Practical Chinese Qigong for Home Health Care

Introduces 13 kinds of practical home health care Qigong and Qigong therapies for 68 common and/or unusual diseases. A patient can practice Qigong alone to improve physical functions, strengthen physique and rid the body of diseases, who can be at home, a park, a courtyard, and just about everywhere.

Title: Practical Chinese Qigong for Home Health Care
Compiled by Jin Ce, Ju Zhanggui, Jin Zhenghua
Translated by Li Peijin, Li Guangli
Published by Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1996
Hardcover, 10.25 inch x 7.25 inch, 233 pages
ISBN 7119000705

There are two ways to cure diseases using Qigong: the first is for a Qigong master to send external qi to patients; however, this kind of Qigong master is very rare. Also, curing disease by external qi greatly consumes a Qigong master's strength, thereby preventing him from meeting the needs of a great many people. The Second is a self-treatment method. A patient can practice Qigong alone to improve physical functions, strengthen physique and rid the body of diseases. The Qigong introduced in this book belongs to the latter method. The book is called Practical Chinese Qigong for Home Health Care in order to emphasize that practice of these Qigong movements do not require a special location. They can be at home, a park, a courtyard, and just about everywhere. The Qigong therapies introduced in this book are characterized by easy and practical learning and practice. One can master them even without the instruction of a teacher. Qigong therapies introduced in this book are suitable for all Qigong enthusiasts who wish to be face of diseases, and enjoy a healthy body and a long life.

It introduces 13 kinds of practical home health care Qigong and Qigong therapies for 68 common and/or unusual diseases. Also provided are examples of typical cases. In addition, this book provides information on Qigong massage for natural beauty.

Contents

1. Introduction to Qigong
   • What Is Qigong
   • The Effects of Qigong
   • The Essentials of Qigong Practice
   • Matters Needing Attention
   • Correcting Deviations from the Path of Qigong
2. Practical Qigong for Home Health Care
   • Quiescent Sitting Health Cultivation Exercise
   • Relaxed and Quiescent Recumbent Exercise
   • Standing Straight Like a Stake Cultivation Exercise
   • Morning Walking Exercise
   • Health Cultivation Massage
   • Ear Massage to Strength Health
   • Longevity Exercise
   • Eight Pieces of Brocade Exercise
   • Sinew-transforming Exercise
   • The Buddha's Guardians' Exercise
   • The Five Animals Frolic
   • Harmonization Exercise
   • Taiji Qigong
3. Qigong Therapy for Some Common Diseases and Serious Diseases
   The Common Cold, Neurasthenia, Insomnia, Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema, Tuberculosis, Bronchial Asthma, Pneumosilicosis, Bronchiectasic Disease, Pneumothorax, Virus Pneumonia, Chronic Gastritis, Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer, Gastroptosia, Volvulus of Stomach, Chronic Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Cholelithiasis, Intestinal Adhesion, Diarrhea, Constipation, Proctoptosis, Hemorrhoids, Hypotension, Hypertension, Cerebral Arteriosclerosis, Apoplexy Sequelae, Coronary Heart Disease, Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Myocarditis, Primary Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Diaphragm Convulsion, Acromelic Arteriospasm, Hysteria, Facial Nerve Paralysis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cervical Spondylopathy, Stiff Neck, Scapulohumeral Periarthritis, Tennis Elbow, Myotenositis of Common Extensor Muscle of the Fingers, Prolapse of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc, Acute Lumbar Sprain, Sciatica, Osteophyte, Angitis, Peripheral Neuritis, Chronic Nephritis, Sexual Impotence, Diabetes Mellitus, Prostatomegaly, Varicocele, Alopecia Areata, Vitiligo, Chronic Pelvic Inflammation, Metroptosis, Menopausal Syndrome, Dysmenorrhea, Menstrual Disorder, Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding, Myopia, Senile Cataracts, Senile Cataracts, Glaucoma, Electric Ophthalmia, Meniere's Syndrome, Laryngopharyngitis, Chronic Rhinopathy, Chronic Tympanitis
4. The Accessory Therapeutic Method of Qigong for Carcinosis
   Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Pulmonary Carcinoma, Esophagus Carcinoma, Stomach Carcinoma, Hepatic Carcinoma, Breast Cancer, Cervical Carcinoma, Malignant Lymphoma, Osteosarcoma
5. Jingluo and Qigong Point Massage
   • The Distribution of Jingluo and Its Functions
   • The Commonly Used Qigong Point Massage
     • Using Qigong to Make the Face More Beautiful
     • Using Qigong to Make the Neck More Beautiful
     • Exercises for Female Beauty
     • Slimming for Females
     • Body-shaping Exercises
     • Eliminating Fat in the Waist
     • Correction of Humpback
     • Elimination of Double Chins
     • Exercises for Puerperal Restoration
6. Qigong Massage for Natural Beauty