Author: Minegishi Y 1//Watanabe T 1//Kobayashi T 2//Yamaguchi S 3//Yuzo Higuchi Y 4
Affiliation: Kokushikan Kokushikan (Tokyo, Japan) [1]//Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine (Tokyo, Japan) [2]//Hujisawa City Health & Medical Center (Kanagawa, Japan) [3]//Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan) [4]
Conference/Journal: J Intl Soc Life Info Science
Date published: 1998
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Volume ID: 16 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 42-45 , Word Count: 86
The purpose of this study is to measure the endocrine responses caused by 'wujijinggong' training which is one kind of health-qigong. Blood sample were taken three times, right before and after the qigong training and 30 min later. In the trained group the concentrations of noradrenaline, serotonin and beta-endorphin increased significantly. On the other hand in the untrained group the measured hormone concentrations did not show any significant change. These results suggested that wujijinggong might have an effect on both physical conditions and mentality in the trained.