Effect of external Qi, a Chinese alternative medicine, on an electroencephalogram and the autonomic nervous system - Difference between suggestion effect and external Qi effect

We measured the effect of external Qi by an electroencephalogram (EEG) and the autonomic nervous system (ANS) with a stricter protocol for excluding the effect of suggestion on the subjects. Three experiments of external Qi emission were performed as follows: (Experiment 1) The changes in the EEGs of 10 subjects were measured with and any without suggestion; (Experiment 2) Changes in the fluctuation of the R-R interval in 62 were measured subjects with suggestion; and (Experiment 3) Changes in the fluctuation of the R-R interval in 10 subjects were measured without suggestion, with only suggestion and with resting on a bed. As a result, we clarified that externally administered Qi without any suggestion influences the increase of the alpha waves and activation of the vagus nerve.