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Stress & anxiety due to unbalanced qi
This is an interesting article concerning research carried out by the Department of Psychiatry at the Saga Medical School in Japan. It looks at the causes and effects of stress in relation to our chi (qi). This is a helpful reminder of why it is good to practice the eastern arts / methods to help reduce stress. In the west chi is still very misunderstood, however Japan and China especially, the impact of chi on general well being is common knowledge. Doctors often prescribe qigong (breathing exercises to improve the flow of chi) to patients as part of their recovery programs after operations and ill health.
Researchers at the Department of Psychiatry, Saga Medical School, Japan investigated the psychosomatic function in medical students over 1.7 years whose ill-health was considered to be related to unbalanced qi, blood, and body fluid. The researchers hoped that this would help enable them create a diagnosis and treatment method for this type of condition.
The research revealed that characteristics such as stress-related emotional problems – specifically anxiety, insomnia and the lowering of social function – were most affected on a psychological level. The researchers observed that these characteristics were associated with the eye and respiratory movements.
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The report concluded that, of those students who had unbalanced qi, blood, and body fluid, symptoms related mainly to an anxious constitutional type. This indicated that constitutional treatment to re-balance a patient’s qi could help in both preventing and treating stress-related illnesses.
This study showed the effect of having unbalanced qi and body fluids to be directly related to the anxiety profile in the students and recommends it as a useful future diagnostic and treatment method for persons suffering from anxiety.
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