The Healing Art of QI Gong: Ancient Wisdom from a Modern Master

by Hong Liu, Paul Perry

Overview

Dr. Liu describes how he risked his life under the Communist regime in China to study Qi Gong and meet secretly with a master who lived in a mountain cave above Shanghai.

If there is one concept that comes up in all forms of Chinese medicine it is that of Qi, or vital energy. Qi is the very backbone of the Chinese healing arts. It refers to the energy of the universe that is channeled from nature and runs through all of us. To have Qi is to be alive, while to have none is to be dead.

Qi Gong relies on the manipulation of this vital energy, and Qi Gong masters can see this energy. This book explores the basics of Qi Gong to create a guide for greater health, the Chinese way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446555104
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	12/21/2008
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Hong Liu, known to most as "Master Hong" has been a Grandmaster of Qi Gong (the highest attainable level of training) for the last 35 years. While he first began his healing studies in Western medicine in Shanghai, China, Master Hong discovered that there was so much more to healing than what he had learned in school. Therefore he trained with three of China's most well known and powerful Qi Gong masters. Prior to his arrival in the United States, his clients included high-ranking Chinese officials, the Chinese Olympic Swimming and Diving teams and Asia's biggest celebrities.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	xi
Part I	Becoming a Master	1
1	The Master	3
2	The Pinnacle of Qi	19
3	Gong Fu	37
4	The Chosen	55
5	Qi Gong, M.D.	71
6	The Mission	85
Part II	Studies in Healing	101
7	The Practice of Qi Gong	103
8	The Golden Eight Exercises	121
9	AIDS	149
10	Allergies	165
11	Arthritis	177
12	Prostate Cancer	193
13	Headaches	213
14	Hypertension	225
15	Stress and Depression	241
16	Stroke	255
17	Weight Loss	267
	Afterword	281
	Resources	285
	References	287
	About the Author	293

Editorial Reviews

Liu is a Chinese physician and Qi Gong master who believes that he was chosen to bring Eastern and Western systems of medicine together into a complementary whole. Now practicing traditional therapies in California, Liu tells his story with the help of Perry, who coauthored the best-selling Saved by the Light (Wheeler, 1991; Random, 1994. reprint) with Dannion Brinkley. Partly biological, partly philosophical, and partly prescriptive, the book is written in the first person, which gives it a casual feel. The somewhat overly long first half describes Liu's quest to become a Qi Gong master. The second half is a more clinical description of the Qi Gong process, which uses a patient's own energy fields to achieve a state of "radiant health," or wellness, with a regimen of diet, exercise, and herbal remedies assisting in the process. Liu illustrates his method with case studies and includes recipes for healing foods. Qi Gong may seem odd to Western sensibilities, but Liu is careful to point out that it should be undertaken in conjunction with standard medical treatments and with the knowledge of a physician. Recommended for libraries with a large alternative medicine collection or where demand is high.-Betty Braaksma, Thunder Bay P.L., Ontario

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