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A STUDY OF QIGONG ON HYPERTENTION AND REDUC-
TION OF HYPOTENSOR
Wu Renzhao,Liu Zhewei
Zhejian Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
, Hangzhou
, China
We studied the effect of qigong on blood pressure in 31
I -stage hypertensive cases and
blood pressure rose after withdrawal or reduction of hypotensors The results showed that
qigong was more effective than hypotensors. It suggests that qigongs may replace or partially
replace drugs to lower pressure.
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CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON THE TREATMENT OF 158
CASES OF CEREBRAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS BY QIGONG
Liu Yuanliang,He Shihai,Xie Shanling
Zhejiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Zhejiang Medical Qigong Hospitd
, Hangzhou
Shaanxi Qigong Study Institute
, Xian , China
This report expounds the results of 158 cases of cerebral arteriosclerosis after 38 to 180
days treatment (with an average of 82 days)by conducting and respiration qigong. 91. 83% of
the patients' symptoms have been relieved ,and 82. 82% of the syndromes have been alleviat-
ed. The unstable EEG cases have declined to 36. 36%(48/132)comparing with52. 37 % (69/
132)before the training practice. (P<0. 01)The conducting and respiration qigong also had
an effect on the wave amplitude of rheoencephalogram by recovering (P<0. 01)or lowering (P
<0. 01— 0. 05) the cerebral blood flow to the normal
level. The number of the
sufferers
whose total serum cholesterol and serum triglyceride determination were higher than normal
had decreased to 72(54. 96%)from 113(86. 07%)and 75(57. 73%)from 118(90. 07%)seper-
ately after dirigation (P<0. 01). Obvious differences before and after the training practice
were seen. This has proved that qigong
is
effective in preventing and curing gerontal
dis-
eases
cerebral arteriosclerosis
, so
it
is worth pupularizing widely. In addition
, qigong can
balance yin and yang, adjust qi and blood, dredge the meridians and thus enable the body to
go into its normal state of yin and yang.
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TREATMENT OF 30 CASES OF PRIMARY HYPERTEN-
SION BY QIGONG TECHNIQUES
Corrado Bornoroni , Valerio Genitoni ,Gilberto Gori , Giovanni Gatti .Antonio Dori-
go
Istituto Superiore di Medicina Olistica e di Ecologia-University of Urbino, Italy
Thirty cases of primary hypertension has been treated by qigong techniques as the first
medipal choice. Population
is composed of 20 males and 10 females aging from 30 to 50 years.
Measurement of ilectrical embalance has been performed by a Decoder 2000, a sophisti-
cated; apparatus based on a pulse generation of 10 Hz with low intensity of current. This in-
strument
is able to investigate the colloidal state of tissues in order to obtain a valuation of
the reaction of body organs concerning oxgen uptake of peripherical tissues.
Qigong exercise has been performed to obtain
a
direct control of vascular resistance,
monitoring blood pressure values two times a week at the same hour.
First data are suggestive of a good response in terms of blood pressure control.
PATIENTS OF HYPERTENSION SHOULD EXERCISE
QIGONG CAREFULLY
Zhang Tiange,Hou Shuli
Institute of Space Medico— Engineering
, Beijing
, China
Rehabilitation Hospital of Qigong .Beidaihe
, China
37 (patients of hypertension divided into two groups were studied with Mode-UA 251 Print-
i
ing/Auto Inflation Electronic Digital Blood Pressure and Pulse Meter anda Mode— TP — 02
multipoint making circular test thermometer in this paper. The results showed that
:
1. The SBP , DBP and HR of the
first qigong group who did the exercise successfully
were (significantly improving respectively.
2. The second qigong group had some problems. They thought that they could open their
"third eye"
, "emit qi" ,and develop natural gifts. So their SBP, DBP and HR were worse than
before.
3j. The paper suggests that:
patients of hypertension must be careful when they exercise qigong. They should think
of concentrating their mind at the lower dantian.
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A
REPORT
ON
CASES
OF
KIDNEY DISEASES TREATED BY QIGONG
Lu Guangjun,Tu Renshun
Qigong Dept,Xiyuan Hospital
, China Academy of
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Such diseases as chronic primary glomerulonephritis
, IgA nephrosis , chronic nephritis,
nephrotic syndrome and renal failure in modern medicine are generally categorized under the
head of kidney diseases in TCM. The feature of the mechanism of such diseases
is the exces-
siveness in the exterior with deficiency root cause, and neither modern medicine nor TCM has
particular effective therapy and drugs for them. From October 1988 to August 1992, the ward
of our department admitted and observed 21 cases of such diseases. All of them had been di-
agnosed through renal puncture biopsy before being hospitalized
in our ward with accurate
diagnosis. Modern medicine and TCM had been applied to them without any significant ef-
fect. Among them, the case history ranged from
9 months to 18 years, and the age of the pa-
tients was from 20 to 68. There were 11 men and 10 women. Diagnosis and evaluation of the
qigong treatment applied to them has been done based upon the standards of diagnosis and
curative
effects
of
kidney
diseases
formulated
respectively by
the Committe
of
Internal
Medicine, China Association of TCM and Practical Internal Medicine, 8th edition. During the
hospitalization
, those who had long taken hormone were instructed to reduce the dose gradu-
ally. For some patients with exogenous pathogenic factors
, qigong treatment was applied with
the assistance of medicine. The patients practised qigong by themselves lasting from
3 to
hours every day. The emitted qi treatmnt was made subsidiary , and
it took 20 minutes every
day. The course of treatment was from
6 to 12 months. After the patients being discharged
from the hospital
, investigation in the clinic into each of them was made every two months
and
it lasted from
6 months to
3 years.
Results
; According to the standards of classification of TCM, marked progress
is shown
in
52. 4%
of
all the cases, 19% of the cases are improved, and thus the effective rate
is as
high as 71. 4% according to the standards of modern medicine , these figures are 53. 3%, 23.
3% and 76. 6% respectively. Such conclusion is drawn from the above facts that qigong treat-
ment has better effect over western medicine and TCM in dealing with kidney diseases.
Through clinic analysis, it is found that the average time
it takes to get significant effect
in
all the indexes
in observation
is 112 days, and so
it
is better to take four months as one
course of qigong treatment for kidney diseases. And in addition , qigong therapy, as a kind of
comprehensive treatment
, can both strengthen the patients' resistance and dispel the invading
pathogenic factors, and
it is most suitable for chronic patients with excessiveness in the exte-
rior with deficiency root cause.
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THE EFFECT OF SELF-CONTROLLING QIGONG THERA-
PY ON THE IMMUNE FUNCTION OF CANCER PATIENTS
Yu Yi, Zhang Rongmin, Huang Xiuqing,Guo Yanru,Cao Wei
Jinghua Tumor Hospital
, China-Japan Friendship Hospital , Beijing
The
effect of the self-controlling qigong therapy on the celluler immunity
in patients
with various malignant tumors has been studied. The change of the immunological functions
of neutrophils , lymphocytes
, and red blood
cells before and
after the qigong therapy have
been examined in 30 cases of malignancy by using five appropriate methods related to cellular
immunity. The results are as follows, and A and P represent the value before and after the
therapy respectively.
L Chemotaxis of neutrophils measured by agar plate method*
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Chemotactic movement (distance)
;A= 1. 75 + 0. 53mm and P — 2. 35 + 0. 77mm (P<0.
01 ),
i
Chemotactic index
: A— 2. 09 + 0. 55 and P— 2. 83 + 0. 95(P<0. 01)
2. Phagocytosis
of neutrophils measured by indian ink phagocytic
test
phagocytic
I
rate
:
A — 32. 5 + 9. 22% and P=51. 33+12. 24%(P<0. 01)
3. Bacteriocidal function of neutrophils measured by nbt reduction method
nbt posi-
tive rate
:
A— 23. 07 + 6. 96% and P-40. 23 + 10. 80%(P<0. 001)
4. Lymphocyte transformation rate
:
A= 54. 35+ 14. 94% and P-64. 55 + 10. 31%(P<0. 01)
Yeast complement rosette test
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C 3 b rosette rate of RBC
:A— '8. 40+ 4. 68% and P= 12. 41 + 3. 92% (P<0. 001)
,
Rosette rate of immune complex
:A= 10. 95+ 4. 86% and P— 6. 41 + 2. 78% (P<C0. 001)
From these results we conclude that (a) the self-controlling therapy might enhance the
defensive ability of organisms by stimulating the immunity of neutrophils
; (b)the promoted
immunity of RBC by the selfcontrolling therapy may result in accelerated removal of immune
complex and hence the' hazards from immune complex might be avoided; and (c) the self-con-
trollihg therapy can raise the rate of lymphocyte transformation and hence might elevate the
antitumor power of lymphocytes. On the basis of this conclusion
, we consider that the self-
controlling qigong therapy is a good measure for keeping
fit and treatment of diseases.
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