Title: Qigong Meditation: Small Circulation
Author: Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming
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Publisher and/or Distributor: YMAA Publication Center
Pages: 402
ISBN: 1-59439-067-3
Price: $29.95
Publishing Date: 2006
Reader: Bob Spear
Rating: 5 hearts
The author, a physicist and engineer, is undoubtedly the most knowledgeable expert on Chinese martial arts and internal energy systems in the Western world. In this incredibly well-illustrated and documented tome on qigong (chi kung) meditation, Dr. Yang provides in-depth information as to what internal energy is, how it works, how to safely develop it, and its importance to health. In this reviewer’s experience with the fighting arts for over fifty years, this is absolutely the best, most complete book on the subject I have seen. Dr. Yang should be considered a national treasure by both China and the US. No one else has the breadth or depth of his knowledge, the scientific understanding of it, and the ability to explain its innermost secrets while transcending an allegorical Oriental knowledge base to a scientific Western one. We rated this book the highest five hearts score.
Title: Hypoglycemia: The Other Sugar Disease
Author: Anita Flegg
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Publisher and/or Distributor: Book Coach Press
Pages: 237
ISBN: 0-9735207-6-0
Price: $17.95
Publishing Date: 2005
Reader: Bob Spear
Rating: 4 hearts
Hypoglycemia is the opposite of diabetes, although it is usually a precursor to that disease. Hypoglycemia is a condition of low blood sugar. Having suffered from this condition for ten years, this reviewer understands its symptoms, its causes, its effects, and the log term prognosis. Imagine what it feels like to suddenly have your head start spinning like you’ve just stepped off a unwinding children’s swing. Perhaps you even black out into a faint. Scary stuff! That is what it can be like to suffer from this condition. This book does an excellent job of describing the effects of this disease and provides the nutritional solutions for dealing with it effectively. By cutting out sugar and other sweets, by eating smaller meals several times a day, sufferers find they can manage this condition. The author points out the poor diet and high stress of modern living can easily bring on Hypoglycemia. She provides answers on what to do about it. We rated this book four hearts.
Title: Natural Healing with Qigong: Therapeutic Qigong
Author: Dr. Aihan Kuhn CMD
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Publisher and/or Distributor: YMAA Publication Center
Pages: 118
ISBN: 1-59439-001-0
Price: $15.95
Publishing Date: 2004
Reader: Bob Spear
Rating:
Those of us with martial art backgrounds have a fascination for the manipulation of the power of the body’s energy field—Chi or Ki. The Chinese use the spelling, Qi. Qi Gong, pronounced Chi Kung, which loosely translates as “Energy Practice.” The use of mild stretching movements coupled with breathing exercises and visualization techniques has been around for a long time. The author, a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner has taken it to a higher level with this book, using Qigong to develop a body environment conducive to health restoration and disease prevention.
The author does a good job explaining the meanings and benefits of the practice, which is easier than Tai Chi. She uses excellent photos and captions to lead the reader through the movements. We rated this book four hearts.
