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SECTION 1 THE ETHNOMEDICINE OF ENERGY - A GLOBAL VIEW


1. Qi in Asian medicine


2. Flows and blockages in Rwandan ritual and no tions of the body


3. Elemental souls and vernacular qi: some attributes of what moves us


SECTION 2 QI IN CHINESE M EDICINE



4. The anatomical foundations of qi
5. Qi in China?s traditional medicine: the example of tuina


6. Qi cultivation in qigong and taiji quan


7. Qigong t heory and research





SECTION 3 THEORY AND EX PERIMENT IN QI RESEARCH


8. The language of qi, quantu m physics and the superimplicate body


9. Qi and the frequencie s of bioelectricity


10. Systems theory: trapping and mapping h ealing with qi


11. The physiology of qi





< STRONG>SECTION 4 QI AND ENERGY MODALITIES IN CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE


12. Energy and medicine


13. What does it mean