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Chinese Medical Qigong

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Chinese Medcal Qigong is an excellent source for any serious Qigong practicioner. It is not a 'how to' guide. Instead, it brings together a wealth of ancient Qigong traditions and modern clinical practices with proven scientific research. Not a good book for beginners, unless you are serious about reading over 6oo pages with very little visual images to assist your imagination.

Not enough drawings or photos to explain the movements...
Not enough exemples of forms... Major style of Qigong are not represented : Wudang, Yi Zhi Chan, Sui Xui Jing, Emei and so on...
Not enough exemples of treatment are presented (Only twenty specific diseases !)
Not enough consideration on Qigong theories (San bao - eight extra meridans etc...)
Ressemble too much at a comiplation work of modern Qigong.

A big book without enought food for the mind

Chinese Medical Qigong is a great overview of the history and present practices in the medical qigong field. For the general public, it gives a lot of information from the Chinese government perspective on the subject of qigong, and therefore quite useful in that manner.

Its weakness is that it does not give enough in depth information about each practice for a practitioner to use as a clinical reference guide when practicing a form or treating patients. The book attempts to be a textbook with curriculum in the area of medical qigong, contrasting and comparing qigong forms at the end of each section. Again, this information is very superficial and limiting. It is a good beginning, and a book to recommend to someone who may have no idea of what qigong is - for the practitioner - it is another among the collection.

Here are some reviews and endorsements from the back of the book:

"Chinese Medical Qigong is the definitive work on this ancient medical system for the English-speaking world. It is an important addition to our understanding of the contribution of Chinese culture, tradition, and science to the art of healing." -- Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words and The Power of Premonitions

"This is a long needed and must read book about the history, science, and practice of Chinese Medical Qigong. Clearly written, comprehensive, and visionary in scope." ---Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery, The University of Arizona, and author of The Energy Healing Experiments

"Chinese Medical Qigong is one of the most comprehensive English texts to be published on this subject to date. An important reference for anyone interested in medical Qigong." ---Adam Perlman, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., Endowed Professor of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

"This volume is an unparalleled presentation of current theory, research and practice in medical Qigong in China today. It will appeal to anyone interested in use of Qigong to promote health and wellness." --- Donald D. Davis, Ph.D., Old Dominion University, VA, and Tidewater Tai Chi Center

"This is an important book, one that has the potential to bring Qigong into the clinical and research limelight in the U.S. so that this wonderful and ancient healing practice can be better understood scientifically. The history, concepts, and practical applications of Qigong are presented thoroughly and systematically. The book illuminates not only Qigong, but also sheds light on all of traditional Chinese medicine and deserves a wide readership among clinicians, researchers, acupuncturists, and all others working the field of integrative medicine." --- Elizabeth R. Mackenzie, Ph.D., Lecturer in History and Sociology of Science, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

An authoritative work. Well documented and cross referenced. Anyone involved with Medical Qigong or energy medicine should study it and have it as a reference work. If you are new to Qigong it will be a bit overwhelming. It is for those who are already attuned to this practice. I recommend it highly for the serious student.

Chinese Medical QiGong is an academic book on Chinese Medical QiGong useful for readers with an academic interest in QiGong but useless to those readers interested in the practice of Medical QiGong.

I bought this book thinking that it will be an authoritative book on QiGong that would set the record right on Medical QiGong. But it turned out to be an academic, detached, and vague book that casts more shadow than light. It is a wordy assay on QiGong that lacks the necessary pictures to illustrate the Practical QiGong Methods.

Difficult to understand how so many people took part in such a vague and poorly illustrated book.