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Qigong: Chinese Medicine or Pseudoscinece?

Qigong: Chinese Medicine or Pseudoscinece?

Lin, Zixin

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceGeneral Alternative Health

ISBN10: 1573922323
ISBN13: 9781573922326
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: Nov 1 1998
Pages: 155
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.26 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Qigong (CHEE-GUNG) has swept America as the newest approach to healing and was on the rise in China until the recent Falun gong crackdowns. This 2,500-year-old form of traditional Chinese medicine claims that the human body has channels (meridians) through which flows a substance known as Qi. While internal Qigong is essentially a relaxation and meditation technique, external Qigong is an alleged form of energy radiation emitted from the fingertips of masters. Practitioners of this form of Qigong claim that they can heal serious diseases such as hypertension, glaucoma, asthma, ulcers, and even cancer.

This remarkable book, written by a group of Chinese scientists, discusses the nature and practice of Qigong and its various manifestations. They give special attention to the many pseudoscientific claims made for external Qigong and uncover a good deal of deception practiced by charlatans in the name of medicine. Exposed are such alleged Qigong practices as: clairvoyance, telepathy, weightlessness, energy discharge, energy-impregnated language (Qigong prescriptions), and much more.

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