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Manuscript of Ancient Chinese Healing Techniques Reveals How to Breathe Disease Secret Methods Date Back Over Four Thousand Years-- Dear Friend: We discovered a rare, paper-bound manuscript that turned out to be the only known record of a secret system of Chinese healing. It's a system of breathing techniques combined with simple body postures, handed down for centuries by traditional Chinese doctors. These powerful techniques use the principle of chi, considered by Eastern disciplines to be the energy source that carries life through your body.
This Recently Discovered Manuscript First of all, let me introduce myself. I'm Alice Wesendorf, publisher of Agora Health Books. For over five years, Agora has been researching and publishing health secrets and natural cures and remedies from around the world--treatments, cures and techniques often overlooked or suppressed by the mainstream medical establishment. But I've never seen a system of healing quite like this. In fact, this is probably the first time Westerners have ever seen these techniques. It's a secret system of Chinese breathing exercises called ki-kou, a system that's been used by Chinese doctors for thousands of years, to treat everything from colds to cancer. The techniques are based on a force called chi. (Also known as "ki," or "qi" by Eastern philosophies.) It's the same force the ancient Vedics of India called "prana," and was identified as "pneuma" by the classical Greeks. Chi is the vital, essential force behind all life. One ancient saying states that "Chi is the mother of blood." Acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, shiatsu and reiki are all based on the principles of chi, and work on the paths through the body that this energy flows through. In fact, anyone familiar with Eastern forms of exercise and meditation has probably heard of chi. Tai chi, yoga, qi gong, karate, and Zen meditation all teach correct breathing as the basic necessity for practice. That's because correct breathing focuses the power of chi and radiates it through the body. I'll tell you more about how these techniques work in just a minute, but first, let me tell you why we so desperately need these secret techniques... Your Breathing is Probably All Wrong In the Western world, we've learned extremely poor breathing habits. We've been taught from an early age to hold in our stomach and stick out our chest. Men are supposed to stand like soldiers, and women like beauty queens. The result is that we learn to breathe by puffing out our chest. This causes very shallow breathing. We're only using the upper portion of the lungs, and neglecting the lower lungs entirely. This poor breathing has even led to a condition known as "hyperventilation syndrome," a little-recognized but common disorder that can cause everything from tiredness and chest pains to sexual problems. People take rapid, small, upper-body breaths, and are not getting enough oxygen. Doctors Recognize The Importance Now, any doctor can tell you that exhaling carbon dioxide too quickly will disturb the balance of acidity and alkalinity--known as your pH--in your blood. When the acid level drops, a complicated reaction occurs that actually keeps the blood cells from delivering oxygen to muscles and organs, including the brain. According to leading doctors in integrative health, what happens is that the upper chest--specifically the muscles at your neck and upper back--take over the job of breathing. This can lead to high blood pressure, racing heart rate, and shallow breathing that can lie at the root of many of our ills, including heart disease. Doctors have begun to realize the importance of proper breathing. Breathing techniques are now used by Western doctors for a variety of treatments, for everything from sports performance to reducing high blood pressure, and from headaches to emphysema. This is a good beginning, and a step in the right direction. But the breathing techniques Western doctors are using are still simply based on getting more oxygen into the lower lungs. |