Using Tai Chi and Qigong to Treat Cancer Symptoms


Author: McGee, Robert W.

Affiliation: Fayetteville State University
Conference/Journal: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research
Date published: 2022
Other:
 Volume ID: 45   ,  Issue ID: 2   ,  Pages: 36333-36336   ,  Special Notes: https://biomedres.us/pdfs/BJSTR.MS.ID.007180.pdf and https://doi.org/10.26717/BJSTR.2022.45.007180. BJSTR. MS.ID.007180.   ,  Word Count: 125  
    Qigong has been a tool in the Traditional Chinese Medicine [TCM] toolbox

for thousands of years. Tai chi is another related tool that is of more recent origin.

Although these two types of moving meditation-type exercises have been widely

known and used in China and other parts of Asia, they have become more popular as

supplementary therapies for a wide range of ailments in the west only more recently.

The present article reviews the results of the application of tai chi and qigong to the

treatment of cancer patients. Several studies have found that the addition of tai chi or

qigong to the treatment of cancer can result in significant improvement in the areas of

depression, fatigue, sleep quality, anxiety, and overall quality of life.