Western medical researchers are just beginning to realize the
ancient masters understood profound aspects of the human mind
and body without the aid of sophisticated diagnostic machines.
The difficulty is in penetrating the veil of secrecy drawn across
these Chinese practices which prevents their open examination
by the modern medical community.
Mantak Chia is one of the first Chinese masters to arrive in the
west with a comprehensive mastery of both the traditional chinese
healing arts, diet, Five Elements nutrition, herbs, Tai Chi Chuan,
massage, moxibustion - as well as the esoteric arts of Chi Kung,
Healing palm, Five Finger Kung Fu, Seminal and Ovarian Kung-
Fu, and the meditative aspects of Taoist yoga.
Chia is heir to a secret method which has been passed down
by word of mouth only. Unlike his forebears, he feels that it is time
that what he has learned should be made public. In the book he
has attempted to simplify what he has learned by way of his own
experience and those of his students into a system in which tradi-
tional and modern medicine are fully integrated.
The medical applications of the chinese esoteric system are
traditionally said to be extensive, and include remedies for a side
range of illnesses:
- Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis
- Rheumatism and Arthritis
- Hypertension
- Insomnia
- Cirrhosis of the Liver
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Recurrent Headaches
- Frequency of the common cold and other Episodic
diseases
9.Tumors
Long-term diligent practice beyond two years and, most effec-
tively, if practiced life-long, reportedly could retard the various de-
generative changes associated with old age e.g. skin changes,
senility, slowed reaction time, impaired memory, ambulatory im-
pairment and the frequency of various diseases common at old
age.
Medical Science looks at the Microcosmic