THE FIRST WORLD MEDICAL QIGONG CONFERENCE

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• Document Release Date: May 15, 2000
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• Publication Date: April 28, 1992
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TITLE:
THE FIRST WORLD MEDICAL QIGONG CONFERENCE
AUTHOR:
HETING, GAO
DOC REF:
CHINA PICTORIAL (CPCTA), 89, NR 2, 24-25
INF CTY;
PEOPLES
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH); FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
GERMANY
(GY)
INF LOC;
BEIJING
INF DATE:
89
COSATI:
BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (06)
CLASSIF:
UNCLASSIFIED
RELEASE;
NONE (XX1
JOINTLY SPONSORED BY CHINA, JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, ITALY, FRANCE,
AUSTRALIA AND SINGAPORE, THE FIRST WORLD CONFERENCE FOR .ACADEMIC
EXCHANGES IN MEDICAL QIGONG WAS CONVENED IN BEIJING LAST OCTOBER.
MORE THAN 600 SCHOLARS FROM 19 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED, AND THEY
SUBMITTED TO THE CONFERENCE SEVERAL HUNDRED RESEARCH PAPERS ON THE
BIOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FUNCTIONS OF QIGONG, ITS CLINICAL
EFFECTS AND TRADITIONAL THEORIES. AT THE CONFERENCE,. NEW
INSTRUMENTS FOR QIGONG THERAPY WERE ALSO DISPLAYED, THE CONVENING
OF THE CONFERENCE SHOWED THAT MEDICAL QIGONG HAS AROUSED POPULAR
INTEREST WORLDWIDE. QIGONG HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS
IN CHINA. IT HAS LONG BEEN USED FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS AND THE
TREATMENT OF SOME ILLNESSES WITH MARVELOUS RESULTS. SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH REVEALS .THAT QI (VITAL ENERGY) IS A REFINED SUBSTANCE OF
ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, SOUND .AND LIGHT. THE ART OF DIRECTING QI,
THROUGH CONCENTRATION, TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE' BODY CAN PROMOTE
PHYSIOLOGICAL WELL BEING, REGULATE METABOLISM AND ENHANCE IMMUNITY,
THUS SLOWING DOWN THE SPEED OF AGING AND PROLONGING LTFE.
PERSON:- HETING, GAO
PROTITLE: PRESIDENT
PERS CTY: USSR (UR)
PFN INFORMATIQN:. PART 002
RELATES: GISELA HILDENBRAND IS A MEMBER OF BONN UNIV.
PERSON: HILDENBRAND, GISELA
PROTITLE: DOCTOR, SCIENTIST
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PERS CTY: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,(GY)
FACILITY: BONN UNIV
FACL CTY: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (GY)
PFN INFORMATION: PART 003
FACILITY: QIGONG RESEARCH INST
SUPERIOR: BEIJING MILITARY COMMAND
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FSUBORD: FACILITY SUBORDINATION DATA
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