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Qigong is a unique health-promoting system created by the Chinese people to adjust them to the social, historical and cultural environments in which they live. What makes qigong different from other systems of physical training is the use of the mind to regulate the performance of the various organs in the body, to bring about harmony between the mind and the body, and to promote general health and longevity.
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A native of Huaihua County, Hunan Province, Yang Qiyuan was born in December 1962 and graduated from the Shanghai Physical Culture Institute with a B.A. degree in education.
After working as a teacher for eight years he became interested in the life science. He began to learn qigong and wushu
Qigoing is a unique health-promoting system created by the Chinese people to adjust them to the social, historical and cultural environments in which they live. What makes qigong different from other systems of physical training is the use of the mind to regulated the perfomance of the various organs in the body, to bring about a high degree of harmony between the mind and the body, and to promote their all-round improvement in the interest of health and longevity.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part One An overview of qigong
Chapter I A concise history of qigong
Chapter II The development of yuanbao qigong
Chapter III The concept of qigoing
Part Two The theoretical basis and health care principle of yuanbao qigong
Chapter I The health care principle of yuanbao qigong
1 Reinforcement of one's psychological health and its effect of the physiological condition
2 On health care in the initial stage of qigoing exercises
Chapter II Essence, qi, vitality and the theory of yin-yang
1 Essence, qi, vitality and qigong exercises
2The theory of the yin-yang of yuanbao qigong
Chatper III The theory of meridians and commonly-used acupoints
Chapter IV The theory of zang-fu organs
1 Physiology of the five zang organs and their applications to yuanbao qigong
2 Physiology of the six fu organs and their application to yuanbao qigong
Part Three Yuanbao qigong system
Chapter I Yuanbao qigong system for health-maintenance
1 Yuanbao qigong for fitness (Yuanbao qiang zhuang gong)
2 Yuanbao high-energy cosmos qigong
3 Yuanbao qigong for reinforcing the kidney (Yuanbao shen shui zhuang gong)
4 Moving yuanbao qigong (Yuanbao shen xing gong)
5 Yuanbao qigong causing increased beauty of the skin (Yuanbao yu jiao gong)
6 Yuanbao qigong for good vision (Yuanbao ming mu gong)
Chapter II Yuanbao hard qigong
1 Yuanbao iron somatic training (Yuanbao jin jia tie shen gong)
2 Yin-yang hands (Yin yang zhang)
Chapter III Yuanbao Qigong forms for intelligence development
1 Twelve daoyin forms (Dao yin shi er shi)
2 Meditation in yuanbao qigong (Shen jing gong)
Chatper IV Rudimentary knowledge of yuanbao qigong
1 Important points in the practice of qigong
2 Methods to correct the deviational aberrations in the practice of yuanbao qigong
3 Questions and answers about the training
Part Four Yuanbao qigong rehabilitative system
Chapter I The medical scope of yuanbao qigong
Chpater II Routine treatments by yuanbo qigong
1 Introduction
2 Treating methods of yuanbao qigong
Chapter III Indications and applications of yuanbao qigong to cases
Appendix I Students' experiences in learning yuanbao qigong
Bibliography
After working as a teacher for eight years he became interested in the life science. He began to learn qigong and wushu
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(martial arts) when he was a boy. Later after learning boxing techniques from Professor Zhang Lide, the great master of Northern Chinese Boxing, he went on to pioneer the intergration of tradiional qigong and Chinese boxing. Since 1980 he has been working on the popularization and study of qigoing and, for over the past decade, he as helped to cultivate a good number of qigong, wushu and Chinese boxing masters. Furthermore, he has achieved great success in the areas of medical qigong and health care. He is presently a research fellow in the Qigong Research Department of the Chinese Wushu Administration Center, where he is in charge of qigong and wushu research, as well as systematization and administration. His writing incudes The General Physical Culture, Essentials of the Best Chinese Boxing Techniques, and other books.Qigoing is a unique health-promoting system created by the Chinese people to adjust them to the social, historical and cultural environments in which they live. What makes qigong different from other systems of physical training is the use of the mind to regulated the perfomance of the various organs in the body, to bring about a high degree of harmony between the mind and the body, and to promote their all-round improvement in the interest of health and longevity.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part One An overview of qigong
Chapter I A concise history of qigong
Chapter II The development of yuanbao qigong
Chapter III The concept of qigoing
Part Two The theoretical basis and health care principle of yuanbao qigong
Chapter I The health care principle of yuanbao qigong
1 Reinforcement of one's psychological health and its effect of the physiological condition
2 On health care in the initial stage of qigoing exercises
Chapter II Essence, qi, vitality and the theory of yin-yang
1 Essence, qi, vitality and qigong exercises
2The theory of the yin-yang of yuanbao qigong
Chatper III The theory of meridians and commonly-used acupoints
Chapter IV The theory of zang-fu organs
1 Physiology of the five zang organs and their applications to yuanbao qigong
2 Physiology of the six fu organs and their application to yuanbao qigong
Part Three Yuanbao qigong system
Chapter I Yuanbao qigong system for health-maintenance
1 Yuanbao qigong for fitness (Yuanbao qiang zhuang gong)
2 Yuanbao high-energy cosmos qigong
3 Yuanbao qigong for reinforcing the kidney (Yuanbao shen shui zhuang gong)
4 Moving yuanbao qigong (Yuanbao shen xing gong)
5 Yuanbao qigong causing increased beauty of the skin (Yuanbao yu jiao gong)
6 Yuanbao qigong for good vision (Yuanbao ming mu gong)
Chapter II Yuanbao hard qigong
1 Yuanbao iron somatic training (Yuanbao jin jia tie shen gong)
2 Yin-yang hands (Yin yang zhang)
Chapter III Yuanbao Qigong forms for intelligence development
1 Twelve daoyin forms (Dao yin shi er shi)
2 Meditation in yuanbao qigong (Shen jing gong)
Chatper IV Rudimentary knowledge of yuanbao qigong
1 Important points in the practice of qigong
2 Methods to correct the deviational aberrations in the practice of yuanbao qigong
3 Questions and answers about the training
Part Four Yuanbao qigong rehabilitative system
Chapter I The medical scope of yuanbao qigong
Chpater II Routine treatments by yuanbo qigong
1 Introduction
2 Treating methods of yuanbao qigong
Chapter III Indications and applications of yuanbao qigong to cases
Appendix I Students' experiences in learning yuanbao qigong
Bibliography
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ISBN
780005392X / 9787800053924
Publication
New World Press Beijing