Medical Qigong

Five Branches University

by

Sundar Sanchez L. Ac. DMQ (China)

Ancient Medicine for a Modern world

What is Medical Qigong?

Medical Qigong is is an ancient form of Chinese energetic medicine and one of the branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine. "Qi" (pronounced chee), means air, breath of life, or vital energy that flows through all things in the universe. "Gong" (pronounced gung), means the skill of working with, or cultivating, self-discipline and achievement. Together, Qigong means the skill of cultivating vital energy, by working with the electromagnetic energy of the body. Medical Qigong is a mind-body practice that improves one's mental and physical health by integrating postures, movement, breathing techniques, and focused intention. Medical Qigong balances the energy flow (Chi) throughout the body realigning the electromagnetic energy, which surrounds and pervades all the body's channels in living creatures.

How does it works?

The practitioner is able to feel unbalanced energies and realign the flow of energy and remove blockages and toxins from the patient.
The goal of Medical Qigong treatments is to correct these bio-energetic unbalances and blockages or stagnation.

Why is important to train Medical Qigong instructors?

As Medical Qigong is rapidly growing in the country, It is demanded great quality teachers and instructors that can spread this ancient medicine to be able to help people to heal in a natural way, as well as bring wellness. As words of caution, people that undertake this practice need to receive personal transmission and training from a qualify instructor, since certain of these practices, if done improperly may cause injury or result in health problems.

How does the therapist training works ?

The therapist training is a unique passage through a profound self-healing, as a method to awaken your inner potential to help yourself and others to heal. It starts with self-cultivation that may assist the practitioner to clear past unresolved issues, all of which as you can resolve it, it is the root for increasing and promoting your natural ability to invoke, to project, and to transform universal energy during the practice of medical qigong.

Medical Qigong Protocol

Purging (to clear out)

Tonifying (to add in)

Regulating (to regulate)

Golden Ball Exercise: Energy Eight directions

o Expand-Contract

o Rise-Descend

o Open-Close

o Inside-Outside

In conclusion Medical Qigong is like water, because