1%, 61. 4yoand 71. 7Y0 reported by the three authors mentioned above. It seems to show that Daohing-Tuina exrcises would improve the stomach function of those suffering from CAG, improve or adjust the cellular and humoral immunity. The mechanism of the therapy was also discussed in the paper. - 104 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 THE BIDIRECTIONAL INFLUENCE ON THE ELECTROGASTRIC ACTIVITY IN MAN Feng Yangzheng, Qin Chao, Yu Yournin, Xie Shanling and Guan Songjiang (Institute for Industrial Health of National Mechanical lmdustry Committee, Xian (Xi'an Medical University, Xian, China) A traditional sychosomatic therapy known as Noying-Tuina originated from Shaanxi province. It was applied to 59 cases with chronic atrophic gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcer. The patients were divided into two groups according to their surface electrogastrogram: higher amplitude (>180gv) and frequency (>3. 5 per minute); lower amplitude (<80@Lv) and frequency (<2. 5 per minute) . It was obsersved that the indexes of the first group tended to come down and that to go up in the second group after 7 1 ± 4 days of practice of the exercise. In addition, it was found that the changes of electrogastrogram. in an empty stomach of the qigong masters after practice lasted for 1. 5-2. 5 hours, longer than the un-qigong subjects (30 -40 minutes) . This study showed that the exercise has a bi-direcdtional regulation effect on the electrogastric activity in man. The possible mechanism of this effect is discussed too. (See tables 1,24) Table 1. Changes of electrogsatrogram at pre-and post-treatment with the exercise. Pre-meal Post-meal Course of Groups Case Frequency amplitudeFrequency amplitude treatment (times/min. ) (@tv)(times/min. ) Gtv) Chronic Pre- 24 2. 230. 25 41. 6316.2. 580. 23 64. 3924. 56 13 Atrophic Post- 24 2. 610. 24 75. 3427.2. 820. 35 95. 7131. 23 56 Gastritis Gastro- Pre- 16 3. 320. 26 273. 3. 560. 28 301. 5430. 41 3454. 2 Duodenal 3. 11 0. 22 196. 3. 28 0. 24 238. 43 41. 38 82 67. 6 Ulcer Post- 16 - 105 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Table 2. Changes of higher or lower amplitude groups in pro- and !post-treatment with the exereise Pro-meal amplitude Post-4cal (@tv) amplitude (@Lv) Gr C oups ases Pre-treatmentPost- Pre-treai Post- ment Higher Amplitude12 312. 53 + 220. 21 363. 29i 253. 72 55. 18 49. 54 58. 55 53. 44 Group Lower Amplitude26 45. 71 20. 83. 64 67. 34@6. 107. 32 25 26. 32 28 30. 4-1 Group Table 3. Changes of higher or lower frequency groups in pro- and Ipost-treatment with the exercise Pro-meal Post-meal frequency requency (times/min) (times/min) rou cas s g e p Pre-treatmentPost- Pre-treat Post- ent T higher I frequencyto 3. 61+0. 3. 10+0. 3. 73+oi 3. 25 0. 08 15 11 16 group lower frequency21 2. 18+0.16 2. 54 0. 2. 54 Oil 2. 96+0. 21 19 24 group 106 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RP00701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 THE BI-DIRECTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE BY DAOYIN-TUINA ON THE ARTERIEAL BLOOD AND HEART RATE Qin Chao (Xi'an Medical University, Xian, China) Feng Yangzheng and Yu Yournin (Institute for Industrial Health of National Mcchinery Industry Committee, Xian, China) Xie Shanfing and Guan Songjiang (Shaanxi Association of Qingong, Xian, China) Daoyin-iuina is a traditional sychosomatic therapy originated from Shaanxi province, China. This therapy has been found to be highly successful in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. we have observed the effect of it on the rheoencephalogram and finger tip plulsate plethysmogram of the patients. In this paper, the changes of areterial blood pressure (ABP) and. heart rate (HR) of 38 subjects with hypertension, hypotension and nomotension have been recorded in the course of its training in 54 + 4. 2 days. The results showed the blood pressure in the hypertension group tended to come down greatly, that of the hypotension to go up , and that of the nornotension to be no significant changes after the course of treatment (See Table I ) . Before and after the qingong exercise the higher ABP or the faster HR group tended to come down, the lower ABP or the slower HR group tended to go up. This study suggests that there is a bi-directional adjustment of of it on ABP and HR. The possible mechanism of this effect was discussed too. Table 1. Changes of ABP in pre- and post-treatment with the exercise. Groups Case Pre-(mm Hg) Post-(mm Hg) Hypertension13 180. 524. 7/105. 16222. 1/99+11. 9 9+15.. 1 Hypotension3 88. 77. 3/56. 2 89. 38. 1/61. 9 6. 8 7. 2 Nomotension22 116. 915. 3/73. 116. 613. 4/726. 47. 5 15 107 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000108115: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 THE ORAL-FACIAL SCAR SOFTENED BY QIGONG THERAPY Ma Dingxing (Stomatological Hospital, 4th. Military Mcclical College,Xian, Sears, pimples and seleroma, especially in the oral-facial region, caused by inflammation, trauma and surgical operation, not only affect apperaLe but also physiogical function. They are difficult medical problems since medication an@ reoperation have no effect. The author has softened the scar tissues by means of qingong thcra@y with apparent effect in recent years. Qingong pattern: Natural qingong Method: Emitted qi trement was given for 6-10 min. a day, 5 days made a course Result: 1. Scar tissue softened 2. Pimple smaller 3. Scleroma flatter and softer 4. Color from white to red 5. Mouth opening degree wider 6. Facial muscle functions easier days. The best therapeutic effect appeared in 10 min. after treatment, the slowest in 3 to 5 Case, Report: Case 1: Jiong, male, 7 yrs. old. Ms left nasal wing and upper lip were damaged by a traffic accident 3 months ago. After the wound healed, a scar tissue sh @ed 1. 8 X 1. 0 X 0. 5 cm could be seen at the left lip and nose region, thus resulting in limitation of the left lip and nasal wing movement. The boy was admitted on Oct. 10, 1987 and treated with the qingong therapy for 10 min. As a result, the scar tissue became flatter and softer, freer movement of the lip and nose was apparently seen, and the facial appearance was beffer. Case 2: Song, male, 45 yrs. old, suffering from squarnous cell carcinoma at the soft palate. After surgical operation, he complained of a hard and painful scar, which made speaking, sw1lowing and mouth opening quite difficult for I month. On Nov. 20, 1987, on physical examination: there was a 3. 8 X 1. 5 X 0. 5cm sized band-shape( reddish and hard scar at the soft palate; the mouth opening was 2cm. By means of the qingomp therapy for 4 days, 108 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 the scar tissue became smaller and softer day by day; the pain disappeared gradually; the mouth could open as wide as 3. 5cm. Case 3: Zhang, female, 26 yrs. old, there was a broad-bean-sized scar at the right cheek for 2 months caused by a traffic accident. On Dec. 13, 1987, it was found that the scar felt hard and not movable. During the first qigong therapy, the scar became softer in 5 min. and smaller and movable in 10 min. Case 4: Cheng, male, 30 yrs. old, his lower lip had been damaged 5 months ago. The scar adhered to the mucosa of the oral vestibule and alveola, causing the movement of the lower lip very difficult. After 3 times of the qigong therapy, the scar was softened and thinner day by day, the lower lip could move freer. Case 5: Wang, female, 24. yrs. old, her haemangioma of the right cheek had been removed and skin-graft performed I year before. On Jan. 20, 1988, it was found that there was a round-shaped, hard red scar at the edge of the grafted skin, 3mm, higher than the normal skin. The movement of the right nasal wing and lips became difficult. After 5 times of the qigong therapy, . the scar tissue became flatter and softer gradually, the movement of the nasal wing and lips was apparently freer. Case 6: Li, female, 40 yrs. old, on Jan. 22, 1988, it was found that there was a scleroma at her left cheek following a submasseteric infection, and her mouth could only open 0. 5cm wide. After 3 times of the qigong therapy, the mouth could open 2. 5cm. As reported above, it is shown that the qigong therapy has a softening effect on the oral- facial scar caused by inflammation, trauma and surgical operation. AN OBSERVATION ON THE RESULTS OF DRUG AND QIGONG THERAPY FOR CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES Li Ziran (Research Institute of Tradtional Chinese MedicieD, Tianjin College of TCM, Tianjin, China) Liu Fangylng (Tianjin Thorax Surgery Hospital, Tianjin, China) Zhou Renyeng This paper deals with the clinical observation and mechanism of the incurable chronic respiratory diseases, such as chronic bronchitis, asthma, pulmonary emphysema and cor pulmonale, treated by drugs and qigong exercise. Better results have beern obtained. In - 109 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R@00701080001 -1 contrast to the group treated with drugs only, a remarkable difference can be noted (the course of disease and other conditions of both groups are simil r) . The statistically trustworthy data from 30 cases are as follows (the course of treatment @as all for 3 months). Table 1. Rate of Effectiveness I Temporary Marked Group Case ImprovementFailure effectivenesseffectiveness Combined 20 5(25yo) 8(40yo) 7(35 Xo 0 ) therapy G Drug 10 2(20yo) 3(3OYo WO ) I ( 10 G YO 1. Analysis of symptoms.. In comparison with the two groups, the rate of effectiveness is approximate, but more symptoms disappeared in the group treated with the combined therapy and the condition was better than the control too. Table 2 Symptom Cough Expectoration Asthma of phlegm Combined Drug B-group Drug B- roup Drug G group D group therapy G Disapperarnee16 (8 4(40 8(40 2(20YO) 7( 35 3(30YO) 0 Yo YO) YO ) Yo) Improve- 305 Yo 5(50 9(45 6(60 10 50%) 5(50yo) Yo) Yo ) Yo) ment No Change1(5 YO) 1 (10 3 (15 2(20 3( 5%) 2(2OYo) YO) Yo ) Yo) 2. Alternation of signs: The improvement of the group treated by the combined therapy the control in every aspect of signs. After having practised the exc condition greatly improved than before. This suggests a clear differei in table 3. 110 - more significant than e, the patient felt his statistically, as shown Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Gencrai condifion (appetite, sleep, spirit, energy) Combined Therapry Dnug G G Marked 18(90 YO) 2(20 Yo) Improvement Improment 200%) 6(60 Yo No Change 0 2(2OYo) Table 3 Items Breathing H. R(time/m. freq(time/m. Group Before After Before After treatment Treament treament treament Combined G. 19. 3 6.6 89.1 73 therapy Drug G 20. 1 1.8.2 89 87. 4 Mediastinum muscle Items Rates motoricity(cm) YO Disappear- Before After Group Decrease No change ance treatment treatment Combined L R R L therepy 15(75Yo) 0 5YO) 2(10yo) 2.18 2.07 5.945.62 G. Driug G. 4(40 Yo 5(50YO) 1(10YO) 3. 2. 3 5 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R@00701080001 -1 The result shows that the various indices of the function of immunity and lungs and the blood mucosity of the lab before and after the exercise have been improved di tinctively. Table 4 1 Phagocytose Blood mucosity Test of load VC of VVBC over normal of motion Breathing J IR time/m. Before 52. 6% 19 2578 2 4 5 After 77. 8% 5 3008. 7. 2. 64 3 47 1. 3 PO. 98 7. 68 12. 44 05 2 LAI 42. 0 Yo 75. 27 Y0 62 -4 Y, 9. PO. 05). 2. T--lymphocyte conversion test in Group I also gave a significant rise (P<0. 05) . It was seen to be maintained at the original level in Group 111. No significant change was noted (P>O. 05). 3. 5 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, after 50 days of qigong exercises, exhibited an obvious lowering in their urine excretion of 17-hydroxy steroids (P-:@O. 05). This experiment proves that this kind of qigong exercise, by exciting the circulation of qi along meridians and modulating the functions of blood circulation, immune response and endocrine tissues, can minimize the toxic side-effects of chemotherapy and enhance energy supply of the body. This practice is effective in treatment of cancer and supported by confirmed scientific experiment. - t27 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000108115: CIA-RDP96-00792R 00701080001 -1 A CLINICAL STUDY OF QIGONG BASED ON DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMES(LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN 74 CASES) Li Zequan and Liu Lubong, (Guangzhou College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, hina) This is a clinical study based on differentiation of syndro4s, by using the left ventricular systolic function as the criterion to evaluate the effectivene s of qigong treatment. 1. Subjects: Among 7 4 cases 57 were males and 17 females by an average age of 6 t ± 5. 6. The aged group includes 47 cases with an average agc@ of 65. 3 + 3. 9. There were 60 cases in the control group of the same age. 2. Differentiation of syndromes and criteria. 3. Qigong patterns: The patients were trained with different of qigong . According typ to the theory of differentiation of syndromes deficiency syn was treated by the dro reinforcing method, excess syndrome was treated by the reducing d, heat syndrome was meti treated by the cooling method, yin was treated in the Yang syndrome, etc. For example, kidney strengthening type qigong is for Yin deficiency patients and qi gmerating type qigong is for Yang deficiency patients. 4. Criteria: Left ventricular systolic function was measured in t@c morning by a Model RM-6000 Poligram. 8 indices were recorded, but here we only give report of LVET PEP/ and PEP, LVET. 5. Results: The effects of the qigong treatment on PEP/LVET: Discussion: PEP/LVET is a reliable criterion in evaluation of the function of the left ventricle. The shortened LVET and prolonged PEP can be seen when cardiac function is affected. So, the ratio of PEP/LVET may sensitively indicate the changes of the cardiac function. The results showed that after 3 months qigong training, PEP/LVET in the aged group, in the cardivascular disease group and even in some abnormal cases v(ere lower than that in the control or before qigong training. It suggested that the left ventricular systolic function was improved. The normal range of PEP/LVET is 0. 295-0. 345. PEP/LVET above 0. 38 is a symble of cardiac disease. This index in out lab was 0. 39. In this study, the in can PEP/LVET in all groups were higher than the normal. After the qigong treatment, the can lowered to 0. 3 5. - 128 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 In yin deficiency group and the group of qi and yin deficiency it was 0. 345. PEP/LVET in the group of deficiency complicated by excess syndrome lowered sharply from 0. 419 to 0. 37. Changes of PEP/LVET before and after the qigong exercise (X+SD) Group Cases Before Af ter Aged 47 0.3860.008* 0. 3560-007# * Abnormal cardiac function23 0. 4340. 008 0. 380 0. 009 * * # Cardivascular diseases 32 0. 404 0. 01 0. 380 0. * * 009# Yin deficiency 28 0. 374 0. 007 0. 341 0. 006 * * # Qi and yin deficiency 22 0. 370 0. 01 0. 340 0. 009 # Deficiency complicated 22 0. 419 0. 01 0. 375 0. 01 by excess #A Total 74 0. 370 0. 008 0. 350 0. * * 006 Aged control 60 0. 346 0. 004 (a) Before the qigong treatment, PEP/ LVET was higher than that of the control, indicating the pathological state of the groups ( * PO. 05), showing the improvement of the cardiac function. (c) The comparison between the condition before and after the qigong treatment showed that PEP/LVET was significantly modified (# P 0. 0 5) . The authors had randorr ly selected 15 patients from the 30 patients with cerebral arteriosclerosis of the qigong exerdise group. Before and immediately after practice their SEP and VEP were detected. The ampl tudes had physiological differences but the differences were not significant (P>O. 05). After ering t e calm state, the incubation periods of all the waves of SEP and VEP had changes. The incubation periods of N, , P@ and N, waves showed marked difference before and after practice (P,O io for R @ t @ t - L) is the frequency, H. is the intensity of the external magnetic field, y (rotatory magnetization) and 2jT are constant. The weaker the magnetic field is, the lower frequency -A-1 Water and organic compounds are considered as the media for the magnetic resonance force, flowing in the body. The two*hands may guide its travelling course because in the qigong exercise the magnetic resonance first occurs in the hands; it can also flow from the place where the strongest energy stores to the place where the weakest energy stores. The disabled, weak, diseased and aging organs would absorb the energy passing through them and got rehabilitated. In general, energy of infrasonic wave band is emitted to treat patients in the qigong therapy. It can cause the magnetic resonance of the water and protein in the body. Patients tend to absorb the energy emitted from others. A slight hot sensation of the patients can be confirmed by an infrared thermograph and far-infrored detector. But this is the secondary energy generated by concomitance, because man-made temperature increase cannot bring the curative effect of qigong . The energy of magnetic. resonance may be originated from the magnetic resonance elements of the cells--'H , "C , "N , "P , etc. When the condition of the magnetic resonance changes, the magnetic resonance ceases because of the unbalance of the NMR formula, and these elements have to liberate the absorbed energy of the magnetic resonance, some of which would be absorbed by the cells concerned to strengthen the activity of them. When the supply of the energy of the magnetic resonance discontinues, the extra activity of the cells terminates, and then the far-infrared energy of high frequency is liberated by them. The wavelength of the secondary energy is related to the diameter of the cells. Various peak spectrum diagrams of the infrasonic wave band are seen when the qt'gong masters are emitting their qi since they practise different patterns of qigong exercises and there is - 201 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RP00701080001 -1 differed intensity of magnetic fields. It explains the curative effect to di ferent organs. From the above analysis we can say that there is a third energy cther than food and air for the human beings. The qigong masters are able to absorb the inlrasonic energy of low frequency and emit high frequency energy. The theory of human magnetic resonance not only explains the f nclamental phenomena of qigong , but also moving objects by qigong , meridian travelling course and the Bermuda mystery. Some of the manifestations present in the qigong exercise sh:)uld be expounded not only by the magnetic resonance, but by the magnetic induction capacity, superfluidity and rearrangement of crystals. The research of the human science in future will stress the following aspects: 1. Treating diseases by frequency; 2. Training qigong pupils with the superconcluetble magnetic field; 3. Training the. pecWiar function with the reverse magnetic pole; Developing qzgong instruments based on the rne'chanism of the magnetic resonance; 5. Doing away with superstitions with the mechanism of qigong ; 6. Exploring the wisdom of the outerspace creatures according to the religious legends. But the task of top pr ority at present is to standardize the qigong teachers and offer regular course of qigong . 202 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 ACHIEVEMENTS OF ANCIENT CHINESE MEDICAL QIGONG Ma Jiren (Shanghai Research Institute of Qigong , Shanghai, China) It is believed that Chinese qigong has a long history of 5, 000 years., In the course of its development over thousands of years, qignog has absorbed and incorporated various kinds of exercise theories and methods in all fields beneficial to the mind and body, prevention and treatment, intelligence and prolongation of life. Therefore, a great number of qigong exercises have been created and used for therapeutic purpose, which brings valuable information to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and contributes positively to medical care of the neonle. Being a Chinese unique cultural legacy, qigong is a self-applied exercise for the health of mind / body, which was gradually developed by the ancient Chinese people in their long practic@ in life and labour and in their prolonged struggle against disease and. senility. It is a branch of clinical science of TCM as well. It was in remote antiquity that the sprout of qigong appeared in people's daily life. According to the literature and information concerned. as direct or indirect envidence, we can find that the origin of qigong is closely related to clinical practice. It was recorded in ancient books that at the time of 2, 500 B. C. , the Central Plains of China was in flood and dampness was extremely violent. As a result, there occured skin numberness and joint stiffness among the local people. In order to relieve these conditions, people there consciously selected dancing movements as a kind of treatment, Hence, these dancing movements are regarded as the earliest dynamic qigong "The Classic of Internal Medicine" describes 5 kinds of therapies formed due to different geographical locality in remote antiquity. One of them is Daoyin (similar to dancing movements) developed in the central part of China and is taken as the ancient qigong Daoyin, was the name of a therapeutic measure of qigong in the 5th century B. C. . In a broader sense, Daoyin contains the whole contents of ancient qigong including the quiescent and dynamic qigong ; in a narrow sence it refers only to the dynamic qigong . Viewing from the literature, specialistic practitioners were trained for different medical branches. The ancient qigong which was also called Daoyin was among these measures. The use of the ancient qigong in treatment and prevention was recorded extensively in ancient books. In the 7th century, these records were systematzed in a large scale and taken - 203 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R)00701680001 -1 into the noted medical book "Treatise on the Etiology and Symptomoloiy of Diseases", in which 260 qigong -practising methods are available, applicable respectivelY to 110 syndromes. In "Collected and Classified Ancient/Current Books, Volume of Medicine` , qigong , as one of the 4 therapeutic methods, was applied to the treatment of a great number of diseases in viscera and the body surface as well. In addition to the application of a certain qigong exercise particular instruction was also given to patients according to their conditions and body constitution. Rch experiences have been accumulated in this aspiect. AN EXPLORATION OF THE TRADITION AL NEIDAN METHOD Song Tianbin (Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Med'eine, Beijing, China) The Neidan method has always been regarded as a mysterious skill of the Taoist School, the purpose of which was not only to preserve health and prolon g life. -lowever, when we remove its mysterious veil and look at it from the point of view of modern medical science, we find that the traditional Neidan method is indeed a kind of qigong exercise for the treatment of diseases, preservation of health and prolongation of life. The Neidan method of qigong embraces the three basic elements of modern qigong - regul tion of the mind, breath and body. In addition, its complete theoretical and methodological system is the core of the Chinese science of qigong , a summarization of all the various schoc)ls of qigong . The exercise of qi circulation, which is regarded as an advanced form (of qigong by many practicers, is the basis and typical feature of the Neidan method. Works on alchemy contain useful experience and records of experirrents, but they also contain deliberately mystifying things and various pretexts. Therefore, il they were accepted without discrimination, the practiser would easily be led astry. Take the exercise of qi circulation for exemple. If the practiser believes that it can provide such onderful effects as eternal life, ascenking to Heaven, body duplication and transformation, access to fairyland, and rejuvenation, if he improperly pursues such effects, he may result in psychological disorders. There may be abnormal and painful sensations, or functional disturbance of the vegetative nervous system. In severe cases the victim may become psycho-,ic. Even if nothing goes wrong, excessive desire will lead to useless comsumption of qi and mental fatigue with hallucinations instead of healthful effects. Ancient works on alchemy, in 'act, recognized the - 204 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000108115: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 possibility of such dangers and maintained that the practiser should have a proper purpose and lead a simple, quiet life. With a proper understanding and application of the Neidan method, such dangers may be avoided entirely. Historical records and actual experience all prove that the Neidan method undoubtedly has a health-protecting effect. The exercise of qi circulation, for example, has at least three advantages: First, motion is placed under control and breathing is regulated, so it is easy to void one's mind of other thoughts and go into a trance. The physiological processes affect the psychological processes, resulting in a healthy mental state of calmness and pleasure with no desire. The body and mind is adjusted to the optimal state so that the person' s intelligence and capability are better than usual. Secondly, self-implication is put into full play. Mental control is achieved through a great variety of measures which affect and regulate the physiological processes. It is inferred that the metabolic processes may be improved through the auto-regulation of the neurohumoral regulatory system, as the result some biochemical reactions and consequently the aging process may be slowed down, whereas certain functions may be activated to maintain youthful vigour and exploit potential energy. Thirdly, the body and mind receive all-round exercise with an emphasis on protecting health. The mind, breath and body are regulated together. The essence of life, qi , and the spirit are all adjusted. Stillness and motion are combined with the former as the basis. In other words, the body is still outside yet moving inside, and absolute stillness causes motion. It has been proved by modern experimental studies that the physiological indexes showed marked changes after practising the exercise of qi circulation. It was observed in the Beidaihe Qigong Sanatorium that there was no statistical difference between an experimental group and a control group before practising the exercise, whereas after practising the exercise of qi circulation for two months, the respiratory rate of the experimental group during the qignog state was significantly slower than that of the control group, the cerebral blood flow was markedly decreased, and the temperature at the Mingmen (Du 4)and Qihai (Ren 6) increased by an average I'C. It was observed at the Jiangxi Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology that in ten persons who practised the exercise of qi circulation the skin temperature at the lower elixir field, Juque (Ren 14), Jiaji (Extra 2t) , Mingmen (Du 4), Yintang (Extra 1) , and the bilateral Laogong (P 8) increased markedly during the exercise as compared with the temperature before the exercise, whereas there were no changes in the control group. This shows that the psychological activity of controlling one's thoughts has an actual physiological effect. It is not just a heat effect; it has a clinical therpacutic effect as well. It was reported by the Beidaihe Qigong Convalescence Hospital that among ten patients 205 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R 00701080001-1 suffering from chronic diseases, two were cured, seven improved marke y, whereas only one did not respond after practising the exercise of qi circulation for two mon.hs. According to the past experience, the patient suffering from gastroptosis who did not wspond could also be cured if the course of treatment was prolonged for another 3-5 months. The Zhejiang Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology reported that the exe cise of gi circulation at Mingmen (Du 4) can be used to treat cancer. Other experiments how that during the exercise the appearance of the feeling of meridian conductivity is markedly higher, increasing from 21. 3 Yo to 4 2. 5 Yo . This shows that the circulation of qi in the body in the Neidan method is a natural phenomenon during the period of exercise in which the feeling of meridian conductivity appears, and that it is nothing mysterious. At present very few experiments have been conducted in which the exercise of qi circulation was observed directly, but many experimental studies on the regulation of the mind, breath and body onducted in the past have indirectly proved that the psychological and physiological effect of the Neidan method is authentic. However, it is not easy to attain such effects as described in anciect works like long period of fasting, extremely slight respiration, hibernation, etc. So it is not difficult to understand why the Neidan method has for thousands of years been regarded as a mysterious, advanced form of qigong exercise. If we peel away its superstitious, religious covering and look throuih the mysterious veil, it is absolutely possible to understand its mechanism from the poin. of view of modern science. This would help in avoiding untoward effects and in achievin early success. From f the point of view of modern anatomy and physiology, the position f the elixir fields are lih precisely the location of the important nerve centers and endocrine gla ds, such as the lobus parietalis and lobus frontalis of the cerebral cortex, the hypothalamus, he medulla oblongata, the spinal cord, the celiac plexus, the pituitary., the thyroid, the thy us, the gonads, the y s e adrenals and other glands of the digestive system. These organs are es ential to life and may be regarded as life centers. e On this basis we have designed a short-cut to the modern Neidan ethod, namely, direct psychological training of the neurohumoral regulatory system to affect physiological activities with paychological processes. The actual procedure is first to draw a col:)ured anatomical graph showing the position of the important internal. organs of the neurohumoral regulatory system. Then the ancient method of looking and thinking is employed. The practiser first looks at the graph, and then tries to visualize it in his mind with his eyes shut, repeating the process for a number of times and gradually prolonging the period of recalling the imige with the eyes shut. Finally the anatomical. graph is reconstructed in his own body so that when he visualized the 206 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R 00701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 image in his mind, it is as if he could see his own internal organs clearly. Then accompanied by light music and inducing readings from a tape, the mind concentrates on the following locations successively: the testes, perineum and coccyx-the lumbar region of the spinal cord and the adrenal glands - the thoracic region of the spinal cord and the medulla oblongata-the hypothalamus and pituitary-the lobus parietalis and lobus frontalis of the cerebrum and Yintang (Extra I ) -the tongue, parotid glands and sublingual glands- the thyroid, thymus, car and lungs-the stomach, gallbladder and pancreas--the ovaries and the vegetative nerve plexus in the abdominal and pelvic cavity. The mind should concentrate on each location for three minutes, making a total of about 30 minutes before the second cycle is started. The practiser may maintain normal breathing and simple concentration of the mind, or, after a period of training, use a method of breathing peculiar to the Neidan method in which qi ascends via the Du Meridian during inhalation and descends via the Ron Meridian during exhalation, quickly passing through the aforementioned locations. But it is better not to imagine sights and pursue the sensation of qi in order to avoid the possibility of such untoward effects as functional disturbances. The practiser should concentrate his mind so as to go into a calm, natural state of quiescence. The purpose of the exercise is to prevent diseases, improve health and slow down aging process instead of pursuing the feeling of meridian conductivity. Only when beneficial physiological changes appear can it be said that qi is really circulating smoothly. Without such changes there is just imaginary circulation. To be sure, imaginary circulation is helpful to the circulation of qi , but a proper degree of the imagination is important. It would be difficult to attain success with an excessive or insufficient degree of imagination. A. STUDY OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HEALTH-PRESERVATION BY QIGONG IN THE "ESSENTIALS OF HEALTH KEEPING" Han bin, He Deguang and Hou Wei (lnstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China) "Essentials of Health-Keeping" is a treatise published before the Sui Dynasty (581-618) . The book has lost, but some of the information recorded in "Zhubingyuanhoulun" ("General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases"). ]. According to the analysis of the system of health-preservation since the Jin Dymasty, the content used in the quoted passage in the "General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of - 207 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RP00701080001 -1 Diseases", and the style of the original work, we think that the part of qigong in the book was quoted from an independent work, the "Essentials of Health-Keeping. The publishing year and the author of the book has been unknown at any times. Based on the features of the age and the relationship between the work and oth-,r documents, it is thought that the book was published in the year aften the completion of the "Collection of Cultivating Disposition and Life Prolongation" and before the "General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases," or between 456-610 AD. Many scholars considered the author was Chao Yuanfang. My study doesn't agree with the idea, but Chao certainly did a lot of work in quoting the documents. 2. The "Essentials of Health-Keeping" recorded rich knowledge of qi6 71og . My study has summarized the following aspects, such as the basic theory of health-prese-ving, the effect of qigong , patterns of exercises, the knowledge of exercise, the 'application of qignog indications of the qigong therapy, and the rules of treatment. (1) The basic theory of health-preserving by qigong: Qigong practi,,e in the "Essentials of Health-Keeping" was guided by the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine and distinctive views on the human body, creating its own theory of health-preserving. The extensive combination of qigong and the basic theory of traditional Chi ese medicine in the book displayed the following aspects, such as yin tjang , five elements, zang-fu organs, meridians, points, life essence, qi , blood and body fluid. In addition, the book had taken the Dantian theory and the theory of ascending, descending, opening and (losing. (2) The knowledge of the mechanism of qigong : It was held by tie book that qigong could regulate the function of the zang-fu organs, qi and blood to expel diseases. (3) Patterns of qigong exercises: The statistical analysis tells us that there are about 270 kinds of exercises listed in the book and the,majority of them were abou the dynamic types (accounting for 94. 5 YO including Daoyin , breathing exercises, standing posture, ect. These all belong to the schools of medical qigong , Taoism and Buddhism. The study has sorted out the practices of exercises in terms of mind-control, breathing and physical exercises. (a) Mind-control can be divided into four kinds a cording to different psychological features. They are imagination, self-implication, sensation feeling and concern of respiratory movement; (b) Respiratory exercise includes natural breathing, abdominal breathing, breathing in and out through the nose, breathing in through the mouth and out through the nose. breathing in through the nose and out through th,- mouth, stopping breathing, ect; (e) The physical exercises are summarized; (d) The @clationship between breathing, physical exercises and mind-control is expounded. - 208 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RP00701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 (4)knowledge of exercises: The process of exercises, volume, time, direction, etc. were recorded in the book. (5) Applicafion of qigong It is for the purpose of prevention and treatmeat of diseases, delaying the aging process and improving looks. (6) Indications of qigong : About 241 kinds of diseases could be treated by qigong listed in the book, covering the internal medicine, surgery and gynecology. (7)Principles of treatment: There existed the concept of selecting the pattern of exercises based on differentiation of syndromes. i. c. based on the condition of cold and heat, deficiency and excess. 3. After sorting out the confoxt of the book and from the angle of history of qigong we have made a comparison between the book and other literature before and after it , and believed that the book kas made six outstanding aspects: (I)Preserving health by dynamic qigong . (2) Health protection, disease expelling and longevity - the purpose of practising qigong. (3) Collecion of essentials of each school, patterns of exercises in detail and rich knowledge of exercises. (4)Unified scientific thought. (5)Selecting the patterns of exercises based on differentiation of syndromes. (6)Enlarging the range of indications. Through the analysis of the above-mentioned, we would say that the book is a very important treatise of health-preserving by qigong , it has the effect of forming a connecting link between the preceding and following in the history of the development of qigong . 4. Conclusion. The book was completed around 456-610 AD and the author is unknown to us. It is rich in centext and provide the necessary materials for our study of the history of qigong , the exercises and theory of it. A PRELIMINARY COMPARASION BETWEEN QIGONG AND INDIAN YOGA Zhang Xiaofang Us't Affiliated Hospited of Suzhou Medical College, Jiangsu Province, China) Qigong is one kind of non-drug treatment which underlies the training on both mind and 209 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792RbOO701080001 -1 body. It can strengthen the immune function of the body, so it has the f nction of preventing and treating diseases, slowing down the process of aging. It has some merits, such as effectiveness, low cost, lack of side-effects and avaiability to all ages. Nowadays, qigong has drawn attention from the whole world. The next century will belong to qiyong - Qigong originated from the orient. Both Chinese qigong and Indian Yoga have a history of about five thousand years. They are the products of oriental civilizatiol . Yoga, one kind of Indian traditional way to keep the body fit and preserve health, utilizes a philosophic thinking which creates a harmony between "self"and'Fan 1@ (Supernature). The purpose is to seek for enjoying high position and living in ease and comfort that is 64 without death and birth, without thinking and desiring. " The main whools include Jnana Yoga, Kama Yoga, Bhak Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga. Kundalin . Yoga and Tan Tra Yoga. Its exercising principles are Yama (concentration) , Niyama (good personal hygiene), pranayama (regulating breath) , pratyhara (isolation from environment) I Pharana (high mora standard) , Dhyana (speculation) , Samadhi (being silent) . Its chief practicing methods are Pranayama or meditation. Bodily posture, Shat Karmas, Kundalin nisakti and so on. The mechanism of its effect is through regulating the diet. Yoga exercise Ad using daily living knowledge properly restore the body' s normal function and maintain the toody' s homeostasis. Chinese qigong is one kind of traditional method to preserve health. Its philosophical thinking is that of the corresponding relation between the human body (bodily structure, physiological phenomena, pathological changes, etc. ) and mature. Tt e purpose of Chinese qigong is to seek for "She Slian Yang Qi" (preserving the health, keeing t ie energy) , "Gui Zen Pen Bu" (everything returns to its original natural environment) , "Qiang Shen Zhi Bing" (exercising the body and curing disease) , "Jian Slwn Yu Di" (Strengthening the body and warding off the enemy) . Its main schools include Confucian, Taoist, ]Vu8hu , medical and folk qigong - Its training principles are to cultivate one's morals, calm oreself without desiring and rest to attain mental tranquility and preserve health according to 66 Jie @9 (religious discipline), " Ding " (calming and collecting oneself) and 64 Huei " (wisdom, training ways). It is achieved by regulating the body's function, controlling breath, smoothing the mind, making the inner energy active, coordinating between vital energy and blood, dredging the meridians, balancing yin and yang . The article attempts to make a comparative study of seven asp cts between Chinese qigong and Indian Yoga. The results demonstrate that both have many similarities including their historic origin, philosophic thinking, training principles and chara-,teristics of practicing methods. China's " Qihue, (activation of vital energy) theory" has some influences on Indian - 210 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R600701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 "Kundalini Yoga. " The earliest records of Kundalini's Qi Mai theory of India was in the 17th century, and that @vas just as, the flourishing'time of the Ming Dynasty of China, Zheng He went to the "Western ocean" (around Indian ocean) seven times. He once arrived at Guli of India (the southeast coastal area of India) and carried some Chinese medical works there, among which, probably some were the works of Chinese qigong . Jo analyze Kundalini's Qi Mai. theory, we know, the "Meridians and the theory of" Qi Hua Lun are similar to the seven acupoints of the Ren-Du Meridians, and the theory of "Qi Hua Lun" of Chinese qigong was formed earlier, so we infer that the theory of "Qi Hua bun", which has the Chinese characteristic played an active and promotive role in the formation of Kundalini's theory of India. Indian Yoga basically derived from a single school (entity) , while China qigong has essentially three schools, namely " Ru Shi " and " Tao The three schools are always interrelating and combining; then new methods are created through these combinations. PROMOTING QI FLOW ALONG THE TRAVELLING COURSES OF MERIDIANS Li Ding(China), Chen Zhongxing (Indonesia) The so-called " Guan, Qi " or promoting qi flow method is a basic exercise in which the mind is closely combined with respiration, and assisted by the postures of hands, conducting the qi to make full exchange between the internal milieu of the human body and the external surroundings of nature by means of respiration. Then the " Guan Qi " exercise along meridians is the same method as mentioned above, but it is characterized by pushing the qi along the courses of 14 major meridians in the body. With this exercise the automatic control system of the body can be enhanced, the protective adjustment in the brain. facilitated, the sufficient respiratary exchange in the lung maintained, and ample exygen supply provide for the internal organs and tissues, especially the brain, heart, and kidney. Moreover, this exercise can be also used to correct the deviation and discomfortability occurring in the practice of qigong - If this method is performed facing trees and flowers in a quiet environment with fresh air one to three times a day, 10 to 20 minutes for each time, with the practice of 100 days, beneficial results will be obtained especially in the middle-aged and old people suffering from chronic diseases. The keypoint for attaining good result is unremitting practice. 211 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R 00701080001-1 1 The " Guan Qi " exercise along meridians consists of 2 parts: 0 e is "Guan Qi exercise of the twelve regular meridians,"and the other is"that of the ken and Eu meridians. "The former is called major qi cycle while the latter known as Guan Qi method in he small qi cycle. In the major qi cycle, it has been found that every four meridians can form a separately closed circulatory cycle, therefore the major qi cycle is subdivided into cycl( 1, cycle 2 and cycle 3. Part 1: Major qi cycle Cycle I : Lung Meridian of Large Intestine Mer. ---------------- Hand-Taiyin of Hand-Yangming Spleen Meridian of Stomach Meridian of v oot- i aty tn v oot- Y angming Performance: Stand in quietness and relaxation with both hands piled one on the other and put together on the region of Dantian; massage on the region clockwise and counterclockwise, six times in each, then. the same method of assage repeated on the epigastric region. After that, both hands go up over the diaphragm, and the mind Covers from the chest to the hands along the course of the Lung Meridian. Then both arms spread out slowly with the thumbs erected and all other fingers relaxed. The palms are turned from facing the front to facing upward, and the arms go up further with fingers parted from each other and pointing to the sky. Look up to watch fingers, first th,- thumb then the index finger, then look down to perceive internally the Yangming Meridians (the Hand-Yangming Meridian first, and the Foot-Yangming Meridian later) . Both hands ire lowered down slowly to point Dazhui (Du 14) and move forward along the lateral neck tip to the face. With the thumbs erected and palms facing the face, the hands push down along the Stomach Meridian to conduct the qi down to Lidui (S 45), and subsequently the arms drop down and the body bends over to converge the first 3 fingers with the first 3 toes. Toes I ap the ground 3 times, simutaneously the kidney qi is elevated 3 times. Internal perception ccncentrates on the Taiyin Meridians (the Foot-Taiyin Meridian first and the Hand-Taiyin later) , starting from Yinbai (Sp 1) . along the Spleen Meridian to ascend to Zhongfu (L 1) on roLite Zhourong (Sp 20), to connect with the Hand-Taiyin Meridian, forming cycle 1. The same procedure of concentration is repeated for 3 to 9 times and then followed by 3 cycle 2. - 212 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R@00701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Cycle 2: Heart meridian Small intestine Meridian of Hand-Shaoyin of Hand-Taiyang Kidney Meridian of Unrinary Bladder Meridian Foot--Shaoyin of Foot-Taiyang Performance: The concentrated flow of qi starts from the Spleen Meridian at the end of the big toe and rises to enterthe abdomen at Chongmen (Sp 12) to connect with the Heart. Meridian. Meanwhile the body gradually straightens up and the qi is conducted to arrive at the heart and flow transversely in the axillary region. Arms spread out with the little finger straightened and the other fingers relaxed. The palms turn to face upward and arms are lifted with fingers pointing to the sky. Look up to watch the medial aspect of the little fingers and then watch their dorsal aspect with the hands intorted; and look down to perceive internally the Taiyang Meridians (from the Hand-Taiyang Meridian to the Foot-Taiyang Meridian) . Both hands descend slowly to the Dazhui (Du 14), and the hands arrive at the paraspinal musculature on route of the lateral apects of the neck, the medial side of acromion and through the axilla. Along the Urinary Bladder Meridian, the hands descend to Zhiyin (B 67) with the body bent and the little fingers converged with the little toes. Toes tap the ground 3 times and the kidney qi is elevated 3 times at the same time. Internal perception. stresses on the Shaoy@n Meridians (from the Foot-Shaoyin up to the Hand-Shaoyin), conducting the qi to flow from Yongquan (K 1) up to the chest where it connects with the Hand-Shaoyin Meridians, thus the second ciycle is formed. The same procedure of conducting qi is repeated 3 to 9 times, and then the qi goes to the third cycle. Cycle 3: Pericardium Meridian Sanjiao Meridian of of Hand-Jueyin of Hand-Shaoyang Liver Meridian Gallbladder Meridian of Foot-Jueyin of Foot-Taiya@n - - 213 - Approved For Release 2000108/15 :, CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000108/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R60701080 .001-1 Performance: The qi is conducted from the centre of the sole ascend simutaneously and the body straightens up. The qi arrives at the perinium where it enters the spinal column. Travelling upward, it penetrates the diaphragm to connect with the pericardium. From the chest, it runs to the hands along the Pericardium Meridian of Han Jueyin. At this time, arms spread out from one body-inch lateral to the nipple with the middle fingers straightened and other fingers relaxed. Palms start to turn to face upward and the irms go up with fingers pointing to the sky. Look up to watch the middle fingers first and afte- the hand is intorted to watch the dorsal aspect of the fourth finger; look down to perceive internally the Shaoyin Meridians (Hand-Shaoyin first, then the Foot-Shaoyin) . Both handq descend to Dazhui (Du N), then through the lateral aspects of the neck, they arrive at the outer canthus, then go down to the lateral chest and abdomen. Bending over, the fourth fing,-r meets with the fourth toe. The toes tap the ground for 3 times and the kidney qi is lifted f )r 3 'times as well. The internal perception is stressed upon the Jueyin Meridians from the f)ot one up to the hand one. The flow of qi is conducted up to the chest and connects with tile Pericardium Meridian of Hand-Jueyin. Thus, the third ciycle is formed. The qi flows i this ciyele for 3 to 9 times, and enters the first cycle again, or finish the exercise, or to continue with the small cycle. Part 11. small qi cycle The circulation proceeds between the Ren and Du Meridians. Stand in quietness and relaxation, hands piled one on the other are put on the Dantian region. The hands start to go slightly and then press down. The mir d follows the motion of hands and leads the flow of qi . The qi descends to the perinium, revolves around the genital organ, and travels tip along the Ren Meridian on the ventral median 1-ne, subsequently, arms go up slowly, with palms facing each other. Fingers are parted pa nting to the sky. After that, palms turn to face downwards. Look up to watch Laogong (P 8), then look down to lead the qi with the mind, both hands descend to conduct the qi alon.. the Du Meridian on the posterior median line an the head and nape down to the dorsal mediar line through the axilla. The qi arrives at the perinium from where it ascends back to Dantlan (lower abdomen) Simutaneously, both hands move back to the Dantian region, too. Tae concentration of mind stresses on Dantian for a moment and then shifts to Yongquan (K 1) . Toes tap the ground 3 times and the kidney qi is elevated for 3 times. The flow of qi gets through the Ren and Du Meridians, ascending in the yin meridian and descending in the yang. The conduction of qi is repeated for 6 times usually, or can be also repeated for 3 to 9 times. - 214 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 The same procedure of conducting qi can be,repeated fr6m the Du Meridian to ReD Meridian, ascending in the yang meridian and descending in the yin , so the direction of qi flow is just opposite to the former one. The ending of the exercise.. The kidney qi is elevated for 3 times, then breathe in once, raise the heel, and fall back the heel slowly to the ground. ZHIYI'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE'THEORY OF BUDDHIST DHYANA-SAMADHI THERAPY Chen Bing (Centre for Religious Studies, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China) The Dhydna-Samddhi of Indian Buddhism began to be introduced to China by An-Shi- Kao, an eminent Buddhist monk of Parthia, who lived in the closing years of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). By the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-581), Chinese Buddhists had not only acquired basic knowledge of various ways of Dhydna-Samddhi in both Mahdydna and Hinaydna which were then popular in India and Central Asia, but also embarked on a stage of summing up, sorting out and creatively developing the theories of it. Zhiyi (538 --- 591), the founder of the Tiantai Sect, benefited from the work of his predecessors and became the most prominent in the study and development of the Dhydna- Samddhi theory. In his "Shi Charn Bo Luo Mi Ci Qi Fa Men", "Zhi Guan" and "Mo Ke and Xiao Zhi Guan", Zhiyj explained separately three ways of cultivating Samatha-Vipasyand in detail; among them was DhyAna-SamAdhi therapy. On the basis of summing up both the theories from India and the experiences gained by the Chinese Dhydna-Samddhi masters, and assimilating the Chinese medical science, qigong in Taoism as well as folk medicine, he expounded the Dhydna- SamAdhi therapy in terms of symtoms, causes and treatment of diseases, and provided a rather systematic theory of Dhydna-Samddhi therapy. In symptornatology and diagnostics, Zhiyi classified all diseases into four types: 1. Diseases of CaturmahdbhUta (the four principal elements; earth, water, fire and wind), as taught in Indian Buddhism; 2. Diseases of the five sense organs (eye, car, nose, tongue and body; 3. Diseases of the five internal organs (heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys), as taught in traditional Chinese medicine; 4. Diseases due to six emotional disturbances. He enumerated symtoms of each, , advised those who practised DhyAna-Samddhi to learn how to feel the pulse in Chinese medicine and diagnose their own diseases by hallucinations and - 215- Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 -00792R Approved For Release 2000/08115: CIA-RDP96 @00701080001-1 dreams they have while Practising Dhyana-samAdhi. Zhiyi summarized the cause of diseases mentioned in Buddhist Scriptures and classified them into six groups: unbalance of Caturmahdbhdidta, improper di t, inability to regulate one's body, mind and breath in practising of Dhydna-SamAdhi, a d to overcome ghosts, demons and karma. He held that the first and second groups should be treated with medicines, the third, fourth and fifth by Dhydna-Samddhi and the last group by means of psychotherapy (e. g. confession) . He insisted that one should surely dispel and cul e all diseases as long as one practised Dhy6na-Samddhi diligently in the right way. Therefore, he called it a treasured therapy by which one could cure oneself of all diseases without paying or suffering from taking medicines. Zhiyi classified the ways of Dhyina-Samddhi therapy into six groups: 1. Focusing one, s mind on one part of the body, e. g. on the acupoint Dantian, feet (r the diseased or aching part; 2. Producing the sounds of the six Chinese characters chui , (13@ hu (11f) , Xi (11P ke ( 11111) , xu Q*) , and si Each of them corresponds to one of t e five internal organs. One chooses the Tight character relating to the diseased organ and pro uces in imagination the sound of it while one is sitting quietly practising Dhydna-SamAdhi, u til the disease is cured. This has its origin in Taoism; 3. Regulating breath. If one trains Dhy'na-Samadhi by starting with counting one's breath, one should suit one's counting of exhalati ns or inhalations to the feelings in one's body white one is sitting quietly. In addition, th re are twelve ways of breathing regulation (bringing up, bringing down, accelerating, filling, increasing, destroying, cooling, warming, bursting through, holdingup, harm( nizing and enriching), each of which cures one kind of disease; 4. Imagining in a definit( situation, e.g. those suffer from cold diseases may imagine fire and those who suffer fron general debility may imagine warm cream dripping into their bodies from the crowns of the r heads and flowing to and moistening every part of their bodies -, 5. All diseases will disa pear when one's mind enters a state of void and tranquility after one fails in introspecting, a d examining oneself to find the substance of the mind; 6. Folk medicine, such as twirlinE Dantian, beating the aching part with a rod and dispelling diseases by means of chanting it cantations. However, one must examine their effects and employ them with great caution. For more than a thousand years, Zhiyi's theory of Dhyina-Samdd 1i therapy has not only been employed by the Chinese Buddhists of different sects, but also e erted a great influence on Taoism, traditional Chinese medicine and qigong His restoring the unbalance by Dhydna- Le SamAdhi., focusing one's mind on Diantian and the diseased and achin@ part, "six-character therapy" and cures for general debility have been absorbed by Taoism a d qigong , and widely 216 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R 00701080001-1 Approved For Release 2000108115: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 employed in qigong and medical circles up to now. QIGONG AND BUDDHISM Domyo Miuya (Sine-Japanese Qigong Academy) Nowadays in China, qigong is being intensively studied by many scholars in various fields as an old yet new branch of medicine. In Japan, -too, interest in qigong is now gradually heightened, and, as people are brought to demonstrations of qigong , even the most sceptical are greatly surprised and eagerly become engaged in the research work on the subject. It is said that qigong originated from Taoism and Buddhism. However, in. the Chinese medical classic "Huangdi Neijing" or "Classic of Internal Medicine" and "Lushi Chunqiu" or "The Spring and Autumn Annals" it can be observed that a consideration of qigongl s methodolody was taken up in search of therapy by the authors of these old books. From this fact, I deduce that qigong , Taoism and Buddhism have developed their own history separately and in parallel rather than being orginated one from the other. Various attempts of medical and scientific analysis have been tried on qigong to find its substance, but I think it will take some time to verify its hypostasis. As a religious man, I think it is more important for me to analyze qigong from a religious perspective, particularly from that of Buddhism as opposed to a medical or scientific analysis of qigong . In my view qigong originated separatedly and in parallel to Buddhism. I feel very strongly that I should pursue an. analytical study from the view point of Buddhism. The exercise patterns of qigong and its mind-control are quite similar or almost the same to " @` o Shan (Esoteric Zen Buddhism) which I personally am preaching. In addition to this, I can find many points of similarity between qigong and the "GOKAJI", a mystical prayer conducted by powerful ascetics. Mijiao Shan preaches that the body, mouth and mind power are three important elements of attaining to perfection. Illness can be cured by such practice, and I have had numerous examples cured by Mijiao Shan. The difference between Mijiao Shan and qigong is perhaps the absence of prayer in qigong . Qigong is normally conducted in front of a patient while Mijiao Shan can be effectively performed regardless of the distance between the patient and the one offering the prayer. Some people may not believe this, but it is a fact that cannot be denied. The qigong - 217 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 treatment performed from a distance of several metres, and the Mijiao Shan prayers that are from longer distances, can be found very similar in principle. How is the Mijiao Shan perforned? It is performed by those well-practiced ascetics that inherit the competence from their masters. the " Yizhi " (a manual or instruction book) contains such instructions as expressions of the hands ( Yin ) , ways A concentrating mind and ways of breathing. These physical performances are found very similar to the qigong ways of practice. Take one example, both qigong and Mijiao Shan try to concen -rate one's. mind in a relaxed bodily state, using similar kinds of " Yin ", expressed by the hands. I am sorry that due to limited space, I cannot explain this to the mader in detail, but it is a fact that the strength of the alpha wave emitted from the brain is -nhanced when Yin is added to the meditation. Zhenyan " or incantation that is uttered from the mouth are rn@ny. The most famous of all, and the one that is said to be most effective is "Namakusamandi, bodanan un shitchi sowaka" . When you say this prayer seven times in one breath with a concentrated state of mind, you can solve any problem that you face and you can attain anything that you wish. I have disclosed the secret words of Zhenyan . My intention of doing this is to tell the reader that the deed of uttering these words is exactly the same as 1hat defined by Alexis Carrel, the Nobel prize winner. "State of mind which is spiritually agitated by spoken mystical words, and in which the absolute world and univereal principles are unified by the consciousness. This, I think, is the same as the state of mind when a GOKAJ1 performance is being conducted by monks. Buddhism is based on the thought that "all are rooted in one", and it deems the human society a small universe as against the big universe which is the r ot of all phenomena. Buddhism preaches that the energy with which the big universe is filled, can be realized as the 64 qi " . therefore, therapy by " qi ", not only the internal qi but also emitted qi can fill the patient with the energy of the universe. Should qigong , the therapy of the qi be reinforced with the consciousness mentioned above, it would certainly be In re effective in curing diseases. Because the human being possesses a power of the mind, the activity of the soul is much stronger than the qi which is the essential power source of qignog . Supposing the energy or qi is the combined strength of clectro- gnetic p9wer, infrared -nergy of mind may be an rays and distant infrared rays that work on the flesh, the e, unknown supernatural power that works on the mind of human beings. It is therefore suggested that the 218 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R@00701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001-1 study of qigong should not only be the study of the effects of qi , but it should also include the study of the mind. If it is so requested, I will make public the practice of Mijiao Shan to show people that phenomenal effects can be seen in the common alpha wave zone both in the qi and the mystic power of the Mijiao Shan. ON TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS QIGONG AND ITS MEDICAL APPLICATION Takashi Tsumura (Kansai Qigong Society, Japan) 1. Ancient medicine began from magical healing concerning with shamanism. Generally the history of medicine is written orientating "from magic to science", but this model shows only one side of truth. " Zhu.#ou "(healing by declaration) , " Yijingbianqi "(a kind of drama- theraphy) in ancient medicine is really rational and scientific from the viewpoint of modern paycophysical medicine. Rather, trends of the thought that separate mind and body, or illness and life in medicine of after ages, have doubtful problem. It is the reason why the ancient medicine is regarded note worthy again recently. 2. the oriental medicines have developed in relation to interdependence and interpenetration with religions. For example, ancient Indian medicine and Hinduism or Indian Buddhism, traditional Chinese medicine and Taoism or Buddhism, and, Japanese oriental medicine ("KANPO") and Shinto or Japanese Buddhism. 3. Simply speaking, the purpose of medical qigong is mainly "balance of yin-yang But religious qigong wants high spiritual awakening. The theme of finding inner divinity and puriffing body spoiled by real desires in Buddhism, is equal to "seeking after pure Yang " in Taoist qigong . The purpose of medical qigong is support and recovery of health, but it cannot interfere with the patient's inner spiritual life or a view of value. The religeous qigong studies how to live. But, from the view of psycophysical medicine, in case the patient has a feeling of sin or unusal tension, healing of his illness is very dificult. That is, scientific medicine steps into the field of religious qigong in the new stage of development. We need a study of the religious qigong from the new standpoint. 4. Chinese religious qigong contains Tao-Sheentao lineage and Buddhist lineage. Taoist qigong seeks after "eternal life" . But this "long life" is not equal to long life in medical meaning. It means seeking after pure yang , over limitation of physical body. Zhuagzi, rather, criticized the attitude that grasped his given life by cosmos as his own, - 219 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0701080001 -1 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R600701080001 -1 and the desire earnestly to enclose or increase it. Shentao, way of hermits@ created Neidan school in the time from the Tang to Song Dynasties. It means "the development of inner medicine" and scekjn@ after the unity of mind and psychological control by consistent image movement. In modern times, Hu Yaozhen arranged and opened this ssyy tem, and applied it to medicine and martial arts. On the other hand, quiescent qigong of huangzi was revived by Chen Yingning. It is effective to healing neurosis. 5. The Buddhist qigong contains MIJIAO(esoteric Buddhism), especially Tibetan esoteric system and stream of Chan (Zen, Japanese) . Tibetan qigong seeks after unity with cosmic lifetide directly. It has something common in this point with Neii(an in spite of so many differences in concrete method. Chan has also common field, it created various high techniques for mind-body control as Zhiguang (concentration and contemplation). 6. The religious qigong has more refinded and experienced mi id control methed than medical qigong . Also in medical qigong , " Rujing " (enter a very quiet state) is very important for having effect, but in this field, they seek for control of image, check of over- work of mind and deepening quality of " Rujing In this process, the most important things are the devel ement of intuition and imagination through the liberation of the right side of the brain, a d reviving balance of the brain through contr ol of overwork of intellectual centre and aaiva ion of feeling centre and life centre. 7. In Japan, also, we can find quiescent qigong , dyna ic qigong , spontaneous qigong , healing by qig.ong and high technique unification of m nd and body. And after introduction to Japan, Chan has much developed as an effective psy hological healing. Toward the traditions like these, we want to study the assumi g attitude of "abandoning refuse, taking essence". But, for the human study in the new age o holistic medicine, we can not judge it in the field of accomplished science, but connect it with recovering "black science", namely the tradition of Tao science from the anci nt times. We want the reconstruction of modern science. For example, yi (divination) contains richly the theory concerning with the relationship between mankind and its environ ent, and Chan or Neidan is, as they are, high psychophysical science. The religious qigong will open the path to future medicine by its totality of grasping human themselves. - 220 - Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792R@00701080001 -1