40 cases of coronary heart disease treated by qi operating method and its mechanism 


Author: Li Shaobo//Chen Zhongning

Affiliation: Ganshu College of TCM//Hebei Agriculture Bank's Training School 
Conference/Journal: 3rd World Conf Acad Exch Med Qigong
Date published: 1996
Other:
  Pages: 134   ,  Special Notes: Some tables are only in Chinese abstracts.   ,  Word Count: 147  
    The average age of the patients was 65 years old.  There were 14 men and 26 women. 5 cases had suffered myocardiac infarction and 35 cases insufficient blood supply. After qigong exercises, the obstruction in the Du Meridian was removed in 35 patients, amounting to 87.5%.  Others practiced the 3-4 step qigong. Each patient had practiced qigong for 500 hours.  According to ECG and symptoms, 18 cases turned to normal, 19 cases had marked effectiveness and 3 cases had no change.  The first two accounted for 80%.

                       Change after qigong exercises 
                
case          ECG(normal)   Much improv. Improved     No change
40            18            14           5            3
              45%           35%          12.5%        7.5%


                              Symptom condition 
              
Loss          Relief        No change    Total        %
suffocating   10            4            0            14          100%
feeling
angina        8             3            0            11          '
pectoris
arrhythmia    9             5            0            14          '
palpitation   9             3            0            12          '
dizziness     3             0            0            3           '
insomnia      2             6            0            8           '
numbness of
limbs         1             1            0            2           '
profuse       2             0            0            2           '
sweating
hydroperi-    1             0            0            1           '
cardium
nocturia      1             2            0            3           '
abiotrophy    2             1            0            3           '
shock         1             0            0            1           '
total         49            25           0            74          100%

After qigong exercises, 71% patients had an obvious change in T-wave and  ST segment towards almost normal level.  In some cases, other diseases disappeared.