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Health and Martial Arts
Qi Gong
Qi Gong (Chi Kung) has been used by the Chinese
for thousands of years as a way to promote self-healing,
rejuvenation, and longevity. Easier to learn than Tai Chi, Qi Gong
can be practiced by almost any age or fitness level. Practitioners
generally experience increased stamina, better digestion, improved
circulation, more restful sleep, balanced internal energy and
reduced stress and anxiety. With regular practice you will learn to
feel and increase your life-force energy while dissolving energy
blockages. One of the benefits of Qi Gong is enhanced resistance to
disease:
"Research
carried out in China recently using Western scientific apparatus has
verified this. For example, a series of experiments carried out at
Tientsin Chinese Medical Research Center on 68 patients, showed that
the proportion of white blood cells, which are responsible for the
body's self defense, increased from an average of 57.7 percent to
78.1 percent after practicing Chi Kung for three months. Experiments
carried out at Jiangsu Chinese Medical Research Center showed that
the amount of antibody IgA, which is important for humoral immunity,
increased from 767.5 mg/ml to 1193.4 mg/ml after three months of Chi
Kung practice. The proportion of T-cells, which are important for
cell-mediated immunity, was found to be 74.9 per cent among Chi Kung
practitioners, compared to 65.5 percent in other people.
So practicing Chi Kung greatly enhances our immune system. When we
can successfully prevent outbreaks of contagious diseases, we not
only add to the quality of our lives now, but also give ourselves
the opportunity to live more fully our natural life span."
— Wong Kiew Kit, The Art of Chi Kung
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