Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2—6 TREATMENT OF 30 CASES OF PRIMARY HYPERTEN- 3 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: medical 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. OV PATIENTS OF HYPERTENSION SHOULD EXERCISE | QIGONG CAREFULLY Zhang Tiange,Hou Shuli Institute of Space Medico— Engineering , Beijing ,China Ya Rehabilitation Hospital of Qigong, Beidaihe ,China 37 patients of hypertension divided into two groups were studied with Mode-UA 251 Print- 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 suceessfully were significantly j 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. 3. 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. Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2—8 A REPORT ON 21 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 October1988 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 7 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 gigong 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. ° 127° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2—9 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. 1. Chemotaxis of neutrophils measured by agar plate method; _ Chemotactic movement (distance); A=1.75+0. 53mm and P=2. 35+0. 77mm(P<0. 01), _ Chemotactic index: A=2. 09-40. 55 and P=2. 83-40. 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<O. 01) 3. Bacteriocidal function of neutrophils measured by nbt reduction method——nbt posi- . tive rate; A=23.0746.96% and P=40, 23-410. 80% (P<. 001) 4. Lymphocyte transformation rate; A=54. 35414. 94% and P=64. 55+10. 31% (P<. 01) 5. Yeast complement rosette test; Csb rosette rate of RBC:A=8. 4044. 68% and P=12. 4143. 92% (P<0. 001), Rosette rate of immune complex; A=10. 9524.4. 86% and P=6. 4142. 78% (P<. 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- trolling 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. * 128° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2—10 A CLINICAL STUDY OF THE ROUTINE TREATMENT OF CANCER COORDINATED BY QIGONG Wang Shouzhang , Wang Benrong ,Shao Mengyang ,Li Zhenqing Henan Tumour Hospital-Institute , Zhengzhou , 450003 ,China Ever since 1985,we have advised our cancer patients to persist in long-term qigong exer- cises with encouraging results, side by side with giving them routine treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. 62 cases of cytologically and pathologically con- firmed intermediate and advanced cancer patients who had missed the opportuntiies of surgery and radiotherapy were at random divided into 2 groups :the treating group composed of 32 patients who were under chemotherapy but were coordinated by qigong(Group | ) and the control group comprising the remaining 30 patients who didn't do qigong exercises but underwent chemotherapy only(Group I ). Results showed that Group I had no deterioration in the grading of patients’ health. Rather ,part of the 32 patients had better health than previously ,with most of them having a stable WBC or an unapparent and slight WBC decline;a few patients in this group had a poor appetite ,nausea , vomiting ,etc..,the mild reactions happening in the alimentary tract. Of these 32 patients , 29 (92%) were effective cases that didn’t have their chemotherapy suspended , while failure was found in the remaining 3 cases(8%). In contrast ,in Group II,deterioration in patients’ health grading was invariably seen. Of the 30 cases in this group, 18 cases (61% )persisted in chemotherapy without interruption. The remaining 12 cases had grown much worse in their health grading ,or WBC decline with the total count less than 4x10 9/L,or reactions seen in the digestive tract so severe as to cause chemotherapy to be stopped. Statistically ,the difference seen between the 2 groups was significant (p<20. 05). Besides ,this concerted gigong-chemotherapy in the management of cancer has the advan- tage of raising the curative rate,extending the tumour-free survival of the patients ,and bet- tering the quality of their survival. So far there have been many confirmed substantial instances showing these good effects. For example,an advanced case of nearly totally obstructive esophagus was admitted on June 26,1985. On admission, he complained of dysphagia for a 3-month duration associated with belching, mucus-spitting and pain in the front chest and in the back. An apparent stricture was found at the middle-third of the esophagus through barium meal fluroscopy and roent- gengraphy , with the top esophagus at the site of stricture expanded into a “cupping” shape. Left anterior oblique view revealed an apparent shadow of the soft tissues (X-ray film No5238). His endoscopic biopsy reported squamous cells (pathonumber ; 85-431). His symp- toms and foci totally disappeared through the concerted method of the qigong and chemother- apy. He has been able to have general diet and no cancer cells have been found through endo- * 129° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 scopic biopsy. For 8 years he has been living,tumour-free and has been to this hospital each year for re-examination with no abnormality found so far. As to the curative effect of the routine therapies in conjunction with qigong on cancer, systematic studies are being made. 2—11 CURATIVE EFFECT ANALYSIS OF 122 TUMOR PA- TIENTS TREATED BY THE INTELLIGENCE-QIGONG | Zhao Hongmei,Bian Jingnan The Hospital of The East Lake, Wuhan,China This article has summarized and analysed the curative effect concerning 122 tumor pa- tients, which had undergone the definite diagnosis in hospitals, treated by the Intelligence+ Qigong(IQG). Among them, 71 patients contracted benign tumor,and 51 had malignant. 26 patients of which had gone through chemotherapy or radiotherapy. They asked help from 1QG because of recurrence or uncontrolled conditions. The course of treatment lasted for 22 days in the form of training class, In the course, the movements of the IQG were taught and practiced. At the same time, patients learned the theory. Every patient was treated by the emitted qi too. We analysed the curative effect in three respects ,benign and malignant tumor slong-term and short-term in qigong treatment,as well as multiple treatment and single qigong treat- ment. Then,we dealt with relevant data by statistics,and concluded as follows. ‘First of all,we consider there are curative effects to various extent for both the benign and malignant tumor,and further, for the cancer of different parts of the body. Secondly, in the process of treating cancer by IQG,the curative effect is in direct proportion to the treat- ing duration, that is,the longer the patients have practised,the better the curative effect has obtained. Thirdly, between the curative effect of the multiple treating group and that of the single IQG treatment group there is no singnificant difference ,based on P>0. 05 about Chi- square test. Finally, to investigate 33 cancer patients after treatment,17 of them died. They all but one died without suffering. It shows that IQG plays its role in euthanasia for the can- cer patients. It is certain,as a result,that IQG is useful for treating tumor. The survivers live better, while the unsurvivers died without suffering. * 130° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2—12 CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS ON 30 CASES OF CANCER | TREATED BY QIGONG THERAPY Wang Ying No. 2 People’s Hospital, Taiyuan ,030002,China We have observed 30 cancer cases treated by qigong for a long period. The 30 cases were divided into the following groups. (1)10 cases were examined by exploratory operation(among them 4 cases were under- gone radical opertion,6 were not). All was treated by qigong therapy. (2)10 cases had been treated by radioactive, chemical therapy or supplementary treat- ment by Chinese herbal medicine and qigong treatment at the same time. (3) 10 cases were not indicated for operation, radioactive and chemical therepy. They were treated by qigong only. Method; (1) The emitted gi was used (including message water, message prescriptions and long distance qigong treatment). (2)Patients did qigong exercises by themselves. The result ;Surviving over 5 years:13 cases;tumor smaller in size;2] cases;pain relief or disappearance: 25 cases, Case example. Luo Lin,a female deputy doctor in charge was examined and diagnosed to contract lung cancer. Then she was performed by a radical operation on August 15,1980. Three months lat- er,she began to do Guo Lin's qigong exercise. From then on metastasis was not seen. 2—13 CLINICAL IMAGE EXAMINATION TO SEE THE CURA- TIVE EFFECT OF 120 CANCER CASES TREATED BY CHINESE-WESTERN MEDICINE AND QIGONG THERA- PY Cong Jing,Lu Zhong Hospital Cong Jing Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhibo,Shandong Province ,Chi- na According to the clinical image examination 120 cancer cases treated by Chinese-Western medicine and qigong therapy were investigated. This essay explains that (1) Guolin’ s New Qigong Therapy is very effective to cancer; (2) The curative effect of Chinese-Western medicine and qigong therapy is superior to any of qigong therapy or Chinese-Western thera- pies; (3)The rate of incidence of cancer diseases is high in the middle and aged males. There- fore,they should be examined frequently to make early diagnosis and early treatment. * 131° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2—14 TREATMENT OF ADVANCED GASTRIC CANCER IN | THE AGED BY THE COMBINATION OF QIGONG AND MEDICINAL HERBS Fu Jingzhi The First Affiliated Hospital, Henan Medical University ,Zhenzhou ,China The purpose of this paper is to study the short-term curative effect of the therapy on ad- vanced cancer,the survival quality and the effect produced by immunobiochemistry through the analysis of the curative effect of advanced gastric cancer of the old people treated by qigdng together with medicinal herbs. Clinical information 1. Selection of cases; ' 40 patients in this group were all examined by gastroscope »X-ray,and ultrasonic exami+ nation of B-scope and the diagnosis was confirmed with pathological and cytological examina- tions. | Sex and age: Male, 32;female,8;the ratio of male and female was 4: 1. The age ranged from 60 to 80. Positions of pathological changes; Cardiac cancer; 26 cases;cancer in the gastrobody;6 cases;cancer of gastric antrum; 8 cases, | Pathological types; : | Adenocarcinoma ;18 cases;poor differentiated adenocarcinoma; 12 cases;mucous adeno- carcinoima ;6 cases ;Signet-ring cell carcinoma ;4 cases. ; Subjects for research; 32 were patients with gastric carcinoma who lost the chance for operation because of their old age and weakness or because the disease that they suffered from belonged to the ad- vanced stage. 4 were patients who had recurrence after radical operation. 2 had no effect of chemotherapy. 2 were patients who had undergone. chemotherapy and could not persistently accept the treatment because of serious side effect. | 2. Method of treatment: The treating group was treated by qigong combined with herbs,developed and prepared as an anticancer drug known as“Weiliuping”. The control group was only treated by “Weili- uping” . | Results; 1. The relief of main symptoms; There was significant difference between the two groups. (P<<0. 05). «132° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 |
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2. The influence of the immune functions; In the control group ,the index of immunity slightly increased after the treatment. How- ever, the difference was not significant (P>>0. 05). In the treating group ,the index of immuni- ty obviously improved and the difference was significant. (P<O. 01). Discussion ; The short-term effect of the treatment of advanced gastric cancer by qigong together with herbs “Weiliuping” , was satisfactory. (The effective rate was 22.7%) The effect was better than that of “Tianxian pill” which was widely used to treat digestive tract cancer at home in recent years. (The effective rate is only 1.2%). 2—15 FROM MEDICINE OF ORGAN TO MEDICINE OF FIELD —— 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION OF QIGONG TO MEDICAL PRACTICE Ryoichi Obitsu Obitsu Sankei Hospital, Japan Western medicine proposes that human body mainly consists of organs , whereas the wis- dom of Chinese medicine teaches the importance of space within the body filled with various kinds of concept of elements and energy which cndows us with knowledge to maintain the life and forming the “field”. This “field”has not been explained by physical science , but I estimate that it is neither composed of a single element like electricity nor magnetism. | would rather call it the life field”. Furthermore ,if“qi” means the information which maintains the order of life, the field and“mind” means the expression of one of the elements of fields, it is obvious that there are three means in medicine ;the one dealing with organs ,qi,and mind. On this con- cept,for cancer treatment | have practised holistic medicine, applying Western medicine for organs ,Chinese medicine for qi,and psychological treatment for mind. I will report the result in 1,768 cases of cancer treatment especially qigong from Novem- ber 1982 to February 1993. Methed; The patients of cancer were treated not only by Western medicine which is the most pop- ular treatment in Japanese medicine, but also with Chinese medicine which consists of herbs, acupuncture and moxibustion, qigong and diet,and psychological treatment which means re- laxation and image therapy. Qigong consists over 10 kinds of means like Fang-Song-Gong ; Tai-Ji-Quan ,Guo-Lin-Xin-Qi Gong,etc. Results: 1. It is difficult to express the result of my therapeutic treatment statistically as in West- ern science, because the treatment was not applied equally to each patients, but in various ways depending on to the symptoms of the cases. Calculating three-year survival rate in 505 * 133° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 cases of cancer till January 1990,favorable result showed. G)In the grade 3 and 4;103 cases(42.7%) Gii)In the end stage :185 cases(11.9%) 2. The number of the patients of cancer visiting my hospital is increasing year by year ,54 patients in 1983 to 677 cases in 1992. This fact shows that the holistic medicine is getting ac- cepted in Japan. Besides ,cases will be presented, which show you more in detail the contributing role of qigong in the treatment of cancer. 2—16 THE CLINICAL REPORT ON 75 CASES OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS B TREATED BY QIGONG Shen Fudao Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan,China Since 1989,we have worked out a qigong set to nourish the liver according to the TCM principle “psychosomatic treatment”. Meanwhile, we selected 139 cases of chronic hepatitis B which were divided into two groups at random according to the revised diagnostic and classi- fied criterion at the National Academic Conference on Virus Hepatitis held in Shanghai in 1990. 75 cases were chosen to the experimental group which were treated by herbs and qigong. The other 64 cases treaded only by herbs belonged to the control group. 116 inpa- tients of the two groups were treated for more than 3 months; 23 inpatients for 2-3 months and inpatients with less than two months was not selected to be observed. Each observation | index was checked once each month until they left. The experimental group practised qigong 30 minutes each morning and evening. The result shows as follows: HBsAg negative rate of the experimental group was 52. 6% ,that of the control group was 28.8% (P<0. 01) ;HBeAg negative rate of the experimen- tal rate was 73. 3% ;that of the control group was 49. 2% (P<0. 01) sGPT. A/G recovery rate of experimental group and the recovery condition of the main symptoms were better than those of the control group. It can be deduced that the effect of herbs with qigong to the hep- atitis B patients is better than herbal treatment. At the appraisal meeting held by the Educational Authority , 28th April ,1992,all the ex- perts present held identical views that our research had reached the national advanced stan- dard. ° 134° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2—17 OBSERVATIONS ON EFFECTS OF 31 CASES OF DIABETES TREATED BY HUICHUNGONG Jing Yuzhong , Liu Xiude, Wang Zhemin, Wang Qinglan, Yao Airong Shandong Institute of TCM, Jinan 250014 ,Shandong Province Laboratory researches and clinical observations of 197 middle-aged and aged cases were studied. They practised Huichungong exercises ,aiming at prolonging life from 1986 to 1990. Here is the summary of the 31 cases of diabetes. 1. Body weight ;24 cases had favourable weight before the exercise. There was no change after the exercise. 2. FBS: After exercise blood sugar reduced from 10. 19-3. 29mmol/L to 6. 93+ 1. 98mmol/L,P<<0. 001. 3. Blood fat ;Cholesterol reduced from 6. 751. 32mmol/L to 5.5141. 16mmol/L,P<<0. 001. Triglyceride ;From 2. 8041. Olmmol/L to 1. 34-40. 71mmol/L,P<0. 001. 4, Syrum insulin test (IRI) ;It showed a two direction adjustment after exercise ,the aver- age value reduced from 16. 60446. OO5MIU/L,to 12. 62-414. 85MIU/L,P<0. 05. It indi- cates the exercise may improve the biological effect of insulin. 5. Severe obstruction of nail-microcirculation has been relieved greatly. 6. Increasing the level of HDL—C,P<0. 05 7. Increasing the ratio of APOA—I/APOB,P<0. 001, playing an important role in in- creasing the APOB amount in prevention of atherosclerosis. ; 8. Clinical manifestation; Strengthening the body resistance, not easy to catch common cold, free food choice, normal life. The above shows one year’s exercise has a good comprehensive result for diabetic pa- tients ,comparing individually it is much better than the simple drug treatment. It can prevent complicated cardiac, cerebral vascular diseases and peripheral vascular disease. It is a new method in the treatment of diebetes II without medicament. This paper also emphasizes the mind concentration and good mental state during exercises may produce a good feedback ac- tion. 2—-18THE TREATMENT AND CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF QIGONG SIDE-EFFECT Lu Lijiang Deparmhent of Medical Qigong Research Section, Zhejiang College of TCM, Hangzhou 310009,China This comprehensive treatment of 52 cases (male 34, female 18) with qigong side-effect ° 135° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 had got better curative effect. Patients’ age structure; youngest: 17-years old; oldest: 64- years-old ,and 36 cases from 20-40 years old. The shortest course of disease was two days and the longest was 8 years. According to clinical symptoms and differentiations of syndromes these cases were divid- ed into four types; 1. Disorder of qi and blood; 2. Obstruction of gi ; 3. Genuine qi loss; 4. Reverse qi flow. There were 20 cases in the first type, 14 in the second,8 in the third and 6 in the fourth. The other 4 cases belonged to the “mind confusion” type. I treated these patients with comprenhensire measures, such as the emitted qi, digital “pressure to acupoints »Massage ,acupuncture and herbs and self-practice of qigong exercise. ~The average of the treating course was 17. 6 times ,symptoms in 16 cases totally re- lievéed,in 8 cases alleviated. Only one failed. The effective rate was 96%. 13 cases had been treated by the emitted qi and digital pressure to acupoints. The average of the treating course was 17.8 times. 4 cases had been alleviated. One failed. The effective rate was 92. %. 2-19 A CLINCAL ANALYSIS OF CERVICAL SPONDYLOPA- THY AND ITS REHABILITATION BY TUINA QIGONG IN 267 CASES Li Xingguang Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029,China This paper reports the treatment of the cervical spondylopathy in 267 cases with rehabil itation by tuina qigong since 1989. Among them, 86 were males,181 females. Most of the cas- es were females aged from 30—60 years. Course of disease was one day to 30 years. The com- mon problems were cervical spondylopathy of the nerve root, the vertebral artery and the mixed type. Traditional technique of Chinese tuina must be taken with coordination of qigong and digital pressure to acupoints. The results show; In the 267 cases, 248 cases (92. 9%) were markedly improved ,18 cases (6.7%) were effective and one case (0. 37%) failed. The aver- age treatments were 15 times. Diagnosis is based on palpation,symptoms and signs. Pathogeny ; The cervical spondylopathy happens due to the change of anatomical position, caused by direct or indirect injury and retrograde affection. Treatment; The “tract on rotation-reduction” manipulation was used with other measures: to relax the muscles of the cervical part and relex the pressure of cervical vertebrae on the normal axis and put right the deranged cervical vertebrae and relax irritation of the nerve" root ,the vertebral artery,the sympathetic nerve and the spinal cord,making it return to the. normal position. This methed is a good way to treat the cervical spondylopathy at present. * 136° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2—20 QIGONG' S CURATIVE EFFECT ON LUMBAGO AND JOINT PAIN Huang Xiaokuan ,Cao Qijian Health Care Department , Beijing No. 301 Hospital They have used their expertise in this traditional Chinese breathing technique to treat a- cute and chronic lumbar muscle strains ,and lumbar vertebral disorders. They treated 106 pa- tients with very good results. They had 35 acute patients and 71 chronic patients. The patient's age ranged from 16- year old to 78-year old. Before treatment ,some patients had endured pain for 28 years while others experienced pain for only two days. In general ,averagely patients received 10 treatments. However, some severe cases received 18 treatments while milder cases received only three. Qigong Method According to the degree of pain experienced they used qigong through digital pressure to acupoints ,entire body massage ,and concentration of mind on specific areas. Each patient re- ceived 2-3 treatments each week. Treatments varied from 15 to 30 minutes. Results; Through qigong techniques ,they have achieved a success rate of 90%. By using qigong, they can reduce muscle pain, and adjust muscle tension so that the dislocated joints and musules can regenerate. Qigong also is successful in the adjustment and balance of the spinal column so that the dislocated spinal column may return to a normal position | 2—21 A CLINICAL STUDY OF THE ANTI-AGING EFFECT OF QIGONG Xu Hefen, Xue Huining, Bian Meiguang, Zhang Chengming, Zhou Shuying Jiangsu Provincial Institute of TCM, Nanjing »China Although aging is known as a natural phenomenon, it is proved that those who take qigong exercise have got good effects on treating their disorders ,strengthening their health, and promoting their longevity. And in our clinical practice, we have also got certain satisfac- tory results by applying qigong exercise (non-medical therapy) to treat the disorders of the retired workers. Now, we give the primary report as follows; 1. Subjects observed. There were 200 retired workers,100 males and 100 females ;their age ranged from 52 to +137 Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 76, averaging 65. 7 for males and 63. 5 for females. They were divided into 2 groups; the qigong exercise group and the control group,each group consisting of 50 males and 50 fe- males. 2. Kind of qigong exercise and the time needed The main qigong exercise used was Emei Nei Gong, (one kind of qigong exercises of the Emei School) ,including Anmo Gong , (a kind of breathing exercise with massage) , Fangsong Gong (a kind of relaxation breathing exercise) and Liubu Yangshang Gong (,one kind of breathing exercise for preserving one’s health by walking a set of 6 steps). This qigong exer- cise was taken at least half an hour by the group. 3. Methods and results Besides the clinical observation , superoxide dismultase (SOD) was determined and it,as we know is a multimolecular biological enzyme, which is not easy to be oxidized and which can promote the function of cells and prevent them from intoxication by relieving its free rad- ical group »thus promoting human immunological function and preserving health. The active SOD i ‘in erythrocytes was determined by using a fast microguantitative analysis ,and the result showed that the level of SOD of the female qigong group was 2718. 15-+593. 6u/g Hb while that of the female control group was 1704. 3-572. 84u/g Hb;by comparison,the mean value of SOD of the qigong group is significantly higher than that of the control group (p<0. 001) - The mean value of SOD of the member in the control group was 1678. 18+ 484. 14u/gHb while that in the qigong group was 2740. 85+602. 16u/gHB; by comparison, the difference | was significant (p<0,001). The result showed that the qigong exercise was able to make our body | produce an extraordinary proteinaceous substance superoxide dismutase, which could remove the other harmful superoxides by dismultation, thus having the effect to keep our body i in good health. In short , taking the qigong exercise can stimulate the physical metabolism, promote the circulation of meridians and regulate the flowing of qi and blood ,thus preventing and treating our disorders and promoting our longevity. In the meanwhile, medical therapy.as we know, | can only treat limited kinds of diseases and it may also produce a lot of side-effect ;and in our institute ,after the qigong exercise was applied and SOD level was determined by the double- blind method, the result we got was rather satisfactory. This result suggests that taking the qigong exercise may keep old man in good health, make them energetic and promote their longevity. Therefore we suggest that the qigong exercise should be seriously considered as a subject which is worth further studying. * 138° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2—22 BIOHOLOGRAPHIC QIGONG DIGITAL PRESSURE THERAPY IN THE TREATMEAT OF ACUTE CASES Li Jianhua The Meishan Telecommunication Equipment Factory Hospital, Sichuan 612164 ,China. The bioholographic qigong digital pressure therapy is a new way in combining the digital pressure therapy with the bioholographic therapy. The bioholgraphic acupoints of the human second metacarpalia radius side and the shin flank are regarded as the main points for diagno- sis and treatment or local massage was applied. The author has applied this method to 200 a- cute cases among which 131 cases were cured (65. 5% );46 cases noticably effecive(23 %) 319 cases improved (9.5%)34 cases failed (2%). The total effective rate was 98%. The bioholographic therapy stems from the holography of traditional Chinese medicine. Its principle of treatment is the magnetic oscillation effect of the body’ s biological field which can adjust the information feedback of the whole body through holographic acupoints. Qigong has the function of exciting qi,stimulating the circulation of blood and causing the muscles and joints to relax,regulating qi and blood and balancing yin and yang. The combination of the bioholographic treatment with digital pressure to acupoints will greatly increase the ef- fect release patients’ pain. Such method is easy in operation under any circumstances and is worth popularizing. .—23 THERAPEUTIC EVALUATION OF 60 HEADACHE CASES DUE TO STAGNANCY OF QI AND BLOOD TREATED BY QIGONG Jiang Hansu Nanfang Hospital ,Guangzhou 510516,China This paper shows that it has got better effect in treating 60 headache cases due to stag- nation of qi and blood treated by qigong exercises. Among them, 42 cases were healed(70%) 19 got obvious effect (17%); 8 were better than before. The total effectiveness was 100% . The patients were treatd 5-30 times,with an average of 19. Compared with the treatment at the same time in 30 cases via Western medical therapy ,it shows very outstanding differdnces in statistics. 42 of the 60 cases have been followed up and interviewed for one year yand there was no recurrance. It suggests that this therapy is safe, effective, without side-effect, and worth popularizing. - 139° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6