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

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