Incorporating Baduanjin into a Western Medical Practice: A Study in Artificial Intelligence and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)


Author: McGee, RW

Affiliation: Fayetteville State University, USA
Conference/Journal: Biomed J Sci & Tech Res
Date published: 2024 Apr 16
Other:
 Volume ID: 56   ,  Issue ID: 1   ,  Pages: 47739-47744   ,  Special Notes: DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2024.56.008802   ,  Word Count: 184  
    The present study provides a brief discussion of baduanjin, a set of qigong exercises that have been in use

by Chinese medical practitioners for many generations, then proceeds to use Microsoft Copilot, an artificial

intelligence chatbot, to show medical practitioners and researchers how artificial intelligence may be used to

conduct medical research. The instruction given was to summarize some studies that have been conducted on

the use of baduanjin in medical research, and to provide references. Copilot provided summaries of five recent

studies as well as citations and links to those studies. The study concluded that using artificial intelligence to

conduct medical research can be a useful tool, at least at the preliminary stages of research. It can provide a

good starting point and can help researchers find some relevant information. However, using AI, at this stage

of development at least, should not be the only step in a research project, but can be a good first step. PubMed

and other databases should continue to be used to obtain more complete information.



Keywords: Baduanjin; Tai Chi; Qigong; Traditional Chinese Medicine; TCM; Artificial Intelligence; Copilot