Strengthening Qi is the key to help preventing cancer. But what is Qi? Qi is the name for the life energy in the body. Without it, we would not exist. It is the mark of divinity, the balance, the spiritual force. Yet few know it is there, let alone experience its flow.

Overall Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) asserts that illness and disease are caused by disturbances to the natural Qi. This could mean too much in one area or not enough. By restoring the body’s natural balance of yin yang Qi, the likelihood of disease is reduced.

With regards to cancer, TCM believes that a prime cause is deficient Qi – when the body is not strong enough to fight the stagnation of dirty energy, including dirty air, dirty blood and dirty matter that can build up in the body.

To help prevent this we must first understand our bodies:

There are two types of vital energy: pre-natal and post-natal. The vital energy we inherit from our parents gives us our basic constitution. Cancer can also be inherited from our parents. Our post-natal energy comes from food, the air we breathe, our lifestyle, social environment, exercise and mental activity. Both these sources of energy are the key to cancer prevention.

Tip:

Cancer cells don’t like oxygen. Breathe in a lot of oxygen can prevent cancer. One important thing is to breathe in very deep into the Dan Tian. (under the navel, inside the stomach) In Chinese medicine we say, breathe deep into the kidney through breathing into the Dan Tian.

Prevention and wisdom are the two principles of Traditional Qi.

Written by Angela Zhu, Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, Qi Gong & Tai Chi instructor.

© Copyright Angela Zhu 2010

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