Name: Tai Chi and Qi Gong [All 5 Chapters]
Uploaded: 2017-09-05T16:40:15.000Z
Duration: 15 min 26 s
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

National Institutes of Health, and the National Center for

Complementary and Alternative Medicine present the following video:

Tai Chi and Qi Gong for Health and Well-Being.

The video features an introduction by Dr. Josephine Briggs, Director

of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

- or NCCAM - followed by a demonstration of Qi Gong and Tai Chi exercises

by Senior Chinese Medicine Consultant Dr. Adeline Ge.

Dr. Ge was videotaped outside on the grounds of Brookside Gardens,

Dr. Briggs speaks from an office at the National Institutes of Health

Dr. Briggs: Thank you for your interest in the National

Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine,

NCCAM is 1 of 27 institutes and centers that make up

the National Institutes of Health, the Nation's premier

Second: the training of scientists and researchers

to study complementary and alternative medicine.

And third: the provision of accurate, authoritative

information on complementary and alternative medicine.

NCCAM is very proud of the authoritative information we

Rigorous research means pursuing, by scientific means,

evidence that helps understand the role of complementary

and alternative medicine in symptom management, in safety,

The video you're going to see today is about tai chi.

Tai chi and qi gong are two forms of exercise that

We at NCCAM are supporting research that explores their

possible health benefits, benefits for pain management,

benefits for promoting psychological well-being, and benefits

to prevent falls and improve balance in older people.

and we hope that you will discuss with your health care

provider use of complementary and alternative medicine in

order to ensure that your own care is integrated and promotes

Video Graphic:  NCCAM has provided this video

It is not intended to constitute or substitute for medical advice.

We encourage you to discuss all questions and decisions about

medical care or treatment with your health care provider before

including the program featured in this video.

Any reference to or appearance of any product, service,

or therapy in this video is not intended as an express or

implied endorsement by NCCAM or the federal government.

Dr. Adeline Ge is outside in a garden introducing the practice

When doing mind-body practices such as tai chi and qi gong,

move your body slowly, gently, with awareness,

Concentrate and relax, and put aside distracting thoughts,

lifting both arms over her head and back down by her sides.

Dr. Adeline Ge is introducing the qi gong exercises.

Qi gong is a type of ancient Chinese discipline that combines

Dr. Ge is demonstrating the Qi Gong exercises.

Breathe in when you move your arms out to your sides.

Pick up the clean water; let it wash over you.

Dr. Adeline Ge is introducing the tai chi exercises.

Tai chi originated in China as a martial art,

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