Relation Between Physiological Change and Breathing in Qigong

Author: Hirokazu YOSHIDA, Chao LIU, Yoshio MACHI
Conference/Journal: Journal of International Society of Life Information Science (ISLIS)?
Date published: September 2006
Other: Volume ID: 24 , Issue ID: 2 , Word Count: 65


Abstract: We considered the relation between breathing in qigong and change in autonomous never activity by correlating the change in autonomous nerve activity with the movement of the abdomen and chest while breathing. We found that the autonomous nerves become predominantly sympathetic when the chest contracts. In the case of vomiting, sympathetic nerves are activated and the autonomous nerves replace parasympathetic predominance by absorbing breath