Case One
Du, female, aged 6, came for the first visit on August 22, 1979. Complaints The patient complainted of vomiting of watery yellowish undigested food in frequent spells more than 10 in a day for five days, chest stuffiness, bitter mouth, dry throat, vomiting after drinking water, listlessness and fidgets. Gentamicin, and antiemetic drugs failed to take any effect. Examination The abdomen was soft, liver impalpable, the centre of the palms and soles hot, throat congested and neck feeble. The...
Characteristics
1 Treating Diseases by Regulating Qi of the patient This is the main feature of outgoing qi therapy. A therapist cures the illnesses just by emitting his internal qi to the patient to regulate the patient's qi activities. It is believed that the disorder of the human body is mainly due to two factors-. failure of the vital-qi vital energy and exuberance of the evil-qi pathogenic factor .The former includes insufficiency asthenia , disorder or stagnation of vital-qi while the latter refers to...
Impotence
Impotence is usually caused by masturbation in adolescence or intemperance in sexual life. Anxiety which impairs the reproductive essence, and constraint, depression and kidney impairment by fright may also give rise to it. The main symptoms are failure of normal penis erection, or quick ejaculation at sexual impulse. These symptoms may be accompanied by lassitude in the loins and legs, dizziness, vertigo and listlessness and hypomnesis. In severe cases, the disease may last for years. Flat...
Insufficiency of the Lung and Kidney Yin
The main symptoms are dyspnea, shortness of breath, dry 312 throat and mouth, dry cough or cough with little expectoration, hectic fever, night sweating, reddish tongue with, no coating and rapid, thready pulse. In some patients, there may be hemoptysis and hoarseness. Flat-palm detection may reveal dense and sluggish qi at the chest and the upper and lower abdomen. 1 Conduct digital press-kneading first on Dingchuan Extra , Tiantu Ren 22 , Shanzhong Ren 17 , Guanyuan Ren 4 and Feishu UB 13 . 2...
Fengchi GB
Location-. Lateral to Fengfu Du 16 , in the triangle depression between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the trapezius muscle. Indication-. Migraine, occiput pain, vertigo, neck stiffness and pain, apoplexy, exopathy, and pain in the back. Application-. Also called Refu, it is a point of Gallbladder Channel of FootShaoyang and a converging point of the Sanjiao Channel of Hand-Shaoyang, the Gallbladder Channel of Foot-Shaoyang, the Yangwei Channel and the Yangqiao Channel. Located at the back...
Indications
Outgoing-qi therapy is a special curative method of regulation of the organism of the patient with qi and strength. As the viscera, tissues and life activities of the human body are all related to qi, qi is the first to be regulated whenever functional or organic disorders of the organism occur. This lengthens the scope of indications to a certain extent, though the nature of qi and its mechanism of action await for further research. Based on clinical experimental studies in China, a conclusion...
DragonMouth Longxian Shi
Hand. Gesture-. The four fingers or only the middle and index fingers are close to each other with the thumb separated and facing them Fig. 6-8 . Fig. 6 8 Dragon-mouth Hand Gesture Essentials-. The four fingers should be stretched naturally and the thumb should be separated naturally from them and set facing them or only facing the index and middle finger as if a dragon keeping a ball in its mouth. The intensity of qi and force between the thumb and the four fingers is regulated by the gentle...
Qi Gong E 12vc Zhongwan
Location-. 4 cun superior to the umbilicus. Indication-. Stomachache, abdominal distention, acid regurgitation, vomiting, diarrhoea, dysentery, jaundice and asthenia of the spleen and stomach. Application-. Its synonyms are Taicang, Weiwan, and Zhongji. As a point of the Ren Channel, it serves as a converging place of the Ren Channel and the Channels of Hand-Taiyang, Hand-Shaoyang, and Foot-Yangming, as a Front-mu point related to the stomach and as the converging point of the fu-organs. With...
Dysmenorrhea
As one of the common gynecological diseases, dysmenorrhea is mainly due to stagnation of qi and stasis of blood caused either by mental stress such as anxiety and anger or by cold evil affection. It may be classified into two types-deficiency type 1. Dysmenorrhea of Execess Type Patients with dysmenorrhea of excess type have the symptoms of pain in the lower abdomen prior to menstruation or constant pain in the lower abdomin, interior heat, dry mouth, dark violet menstrual blood, advanced...
Emission of QutgoingQi Waiqi Yxg
1 Press-knead Tianzhu UB 10 and the Urinary Bladder Channel on the two sides of the neck, then press-knead Fengchi GB 20 , Fengfu Du 16 , Jianzhongshu SI 15 , Jianwaishu SI 4 , Quchi LI 11 and Hegu LI 4 , to open through the points and dredge the channels and collaterals. 2 With flat-palm hand gesture and pushing, pulling and leading manipulations, emit qi towards the painful area on the neck, guide the channel qi to flow downward along the Urinary Bladder Channel and also guide it to flow to...
The Five Elements Wu Xing
The doctrine of the Five Elements was originated in the old days when people took the five substances of wood, tire, earth,metal and water as representatives to explain the attribution of things and the relationship between them. Zhang Jiebin of the Ming Dynasty 1368 1644 expounded the relationship between yin yang and the Five Elements in his Lei Jing Tu Yi -Wu Xing Tong Lun Illustrated Supplementary to the Classified Cannon - General Conclusion of the Five Elements , stating The Five Elements...
Methods of Practice of Static Qigong
1. Be in a proper posture, relax all over and get rid of distractions. Imagine that the turbid qi within the body is expelled through the mouth,nose and pores all over the body along with exhaling.After three times' exhaling,get the upper and lower teeth tapping each other 36 times, then move the tongue within the mouth and swallow the saliva three times, imagining that the clear qi of Heaven and Earth comes together with the saliva down to Dantian to nourish the whole body. 2. Regulate the...
Being Relaxed and Tranquil Naturally
Relaxation, a principle in qigong exercise, means both physical and mental, for only when one is relaxed mentally can he be so physically. However, relaxation here does not mean slackness or inattentiveness,but means relaxation with attentiveness, relaxation with tension and tension without rigidity, dominated by the conscious mind. Tranquil here means to keep a serene mind during qigong exercise. Tranquillity is relative, there exists no absolute tranquillity. The so called falling into...
Coordinating Will and Qi Vital Energy
The coordination of will and qi, as the term implies, means that in qigong exercise, will should follow qi and vice versa. The practitioner should not put undue emphasis on exerting will to guide qi, which usually leads to forced gentle, fine, even and long breathing other than that acquired naturally through correct practice nor should he force unnecessarily abdominal respiration which leads him to buldge his belly and throw out his chest on purpose,losing naturalness. Another deviation can be...
Birdbeak Quezui Shi
Hand Gesture-. The thumb is stretched and set opposite to the index, the middle, the ring or the small fingers to form a. shape of an open bird beak Fig. 6-9 . Essentials-. The thumb is stretched to face any one of the other four fingers as if a bird holding food in its mouth, with the rest three straight, whose tension and relaxation can regulate the degree of tension between the thumb and the opposite finger. Application-. The five fingers match with the Five Elements and the five viscera,...
Section Five Qigong Deviations
Deviations of qigong refer to the adverse reactions of qigong exercise which make the practitioner uncomfortable and uncontrollable. Such reactions are physically and mentally harmful. They may even lead to confinement of the practitioner to bed or mental disorders. So the qigong therapist should attach great importance to such deviations by providing timely instructions and proper treatment. From our experiences in rectifying deviations in 68 cases 53 cured, 10 improved and 5 with no effect ,...
The Heart
The heart is attributed to south-fire and regarded as the Red Emperor, which pertains to Li in the Eight Diagrams. It is rosefinch in image, suspending inverted lotus stamen in shape, Bing-Ding of the Heavenly Stems and Si-Wu of the Earthly Branches. The heart is located in the centre of the chest to the left, coated by the pericardium, and is interior-exteriorly related to the small intestine. It controls blood circulation, stores the spirit, and takes charge of perspiration. The tongue is the...
Yunmen LU
Location-. 6 cun lateral to the thoracic midline, inferior to the lateral end of the clavicle, 1 cun above Zhongfu LU 1 . Indication-. Cough, dyspnea, pain in the chest, shoulder and back, and hot sensation in the cheSt Location In the middle of the cubital crease, at the radial side of the tendon of brachial biceps. Indication-. Contracting pain in the elbow and arm, cough with dyspnea, fullness in the chest and hypochondrium and infantile convulsion. Location-. Superior to the styloid process...
The TwelveForm SinewTransforming Exercise YijinJing
Sinew-transforming exercise Yijin Jing is one of the set of dynamic qigong exercises. Here it is taken as the foundamental exercise for guiding and emitting qi in outgoing-qi therapy. Literally, yi means transform, jin means sinew and jing means method. As the term implies, sinew- transforming exercise is the method to train the h tendons and muscles. The exercise is designed according to the course and the characteristics of qi circulation in the Twelve Regular Channels and the Du and Ren...
The spleen
The spleen is attributed to earth of the Five Elements, Kun-Gen of the Eight Diagrams, Wu-Ji of the Heavenly Stems and Chou, Chen, Wei and Xu of the Earthly Branches. It is sickle shaped, connecting with the stomach by way of the membrane. Its main functions are transporting, distributing and transforming nutrients,transporting nutrients or qi upwards,and controlling blood circulation and the activities of the extremities and muscles. Lips reflect the condition of the spleen. The mouth is the...
The Relationship between Man and Nature
The concept of holism regarding the universe and the human being as one has its special emphasis on the relationship between the human being and nature. According to the ancients,the concrete incarnation of holism is correspondence between man and universe and the relationship between the human body and the natural environment. When we say correspondence between man and universe, we mean that the life activitity of the human being is closely related to nature. Su Wen - Yin Yang Ying Xiang Da...
Zusanli St
Location-. 3 cun inferior to the lateral depression of the knee. Indication-. Stomachache, abdominal distention, vomiting, dysphagia, edema, constipation, and pain in the waist, knee and leg. Application-. Also called Xialing and Guixie, it belongs to the Stomach Channel of Foot Yangming, serving as a converging point at the lower part of the channel. Emitting qi to this point together with guiding qi can help regulate the stomach and intestines, facilitate qi to relieve distention, dissipate...
Self Qigong Exercise as Accessory Treatment 1
1 The Exercise of Rubbing the Chest and Uttering Si Moxiong Sizi Gong Take the standing or upright sitting pos- ture. Tap the u per and lower teeth against each other 36 times while stiring the saliva with the tongue. Swallow the saliva 3 times during the tapping and sent it mentally down to the lung and to the skin and hair and lastly to Dantian. Then push with the flat- palms on the respective sides of the chest and inhale slowly. Utter si during exhaling with the two hands rubbing the chest...
Patting
Pat with the palm fingers stretched on the disordered re- 264 gion, or along the channels, or on the points. Make a hollow fist and beat with its back or other aspects on the disordered region, or along the channels, or on the points. Press on the disordered region or along the channels or on the points with the tip of the thumb or the palm, or the joint of the bent thumb or index finger. Push and stroke with one palm or both palms along the channels or on the points or the affected area.
Form Nine The Green Dragon Stretching Out Paws
The green dragon stretches its paws, With the left one following the right. The paws roll and tumble along the hypochondrium, 196 The right braves the wind forward, And the left cloud gateis exposed. Qi is fixed in the shoulders and back, And the waist and abdomen twist. While uttering xugently, The breath is regulated And the movements of dragon and tiger are imitated. Proceed from the last stance. Withdraw the left foot back to stand with feet shoulder width apart. Turn the left palm to face...
Sinusitis
The nose is the orifice of the lung. Invasion of pathogenic wind-cold into the lung brings about accumulation of heat and obstruction of the lung-qi, which further impair the purifying and descending function of the lung. The pathogenic evil may then come into the air passage and accumulate in the nose, giving rise to sinusitis. Sinusitis is manifested by constant yellowish and foul nasal discharge and impairment of smell, accompanied with cough, dull pain in the sinciput, rapid pulse, reddened...
Guanyuan Ren
Location- 3 cun inferior to the umbilicus. .Indication-. Deficiency of vital-qi, abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, enuresis, diabetes and vertigo. Application-. With many synonyms such as Dantian, Dahai, Jinglu, Liji, Dazhongji and Huangzhiyuan, Guanyuan is a point of the Ren Channel, a Front-mu point related to the small intestine, a converging point of the Three Yin Channels of Foot and the Ren Channel, afid a place where qi of Sanjiao three warmers generates. Qihai is considered as...
The Motion Law of Yin and Yang
1 The Opposition and Interdependence of Yin and Yang Yin and yang are not only opposite but also interdependent, without the other, neither can exist. The saying Without yang, yin can not grow while without yin, yang can not develop, or Yang can by no means work without yin and yin can never live without yang fully explains the relationship between yin and yang in terms of interdependence and interconnection. 2 The Waning and Waxing of Yin and Yang Yin and yang are by no means in a state of...
The Application of the Five Elements in Outgoingqi Therapy
1 In Explanation of Physiology and Pathology The law of generation and restriction may be used to explain the inter- generating and inter-restricting relationship between the internal organs. For instance, the vital essence of the kidney water nourishes the liver wood . The heat of the heart fire warms the spleen earth . On the other hand, the origination of diseases of the human body is the result of the breakdown of the normal equilibrium of generation, restriction, subjugation and reverse...
Form Two Carrying A MonsterVanquishing Pole Across on the Shoulders
Set the mind quiet, the breath even, And the eyes and mouth widely open as if stunned. Proceed from the last stance. Turn both palms slowly into yin palms palms facing the ground and move them sideways respectively to form a straight parallel line. Simultaneously, lift the heels slightly to stand on tiptoe when skilled one may touch the ground with only the big toes . Concentrate the mind and look fixedly ahead, with the chest drawn in and the back strainghtened, abdomen contracted and buttocks...
Posture
Posture in qigong is also called regulation of the body or adjustment of posture. It is especially important for the beginners of static or dynamic qigong to have a good command of proper posturization. Four postures may be assumed in qigong exercise-sitting, lying, standing and walking. Static qigong usually requires a sitting,lying or standing posture while dynamic qigong often needs the standing and walking. The formal training of outgoing qi therapy often needs a strict posture however, the...
Tinnitus and Deafness
The diseases are most commonly caused by stagnation of qi of the Shaoyang Channels due to adverse rising of the liver wind-fire induced by violent rage and terror, by obstruction of the orifices on the head due to exopathic wind affection, or by failure of the kidney essence to reach the ears due to kidney deficiency. Sudden deafness or distending pain in the ear with noise as chirping. Adverse rising of liver wind-fire or gallbladder wind-fire is often manifested as flushed face, dry mouth,...
Biguan St
Location-. On the line between the anterior-superior iliac spine and the lateral border of the patella, at the level of the gluteal groove. Indication-. Pain in the waist and legs, numbness and flaccidity of the lower limbs with contracture and spasm of muscles with stiffness and difficulty in extension and flexion. Location-. 6 cun above the superolateral border of the patella. Indication-. Cold and numbness of the knee with pain lower limbparalysis. Location-. 2 cun above the superolateral...
Symptoms Ovc
The patient may note unduly rapid heart beat accompanied, in case of deficiency of heart-energy, with pallor, rest- less sleep at night, dizziness and vertigo, light red tongue prop- gt er and thready, feeble pulse in case of internal disturbance of phlegm-fire, with fidgets, dreaminess, yellow tongue coating and slippery, rapid pulse and in case of fluid retention, with epigastric stuffiness, dizziness, salivation, mental fatigue, white tongue coating and taut, slippery pulse. Flat-palm...
lEmission of OutgoingqiWaiqi
1 With the patient in a sitting posture, press and knead the points Pishu UB 20 , Weishu UB 21 , Ganshu UB 18 , Danshu UB 19 , and Dannang Extra, a point of tenderness 2. cun below the point Yanglingquan, GB 34 . Stress is laid on the points of the right side. 2 Emit qi towards the gallbladder area of the front side for 24 respiratory cycles with the flat-palm hand gesture and pushing, pulling, quivering and leading manipulations. Then pulling and leading manipulations should be used to guide...
Effect of Qigong Outgoingqi on the Tensityf the Oddi s Sphincter of Rabbit
A number of reports on the curative effect of outgoing-qi waiqi in clinical treatment of diseases of the liver and gallbladder system have proved that outgoing-qi is quite effective for treatment of chronic cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, especially for relieving symptoms and allaying pain. This indicates that outgoing-qi can improve the functional status of the Oddi' s sphincter. So in our study, electromyogram of the smooth muscles of Oddi' s sphincter is taken as an indicator for...
Section Three The Time and Direction for Training Qi and The Points for
The training of qi should be adapted to nature. The qigong exercises to be practised should be selected according to the season or even to the month or the date, and to the physical conditions of the individuals. The time of exercise is determined on the basis of the time of advance and retreat of yin and yang. Su Wen - Si Qi Tiao Shen Da Lun Plain Questions - Treatise on Regulation of Vitality in Four Seasons emphasizes the principle of nourishing yang in spring and summer and replen ishing...
Vertigo
Several factors contribute to the syndrome.- hyperactivity of the liver-yang aused by failure of water kidney to nourish wood liver due to insufficiency of the kidney-yin insufficiency of qi and blood in the heart and spleen leading to deficiency of the marrow reservior and stagnation of phlegm-dampness caused by deficiency of the spleen and the stomach which fail to transport. The syndrome is characterized by severe dizziness and vertigo, blurred vision and nausea, accompanied with soreness of...
Stagnation of Qi and Stasis of Blood 1
1 Emission of Outgoing-Qi Waiqi In accordance with corresponding channel point selection, select certain points in and around the location where qi stagnation and blood stasis exist. Rub, press and knead the points along the channel. Then emit qi with flat-palm hand gesture and pushing, pulling and quivering manipulations so as to activate the channel qi. Then guide the channel qi to flow along the channels to dredge them. 2 Daoyin Massage Based on Symptoms Depression sensation on the head may...
FiveThunderFingers Wuleizhi Shi
Hand Gesture-. The four fingers are bent to the centre of the palm and the thumb is bent and rested on the nails of the in the palm. This kind of qi-guid- t ing-gathering skill should be practised constantly. Application-. The hand gesture was used to guide and gather qi before emitting it onto the magic figures left in ancient times. On emitting qi, the practitioner should exhale and suddenly stretch the five fingers to form a flat-palm, a spreading-claw or a dragon-mouth hand gesture, or he...
DoubleNine Yang Exercise
This exercise is often practised on the basis of Sinew transforming Exercise. The practitioner shakes his body in a spring vibration like a pile being struck down in a certain posture and with proper breathing and mind concentration to make qi in Dantian rippling and get it to circulate throughout the body. The exercise is to build up the physique and to activate the vitality of qi. It is the foundamental skill for outgoing-qi therapy with vibrating, quivering and fixing manipulations and other...
Cough Du to Internal Injury
The phlegm dampness type is manifested by cough with abundant white and sticky phlegm, stuffiness in the chest, white greasy tongue coating and soft, slippery pulse, while that due to invasion of the lung by the liver-fire manifested by choking cough due to adverse flow of qi, flushed complexion, dry throat, hypochondriac pain due to cough, thin yellow tongue coating with little fluid and rapid, wiry pulse. Flat-palm detection reveals dense, obstructed and tingling and distending sensation of...
Yin and Yang
The doctrine of yin negative and yang positive is a summarization of the opposition of all things. Neijing - Yin Yang Ying Xiang Da Lun Canon of Internal Medicine - On Conclusions of Correspondence of Yin and Yang says, Yin yang is the law of the universe, the principle governing all things, the parents of changes, and the origin of life and death . Generally speaking, all that are hyperfunctional, exciting, hot, dynamic, strong, bright, invisible, light, upward, outward, clear and the like,...
OneFingerMeditation Yizhichan Shi
Hand Gesture-. The index finger is stretched, the middle, ring and small bent naturally, the thumb bent and put gently on the middle and ring fingers Fig. 6-3 . Essentials-. With the index finger stretched, qi is gathered 'between the middle and ring fingers. The emission of outgoing-qi from the index finger is regulated by the force produced by the pressure of the thumb and the propping out of the middle and ring fingers. Application-. One finger meditation is the main hand gesture for...
Shaohai H
Location-. In the depression at the ulnar end of the transversal cubital crease which appears when the elbow is bent. Indication-. Precordial pain, pain in the axillary and hypochondriac region, epilepsy and scrofula. Application-. Shaohai is the He Sea point, or the con verging point of the Channels of Hand-Shaoyin. Emitting outgoing qi toward it together with guiding qi can help dredge the channels and collaterals, regulate the blood vessels and resolve phlegm to calm the heart. Clinically it...
Cough Due to Internal Iiyury
Apart from lesions of the lung itself,it is often involved in diseases of other internal organs. For instance, dysfunction of the spleen in transport may result in damp phlegm accumulation and obstruction of the lung-qi stagnation of the liver qi may cause the liver fire to attack the lung hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency of the liver and spleen may also involve the lung. All this may result in failure of the lung to perform its purifying and descending function, and the reversed...
The Direction for Training Qi
Su Wen - Ci Fa Lun Plain Questions On Acupuncture states that Those with lingering kidney disorder can face south during the Yin period quietly with no distractions. Because the Yin period pertains to the spring wood and relates to the liver, training of qi during this period, i.e., the early spring period when the Shaoyang Channels are vigorous, will render the exuberant wood liver to control earth spleen to prevent earth from inter restraining water kidney , which enables water kidney to...
Renzhong Du
Location-. At the junction of the upper one third and lower two-thirds of the midline of the nasolabial groove. Indication-. Infantile convulsion, facial hemiparalysis, coma and dizzmess.Extrachannel Points Location-. In the middle of the eyebrow. Indication-. Congestion of the eye with pain, blepharoptosis and facial hemiparalysis. Location-. On the midpoint of the line joining Fengchi G B 20 and Yiming Extra . Indication-. Insomnia, headache, vertigo, palpitation, deafness and hypertension....
Myoelectrographic Observation of the Influence of OutgoingQi on the Oddi s
There have been abundant reports on clinical application of outgoing-qi to treatment of cholelithiasis. However, no facts had been mentioned about the actual effect of outgoing-qi on the needles and its acting mechanism. This study was done with rabbit. The choledochus of the rabbit was obstructed artificially, then filiform needles 3 cun long were inserted into the two Zusanli points St 36 and outgoing-qi was emitted toward the needles. The control group was given no needling and emission of...
Form Five Pulling Nine Oxen by Tails
The front leg is a bow and the back an arrow The lower abdomen is filled with qi as if hollow. The strength is directed to the two arms, As if seizing something with the palms, And the eyes look inwardly at the hand they follow. Proceed from the last stance. Take the right hand off the right Yaoyan Extra , drop it slightly, turn it naturally into yin palm and thrust it forward until it is up to shoulder level. Then bring the fingers together to form a spreading-claw gesture with the wrist bent...