eCAM Advance Access originally published online on October 23, 2006
eCAM 2006 3(4):551-552; doi:10.1093/ecam/nel074
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What Is Qi?
Level 5, 39 Liverpool Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
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At a conference of practitioners and scholars of Chinese Medicine held in Australia recently, it was reported that China has, in recent decades, spent an inordinate amount of resources on experiments to determine the existence and nature of Qi. The nub of the report was that China is easing up on this research. The veracity of the claim that these experiments are slowing down for lack of concrete breakthroughs is not confirmed in this article. The quest to define Qi continues, with there being no breakthroughs that we know of.
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Qi as Subtle Energy? |
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Whether someone in China or anywhere has the Holy Grail hidden from view I cannot say, but in the report by Ohnishi, it is claimed that the effects of Qi (called Ki in Japan) energy can be
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Qi Pregnant with Possibility |
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Qi as a Manifestation of Self-Cultivation |
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For reprints and all correspondence: James Flowers, Level 5, 39 Liverpool Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia. Tel: +61-2-92835525; Fax: +61-2-92830395; E-mail: jamesflowers@iprimus.com.au
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