Chinese Medical Qigong

Tianjun Liu, Kevin Chen

Singing Dragon, Oct 15, 2010 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 672 pages

Qigong is one of the most important aspects of traditional Chinese culture and medicine. In recent years, Qigong therapy has attracted more and more attention from modern medicine and science and is now widely applied in clinical settings to treat illness and promote well-being.

Chinese Medical Qigong is the first English translation of the only official textbook of medical Qigong, now in its third edition, used in colleges and universities of traditional Chinese medicine in China. Correlating the traditional therapies of Qigong with the most recent outcomes of modern scientific research, it is the authoritative introduction to the knowledge system and content of Qigong study.

This textbook will be an essential tool for medical students and healthcare professionals working in complementary and alternative therapies as well as for all those seeking a better understanding of the beneficial medical applications of Qigong.

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Contents

• INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH EDITION: 2
• General Introduction: 12
• PART I FUNDAMENTAL THEORIES: 30
• PART II PRACTICAL METHODS AND SKILLS: 170
• PART III CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: 328
• PART IV CLASSICAL QIGONG LITE: 514
• POSTSCRIPT TO THE ENGLISH EDITION: 604
• GLOSSARY OF KEY QIGONG TERMS: 607
• BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CLASSIC CHINESE QIGONG WORKS: 625
• A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF THE DYNASTIES IN THE HISTORY OF CH: 635
• SUBJECT INDEX: 636
• AUTHOR INDEX: 652
• back cover: 658

About the author

Tianjun Liu, O.M.D., is Director of the Qigong research laboratory at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine where he has taught Qigong for more than twenty years. He is also secretary general of the National Qigong Education and Study Association, secretary general of China Academic Society of Medical Qigong, and the first government approved academic mentor for Ph.D. candidates in the field of medical Qigong in China. For the past decade, Dr. Liu has been Editor in Chief of Qigong Study in Chinese Medicine, the only official Qigong textbook used in universities and colleges of traditional Chinese medicine in China.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Chinese Medical Qigong
• Editors: Tianjun Liu, Kevin Chen
• Contributor: Tianjuan Liu
• Publisher: Singing Dragon, 2010
• ISBN: 0857010174, 9780857010179
• Length: 672 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Healing / Energy (Qigong, Reiki, Polarity); Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine