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before practicing entering relaxation
(P
<
0.01)
and
these reading basically
returned
to
the
level prior
to practicing Qigong after
ten minutes
of natural
rest following
the Qigong
exercises.
There were
no clear
changes
in the
readings of
the control
group during
the entire process
of the experiment.
This experiment shows that after Qigong
entering relaxation
the entire body
is
in
a kind
of special
physiological state
-
the Qigong functional
state.
The results
of this experiment are markedly different from the results
of
the
other experiments
mentioned
above.
It
is possible that different types
of
Qigong and different methods
have different effects
on
the brain
blood
flow.
Additional future study must
be made
of
this.
Bao Guoj in
and
others
observed
the effects
of practicing Qigong
on
the
brain electrical
resistance
chart.
Those training
in Qigong were
38 persons
who trained
for
two
hours every day
in
the Shaolin
internal muscle one-finger
Dhyana.
The brain electrical resistance
was checked
prior
to
the training
and after
30 days
of
training.
Four readings all became normal wave
forms.
After
the
training,
the
brain resistance
chart wave
amplitude,
flow volume
speed,
resistance
index,
and
elevation
time were all sharply different from
before beginning training
in
Qigong.
With
the
exception
of
right side
resistance
index and
rise
time,
all other six indexes showed extremely marked
differences
(P
,
0.01).
This
illustrates
a
relatively great
effect
of
the
practice
of
Qigong on
the brain electrical resistance
chart,
suggesting that
training
in Shaolin
internal muscle one-finger Dhyana acts
to
increase brain
blood
flow.
The cerebral
cortex
is
the highest
level
or
regulation of
human body
functions and activities.
It
is also
a primary material basis for exercising
the highest
form of
biological activity
(thought).
The brain
is
the most
complex and functionally most perfect system
in
the
natural world structure.
At the
same time
the brain
is adjusting between
the body and
the environment
and among the various
levels within the body,
it
is
also acting
to regulate
itself.
A study
of
the EEGs and brain blood flow charts
indicates that
the
practice
of Qigong entering relaxation
can restore and
improve
the functional
activities
of
the
cerebral
cortex.
The brain
is regulating and control
center
for
the body's automatic systems.
It
is
an organ of key importance
in
maintaining the health of the body.
Therefore,
when entering relaxation
acts
to have
a beneficial effect
on the functions
of the
brain,
it
must play an
important
and
extensive regulating
role over
the entire
body,
putting the
entire system of
the human body
into
a kind of entirely new functional
state.
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V.
THE EFFECTS OF QIGONG ON SKIN ELECTRICAL REACTION AND SKIN TEMPERATURE
1.
THE EFFECTS OF QIGONG ON SKIN ELECTRICAL REACTIONS
The skin electrical potential activity
is
an
excellent
index
of
the
functional state
of the sympathetic nervous system and
its reactivity.
It
is
also related
to emotional activity.
Lin Yagu and others observed the changes
in
skin
electrical
reaction
wave
phase
during the process of practicing
Qigong.
They
discovered
that
healthy
individuals
and
sick individuals
display different phases.
This
is primarily related
to
the state
of
the body
at
the time of the experiment,
the phase was different
at different
parts
of
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