shinobi wrote:I want to clear things about TCM. I DON'T think TCM (Acupuncture) is bull.... I
did what I could. I took all the sessions doctor told me to. I didn't quit.
I know that qigong and acupuncture both fixing qi stagnation, qi deficit, qi fire...
But I think that there is a HUGE difference (Please correct me if I'm wrong). Qigong is done
EVERY day (or twice a day) FOR LIFE. Acupuncture is done in a series of sessions and
thats it. My personal believe is that qi must be maintained on the daily basis (as we brush our tooth) doing so with acupuncture possible only for millionares.
No mate. You are incorrect. They are the same, at their core. If you believe one wont help you, the other has no chance either.
The second difference in my opinion is that OUR mind is forcing qi to circulate in needed paths. Respiratory system is working very nice during qigong bringing a lot of
oxygen to lower parts of our lungs (those large amounts of oxygen are transffered into qi ? I'm not sure)
mate, if that was the case, then we all would have died a long time ago. It is not a conscious process (no vital life function is).
Forgive me if I am wrong, but I think that acupancture can balance the existing qi
in the body as qigong can, BUT qigong can also increase the overall
"amount" of qi in body (and reservoirs).
Again, this is just my novice opinion, please feel free to correct me Thanks !
Three strikes mate! well, this is a partial strike... Your idea as to qigong is flawed. They are ALL about balancing qi! are there some that increase qi? sure. But not to more than you are supposed to have. Acupuncture allows qi to enter the body much easier via the needle. The needle breaks the resistance of the skin.
And thank you josh! That is what i was meaning! Just because one has a crazy experience with qi, does not mean that everyone else will. You may be more out than someone else. OR the doc may have no idea what is wrong with you. Simply throwing qigong at a problem (without them being root methods), has no hope either. You are trying to do one thing, but the qigong may be trying to do a totally different thing.
bottom line, you need to find a GOOD doctor (east, west, qigong, etc) who can tell you what is going on inside you. They need to spell it out, and not take a test and say "you are fine" if you arent. There is no one on here that can give you what you want. We do not have the experience (not being docs, and not having examined you). I can imagine how scary it is mate. But it isnt simple... not if you havent changed the root causes of why you are sick.
To put it in perspective, whenever I asked Erle about a qigong to do for this or that disease, guess what he would ALWAYS ask? Every single time, to my great frustration, he would ask "what is the person's eating habits like?" the food we eat and how we eat it (time, etc) has a greater impact on our energy and health than anything else we do (including qigong). if nothing is working, ask yourself that question "what am i eating"? Do i even understand what "correct" eating is? (if you are using the American food pyramid, you are WRONG! That is a scary piece of propaganda thrown at human beings)!
mate, that is really all there is to it. You have to figure it out, or find a good doc who can really take the time to look at it. 10 to 1, it is diet related. The problem is, what is correct for you? Pritchett wrote an excellent tomb on food "Healing with Whole Foods". It is massive (700+ pages) that takes both east and west together. If you want to be healthy, get it and study it. Continue to do basic qigong and martial arts, for sure. But correct what and how you eat.