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Article: The Path to a Tranquil Mind.(qigong)
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- Newsweek International
- Article date:
- November 17, 2003
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Just off Beijing's main shopping street, Wangfujing, patients with every imaginable malady line up to see qigong doctors in the Hall of the Tranquil Mind clinic. Director Zhang Xiaotong first became a believer in the spiritual art after he was immobilized by three slipped discs. When a qigong doctor tapped on acupuncture points on Zhang's arms and legs to free up the flow of qi, or bioenergy, his pain subsided. "Qigong masters can't explain it. Modern science can't explain it," says Zhang. "Only Chinese medical theory can explain qigong's curative powers."
That theory holds that circulating qi energy through the body can not only restore health but also slow or ...
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