Notes

1. An Introduction to Medical Qigong

1.1 Concept and Characteristics

1.2 The Development of Qigong

1.3 Basic Principles of Qigong Exercise

1.3.1 Being Both Dynamic and Static

1.3.2 Being relaxed and Static Naturally

1.3.3 Coordinating the will and Qi (Vital Energy)

1.3.4 Combining Active Exercise with Inner Health Cultivation

1.3.5 Proceeding in an Orderly Way and Step by Step

2. Three Kinds of Regulations in Qigong

2.1 Regulation of the Body (Adjustment of Posture)

2.1.1 Sitting Posture

2.1.2 Lying Posture

2.1.3 Standing Posture

2.1.4 Essentials of Posturization

2.2 Regulation of Breathing

2.2.1 Natural Respiration

2.2.2 Orthodromic Abdominal Respiration

2.2.3 Antidromic Abdominal Respiration

2.2.4 Other Breathing Methods

2.2.5 Essentials of Respiration Training

2.3 Regulation of Mental Activities

2.4 Common Points

2.5 Points for Attention in Qigong Exercise

3. Various qigong Exercises

3.1 Psychosomatic Relaxation Exercise

3.2 Inner Health Cultivation Exercise

3.3 Health Promotion Exercise

3.4 Head-Face Exercise

3.5 Eye Exercise

3.6 Nose-Teeth Exercise

3.7 Ear Exercise

3.8 Neck Exercise

3.9 Shoulder-Arm Exercise

3.10 Chest-Hypochondrium Exercise

3.11 Abdominal Exercise

3.12 Waist Exercise

3.13 Exercise of the Lower Limbs

3.14 Heart Regulation Exercise

3.15 Spleen Regulation Exercise

3.16 Lung Regulation Exercise

3.17 Liver Regulation Exercise

3.18 Kidney regulation Exercise

3.19 Automatic Qi Circulation Exercise

3.20 Qi Circulation Exercise

3.21 Exercise for Soothing the Liver and Improving Acuity of Vision

3.22 Exercise for Nourishing the Kidney for Rejuvenation

3.23 Exercise of Taking Essence fro the sun and the Moon

3.24 Yang-recuperation Exercise (Daoyang gong)

3.25 Vital Essence Recovering Exercise

3.26 Filth-elimination Exercise

3.27 Iron Crotch Exercise (Tiedang Gong)

3.28 Daoyin exercise for Ascending and Descending Yin and Yang

3.29 Daoyin Exercise for Dredging Ren and Du Channels

3.30 Brocade Exercise in Six forms (Liuduan Jin)

3.31 Nine-Turn Exercise for Longevity

3.32 twelve-Form Sinew-Transforming Exercise (Yijin Jing)

4. Emitting Out-going Qi (Waiqi)

4.1 Training of Qi

4.1.1 Static Exercise for Training qi

4.1.2 Dynamic Exercise for Training Qi

4.2 The guiding of qi

4.2.1 Standing Vibrating with Palms closed to Guide Qi

4.2.2 Single-finger Meditation to Guide Qi

4.2.3 Palm-Pushing and Palm-pulling to Guide Qi

4.2.4 making Three Points Linear to Guide Qi

4.2.5 Making Three Points Circular to Guide Qi

4.2.6 Jumping to Guide qi in Burst

4.2.7 Guiding Qi in fixed Form

4.2.8 Guiding Qi in Spiralty

4.2.9 Cold and heat Guidance of Qi

4.3 Emission of Qi

4.3.1 Hand Gestures for Emitting Qi

4.3.2 Hand Manipulations in Emitting Qi

4.3.3 The Forms of Qi on Emission

4.3.4 The Sensation of Qi

4.3.5 The Effect of Qi

4.3.6 The closing Form of Emission of Qi

5. Treatment

5.1 Deviation of Qigong

5.1.1 Deranged Flow of Qi

5.1.2 Stagnation of Qi and Stasis of Blood

5.1.3 Leaking of Genuine Qi (Vital Qi)

5.1.4 Mental Derangement

5.1.5 Management of Temporary Symptoms Emerging during Qigong Exercise

5.2 Syncope

5.3 Common Cold

5.4 Epigastralgia

5.5 Appendicitis

5.6 Disorders of the Biliary Tract

5.7 Hiccup

5.8 Gastroptosia

5.9 Diarrhoea

5.10 Constipation

5.11 Hypochondriac Pain

5.12 Bronchitis

5.13 Bronchial Asthma

5.14 Palpitation

5.15 Seminal Emission

5.16 Impotence

5.17 Dysmenorrhea

5.18 Chronic pelvic Inflammation

5.19 Metroptosis

5.20 Acute Mastitis

5.21 Stiff-neck

5.22 Pain in the Waist and Lower Extremities

5.23 headache

5.24 Insomnia

5.25 Hypertension

5.26 Cervical Spondylopathy

5.27 Hemiplegia

5.28 Myopia

5.29 Infantile Convulsion

5.30 Infantile Diarrhoea