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Qigong－Powerful Self-healing Traditional Chinese Remedy

2009-2-4 11:05:00

The history of Chinese Qigong commences in the mists of prehistory. While Qigong has strong roots into philosophical ground, the practical healing and stress management applications are the most popular aspects of the tradition in China today. Both the health and spiritual applications are rapidly gaining popularity in the West as people find that disease and stress are relieved by peace of mind.

Qigong is one of the four pillars of traditional Chinese medicine, and is the one that can be most easily self-initiated. Qigong is the mother of Chinese self healing. Patients who use Qigong faithfully need less medication, less acupuncture and heal faster.

The Chinese believe that the primary mechanism stimulated by the practice of Qigong is a spontaneous balancing and enhancing of the natural healing resources in the human system. Over thousands of years, millions of people have benefited from these practices for its profound healing benefits. It increases the delivery of oxygen to the tissues. It enhances the elimination of waste products as well as the transportation of immune cells through the lymph system. Qigong is one of the most powerful self healing remedies ever developed in human history.