Energy Medicine East and West: A Natural History of Qi provides a unique, comprehensive overview of Qi or bioenergy for students and practitioners of energy medicines, Chinese and Oriental Medicine, and all disciplines of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Mayor and Micozzi start with a comparative historical account of the ancient concepts of Qi and vital energy before covering theories of Qi, a discussion of the organized therapeutic modalities based upon Qi and its applications to specific health and medical conditions. Contributions are included from international experts in the field.

The book moves from anatomical and bioenergetic complementarity of Western vital energy and Eastern Qi, through convergence of perspectives and models to demonstrations of how the traditional therapies are being melded together in a new, original and creative synthesis.

David Mayor and Marc Micozzi are experienced medical practitioners, authors and editors. David Mayor has been actively involved in bioenergy research, practice and publishing for over 30 years, and is author/editor of Electroacupuncture: A practical manual and resource (2007), as well as other acupuncture texts and studies. Marc Micozzi is Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. As author/editor of Fundamentals of Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 4E (2011), and 25 other books, he has been writing, editing and teaching on bioenergy, Qi and related topics for 20 years.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors
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SECTION 1 THE ETHNOMEDICINE OF ENERGY - A GLOBAL VIEW

1. Qi in Asian medicine

2. Flows and blockages in Rwandan ritual and notions of the body

3. Elemental souls and vernacular qi: some attributes of what moves us

SECTION 2 QI IN CHINESE MEDICINE

4. The anatomical foundations of qi

5. Qi in China's traditional medicine: the example of tuina

6. Qi cultivation in qigong and taiji quan

7. Qigong theory and research

SECTION 3 THEORY AND EXPERIMENT IN QI RESEARCH

8. The language of qi, quantum physics and the superimplicate body

9. Qi and the frequencies of bioelectricity

10. Systems theory: trapping and mapping healing with qi

11. The physiology of qi

SECTION 4 QI AND ENERGY MODALITIES IN CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE

12. Energy and medicine

13. What does it mean to practice an energy medicine?

13.1 Experiencing qi

13.2 Thinking about qi and acupuncture

14. Evidencing energy: experiences in acupuncture and therapeutic bodywork (zero balancing)

15. Eight modalities for working with qi: chakra acupuncture, with qigong, meditation and the five sources of energy

16. Ki in shiatsu

17. Bioelectrity and qi: a microcurrent approach

18. Energy psychology: working with mind-body synergy

19. Craniosacral biodynamics

SECTION 5 CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF QI AND ENERGY-BASED MODALITIES

20. Qi in children

21. Qigong, taiji quan (tai chi) and HIV: the psychoneuroimmunology connection

22. Energy-based therapies in neurology: the example of Therapeutic Touch

23. Qi in chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia

24. The electrical heart: energy in cardiac health and disease

SECTION 6 CONCLUSION

25. Themes of qi and a dozen definitions: content analysis and discussion

Acknowledgements

Glossary: a vocabulary of qi

References

Index