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History of Qigong
Chi gong has been a part of the Chinese health and longevity system for over 5,000 years.
Its origins are unknown although there is a great deal of speculation about how chi gong came about. 
Some say that it was developed by Chinese monks, another report suggests that the Chinese peasants invented chi gong to enable a long disease free life, either way chi gong therapy has a clinically proven track record for a large range of diseases.
This data was accumulated over many dynasties by Traditional Chinese physicians.
Chi gong however it came to be has gone through many changes, during the warring states period and spring and autumn period (770-221 BC) the emphasis of chi gong was to change it from simply a set of exercises for fitness into a medical set of documented exercises with specific guidelines about how each exercise should be performed internally and externally and what possible effects the exercise has on the body to aid recovery from illness or to maintain good health along with longevity.
How Qigong Works
The main function of the chi gong exercise is to stimulate the natural smooth flow of chi (life force) and blood (fluid essence), strengthen ying (nutritive qi) and wei (protective-armoring qi) chi harmonized with a peaceful mind and spirit, and to gain some control over the cerebral cortex through quiet exercise building up a healthy reflex action between the mind and body.
The qigong reflex action has a documented, proven track record to promote and encourage good holistic health of the chi gong/taiji practitioner.
Qigong health
The health improvement and stabilization using qigong is put down to chi (metaphysical) being encouraged to flow freely, to completely nourish the body with essence of the air (breathing exercises), good diet (chi essence of food) and relaxing the mind from tensions (meditation chi-shen energy).
Chi disharmonies exhibited by illness can also be freed up by the practice of qigong, for it is believed by Traditional Chinese Medical (TCM) practitioners that illness is simply the symptoms of disharmonious chi (life-force), yin and yang energy, and to combat the transgressions of unharmonious chi (illness), practicing the art of qigong (3 treasures) energy cultivation could follow the pathway of balanced health.
Chi Flow
Chi flows around/through the body is like a great river (via breath, blood and jing-luo), and when that movement of the river stops or stagnates, the river becomes lifeless and poisonous, life of the qi energy river, and in the river dies because the river has become depleted of oxygenation and life giving nutrient movement (through decaying chi energy life-force throughout the jing-luo meridians and collaterals which could eventually cause main meridian system collapse and initiate the 8 extra meridian's life saving backup).
Should any chi river stagnation, blockage disharmonies happen to the human body e.g.: if the blood or rivers (blood, hormones, electrical impulses, lymphatic, mind movement etc.) cannot flow freely without stoppage the body would according to TCM, metaphysically, become stagnant and blocked causing holistic decline that are exhibited through various types and levels of dis-eases.
Asian Meridians and
Western Systems
There are many types of chi and western medical energy rivers in the body (such as the endocrine system, lymphatic system, blood system etc), one of the Chinese energy river systems are known as jing-lou (meridians and collaterals), unlike western focused medicine energy rivers which are called systems.
Both types of medical care could be classified as systems for the sake of simplicity, but follow different treatment paths that essentially have the same goals in mind, which is balanced human health to a state that is strong and free from disease.
Blocked Meridians
Should a meridian become excessive or depleted in some way the body could manifest this dysfunction as an illness?
You may say to yourself that any exercise would improve body function, this in essence is fact, but the difference is chi gong offers a natural development of building a deep relationship between the body and the mind, to release tension (depletion or blockage) that may have been building up in the mind, organs and muscles from a period of years, mental and physical stagnation and blockage can be encouraged to release using TCM techniques such as tai chi and qi kung.
Mental and Physical Tension
Deep seated mental or physical tension can be exhibited through just about any mental or physical illness or disease that can block the bodies natural flow of energy to function healthily, in China to re-establish balance qigong (meditation, breathing, visualizations) is used a part of a prescription to help deliver vital metaphysical healthiness which is encouraged by the government and fostered by professionally trained health care professionals, indeed its fact that just walking around the streets and parks anywhere in China you will see people alone, or in groups taking responsibility for their own mental and physical health by vigorously promoting or applying chi gong holistic metaphysical routines as part of their everyday life, self-health care promoting activity.
Viruses
Even a virus or bacterial disease can be affected once chi energy has become vital enough to increase the bodies immune system. 
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