Chinese medical Qigong therapy: A comprehensive clinical guide

1074 Pages·2000·70.98 MB·English

by  Jerry Alan Johnson

CHINESE MEDICAL
QIGONG THERAPY:
A COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL TEXT
JERRY ALAN JOHNSON, PH.D., D.T.C.M., D.M.Q. (CHINA)
EDITED BY
JAMPA MACKENZIE STEWART, D.O.M., L.Ac.
AND
MADELEINE H. HOWELL, M.F.T., M.Q.T.
First published in May 2000 by:
The International Institute of Medical Qigong
P.O. Box 52144
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
U.S.A.
© 2000Jerry Alan Johnson, PhD., D.T.eM., D.M.Q. (China)
All rights reserved under the International and Pan-American copyright conventions. No part of
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ISBN# 1-885246-08-0
Printed in the United States of America.
Disclaimer:
Qigong medicine is not intended to replace orthodox medicine, but rather to complement it. The
meditations, practices, techniques and prescriptions described herein are powerful and may be too
mentally and physically demanding for some people. The readers should therefore use their own
discretion and consult a doctor of Medical Qigong therapy, an acupuncturist, medical doctor, or men-
tal health professional before engaging in these exercises and meditations. The author, the Interna-
tional Institute of Medical Qigong, and the publishers are neither liable or responsible to any person
or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly by
reading or following the instructions for any condition, or interpreting information provided in this
text. The treatments mentioned in this book are not meant to be used as symptomatic prescriptions.
The treatment of specific organs, channels, channel points, and prescriptions must always be selected
based on the thorough understanding of the origin of the patient's disease. If an ailment is severe, or
if symptoms persist, please consult a medical professional immediately.
Throughout the text I will refer the doctor to prescribe herbs for certain conditions along with
Medical Qigong therapy. All Medical Qigong prescriptions, exercises and "homework" assigned to
patients in Section X "Treatment of Internal Diseases with Qi Emission Therapy" and Section XI"Spe-
cialized Qi Emission Therapy for Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Neurology, Psychology, Oncol-
ogy, and Surgery" should also be included with herbal prescriptions, as well as the regulation of the
patient's diet and living environment. Herbal prescriptions will vary according to the patient's consti-
tution, condition and specific illness, and must be treated accordingly only by a doctor or herbalists
qualified to prescribe Chinese medical herbs.
Throughout the text I have used the term doctor when referring to professional practitioners who
use energetic medicine to treat patients. The word"doctor" means "to teach". I believe that the fore-
most duty of any doctor of medicine (Western or Chinese) should be as educator, to teach his or her
patients knowledge and skills for the prevention and treatment of disease and injury. Currently, the
official title, Doctor ofMedical Qigong Therapy is only licensed and used in China.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FORWARD XXIII
PREFACE XXXI
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXXV
INTRODUCTION XXXVII
SECTION I
FOUNDATIONS OF CHINESE ENERGETIC MEDICINE 1
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL QIGONG 3
THE FIVE DOMINIONS OF ENERGY 3
DEFINING THE ENERGY OF YIN AND YANG 5
UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF QI 5
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF QIGONG 5
MEDICAL QIGONG DEFINED 6
MEDICAL QIGONG TRAINING IN CHINA 7
MEDICAL QIGONG TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES 8
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AND MEDICAL QIGONG THERAPy 14
ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY 15
HERBAL THERAPY 18
CHINESE MASSAGE THERAPY 19
MEDICAL QIGONG THERAPY 22
CHAPTER 2 ENERGETIC FORMATION OF THE HUMAN BODy 25
ENERGETIC EMBRYOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................• . . . . . . • . • . • •• •• . • . . • . . . • . 25
ENERGY, MATTER, AND SPIRITUAL INTERACTIONS 26
UNDERSTANDING FETAL TOXINS ...........................................................••• •• •• . • . • . • . . . . • . • . • •• •• •• . . . . . . • . • . • . • 26
DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCE 27
THE TEN LUNAR MONTHS OF CREATION 29
POSTNATAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ........................................................• . . . . . . • . • •• •• •• . • . . . . • . • . • . • . . . •• •• •• 41
ENERGETIC EMBRYOLOGICAL OVERVIEW 41
THE ETERNAL SOUL 42
SUMMARY 51
CHAPTER 3 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURAL FORMATION 53
FASCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY FLOW 53
YIN AND YANG STRUCTURAL FORMATION 53
THE YIN AND YANG OF BODY ASPECTS 55
THE FIVE ELEMENTS ................................................................................................................... • . 56
CONGENITAL CONSTITUTIONS 57
CLASSIFICATION OF THE FIVE CONSTITUTIONS 57
THE WOOD CONSTITUTION 58
THE FIRE CONSTITUTION 60
THE EARTH CONSTITUTION 61
THE METAL CONSTITUTION 62
THE WATER CONSTITUTION 63
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COMBINED CONSTITUTIONS 64
PERSONALITY CONSTITUTIONS OF THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS 65
THE YAO IMAGE AND PHYSICAL ANATOMY 66
IDENTIFYING INTROVERTED AND EXTROVERTED STRUCTURES 71
CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED CELLULAR PATTERNS 73
SUMMARY 73
CHAPTER 4 THE FIVE ENERGIES OF THE HUMAN BODy 7S
SOUND ENERGY RESONANCES 75
LIGHT ENERGY 77
MAGNETIC ENERGy 82
GENERATED HEAT 84
ELECTRICITY 86
CHAPTER S THE THREE DANTIANS AND THE TAUI POLE 89
THE THREE DANTIANS 89
THE LOWER FIELD OF ELIXIR 90
THE MIDDLE FIELD OF ELIXIR 95
THE UPPER FIELD OF ELIXIR 98
THE FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE THREE DANTIANS 102
THE DANTIAN'S YIN AND YANG ENERGETIC CHAMBERS 104
THE DOCTOR'S PROJECTED AURA FIELDS 105
THE TAUI POLE 105
THE TWELVE GATES OF THE CHAKRA SYSTEM 109
TAKING PRECAUTIONS 115
THE TWELVE EARTHLY BRANCHES AND THE TWELVE CHAKRA GATES 115
CHAPTER 6 THE TWELVE PRIMARY CHANNELS AND ORGANS , '7
INTRODUCTION 117
CLASSIFICATION OF CHANNELS 118
THE CHANNELS' RELATIONSHIP TO QI AND BLOOD 121
FUNCTION OF THE CHANNELS 122
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CHANNEL FLOW 122
ORGAN AND CHANNEL FUNDAMENTALS 123
THE GALL BLADDER CHANNELS 124
THE LIVER CHANNELS 126
THE LUNG CHANNELS 128
THE LARGE INTESTINE CHANNELS 130
THE STOMACH CHANNELS 132
THE SPLEEN CHANNELS 134
THE HEART CHANNELS 136
THE SMALL INTESTINE CHANNELS 138
THE BLADDER CHANNELS 140
THE KIDNEY CHANNELS 142
THE PERICARDIUM CHANNELS 145
THE TRIPLE BURNER CHANNELS 147
UNDERSTANDING CHANNEL PATHOLOGY 151
CHAPTER 7 THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS AND COLLATERALS , SS
THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS 155
THE FUNCTION OF THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS 155
THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS AND MEDICAL QIGONG THERAPy 157
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CLINICAL USE OF THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS 157
ENERGETIC FUNCTIONS OF THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS 158
THE GOVERNING AND CONCEPTION VESSELS 158
THE GOVERNING VESSEL OR Du VESSEL 159
THE CONCEPTION VESSEL OR REN VESSEL 162
THE THRUSTING VESSELS AND THE BELT VESSELS 164
THE BELT VESSEL OR DAI VESSEL 166
THE YIN AND YANG HEEL VESSELS OR QIAO VESSELS 168
THE YIN HEEL VESSELS 168
THE YANG HEEL VESSELS 169
THE YIN AND YANG LINKING VESSELS OR WEI VESSELS 171
THE YIN LINKING VESSEL 171
THE YANG LINKING VESSELS 172
SUMMARY OF EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSEL PATHOLOGy 173
THE FIFTEEN MA.JOR COLLATERALS (CONNECTING VESSELS) 175
THE TWELVE DIVERGENT CHANNELS 180
THE TWELVE MUSCLEITENDON CHANNELS 186
THE TWELVE SKIN ZONES 197
THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF THE TWELVE SKIN ZONES 197
CHANNEL AND COLLATERAL THERAPY 200
CONTROLLING QI EXTENSION THROUGH THE CHANNELS 201
CHAPTER B THE BODY'S ENERGETIC POINTS 203
INTRODUCTION TO ENERGETIC POINTS 203
THE FOUR WAYS POINTS ARE FORMED 203
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ACUPOINTS 203
THE FOUR CATEGORIES OF ENERGETIC POINTS 204
THE TwO GATES OF ENERGETIC POINTS 204
THE, THREE FUNCTIONS OF ENERGETIC POINTS 205
POINT NAMES 207
CLASSIFICATION OF ENERGETIC POINTS 207
SUMMARY OF POINTS 212
CHAPTER 9 THE EXTRAORDINARY YANG ORGANS 215
THE UTERUS 215
THE BRAIN 217
THE GALL BLADDER 218
THE MARROW 218
THE BONES 218
THE BLOOD VESSELS 221
SECTION II
THE THREE OUTER FORCES: HEAVEN, EARTH Be MAN •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 223
CHAPTER 10 INTRODUCTION TO THE THREE OUTER FORCES 225
THE NATURAL POWER OF THE THREE OUTER FORCES 225
THE THREE OUTER FORCE'S NINE TREASURES 225
THE THREE OUTER FORCES AND CHINESE ALCHEMy 225
HEAVENLY QI 226
EARTHLY QI 228
MAN'S QI 229
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CHAPTER II THE THREE TREASURES OF HEAVEN: SUN, MOON, AND STARS 231
DEFINING HEAVEN QI 231
INFLUENCES OF HEAVENLY QI ON THE HUMAN BODy 232
BODY RHYTHMS AND ENERGETIC PATTERNS 232
CYCLES OF THE SUN 234
THE TWELVE PI HEXAGRAMS 234
THE FOUR PRINCIPAL TIME PERIODS OF QIGONG PRACTICE 236
THE FOUR SEASONAL PEAK TRANSITIONS 237
THE SIX PRINCIPAL SEASONS OF TRANSITION 239
THE DAILY QI, BLOOD, AND HEAT CYCLE 239
GATHERING THE SUN'S ESSENCE MEDITATION .......................................................................••• •• 240
CYCLES OF THE MOON 242
PRENATAL EIGHT TRIGRAMS AND THE MOON 244
CHOOSING THE PROPER DIRECTION FOR TRAINING QI 244
CYCLES OF THE STARS 248
EARTHLY BRANCHES, HEAVENLY STEMS, AND NINE PALACES 254
SUMMARY 255
CHAPTER 12 THE THREE TREASURES OF EARTH:EARTH, WATER, AND WIND 259
INTRODUCTION TO THE THREE TREASURES OF EARTH 259
GATHERING ENERGY FROM THE EARTH'S ENERGETIC FIELDS 260
TECHNIQUES FOR CULTIVATING EARTH QI 260
GATHERING QI FROM TREES, BUSHES, AND FLOWERS 261
GATHERING QI FROM MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, AND DESERTS 263
GATHERING QI FROM OCEANS, LAKES, AND STREAMS 263
GATHERING QI FROM THE SIX DIRECTIONS 264
ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR TRAINING EARTH QI 265
THE EARTHLY TREASURE OF FOOD 266
UNDERSTANDING THE YIN OR YANG ASPECT OF FOOD 266
UNDERSTANDING THE YIN OR YANG ASPECT OF HERBS 266
ENERGY, FOOD, AND DIET 267
USING THE FIVE FLAVORS OF FOOD 268
GUIDELINES FOR THE FIVE ELEMENTAL TASTES ...................................................................•••• ••• 270
OVERVIEW OF THE FIVE ELEMENTAL TASTES 271
SUMMARY 271
CHAPTER 13 THE THREE TREASURES OF MAN: JING, QI, AND SHEN 273
PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL .lING, QI, AND SHEN TRANSFORMATIONS 274
JING: ESSENCE OF LIFE 276
THE YIN AND YANG ASPECTS OF .lING 276
PRENATAL .lING 276
POSTNATAL .lING 277
THE INTERACTION OF PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL .lING 277
QI: VITAL LIFE-FORCE ENERGY 278
EIGHTEEN CLASSIFICATIONS OF QI 279
THE SIX FUNCTIONS OF QI 281
QI AND ENERGETIC MEDICINE 283
QI AND THE BODY'S ENERGETIC STRUCTURE 283
SHEN: THE SPIRIT OF LIFE 290
SHENGONG SCHOOLS OF MEDITATIONS AND TRAINING 290
PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL SHEN •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 291
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THE FIVE SPIRITUAL ASPECTS AND YIN ORGAN COMPONENTS OF SHEN 291
THE LIVER STORES THE ESSENCE SPIRIT "HUN" 292
THE HEART STORES THE ESSENCE SPIRIT "SHEN" 295
THE SPLEEN STORES THE ESSENCE SPIRIT "YI" 296
THE LUNGS STORE THE ESSENCE SPIRIT "PO" 296
THE KIDNEYS STORE THE ESSENCE SPIRIT "ZHI" 298
THE FIVE YIN ORGAN CULTIVATION OF SHEN 298
SHENGONG CULTIVATION METHODS 300
THE SIX TRANSPORTATION'S OF SHEN 301
THE EIGHT SUPERNATURAL POWERS 304
SOUL PROJECTION, SPIRIT PROJECTION AND ENERGY PROJECTION 306
SECTION III
DAO VI N TRAINING ..••...•••.•••..••••••••••••••••.••..••..••..••..••..••..•.••••••••••••••.••..•• 311
CHAPTER 14 INTRODUCTION To DAO YIN TRAINING 313
STATIC QIGONG TRAINING 314
DYNAMIC QIGONG TRAINING 314
PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG IN DAO YIN TRAINING 314
THREE FOUNDATIONAL METHODS OF DAO YIN TRAINING 315
CHAPTER 15 POSTURAL DAO YIN TRAINING 317
STATIC POSTURE DAO YIN TRAINING 317
CHOOSING THE PROPER POSTURE 318
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY POSTURES 318
THE EIGHTEEN RULES OF PROPER MEDICAL QIGONG STRUCTURE 321
DYNAMIC POSTURE DAO YIN TRAINING 330
USING THE ENERGY OF THE HANDS TO LEAD QI 332
MEDICAL QIGONG WALKING THERAPY 334
WALKING COMBINED WITH COLOR THERAPy 338
WALKING COMBINED WITH SOUND THERAPy 338
THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF MEDICAL QIGONG WALKING THERAPy 338
THREE STEPPING METHODS USED TO TREAT CANCER 342
ENDING AND CLOSING THE WALKING THERAPy 344
CHAPTER 16 RESPIRATORY DAO YIN 349
THE PURPOSE OF RESPIRATORY DAO YIN 349
THE ROLE OF THE LUNGS IN QI CULTIVATION 349
DEEP INHALATION AND EXHALATION BREATHING METHODS 349
SEVEN DAO YIN BREATHING TECHNIQUES 350
RESPIRATORY GUIDING AND REGULATING 353
RESPIRATORY TONIFICATION AND PURGING METHODS 354
BASIC ESSENTIALS OF RESPIRATORY TRAINING 354
BREATHING PATTERNS FOR COLLECTING AND REGULATING QI 355
THE FOUR PROGRESSIVE STAGES OF RESPIRATION 356
DURATION TIME FOR RESPIRATION THERAPy 357
EMOTIONAL EFFECTS ON BREATHING PATTERNS 357
RESPIRATORY DAO YIN CANCER PRESCRIPTIONS 357
CHAPTER 17 MENTAL DAO YIN TRAINING 359
INTRODUCTION 359
THE PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL MIND 360
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BENIGN AND MALIGNANT THOUGHT PATTERNS 361
THE IMPORTANCE OF MIND CONCENTRATION 361
REGULATING THE MIND 362
THE THREE CATEGORIES OF MENTAL CONCENTRATION 363
ESSENTIALS OF TRAINING MIND CONCENTRATION 364
CONCENTRATIVE MEDITATION AND INSIGHT MEDITATION 365
THE THREE STAGES OF MENTAL TRANQUILITY 366
THE THREE PROCESSES OF THE MIND 366
CREATING THE BRIDGE OF LIGHT 367
REPROGRAMMING THE MIND To HEAL 369
USING THE IMAGINATION 369
TWELVE STAGES TO TRANSCEND AND TRANSFORM 370
SUMMARY 374
SECTION IV
QI DEVIATIONS IN QIGONG TRAINING ••••••••.•••..••••••••••••••••••...•••••••••••••••••. 375
CHAPTER 18 INTRODUCTION To QI DEVIATIONS 377
THE MAIN CAUSES OF QI DEVIATIONS 377
CORRECTING QI DEVIATIONS 379
SHEN DISTURBANCES AND EMOTIONAL DYSFUNCTIONS 386
UNCONTROLLABLE MUSCLE DEVIATIONS 391
RECTIFYING QI DEVIATIONS USING TAUI RULER 391
CHAPTER 19 DISORDERS AND DEVIATIONS OF THE SOUL AND SPIRIT 393
INTRODUCTION TO SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS 393
EVIL STATES AND MENTAL DELUSIONS 395
PROJECTED SPIRIT DEMONS FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND 397
ACTUAL ENCOUNTERS WITH SPIRIT DEMONS 397
OVERVIEW 399
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER (DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER) 400
SOUL RETRIEVAL AND MEDICAL QIGONG THERAPy 401
WOUNDING AND CLOSING THE SPIRIT 403
HEALING THE SPIRIT 405
EMOTIONAL REBIRTHING PATTERNS 406
SOUL RETRIEVAL MEDITATION 406
THE DOOR TO THE CHAMBER OF MEMORIES 411
FINDING THE LIFE PURPOSE 411
SECTION V
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ENERGETIC PRINCIPLES 413
CHAPTER 20 INTRODUCTION To DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 415
DIAGNOSIS IN ENERGETIC MEDICINE 415
ETIOLOGY IN MEDICAL QIGONG THERAPY 415
THE GROWTH AND PEAK CYCLES OF JING, QI AND SHEN 416
DISORDERS OF THE HUMAN BODY 417
THE DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMES 419
THE CATEGORIZATION OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS 420
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE PATIENT 420
UNDERSTANDING THE THEORY OF ENERGETIC COUNTERACTION 422
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CHAPTER 21 DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING TO THE EIGHT ENERGETIC PRINCIPLES 423
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PATHOGENIC FACTORS 423
HOT AND COLD 428
EXCESS AND DEFICIENT 430
YIN AND YANG THEORY 431
DIAGNOSING YIN AND YANG IN THE BODY 432
SIGNS OF YIN AND YANG 435
YIN AND YANG CATEGORIZATION OF TRAINING 436
PULSE DIAGNOSIS OF THE EIGHT ENERGETIC PRINCIPLES 436
PULSE QUALITIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS 437
THE CLASSICAL PULSE DIAGNOSTIC POSITIONS AND DEPTH 438
OVERVIEW 439
CHAPTER 22 DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING TO QI, BLOOD, AND BODY FLUID DYSFUNCTIONS 441
INTRODUCTION 441
DISORDERS OF THE QI 441
LEAKAGE AND LoSS OF QI 442
EXCESS QI DISORDERS 444
QI STAGNATION DISORDERS 444
REBELLIOUS QI DISORDERS 445
TURBID QI 445
RECTIFYING QI DISORDERS 446
DISORDERS OF THE BLOOD 447
DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD 447
THREE DISORDERS OF BODY FLUIDS 448
TYPES OF PHLEGM 450
CHAPTER 23 DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING TO THE FIVE-ELEMENT THEORIES 451
INTRODUCTION TO THE FIVE ELEMENTS 451
THE FIVE ELEMENTS AND YIN AND YANG THEORY 451
THE CREATIVE OR GENERATIVE CYCLE 453
THE CONTROLLING OR RESTRICTIVE CYCLE 453
THE INVADING OR OVERACTING CYCLE 454
THE INSULTING OR COUNTERACTING CYCLE 455
THE FIVE ELEMENTAL TONIFICATION CYCLE 456
FIVE YIN ENERGETIC ORGAN MANIFESTATIONS 456
CHAPTER 24 OTHER DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES 459
DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING TO THE SIX STAGES 459
DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING TO THE FOUR LEVELS 460
DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING TO THE TRIPLE BURNERS 462
CHAPTER 25 CLINICAL EXAMINATION AND DIAGNOSIS 465
SENSORY, INTUITIVE AND PERCEPTUAL DIAGNOSIS 465
SENSORY DIAGNOSIS 465
CLINICAL INTAKE, EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION 465
EXAMINATION FOR DIAGNOSIS 467
DEVISING A TREATMENT PRINCIPLE 468
TREATMENT STRATEGY 468
TREATMENT 469
AFTER THE TREATMENT 469
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