Approved For Release 2000/08/15
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
J_60
the fundamental of qigong anesthesia and
EXAMPLES
Yoshimi Inosuke
International Qigong Research Center, Japan
Anesthesia
is indispensable in major operations. Sometimes minor operations are per-
formed without anesthenia and some major operations are performed without anesthesia for
some reasons. Absence of pain is the purpose of anesthesia. The quicker disapperance of the
action of narcotics the better after the suture of the wound.
Qigong anesthesia means the
patient loses
his consciousness when the qigong master
emits his
qi to him. But after cessation of emission of
qi the patient comes
to. This brings
about favourable prognosis and
is taken as an ideal anesthetic way.
When a person is injured,endorphin is produced within the body, which kills pain. Then
a qi strong master is able to use qigong anesthesia.
Man and animat experiments proved that the health condition and qi emission are closely
related.
Ten min. later after qi emission, the effect is nearly the same to drug anesthesia. 96% of
the pain nerves
is anesthetized , which verifies the action of qigong anesthesia. Ten min. later
after cessation of qigong anesthesia, 24. 47% of anesthesia disappears. 72. 53% pain remains.
It shows the quick loss of anesthesia.
Facts prove that qigong anesthesia is an ideal anesthetic way. At the same time, it shows
the anesthetic action is closely related to the health condition of the qigong masters.
1—61
THE RELATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT STAGES OF
QUIET QIGONG EXERCISES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON
THE ELECTRICAL FIELD AROUND ACUPOINTS
Marcus Bongart,Jan A Szymanski (Sweden ), Zbigniew Garnuszewski (Poland)
Until quite recently .biologists did not know at all that plants .animals and human beings
generate electric field. The physicists and electronic engineers were not particularly interested
in the study
of organism because they
did not think
that with
their instruments nothing
worthwhile could been found. However, the authors through experiments recorded the elec-
tric field generated by human and animal muscles
, nerves and organs of the body. They se-
lected 10 healthy volunteers to conduct experiments to see the quiet qigong exercises' influ-
ence on the potential of the
electric
field around the human body. 479 registrations
of the
changed value of the electric potential were obtained in acupoints—Yintan (Extra l)and Lao-
gong(P 8)and in four mind stages.
Approved For Release 2000/08/15
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
1—62
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLAB-
ORATION FOR STUDYING THE SCIENCE OF QIGONG
AS THE CORE CURRICULUM
IN AN INTEGRATED,
CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF CHINESE HUMAN /ENVI-
RONMENT RELATIONS, CULTURE AND ART
Carl H.
Hertel
Pitzer College and Claremont Graduate School
Claremont
, California , USA
1. Some Educational Ramifications of The Movement in
American Medical Practice Toward the Inclusion of
“Alternative” Therapies Including Traditional Chinese
Medicine , Herbology , Acupuncture and Qigong.
Seven Random Items to Make A Point
:
a. On January 28,1993 the New England Journal of Medicine reported that 61 million Ameri-
cans used an alternative medical therapy in 1990. Over 10 billion dollars a year are expended
on such alternative practices and these are often not covered by conventional insurance.
b. Dr.
| Oscar Jamger(with Philip Goldberg) in
his
brilliant new book A Different Kind of
Heahyg shows a surprisingly large number of doctors of allopathic medicine utilizing non-al-
lopathjic techniques with their patients while on the surface remaining conventional medical
practitioners. Many
of these so-called unconventional
practices used by the doctors
inter-
viewed are derived from TCM and qigong along with a number of other western alternative
and folk techniques.
c. In the spring of 1993 The Public Broadcasting System aired Bill Moyers’ five part “Healing
and the Mind” television series which began with the segment called “The Mystery of Chi”.
Lists throughout the country and regional discussion groups have been formed to continue
the dialogue stimulated by the television series.
d. The Institute of Noetic Sciences will hold a major conference and produce a national six-
hour television documentary next fall called “The Heart of Healing”. The series will consider
research findings on the mind/body
issue from cross-cultural perspectives including TCM
• 118
•
Approved For Release 2000/08/15
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
and qigong.
e. In the
fall of 1992
I presented
a report on various TCM methodologies including qigong
which were listed as important healing techniques being practiced in the region along with
other indigenous methods of healing from the American Southwest.
f. Also in the fall of 1992 the New York Times published a major piece on “The Mainstream-
ing of Alternative Medicine”by Douglas Barasch (NyT Magazine October4, 1992). Barasch
emphasizes the
role played by U. S. /Chinese
interactions regarding medical
practices. He
cites, among many others
, the experiences with TCM and qigong
in China
of Dr. David
Eisenberg from Harvard Medical School. The article reinforces the premise that such“uncon-
ventional medical practices” play an important role in health care and healing in America.
g. Lastly , The U. S. Government National Institute of Health has opened an Office of Alter-
native Medicine directed by Dr. Joe Jacobs. The creation of this office changed the strictly ra-
tional-empirical medical orientation of the NIH and signaled a possible shift in official gov-
ernmental policy toward non-allopathic medicine.
Just a few the many examples of movement in American medical circles towards consid-
eration of non-allopathic medical practices
signify
a major flow of interest and concern
in
American society and they
all
reflect the importance of TCM
, herbology
, acupuncture and
qigong
in stimulation changes
in attitude and practice by Americans with regard to health
care and healing.
We are witnessing a quantum shift in consciousness pertaining toj(l) the nature of
ill-
ness, (2) the nature of healing as regards the mind/body issue, (3)the roles and relationship
of patient and healer and (4) the viability of incorporating a wide variety of medical therapies
form diverse cultures in common practicet.
2. The Role of American Higher Education in Cross-Cultural
Considerations of Science , Medicine , Mind/Body Issues , Conscious-
ness Studies, Arts and Human/Environment Relationships
a. Introduction and General Overview
In 1974 the U. S. Government sponsored a “Report on Chinese Medicine” which provides
a window on the moreorless contemporary situation regarding academic studies in the field in
the U. S.
at that time. More recently , there have been a plethora of publications and re-publi-
• 119
•
Approved For Release 2000/08/15
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
cations of new and older works pertaining to a wide variety of aspects of TCM and qigong. In
the rjnedical field numerous studies have been undertaken led in the U. S.
, perhaps
, by,Dr.
David Eisenberg’s work Encounters with
Qi (1976). In Europe there have been a large num-
ber df recent publications such as Dr. Manfred Porkert’s Chinese medicine (1982)
to name
one of many. A number of TCM, martial arts and qigong magazines journals and newsletters,
also exist. These cover a widely diverse group difficult to categorize. By way of random exam-
lpe, qigong Magazine focuses on a particular San Francisco orientation to qigong while Qi
Magazine
is a general
, so-called slick magazine with commercial orientations to TCM and en-
ergy^medicine as rather broadly defined. There are, of course
, numerous excellent Asian pub-
lications in Chinese, Japanese and Korean (some of which have been translated into English)
which are very influential primary sources in the field. Needless to say
, several of the great
university libraries contain impressive Asian holdings for research. Smaller institutions of lib-
eral education such
as
the Claremont Colleges have computerized access throught
inter-li-
brary loan systems to such holdings. Claremont has
fairly good Asian collection of
its com-
puterized access through inter-library loan systems to such holdings. Claremont has a
fairly
good Asian collection of
its own as well.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly
, a growing
number of Chinese qigong researchers and masters and practitioners are to be found in Amer-
ican colleges and universities. These individuals are also found in major Chinese communities
in the United States where they also provide access to knowledge in a significant way.
What the above demonstrates in that from the academic perspective there are, not surprising-
ly, many areas of research and study to be explored. The hard sciences have a prticularly im-
portant role to play in researching qi in terms of theory and practice. Medical education must
very soon incorporate cross-cultural perspectives including TCM and qigong as a part of their
curricula. As
rioted above
, the
social
sciences
, such
as anthropology
, sociology
, psychology
and Asian studies
in American universities and colleges have already begun impressive pro-
gram's of research in various areas of the field which provide an excellent basis for future de-
velopment.
However, in order
to meet the
specific challenges
of the immense changes
occurring
aroupd American health care and healing and
to meet the demands
of the extraordingary
cross-cultural exchanges involveed in the changes described in section No.
1 above—American
higher education requires a concerted effort at mounting interdisciplinary programs to
inte-:
grate and ameliorate the following factors* (1) the diverse kinds of knowledge and informa-
tion coming together in studying the theory and practice of TCM and qigong; (2)the different
ways
of processing information in the diverse
fields and cultures involved; (3) the diverse
ways: of perceiving knowledge that these exchanges of practice and theory create crossing be-
tween cultures
: i. e. a“new” kind of knowing occurs in the transfer process.
- 120
-
Approved For Release 2000/08/15
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6