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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
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Control
Group |
Qigong
Group |
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Deaths
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47.76%
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25.41%
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Stroke
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40.83%
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20.49%
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| Death
from Stroke |
32.50%
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15.57%
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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%
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6.67%
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| Normalized
Erythrocyte Sedimentation |
23.71%
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10%
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| 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 |
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Average
Tumor Volume/ day
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396.42 mm
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259.29 mm
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Avg. Survival
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30.4 days
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35.4 days
(P<.002)
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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).
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Control
Group |
QG
Groups |
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Infected
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92.3 %
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A 65.4%
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