Pharmaceutical medicine has flourished so far using an unscientific, symptomatic approach to treat chronic disorders, partly due to its enormous political power, but mainly because no one knows any better. The truth will prevail. Eventually medical texts will have to be rewritten. Qi, Chi, and Ki are all the same. It is a higher vibrational energy from the mental and spiritual planes.
Current technology is inadequate to directly measure Qi because it is beyond the physical plane.
Disturbances in Qi is what causes all the problems in the physical world, including our health. Internally it is influenced by our emotions, Qi from inspired air, and ingested food. Externally it is affected by climateric forces, mental influences of other people, as well as energy from other living organisms and inanimate objects. Copyright 1999 Yee-Wing Tong, M.D. Inc.