Qigong
Research
Many thousands of qigong experiments have been performed
in China, and an increasing number of western laboratories
are also exploring qigong. Experiments may be broadly divided
into two categories:
A. Measuring the effects of self-healing exercises on the
course of an illness. Naturally these experiments must be
performed with human subjects. Often qigong is administered
as a complement to conventional allopathic (western medical)
treatment. For example, in the first two experiments cited
below qigong improves the health or makes the difference
between life and death among patients being conventionally
treated for hypertension or cancer.
B. Measuring the effects of External Qi Healing on disease.
External Qi Healing experiments may be performed in vitro
(that is, in a test tube or cell culture): the qigong master
projects qi and attempts to promote the activity of healthy
cells or destroy unhealthy ones. Or the experiments may be
performed in vivo, in living subjects. Here, as in self-healing
qigong, External Qi Healing may be used as an adjunctive
therapy or by itself. In vivo research may also include animal
experiments, in which the healer attempts to project qi to
heal a laboratory animal. These experiments are particularly
impressive because they rule out placebo effect, the power
of expectant trust. We assume that if a mouse's physiology
is influenced by the qigong master, it is because the technique
really works, not because the mouse believes in the power
and authority of the Master!
Examples of Self-Healing Qigong
Research
Effects of Qigong on Preventing Stroke and Alleviating Multiple
Cerebro-Cardiovascular Risk Factors
A Follow-up Report on 242 Hypertensive Cases for 30 years
Shanghai Institute of Hypertension
120 in Control Group, 122
in QG Group, randomly divided.
Both groups took standard anti-hypertensive drugs.
Results of 30 Year Follow-up
|
Control
Group |
Qigong
Group |
|
Deaths
|
47.76%
|
25.41%
|
|
Stroke
|
40.83%
|
20.49%
|
| Death
from Stroke |
32.50%
|
15.57%
|
Qigong for Cancer
Drugs with Qigong vs. Drugs Alone
Kuangan Men Hospital, Beijing
• 127 patients divided
into 2 groups
• various advanced
malignancies
• standard chemotherapy
administered to both groups
• QG group 2 hrs.
practice/day, 3 months.
| Measured
Effect |
Qigong
Group |
Control
Group |
| Normalized
Liver Function |
20.62%
|
6.67%
|
| Normalized
Erythrocyte Sedimentation |
23.71%
|
10%
|
| Phagocytosis
Rate |
increased
12.31% |
decreased
7.87% |
| Improved
Appetite |
63% |
10% |
Examples of External Qi Healing
Research
The Effects of Emitted Qi on Tumors in Mice
Laboratory of Experimental
Oncology
University Hospital of Gent, Belgium
• Fibrosarcoma cells
implanted in 54 mice, randomly divided.
• Qigong Group,
treated by qigong master 30 min/day for 38 days. Control
Group untreated.
• Both groups fed
same standard diet & tap water.
| Measured
Result |
Control
Group |
Qigong
Group |
|
Average
Tumor Volume/ day
|
396.42
mm
|
259.29
mm
|
|
Avg.
Survival
|
30.4
days
|
35.4
days (P<.002)
|
The Effect
of Emitted Qi on Experimental Animals
Infected by Pneumocystis Carinii
Guangzhou University of Medical Sciences
• 80 adult female
Wistar rats infected by P. carinii randomly divided
into 3 groups
• Group A and B
treated by 2 Qigong Masters every other day in 15 min.
sessions, 7 times total. Group C (Control) untreated.
• All groups received
standard diet & therapy (cortisone acetate &
tetracycline).
|
Control
Group |
QG
Groups |
|
Infected
|
92.3
%
|
A
65.4%
|
|
