Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300430003-5 tegulated and improved. Some experiments have been done on aging which specially note that longevity has nothing to do with one’s nutrition or blood components. The proportion of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and hemoglobin remains practically the same between young and old. The old do have less trace elements than the young. This indicates that trace elements are more closely related to length of life. Among the 14 trace elements in the human body, zine is the most essential. According to some experiments, after attending the lecture, and consulting with the master about the illness, a patient’s zinc level clearly increases. Zine has something to do with the activation of 80 enzymes in the body. Enzymes play an important role in the body’s biochemical and physiological processes. In fact, increased zinc not only prolongs life, but also improves the function of the 80 enzymes. So we say that Qigong practice promotes health, nutrition, and effective treatment for illness through the improvement of the 80 enzymes. Experiments also show decreased dopamine and beta- hydroxylase blood levels after Qigong practice. Other components are modified. Therefore, some say Qigong treats blood and circulatory system illnesses. 3. How to Improve the Function of the Respiratory Systems After entering a Qigong state, consumption of oxygen decreases but the lung’s absorption of oxygen increases. The storage capacity and efficiency of lung tissue is enhanced. In this regard, Qigong is much better than athletic training. A long distance runner, for example, extends the vital capacity of his lungs, but consumption of oxygen is just as extensive, so he can not stay underwater too long. However, one trained in the advanced Qigong specialty of enhancing the lung’s vital capacity, can remain underwater for many hours. Some masters, buried in a coffin for 6-7 days, could still stay alive. To an ordinary person whose lung vital capacity is so 46 i ee Nn oie ae cen msi AEN AE a limited, this seems impossible. It can only be explained in the light of Qigong theories. In the Qigong state, one does not seem to need so much oxygen. On one hand, Qigong increases inhaling efficiency and expands the storage capacity of the entire lung tissue. On the other hand, Qigong decreases the consumption of oxygen. Chinese Traditional Medicine said it ne "The blood flow of the whole body converges in the ungs." Anyone who practices Qigong knows that one does not have to have fresh air to practice Qigong. Some masters practice in small smoke filled caves, which, therefore, lack oxygen. The point is that they don’t need much oxygen when they are in the Qigong state. This is both reasonable and true to fact. Not long ago, I treated an oxygen-dependent patient, who could not go without oxygen. When I first talked to him, he was so excited that in the middle of the conversation, he pulled the oxygen tube out of his nostril, and has never used it since. Later, I explained to him, “As soon as I saw you, I emitted my bioenergy to you in order to make you consume less and breathe in more oxygen, In fact, there is a large amount of oxygen in the air, more than in your tank. Even with your oxygen tube in your nostril, if you do not inhale efficiently, it makes no difference how much oxygen you have in your tank. Don’t you think so?" The year before last, I rescued a scientist who had a similar, serious case. He also had been on oxygen therapy a long time. I said one day, "You had better not use the oxygen anymore!" He did give it up later and seemed to be more high spirited without it. There lies the mystery. To improve and regulate the respiratory system through Qigong practice, is really ideal! 4, How to Improve and Regulate the Function of the Digestive System . Qigong regulates the digestive system, first, by effecting an increase in the secretion of saliva, peptic juice and enterokinase. 47 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300430003-5
‘ Second, Qigong effects an increase in stomach and intestine peristalsis, thereby augmenting chemical and mechanical digestion. Qigong practicers have a greater percentage of Saliva lysozyme, which can inhibit and destroy bacteria. This is like being equipped with automatic antibiotics to cure oral infection, laryngitis, gastro-enteritis etc. However, it does not have the sideeffects of antibiotics like tetramycin, terramycin and auramycin. A Qigong participant’s saliva also has a lot of amylase, protein and trace elements. That is why this saliva is called "golden juice’ and "jade fluid’. Therefore, after Qigong practice, use the tongue to wash the mouth with this Saliva, and don’t spit it out. Some gargle with it for 36 times, bite the upper and lower teeth 36 times, and stir the saliva around with the tongue in the mouth 36 times, etc., before swallowing it. When in the Qigong state, stomach and intestine secretion increases yet pH is automatically regulated. One may question whether the stomach’s gastric mucous membrane is eroded by the increased amount and concentration of gastric juice and gastric acid, and whether it induces gastritis. However, those with gastritis and duodenum ulcers don’t have to worry, for the increased gastric juice is just improves the pH. Also supposedly very nutritive substances have been found, only in the stomachs of those doing Qigong. Some eat less or do not feel like eating at all after practicing Qigong, because these substances are nourishing, and also because participants make full use of stored energy to keep themselves alive. A few even refuse water, for water can be absorbed through the pores of the skin. One may question how a person lives without food. First, the gastric and intestinal fluid of the Qigong participant contain more nutrients. Second, usually everyone has nutrition stored in the body, knowing how to transform and utilize it is the point, Therefore, 3, 5, 20, or more days may pass without food, yet one can still be energized, by transforming stored nutrition and utilizing high quality substances. So, it is not that one does not 48 eat, but rather that one eats in a different way. One can utilize the body’s accumulated nutrition and transfer it to gastric and intestinal fluids for high quality nourishment. This also improves the digestive system. Isn’t Qigong a mystery? io Here is another example. Mrs. Jiang Chong, a 76-year-old ° woman, did not feel like eating after attending my lecture. She © did not eat for 26 days. This phenomenon is called "Bigu’ in 2 Chinese. Some people in Inner Mongolia and Beijing also refused to eat after my lectures. “Bigu" enhances bodily function @ with Qigong. Bigu also purifies and purges the body by © uncovering the body’s stored nutrition and, after adjustments, utilizing it to maintain life. Besides what has been said above, the Qigong state strengthens intestinal peristalsis and improves micro-circulation, especially of the small intestine. In this way both digestion and absorption is greatly improved. Ordinarily, a person eats half a katty of rice, but because of poor absorption, a lot of nutrition is evacuated in the stool. The wonder of the Qigong participant is that he can absorb whatever nutritional food he eats, so he does not have to eat too much to maintain high energy levels. For 80 years, Master Hai Deng ate just a thin porridge, never solid rice. He also ate soft noodles with a lot of soup. He did not eat much. Every month he spent only four Yuan (R.M.B. Chinese currency) for living expenses that included food and treats for his apprentice and guests. This was what he told me long ago. I think this was because his absorption abilities were great. Besides, the Qigong master did not entirely absorb nutrition through his mouth and nose. He could also have used many other ways to absorb high quality energy substance for nourishment. Water, for instance, does not have to enter only through the mouth. Light does not have to enter through our eyes. (Like a plant that needs photosynthesis, light also has some function in our body.) A Qigong participant absorbs high energy substance in the universe that others can not absorb. So, one can eat less or even not eat for a time, and still maintain high energy levels. 0030043 RDP96-00792R0 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA
One may go without food for a long period when absorption of high energy substance is enhanced. That is why Qigong is a most ideal and subtle way of improving the digestive system of the body. 5. How to Ideally Improve the Function of Endocrine System Investigation has also shown that a Qigong state improves the endocrine function, regulating hormone level or, in other words, lengthens the life of hormone secretion. For instance, a Qigong participant’s metabolism of adrenalin or demethylated adrenalin decreases. Growth hormone and corticosteroid metabolism and secretion drop, but the period of secretion is lengthened. When I say drop or decrease, I don’t imply insufficiency, but that less is needed. Secretion period of endocrines is extended. For example, women at 49 or so, produce less endocrine, discontinue ovarian secretion, and cease having periods. However, some 60-year-old women still bear children. Their period of ovarian hormone secretion has been prolonged. Also, endocrine dysfunction which causes the menopause syndrome can also be regulated and corrected through Qigong practice. In addition, young girls of 14-18 may not have regular periods, but, if they, or their parents practice Qigong, it will help regulate their endocrine. It has been observed that, influenced by Qigong, the endocrine system is ideally regulated to keep the “pody’s hormone level at its optimum condition. Diseases such as myocarditis and arthritis are not easily cured, and steroids are used in treatment. Steroids are also used for advanced cancer patients. In fact, steroid hormone is secreted by the endocrine system. Male or female, a person’s medical condition is closely associated with hormone level. The secretion of the endocrine system can be ideally regulated and modulated with Qigong. Some arthritis sufferers find their joint pain alleveated or improved after my Qigong lecture. I think that must be the effect of hormones. We all know that steroid medication relieves 50 arthritis pain immediately and modifies the symptoms. But when one takes too much steroid, it affects hormone levels and brings on side-effects such as a swollen face (the ’full moon face’), and the massive growth of muscles on the back (‘buffalo back’)ap Qigong practice will not bring on all these side-effects, fores hormone level is automatically regulated. Endocrine will be secreted as needed. When one needs more, it secretes more; if less, it secrets less. This is apart from prolonging the period of secretion. This discussion has been about the regulation and} modulation of the hormone level in the endocrine system. =4 r—) 6. How to Form Ideally and Influence the Changes of then Function of the Muscular and Skeletal System in the Humarts Body =) o Doing Qigong can prevent early aging of the skeleton. With age, collagen in the skeleton decreases, while calcium increasesg Brittleness increases while flexibility decreases. That is why ther old easily fracture bones when they fall. Master Hai Deang) compiled a Qigong for Children, which was one of his fo ingenious abilities. After practicing this Qigong, he could clim up to, and jump down from, considerable heights with nf problem. His whole body was as flexible as a child. When he was 87, his skeleton and tendons were not at all stiff or rigidS This meant so much to him in his old age. ° Qigong is a disciplined practice for the skeleton and bones? The teeth, skull, and patellas grow after birth. People who d@ Qigong bite their teeth and kou tou (kneel and hit their foreheay on the floor as courteous respect to the elders) in order tg strengthen these post-natal bones. Collagen will not decrease with age when one practices Qigong. The old Qigong master would punish apprentices for mistakes in their practice by having the apprentices kou tou. After hitting the forehead many time¢ one finally came to realize that this was Qigong practice. a. Qigong is also good for preventing and correcting bones spurs. Mrs. Yang, a 40-50 year old woman from Liao Ling, 51
China, had 6-7 mm bone spurs in the patellas of her knees. Her husband brought her to me. I said to her at the beginning, " My patient treatment is very different. You are expected to be very venturesome!" "Certainly!" she said. Then I said again,"You must comply with my orders!" “Of course, I will!" she continued. Then I said, “Let me examine you first. You should go out first for a walk or run and then come back for my treatment. Do you dare to do so?" "I do," she answered and went out as told. It was evening; she was wearing high-heeled shoes and her husband was afraid she might sprain her ankles. I told him to leave her alone. After thirty minutes she ran back in high spirit. She remarked that the more she ran, the more relaxed she felt. Her husband saw her and shouted at her, “Sit down quick! Sit down quick! Move around and see if you are completely recovered." His sympathy spoiled the whole thing, because he asked the wrong question Symbols I transmitted to her were diminished. In order to compensate, I told her to go out a second time and I transmitted more symbols to her. This time her husband did not dare interfere. When she came back her legs were normal. A girl with an S-shaped spinal column was almost refused admittance to graduate school because of her condition. I happened to be on business with her father. he invited me to their home. They all knew that I treat patients by chatting with them. On entering the house, her father said to me, "You can see my daughter’s lumbar." He did not dare mention the word sick.’ I dread hearing the word sick’, for when the symbol of the word is confirmed and enforced, it will be more difficult to cure. When I heard the father wanted me to see her lumbar, I answered immediately, “Nothing is the matter; it is normal!" Her mother broke in and wanted to explain the illness of her daughter, but her father cut her off and interrupted, saying, " Be quick and have a look at Xiao Yong’s spinal column! Dr. Yan Xin said that nothing is the matter; it must be all right!" 52 The mother quickly folded up the daughter’s blouse at the back and the spinal column looked normal and very straight. This shows that Qigong can affect the skeleton and bones of the body. Even the bone spur disorder of the joints can bg improved by Qigong practice. Of course not all spurs can bo cured, for there are some spurs serve to protect a region. ° Qigong greatly improves muscular movement. I believe the internal Qigong is better than martial arts, because in a igor state, one’s brain and intestinal walls produce large amounts endorphin, and excite the body’s morphine receptors to easi§ accept the endorphin. Endorphin is the core morphine substanc§y Everybody has such a substance, but doesn’t produce much $f it ordinarily. Under the influence of Qigong, one can produc lot. Its analgetic effect is many times more effective than that of morphine. . 4 A Qigong participant is not afraid of being hit or beat because the endorphin slows down muscular reflex Furthermore, with the power of Qigong, one can produge numerous magnetic symbols, which also serve as analgesi¢s. This theory explains the so-called Golden Bell Shade Qigong and Iron Cotton Cloth Qigong. © The limbs, and especially the upper arms of the Qigdi participant are particularly strong. Influenced by Qigong, extensors, flexors, and tone of the whole muscular system @e€ strengthened while the period of constant exercise is extendq. An internal Qigong participant has ten times the muscu strength of the martial arts participant. Generally speaking, ghe slap of the hand by a martial arts expert is about several hundfPd pounds of weight. But, with his decisive mind, his strength and bioenergy, an internal Qigong expert’s slap is at least sev thousand pounds of weight. Ko) Late Master Hai Deng could use the index and midge fingers, in one stroke, to poke into a big bundle of sand wrap in cow hide and hemp sack. That is why a common saying Qy the old masters says, "Io learn martial arts without interhal Qigong, will make one regret it for life. To learn internal 53