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Article: Qigong for cancer: self-healing practice.
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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Qigong (pronounced Chee Gung) has been said to be one of the most powerful healing traditions ever developed in human history. It is China's 3000-4000 year-old system of self-healing, which integrates simple focused movements or Qigong allows one to cultivate this energy for health maintenance, healing, and postures, breath, and mental intention to balance and unify body, mind, and spirit. Based on the concept of Chi--internal energy--the life force--practicing increased vitality. By strengthening the mind-body connection, Qigong can influence the course of chronic disease. (1) Millions of people in China practice Qigong every day to help relieve a range of maladies such ...
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