Abundant Zhineng Qigong - Practitioner Notes

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Your Body's Defense Department - Immunity

Prepared by K. L. Tan

Physiologically, the traditional Chinese view of the human immune system is remarkably similar to the modern Western model. In the Chinese system, the first line of defence is provided by the thymus, adrenals, and spine, followed in order or priority by the bone marrow, blood, brain (pituitary, pineal, and hypothalamus,) liver and kidneys, spleen and pancreas. The Chinese, however attach great importance to the immunological powers of energy and spirit, which are factors consistently ignored and misunderstood by modern Western medicine, much to the peril of patients.

Traditional Chinese doctors and Daoist healers frequently prescribe qigong to boost immunological response and meditation to mobilize the immunological powers of the mind, usually in conjunction with herbal and dietary prescriptions that work synergistically with energy and spirit. A principle of mind over matter. In contrast, allopathic physicians impose matter over mind by using drugs.

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