18/ Therapeutic Benefits of Qigong Exercises in Combination with Drugs (suite)
{"Image DocumentName": "18/ Therapeutic Benefits of Qigong Exercises in Combination with Drugs (suite)", "Image ImageDescription": "The reported studies do not necessarily measure up to the strict protocols required for randomized controlled clinical trials. For hypertensive patients, combining qigong practice with drug therapy for hypertensive patients resulted in reduced incidence of stroke and mortality and reduced dosage of drugs required for blood pressure maintenance. For asthma patients, the combination therapy permitted reduction in drug dosage, the need for sick leave, duration of hospitalization, and costs of therapy. For cancer patients, the combination therapy reduced the side effects of cancer therapy. Also reported is a study showing that the practice of qigong helps to rehabilitate drug addicts. SUMMARY. There are many clinical studies on the medical benefits of qigong practices but too few are good scientific studies. More scientific research is needed to validate the promising results already reported. Research is required to separate benefits of therapy by qigong exercises alone, qigong exercises with drugs, and drugs alone. Some clinical studies reported such comparisons, but the protocols used or the reported results are not sufficiently well described to allow for evaluation or replication. Not all qigong practice is of equal value for all people or for all health problems. Future research investigators should select the appropriate type of qigong practice, even for healthy people. However, the benefits of qigong exercises are sufficiently well established to provide credibility for physicians who wish to recommend qigong practice to selected patients or patient groups. In China, there are many qigong clinics. To integrate the practice of qigong into Western healthcare, it would be valuable to examine how China uses qigong practice, along with RCM and western medicine in its system of healthcare.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}