Medical applications of qigong and emitted qi on humans, animals, cell cultures & plants: review of selected scientific research

In the past few years, many studies have been conducted to investigate the scientific basis of Chinese qigong and emitted qi and to document their medical benefits. Most of this information has been generated in China and puablished in Chinese. for the benefit of Western scientists and medical practitioners, we discuss selected scientific reports pertaining to the effects of qigong exercise and emitted qi that were presented at two international conferences held in 1990. The reports document the medical benefits of qigong exercise and some of the significant changes produced when qigong practitioners or 'masters' emit qi to living systems: humans, animals, cell cultures and plants. The research described in these reports appears to have followed satisfactory scientific protocal.