DIABETES TREATED BY QIGONG   

Compiled by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu      

Written by Sun Chenglin , Quan Fuyou, et al (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine & Pharmacology)

1. Clinical data

1.1 General data:

               Sex and Age:

               Among 24 cases, there are:

               Male: 8 cases

               Female: 16 cases

               Younger than 49 years old: 6

               50-59 years old: 6

               Over 60 years old: 12

               Course of disease:

               5-10 years : 11 cases

               Over 10 years:1 case

               Average:5.03 years

               Complications:

               Coronary heart disease:4 cases

               Eye disorder: 2 cases

               Peripheral nerve disorder: 1 case

1.2 Diagnostic criteria:

               All the patients' conditions were consistent with the diagnostic criteria issued by WHO.

1.3 Therapeutic methods:

               Patients were requested to keep on doing qigong exercises for 2 hours a day for 3 weeks, keep good living habits and take medicines as usual. Before and after treatment, FBS, PBS, TG, TC and HDL-C were measured. 10 days after the exercises TBS and PBS were examined. BS should be observed during the treatment.

1.4 Criteria of effectiveness

               Markedly effective:

               FBS: decreased by over 20%

               PBS: decreased by over 20%

               Effective:

               FBS: decreased by 15-19% or normal

               PBS: decreased by over 10%

               Failure: No change

2. Result and Analysis

2.1 Among the 24 cases:

Markedly effective: 5 cases (20.8%)

Effective :12 cases (50%)

Failure:7 cases (29.2%)

The effective rate:70.8%.

2.2 Result of BS test

               (1) Changes of Blood Sugar Before and After Doing Qigong Exercises:

               Blood-sugar content reduced obviously both before and after meals. Three weeks later, the patients' saccharogenic plasma proteins indexes decreased by 8% on an average.

               (2) Changes of blood lipid before and after qigong exercises:

               After qigong exercises, TG level lowered and TC content reduced obviously (P<0.05). LDL-content also reduced obviously while HDL-C content increased obviously.

               (3) Symptoms relieved

               (4) Changes of the quantity of medicines and staple food:

                No change: 14 cases

                The quantity of medicines reduced: 5 cases

                The quantity of medicines decreased while that of staple food increased: 4 cases

3. Result and Analysis

               According to the result, we can find that blood sugar can be lowered successfully by doing qigong exercises. Furthermore, 42.9% of the patients took less medicine but had more staple food.

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Note: The more important part of doing qigong is to maintain and preserve the cardiovascular system of the patients.--Joe Hing Kwok Chu