Accreditation: FONG, SRBAG, VNT, VTCGN, ZHONG, NVA code A+T
Accreditation requested: NAAV, NWP

For the sixst time we organize this course!
Qigong is an art of self-training of both body, mind and respiration as well as sending external Qi, qigong, as a component part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, created by Chinese people in the long process of life, it has the functions of preventing and curing diseases, protecting and strengthening health and prolonging life. It is one of the gems in the treasure-house of China's cultural heritage.
Qigong, as a medical keep-fit activity, has a history of several thousand years in China. One must associate his mind, postures and breathing and act on the whole organism. It enables the body to produce an "energy-storing" reaction, reduce energy consumption and increase energy accumulation, producing the effects of regulating yin and yang, dredging the meridians and collaterals and emitting external qi.
For decades Medical qigong has been popular and recommended in China and worldwide. Numerous clinical and laboratory studies shows its effectiveness on the neuromuscular-, respiratory-, digestive-, cardiovascular system, metabolism and endocrine system as well as immune system etc.. Medical qigong has been considered as one of the therapeutic methods of TCM both in China and some other countries.

Program:
- Qigong and TCM
- Key elements of Qigong
- Principals of Qigong
- Postures practice
- Breathing practice
- Mind-regulating practice
- Basic static qigong practice
- Basic dynamic qigong practice
- Basic qigong for external-qi training
- Basic methods for emitting external-qi
- Principals of emitting external-qi
- Inner-nourishing training for qigong practitioners
- Regulating internal organs qigong training
- Qigong therapy for common symptoms and diseases - for therapists
- Qigong therapy for common symptoms and diseases - for patients  

About the lecturer:
Dr. Wang Weixiang, graduated from Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1989 and later received his Master's degree and Doctor's degree from the same university. Since then he worked as a lecturer, associate professor latterly and physician at this university and its affiliated hospitals specializing in acupuncture and Tuina therapy. Dr. Wang was the director of Medical Qigong and Preserving Health Department of Nanjing University of TCM from 1998-2000. He has been invited to give TCM lectures and clinic directions by relevant TCM organizations in Ireland, Hong Kong, Austria and Germany since 1994. Dr. Wang possesses over 10 year's experiences working with foreign TCM students and practitioners in his university, and the affiliated hospitals, which is also one of the five WHO Collaborative Centers in China. In 2001 he was invited to Germany to participate in a clinic research project sponsored by Erlangen University (Germany) and Nanjing University of TCM on Hypertension till 2002. During that period he also worked with his German medical colleagues in a local hospital for patients both from clinic and ward on diverse diseases. Till October 2003 Dr. Wang has authored and co-authored 10 publications on Chinese Medicine.