A CLINICAL STUDY OF QIGONG REHABILITATIVE THERAPY FOR DIABETES 


Author: Zhang Jing//Lin Zhongpeng

Affiliation: All-China Qigong Academy, Beijing
Conference/Journal: 3rd World Conf Acad Exch Med Qigong
Date published: 1996
Other:
  Pages: 128   ,  Special Notes: Some tables are only in Chinese abstracts.   ,  Word Count: 243  
    1. General data

(1) Subjects: Male: 6, female: 10 FBS>=7.77 mmol/L (GOD-PAD method); maximum: 17.89m mol/L. 

Diabetes diagnosed and controlled. 

Average age: 59.3

over 60 : 8 cases

Disease course: 2-25 years;

average: 7.87 years

(2) Normal range of FBS: 4.22-6.11m mol/L.   IPI: 5-22m In/L

(3) Evaluation method: Pase as the chief indicator of recovery from diabetes  

2. Qigong exercises: Six forms of qigong exercises for diabetes

Six times a day, lasting for 15, 3010,10,15 and 30 min.  respectively; 1-4 forms were done in the morning and 5-6 forms were done in the evening, 21 days making a course.  

3. Result

(1) FBS was decreased in the first course



One course of treatment 



item            before qigong   after qigong    t               p

                exercises       exercises

FBS(mmol/L)    7.627±2.306     5.138±0.986     6.11            <0.001

                

F insulin level and correlate pase (n=12) in the first course 

                

item            before qigong   after qigong    pase

                exercises       exercise

IBI(mIn/L)      17.69           23.27           1.13

FBS(mmol/L)      7.627           5.138

                

Insulin level and correlate pase (n=10) in one-year qigong exercises 

                

item            before qigong   after qigong    pase

                exercise        exercise

IRI(mIu/L)      16.10           14.61           1.402

FBS(mmol/L)      8.55            6.72            



Discussion: 

1. Practice proves that qigong exercises can help to decrease the level of blood sugar and relieve complications, G. P. T. of 3 cases returned to normal after 3 course of treatment.   

2. One course of treatment only increased the secretion of serum insulin and did not change the bio-activity of insulin.  After one year's exercises, the bio-activity of insulin was increased. It suggests that short-term qigong exercises do not make diabetes recover, and long term exercises may have a radical cure.