Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 1—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 gigong master emits his gi to him. But after cessation of emission of gi 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 swhich kills pain. Then a qi strong master is able to use qigong anesthesia. Man and animal 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 gigong 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 gigong 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 1)and Lao- gong(P 8)and in four mind stages. *117° 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 Janiger (with Philip Goldberg)in his brilliant new book A Different Kind of Healing shows a surprisingly large number of doctors of allopathic medicine utilizing non-al- lopathic 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 gigong 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 to; (1) 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 medical field numerous studies have been undertaken led in the U.S. ,perhaps ,by,Dr. David Eisenberg’s work Eucounters with Qi (1976). In Europe there have been a large num-; ber of 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 gigong 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 gigong 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 noted above, the social sciences, such as anthropology, sociology, psychology’ and Asian studies in American universities and colleges have already begun impressive pro- grams 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 around American health care and healing and to meet the demands of the extraordingary cross-cultural exchanges involveed in the changes described in section No. | 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
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 In short, cultural exchanges involve the need for careful examination of the distortions and pitfalls that such transfers inherently involve so that exhange and communication can oc- cur on the most productive and creative levels. 1—63 A STUDY OF APPLICATION OF COMPUTER TO QIGONG ENERGY Guo Deyuan Taichong Teachers’ College; Taichong, China The puspose of the present study is to use a computer to analyze the potential difference of energetic meridians of the tody of a qigog mastes. Qi and blood flow in meridians and the vasculas systam. I have prosed that qigong mas- ters can contsol gi in meridians with his will by a computer. By using a computer to store and analyze the signal ffom the human body,I have ob- tained the following results, 1. The potential difference and the number of variation of potential of a qigong master are higher than other persons without qigong practice. 2. The potential difference of too points of the human body are changing with time. 3. The potential difference and the number of variation of potantial of human are influenced by other persons. Both action in a distance and direct contact can change the potential dif- ference and the number of variation of potential. ae . The number of variation of potantial of two points of the Large Intestine Meridian of a pa- tient is less than the number of healthy people, for example,the former is 20, the later is 200. 5. A man without qigong practice closes his eyes like a qigong master to control qi with his mind always lowers the potential difference and the number of variation of potential differ- ence. . There was a low frequency (3Hertz)electromagnetic wave which radiated from other star an with high intensity making over 10000 mt voltaye in meridians have been found on July 8, 1992. This signal can make man healthy. It was written in the Canon of Internal Medicine ——an 2500 years ago ancient chipese medical classic. 7. Comparing the number of vareation of potential difference of healthy persons and patients , we can diagnose precisely. co . We can input and store the signals of a qigong master’s qi and output it to ordinary per- sons by a computer and we have found qi comes from a computer towards patients make them healthy. *12i- Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 2. Clinical Study 2—1 MAKING FURTHER ADVANCES OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR THE AGED WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS Feng Lida Chinese Immunology Research Center , Beijing To think it necessary to make further advances of the public health care for the aged with Chinese characteristics ,] would like to discuss the issue in three aspects. First saccording to scientific calculation ,the life span of human beings might be 110—120. But social and emo- tional factors cause human beings to get old or die early. So we should consider carefully the health care of the aged and pay much attention to the most valuable thing—life of human be- ings isince everyone knows life is short. Second,in our country,public health care has a long history. Chinese people have paid attention to keeping fit since ancient times. Therefore, tra- ditional health care has Chinese characteristics. It includes healthy drinks therapy ,diet thera- py and qi therapy. Healthy drinks therapy; With the rising of the living standard, more and more people in China have paid attention to the healthy drinks and the Chinese have the tra- dition of having hot drinks, which is a distinct method of health care for the aged. Diet thera- py: The Chinese have a lot of experience in regard to how to keep fit and cure diseases with food. We make use of different kinds of food such as porridge , cooked rice, thick soups and noodles. Qi therapy :Some think. qi is the origin of everything. People’s life, birth ,death »qual- ity ,ete. are all related to qi. The emergence and development of qigong study have relied on the struggle of the Chinese people against diseases and nature,and is a crystallization of col-' lective wisdom of the Chinese people. The recent study shows ;the emitted qi can damage bac- teria and promote their growth,which is concerned by qigong’s power and will of the qigong’ masters. Therefore,we have proved the fact that the immune system is somehow related to the transmission and establishment of information, which was the first help for the further: study of the nature of “two-way adjustment”. Further experiments on viruses and cancer cells' indicate that qigong has biological effect and is scientific ,objective and can be repeated > which! provide a theoretical basis for qigong’ s development. Qigong is a science belonging to the fu- ture study. With the development of science ,people will understand the nature of “qi” better, which belongs to the science of human body. we have done many medical researches on. qigong. We should also do biological and universal researches on qigong. Third, through the above discussion,we may know better about people's natural life span, reasons for the com- ing of old age and super old age,and the more important is that we know what to do in health’ * 122° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 care of the aged with the Chinese characteristics and that we must do our best to help realize the dream that people live to the natural life span,and for the purpose “health for everyone in 2000". 2—2 EFFECTS OF QIGONG ON PREVENTING STROKE AND ALLEVIATING THE MULTIPLE CEREBRO- CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS—— A FOLLOW-UP REPORT ON 242 HYPERTENSIVE CASES FOR 30 YEARS Wang Chongxing , Xu Dinghai,Qian Yuesheng ,Shi Wen Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai Second Medical University , Shang- hai,China. Stroke is a commonly-seen disease. Hypertension, cardiac hypertropy, abnormalities of coagulation fribrinolytic system and matabolism of apolipoprotien were an important risk factor in stroke. Since 1958,a study of prospective comparision was undertaken to evaluate the long-term effect of qigong in hypertensive patients. 1 . 242 hypertensive patients were divided randomly into the qigong group (treated by qigong and small dosage of regular, antihypertensive drugs n= 122) and the control group (treated by the antihypertensive drugs only n=120). 30 years follow-up showed that their blood pressure steady rate was 86. 81% and 68. 25% respectively (p<0. 01). The accumulatic mortality rate during the follow-up period was 25.41% in the qigong group, 47. 76% in the control group(P<0. 001). Further analysis showed that the incidence of stroke and death due to stroke'in the qigong group was 20.49% and 15.57% respectively. Compared with 40. 83% and 32.50% in the control group,both rates in the qigong group were significantly lower (P <0. 01). I. Ultrasonic cardiagram was performed on 40 hypertensive patients. (1) Before treatment, ejection fraction(EF)was 0. 57-0. 09,mitral vale distolic closing velocity (EFV)was 0. 920. 30 and mean velocity of circumferential fiber shortening (MVCF) was 68. 67420. 40. After practising qigong for one year, they were 0. 644 0. 10,1. 10-E0. 26 and 76. 64+17. 41 respectively (P<0. 05—0. 01). (2) Before treatment, interventrical septal thickness IVST) was 12. 961. 64 (mm )and posterior wall thickness(PWT)was 11. 38+1. 64(mm). After practising qigong for one year,they were 11. 24+1.81(mm)and 9. 98-61. 32(mm) respectively (P<CO. 01). The above results indicated that gigong had benefical effect on improvement of the left ventricular function as well as diminution of cardic hypertrophy. I. Plasm coagulation firbrinolysis indices were preformed on 40 hypertensive patients. Before treatment,plasma PAI (plasminogen activator inhibitor) was 9.1741. 57(u/ml),tpA * 123+ Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 (tissue-type plasminogen activator) was 1.52-E0. 24(Im/ml), VILIIR :Ag was 130. 40441. 11 (% )and AT— I was 27.9943. 48(mg/dl). After one year of practising qigong,plasma PAI (8. 10 1. 68lu/ml)and VIIR; Ag (131. 50+38. 35%)levels decreased, while plasma tpA (2: 660. 73lu/mland AT— II (34. 41+7. 09mg/dl)increased. The above results suggested that qigong could play a major role in improvement of the function of coagulation—the firbrinolyt- ic system, WV Serum apolipoprotien was performed on 40 hypertensive patients. Before treatment, levels of ApoA;ApoB and ApoA/ApoB ratio were 117. 89-431. 03(g/1) ,118. 15-+18. 24(g/1) and 1. 00+0. 61 respectively. After practising qigong for one year,they were 133. 58+28. 16 (g/D, 102. 21419. 17(g/land 1. 3140. 71 respectively (P<0. 05~0. 001). These findings suggested that qigong had benefical effect on improvement of metabolism of apolipoprotien. According to both our past and present investigations , we believe that qigong plays a major role in improving the self-regulation and alleviating the multiple cerebro-cardiovasculat risk factors, this might be one of mechanisms of which hypertension was controlled and stroke was prevented. 2-3 ASTUDY OF THE RECUPERATIVE FUNCTION OF QIGONG ON HYPERTENSIVE TARGET IMPAIRMENT Xu Dinghai, Wang Chongxing Shanghai Institute of Hypertension ,Shanghai 200025,China Hypertension is a commonly-seen disease of the middle aged and eldely,and a series of target impairment is caused while the disease proceeds and blood pressure rises,so far except for lowering blood pressure by drugs,non-medicament traditional Chinese therapy attracts man! s attention especially. This study discovers that the function of the heart,brain and kid- ney in the aged hypertensive patients are worse than those of the same age without hyperten- sion. It suggests that long term hypertension actually impairs the functions of the heart, brain and kidney. A comprehensive treatment in which qigong plays the main role was adopted at the same time. By a contrast analysis before and after qigong training (one year),and by adopting modern objective indices, we discoverd the abnormal rate of isoelectric statistical mapping analysis of EEG reflecting the function of the brain improved remarkably. The total abnormal rate of isoelectric statistical mapping analysis of EEG decreased from 63. 3% to 26. 7% » The difference is significant. Ejection Fraction(EF)and Mean Velocity of circumferential fibre. shortening (MCVF)reflecting cardiac function increased remarkably. Cardiac output in- creased too,and the total external resistance decreased. Urinary IgM was from 0. 268-40. 100. to 0. 062+0. 092. The difference was significant. It suggests qigong training not only stabi- lizes ‘blood pressure but also retards the degeneration of the heart, brain and kidney. The study elucidates that qigong is a simple and useful method for recuperation. * 124+ Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6
_ Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6 4—4 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 qigong. may replace or partially replace drugs to lower pressure. 2—5 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. O1)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 11890. 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. ° 125° Approved For Release 2000/08/15 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400430001-6