The “Wang Ti Nei Ching” or “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine” is the earliest known text on Medical Qigong. It is believed to have been written during the reign of Emperor Huang Ti between 2697 B.C. and 2596 B.C. Medical Qigong was developed to help people stay healthy without herbs or needles (acupuncture), etc. Medical Qigong is a way of affecting and directing Qi for medical benefit using movements, breathing, sound and visualisation. Although medical qigong practice predates Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it is considered a modality of TCM because TCM doctors commonly use it to treat patients, and the two share similar principles.
Medical Qigong consists of specific techniques that use the knowledge of the body’s internal and external Qi to purge, energise, and balance the internal Qi flow for self-healing and treating others
Medical Qigong has gained popularity in recent years. It has been used to treat a wide range of physical and emotional ailments. In China and other countries like the USA, Medical Qigong is used as a complementary therapy for cancer.