Is anyone interested in Tai Chi Chuan, Tao-yin or Qi-gong?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_chi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_yin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong
The theory of Tai Chi has a lot to do with daoism, which is the core spirit of traditional Chinese medicine.
Tai chi chuan's theories and practice are believed to have been formulated by the Taoist monk Zhang Sanfeng (張三丰) in the 12th century. Although Tai Chi has been practiced for hundreds of years, not until recent years did we see some randomized control trials about the effectiveness of Tai Chi. In these RCTs, unlike most of the medicial research, not a single drop of blood was sampled, no lab tests or image studies required, just using questionnaires. And it was published in the best medical journal, NEJM. We hope there will be more and more studies like these to prove the effectiveness of the TCM theory, which came from the invaluable wisdom of ancient Chinese.
Lots of Taiwanese benefit from Tai Chi or Tao-yin and Qi-gong, they might not know the result of RCTs, they just feel more comfortable after doing it. Share with you.
A Randomized Trial of Tai Chi for Fibromyalgia
N Engl J Med 2010; 363:743-754 August 19, 2010
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0912611
Tai Chi and Postural Stability in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
N Engl J Med 2012; 366:511-519 February 9, 2012
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1107911
Tao-yin pictures in ancient books.
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