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10     Thoughts on the Relevance of Qigong to the Understanding and Practice of CM                  Journal of Chinese Medicine • Number 87 • June 2008




                      Thoughts on the Relevance of
                      Qigong to the Understanding and
                      Practice of Chinese Medicine
By: Roy Jenzen        Abstract
                      Despite its fundamental role in the genesis of Chinese medicine, qigong is surprisingly little understood by Chinese
     Keywords:        medicine practitioners and students. The practice of qigong, which ultimately connects us to the Dao - the natural
Qigong, daoyin,       and all-pervading way of things - can form a vital middle way between the excessively intellectual and analytical,
    yang sheng        and the superficial ‘new age’, approaches to Chinese medicine education and practice. It is through experiential
   shu, healing.      qigong practice that practitioners can learn to become true healers, and patients can learn to heal themselves.

                      When your body is not aligned,                                 traditions, generally place the genesis of what we
                      The inner power will not come.                                 know as qigong today to the first millennium BCE,
                      When you are not tranquil within,                              possibly a little earlier. At this time the practices were
                      Your mind will not be well ordered.                            known as daoyin exercises and were an essential
                      Align your body, assist the inner power,                       aspect of yang sheng shu, the art of nourishing life. They
                      Then it will gradually come on its own.                        were based on the shamanic concept of establishing
                      Nei-Yeh (Inward Training, 4th century BCE), chapter 111        a connection to, and communication with, the world
                                                                                     surrounding human existence.



                      A
                                 lthough becoming more well known, the                 One of the axioms of original and classical qigong
                                 concepts and practices of qigong are still          practice is its ability to communicate with the Dao,
                                 obscure to a surprisingly large proportion of       the natural and all-pervading way of things. Scientific
                      contemporary practitioners and students of Chinese             opinion (e.g. quantum mechanics) increasingly
                      medicine. This is surprising, given the fundamental            entertains the idea that we live in a pervasive field
                      role that qigong has played in the very genesis, and           of bio‑connectivity. This represents a paradigmic shift
                      in the subsequent development, of that which they              away from the earlier, alienating Descartian mind‑
                      practise.                                                      body separateness, and the later constructs (and
                         So, what, essentially, is qigong, and what is its           constraints) of Newtonian law. It would seem that both
                      relevance to Chinese medicine, in particular to its            ancient and modern thinking is inexorably reaching
                      clinical practice?                                             a similar conclusion, that, as spatially insignificant
                         Such questions are really only to be answered by            as we may seem, the greater reality is that we are
                      the one who asks, for qigong is an experiential thing,         intimately and inter‑dependently enmeshed in the
                      something that needs to be (correctly) practised and           vast scheme of things.
                      experienced, and then the body knows what it is. It is           It was close, systematic and inspired observation of
                      in the doing that knowingness ‑ and relevance ‑ arises.        the rhythms and cycles of nature, and the movements
                         We can, however, gain some understanding of                 and innate characteristics of animals in the wild,
                      what it is, and what it may be, by undertaking a brief         which became the basis for this method of universal
                      journey back to its roots.                                     intercourse and evolved into what is known as qigong
                         Qigong (literally ‘skill in cultivating the dynamic         today.
                      life‑force’) is a contemporary term used to describe             One of the first, possibly the very first, formal
                      an ancient Chinese method of health‑care based upon            methods to emerge and develop from this early
                      correct breathing and specific movements designed to           shamanic period in human history was the ‘Five‑
                      open, release and connect the body. This integration of        Animal Primal Qigong set’ (Wu Qin Yuan Xi), and the
                      breath and movement is formulated to influence the             essential aspects of its conception and practice remain
                      free and harmonious movement of qi and blood, and              with us today. Although it was modified to some extent
                      promote a state of well‑being in body, mind and spirit.        by later Daoist worldview concepts, and still later by
                         Although other ancient cultures had similar                 practitioners with a more considered approach to
                      indigenous forms, few seem to have been as refined             the principles and practice of Chinese medicine, the
                      and continuously practised as the Chinese methods.             original intent of this form ‑ to access, awaken and
                      Scholars, and the secret teachings of the more classic         free the primal spirit ‑ remains undiminished.
Journal of Chinese Medicine • Number 87 • June 2008                 Thoughts on the Relevance of Qigong to the Understanding and Practice of CM   11




Other classical systems which developed directly           To develop this sense of well-being within oneself
from, or were inspired by, this deeply influential
approach were the Bone Marrow Washing set (Xi Sui          would seem to be an almost fundamental requirement
Jing), the Muscle/Tendon Changing set (Yi Jin Jing)        - even a responsibility - for anyone entering any
and the Eight Pieces of Silk (Ba Duan Jin), as well as
several sets of Daoist longevity exercises, including      healing profession
special qigong walking forms.
   All these classical methods were embraced by            To some, this is the ‘spiritual’ side of qigong, yet the
different schools, and modified or selectively             general Western connotation of the word ‘spiritual’ is
practised according to the specific interest and needs     not what is alluded to in classical qigong work; nor
of that school, whether the health and longevity           in higher level martial art skill. Rather, what is meant
focus of the Medical school, the strength and neigong      is that, through cultivating a ‘spirited’ practice, there
(‘inner skill’) intentions of the Martial school, or the   is a natural extension and bio‑connectivity of our
spiritual aspirations of the Meditative school. In fact,   innate life vitality into the Dao, the all‑pervading and
as any developed practitioner of qigong will know,         fundamentally elusive Unknown.
there is development in every aspect of these three           This extension beyond (or rather, extension into)
traditions that occurs with correct and consistent         however, depends not upon exclusively mind‑
practice of any one of them, and such categories seem      orientated concepts and practices, but rather upon
both unnecessary and irrelevant if one practises the       sound structural (physical) and functional (energetic)
classical methods correctly and mindfully.                 roots. It is from this base that the human spirit can
   The modern history of qigong includes a period          most fully and radiantly shine. This is ‘shen ming’, the
in which its practice (and that of the martial arts)       radiance and projection of the inherent life‑vitality,
was officially banned during the so-called Cultural        essentially dependent upon the anchoring and
Revolution, a particularly ignominious period of           sustaining nature of our essence. Traditional qigong
Chinese history from which China and her people            and martial arts practices pay particular attention
have yet to recover. Nevertheless, notwithstanding         to the cultivation of these structural and functional
refinements along the way, the classical qigong            factors.
systems remain today, essentially unchanged.                  It is an often repeated admonition that you first
   Understanding       this    background,     students,   need to strengthen and deepen the roots, and in
practitioners and scholars will begin to have a deeper     such classical training, spiritual practices are much
sense of the fundamental association of qigong with        better defined as spirited practices. In fact, most
the development of Chinese medicine. They will better      Daoist schools of thought (for example, the Lung
understand how these early Shamanic practices gave         Men, Dragon Gate school) and all traditional internal
rise to the conceptual theories that form the very basis   martial arts systems, stress the importance of non‑
of Chinese medicine, from the deceptively simple but       spiritually orientated endeavour, understanding that
all‑pervading concept of yin and yang, its natural         such unfoldings are a natural consequence of what, to
extension into four (and later five) phase observation     the Western mind, may seem more basic practises.
of the transformation of all things, and into the eight‑      In this context, to ‘treat the spirit’ in Chinese
directional (ba gua) concept. Given this understanding,    medicine might be more realistically interpretated
practitioners may well begin to ask themselves             as ensuring that the roots, the foundations of the
whether the practice of qigong could be beneficial         spirit (the life‑seeking, life‑sustaining drive) are
to them, both on a personal and a professional level,      in sound order, relative to the individual. It is this
and whether to engage in its (correct) practice may        order, this sustainable source, which allows the free
influence and develop in themselves that which they        and unfolding movement of a spirited and maturing
seek to access and develop in others ‑ the harmonious,     approach to life and all its trials and tribulations, as
full and timely movement of qi, blood and spirit.          well as its joys and its pleasures.
   It is with this understanding that the practice of         To develop this sense of order and well‑being within
qigong can take on a deeper significance. As we            oneself would seem to be an almost fundamental
become increasingly aware of opening, releasing and        requirement ‑ even a responsibility ‑ for anyone
connecting our inner world, both structurally and          entering any healing profession, particularly one
energetically, we begin to feel, to sense, to ‘extend      with the depth that Chinese medicine, in its full and
beyond the self’ and enter a world previously              wholistic manifestation, encompasses.
unknown to us, a world where we become aware of               It is a natural extension of this practitioner
a conscious interplay with all that is, and (by natural    commitment that a therapeutic presence arises from
extension) all that has been and all that will be.         within, one which has a subtle yet often profound
12     Thoughts on the Relevance of Qigong to the Understanding and Practice of CM                        Journal of Chinese Medicine • Number 87 • June 2008




          effect upon any clinical encounter, and may indeed lead                    maintaining wellness of being, but to embrace and support
          the patient, both consciously and subconsciously, to a                     the innate push of the human spirit to develop and refine
          different state of being, and potentiate a different outcome               the concept of well‑being, of being well, even further.
          than may have otherwise been possible.                                        However, we have been witness to some degree of
             The other natural outcome of this deeper realm of                       naivety and ignorance ‑ and not a little invention ‑ in the
          practitioner awareness is the development and refinement                   development and presentation of Chinese medicine in the
          of one’s diagnostic skills through the heightened sense                    West and, to a lesser but significant extent, in China itself.
          of energetic sensitivity that so often accompanies any                     On the one hand this has led to, and encouraged, a more
          developing qigong skill. This refinement of diagnosis                      intellectual, overly analytical, even scientific approach to
          by pulse, by observation, and by a knowing born from                       the understanding, presentation and practice of Chinese
          stillness, opens us to a new level of therapeutic engagement,              medicine. And on the other hand it has fostered a ‘new
          helping us more deeply assess the appropriate needs                        age’ type interpretation of classical Chinese methods
          and treatment protocol for each individual patient, each                   which are of little substance and dubious clinical value.
          unique manifestation of matter and energy, who seeks our                   These two trends have shifted us away from some of
          assistance.                                                                the clinically useful and enlightening old ways, the lao-
             The qigong trained practitioner is also in the position                 gong (old skills). One aspect of this is the dismissal or
          of being able to offer prescriptive qigong to those patients               misinterpretation of the fundamental relevance of classical
          he/she feels would benefit. Indeed, there are a number of                  qigong understanding and skill to the practice of Chinese
          clinical scenarios where qigong is the treatment of choice,                medicine or, alternatively, its representation as veiled in
          given its inherent ability to powerfully move stagnant qi                  mystery and ‘spiritual’ whitewash.
          and blood, which, of course, lie at the very core of many                     It would seem, however, that we are now seeing a new,
          states of disordered being, and are often implicated ‑                     and more aware, generation of students entering into
          directly or indirectly ‑ in most clinical presentations.                   Chinese medical education. In consequence, it may well
             In doing this, in so educating our patients, we are                     be that these two approaches will die a natural death.
          able to give them not only an individually tailored and                    We may then witness the emergence of a more wholistic
          relevant prescription (much like classical Chinese herbal                  classical approach that ‑ given a sound understanding of
          medicine), but also a tool of substance to actively assist                 the principles and practices of classical Chinese medicine
          in their own recovery and to foster their own awareness.                   ‑ asks that we embrace that innate body wisdom that we
          This is intrinsically empowering and develops both self‑                   each possess, a ‘cellular knowing’ that so often remains
          worth and self‑responsibility, two of the greatest gifts we                dormant within, awaiting a Spring that never comes, or if
          can give to those who come to our door. It is then that the                it does, then only fleetingly.
          practitioner begins to enter the realms of healer, an often                   It is the middle path that we must seek. This will
          misunderstood (and misused) word today, bearing little                     be informed by scholastic endeavour and challenged
          relevance to the common and superficial new age use of                     by contemporary enquiry and research, yet equally
          the term.                                                                  empowered by an experiential awareness of, and an
             In some ways, practitioners of Chinese medicine have                    openness to, the unseen (but not unknown), the all‑
          both a historical and a personal responsibility to ‘be all                 pervading dynamism that puts the human into the being
          that they can be’ in this context, and to not only uphold                  and potentiates so much more than many of us realise.
          and continue this unique approach to fostering and                            As has been said before by the ancient Daoists, “It is not
                                                                                     so much what we think or say that most determines our
                                                                                     life, but what we do.”

 Chinese Medical Centre of London                                                    Roy Jenzen is a doctor of Chinese medicine with some 28 years
 We are a long established and highly reputable company. Now we                      of clinical experience. Roy is based in Perth, Western Australia,
 have the following vacancies:                                                       and is a long‑time practitioner of qigong and the Chinese internal
 Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctors (3): Chinese medicine degree                   martial methods of xingyi chuan and bagua zhang.
 or diploma or equivalent professional qualifications and at least three
 years clinical experience in the same field. The duties: providing
 consultation, herbal and acupuncture treatments. Salary: £16,000 -                  references
 £22,000 pa.                                                                         1. Original Tao, Harold D. Roth, Columbia University Press, 1999,
                                                                                        page 66.
 Shop managers (2): University degree or above, working experience
 in Chinese medicine preferred, speak fluent English and Chinese.
 Duties include: daily running of business, stock control, marketing,
 customer service, interpretation. Salary: £16,000 - £20,000 pa.
 To apply, please sent your CV to Dr W YU, Chinese Medical
 Centre of London, 337 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7QB.
 Tel: 020-73722184. CMCL888@yahoo.co.uk

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Roy Jenzen - Relevance of Qigong to TCM

  • 1. 10 Thoughts on the Relevance of Qigong to the Understanding and Practice of CM Journal of Chinese Medicine • Number 87 • June 2008 Thoughts on the Relevance of Qigong to the Understanding and Practice of Chinese Medicine By: Roy Jenzen Abstract Despite its fundamental role in the genesis of Chinese medicine, qigong is surprisingly little understood by Chinese Keywords: medicine practitioners and students. The practice of qigong, which ultimately connects us to the Dao - the natural Qigong, daoyin, and all-pervading way of things - can form a vital middle way between the excessively intellectual and analytical, yang sheng and the superficial ‘new age’, approaches to Chinese medicine education and practice. It is through experiential shu, healing. qigong practice that practitioners can learn to become true healers, and patients can learn to heal themselves. When your body is not aligned, traditions, generally place the genesis of what we The inner power will not come. know as qigong today to the first millennium BCE, When you are not tranquil within, possibly a little earlier. At this time the practices were Your mind will not be well ordered. known as daoyin exercises and were an essential Align your body, assist the inner power, aspect of yang sheng shu, the art of nourishing life. They Then it will gradually come on its own. were based on the shamanic concept of establishing Nei-Yeh (Inward Training, 4th century BCE), chapter 111 a connection to, and communication with, the world surrounding human existence. A lthough becoming more well known, the One of the axioms of original and classical qigong concepts and practices of qigong are still practice is its ability to communicate with the Dao, obscure to a surprisingly large proportion of the natural and all-pervading way of things. Scientific contemporary practitioners and students of Chinese opinion (e.g. quantum mechanics) increasingly medicine. This is surprising, given the fundamental entertains the idea that we live in a pervasive field role that qigong has played in the very genesis, and of bio‑connectivity. This represents a paradigmic shift in the subsequent development, of that which they away from the earlier, alienating Descartian mind‑ practise. body separateness, and the later constructs (and So, what, essentially, is qigong, and what is its constraints) of Newtonian law. It would seem that both relevance to Chinese medicine, in particular to its ancient and modern thinking is inexorably reaching clinical practice? a similar conclusion, that, as spatially insignificant Such questions are really only to be answered by as we may seem, the greater reality is that we are the one who asks, for qigong is an experiential thing, intimately and inter‑dependently enmeshed in the something that needs to be (correctly) practised and vast scheme of things. experienced, and then the body knows what it is. It is It was close, systematic and inspired observation of in the doing that knowingness ‑ and relevance ‑ arises. the rhythms and cycles of nature, and the movements We can, however, gain some understanding of and innate characteristics of animals in the wild, what it is, and what it may be, by undertaking a brief which became the basis for this method of universal journey back to its roots. intercourse and evolved into what is known as qigong Qigong (literally ‘skill in cultivating the dynamic today. life‑force’) is a contemporary term used to describe One of the first, possibly the very first, formal an ancient Chinese method of health‑care based upon methods to emerge and develop from this early correct breathing and specific movements designed to shamanic period in human history was the ‘Five‑ open, release and connect the body. This integration of Animal Primal Qigong set’ (Wu Qin Yuan Xi), and the breath and movement is formulated to influence the essential aspects of its conception and practice remain free and harmonious movement of qi and blood, and with us today. Although it was modified to some extent promote a state of well‑being in body, mind and spirit. by later Daoist worldview concepts, and still later by Although other ancient cultures had similar practitioners with a more considered approach to indigenous forms, few seem to have been as refined the principles and practice of Chinese medicine, the and continuously practised as the Chinese methods. original intent of this form ‑ to access, awaken and Scholars, and the secret teachings of the more classic free the primal spirit ‑ remains undiminished.
  • 2. Journal of Chinese Medicine • Number 87 • June 2008 Thoughts on the Relevance of Qigong to the Understanding and Practice of CM 11 Other classical systems which developed directly To develop this sense of well-being within oneself from, or were inspired by, this deeply influential approach were the Bone Marrow Washing set (Xi Sui would seem to be an almost fundamental requirement Jing), the Muscle/Tendon Changing set (Yi Jin Jing) - even a responsibility - for anyone entering any and the Eight Pieces of Silk (Ba Duan Jin), as well as several sets of Daoist longevity exercises, including healing profession special qigong walking forms. All these classical methods were embraced by To some, this is the ‘spiritual’ side of qigong, yet the different schools, and modified or selectively general Western connotation of the word ‘spiritual’ is practised according to the specific interest and needs not what is alluded to in classical qigong work; nor of that school, whether the health and longevity in higher level martial art skill. Rather, what is meant focus of the Medical school, the strength and neigong is that, through cultivating a ‘spirited’ practice, there (‘inner skill’) intentions of the Martial school, or the is a natural extension and bio‑connectivity of our spiritual aspirations of the Meditative school. In fact, innate life vitality into the Dao, the all‑pervading and as any developed practitioner of qigong will know, fundamentally elusive Unknown. there is development in every aspect of these three This extension beyond (or rather, extension into) traditions that occurs with correct and consistent however, depends not upon exclusively mind‑ practice of any one of them, and such categories seem orientated concepts and practices, but rather upon both unnecessary and irrelevant if one practises the sound structural (physical) and functional (energetic) classical methods correctly and mindfully. roots. It is from this base that the human spirit can The modern history of qigong includes a period most fully and radiantly shine. This is ‘shen ming’, the in which its practice (and that of the martial arts) radiance and projection of the inherent life‑vitality, was officially banned during the so-called Cultural essentially dependent upon the anchoring and Revolution, a particularly ignominious period of sustaining nature of our essence. Traditional qigong Chinese history from which China and her people and martial arts practices pay particular attention have yet to recover. Nevertheless, notwithstanding to the cultivation of these structural and functional refinements along the way, the classical qigong factors. systems remain today, essentially unchanged. It is an often repeated admonition that you first Understanding this background, students, need to strengthen and deepen the roots, and in practitioners and scholars will begin to have a deeper such classical training, spiritual practices are much sense of the fundamental association of qigong with better defined as spirited practices. In fact, most the development of Chinese medicine. They will better Daoist schools of thought (for example, the Lung understand how these early Shamanic practices gave Men, Dragon Gate school) and all traditional internal rise to the conceptual theories that form the very basis martial arts systems, stress the importance of non‑ of Chinese medicine, from the deceptively simple but spiritually orientated endeavour, understanding that all‑pervading concept of yin and yang, its natural such unfoldings are a natural consequence of what, to extension into four (and later five) phase observation the Western mind, may seem more basic practises. of the transformation of all things, and into the eight‑ In this context, to ‘treat the spirit’ in Chinese directional (ba gua) concept. Given this understanding, medicine might be more realistically interpretated practitioners may well begin to ask themselves as ensuring that the roots, the foundations of the whether the practice of qigong could be beneficial spirit (the life‑seeking, life‑sustaining drive) are to them, both on a personal and a professional level, in sound order, relative to the individual. It is this and whether to engage in its (correct) practice may order, this sustainable source, which allows the free influence and develop in themselves that which they and unfolding movement of a spirited and maturing seek to access and develop in others ‑ the harmonious, approach to life and all its trials and tribulations, as full and timely movement of qi, blood and spirit. well as its joys and its pleasures. It is with this understanding that the practice of To develop this sense of order and well‑being within qigong can take on a deeper significance. As we oneself would seem to be an almost fundamental become increasingly aware of opening, releasing and requirement ‑ even a responsibility ‑ for anyone connecting our inner world, both structurally and entering any healing profession, particularly one energetically, we begin to feel, to sense, to ‘extend with the depth that Chinese medicine, in its full and beyond the self’ and enter a world previously wholistic manifestation, encompasses. unknown to us, a world where we become aware of It is a natural extension of this practitioner a conscious interplay with all that is, and (by natural commitment that a therapeutic presence arises from extension) all that has been and all that will be. within, one which has a subtle yet often profound
  • 3. 12 Thoughts on the Relevance of Qigong to the Understanding and Practice of CM Journal of Chinese Medicine • Number 87 • June 2008 effect upon any clinical encounter, and may indeed lead maintaining wellness of being, but to embrace and support the patient, both consciously and subconsciously, to a the innate push of the human spirit to develop and refine different state of being, and potentiate a different outcome the concept of well‑being, of being well, even further. than may have otherwise been possible. However, we have been witness to some degree of The other natural outcome of this deeper realm of naivety and ignorance ‑ and not a little invention ‑ in the practitioner awareness is the development and refinement development and presentation of Chinese medicine in the of one’s diagnostic skills through the heightened sense West and, to a lesser but significant extent, in China itself. of energetic sensitivity that so often accompanies any On the one hand this has led to, and encouraged, a more developing qigong skill. This refinement of diagnosis intellectual, overly analytical, even scientific approach to by pulse, by observation, and by a knowing born from the understanding, presentation and practice of Chinese stillness, opens us to a new level of therapeutic engagement, medicine. And on the other hand it has fostered a ‘new helping us more deeply assess the appropriate needs age’ type interpretation of classical Chinese methods and treatment protocol for each individual patient, each which are of little substance and dubious clinical value. unique manifestation of matter and energy, who seeks our These two trends have shifted us away from some of assistance. the clinically useful and enlightening old ways, the lao- The qigong trained practitioner is also in the position gong (old skills). One aspect of this is the dismissal or of being able to offer prescriptive qigong to those patients misinterpretation of the fundamental relevance of classical he/she feels would benefit. Indeed, there are a number of qigong understanding and skill to the practice of Chinese clinical scenarios where qigong is the treatment of choice, medicine or, alternatively, its representation as veiled in given its inherent ability to powerfully move stagnant qi mystery and ‘spiritual’ whitewash. and blood, which, of course, lie at the very core of many It would seem, however, that we are now seeing a new, states of disordered being, and are often implicated ‑ and more aware, generation of students entering into directly or indirectly ‑ in most clinical presentations. Chinese medical education. In consequence, it may well In doing this, in so educating our patients, we are be that these two approaches will die a natural death. able to give them not only an individually tailored and We may then witness the emergence of a more wholistic relevant prescription (much like classical Chinese herbal classical approach that ‑ given a sound understanding of medicine), but also a tool of substance to actively assist the principles and practices of classical Chinese medicine in their own recovery and to foster their own awareness. ‑ asks that we embrace that innate body wisdom that we This is intrinsically empowering and develops both self‑ each possess, a ‘cellular knowing’ that so often remains worth and self‑responsibility, two of the greatest gifts we dormant within, awaiting a Spring that never comes, or if can give to those who come to our door. It is then that the it does, then only fleetingly. practitioner begins to enter the realms of healer, an often It is the middle path that we must seek. This will misunderstood (and misused) word today, bearing little be informed by scholastic endeavour and challenged relevance to the common and superficial new age use of by contemporary enquiry and research, yet equally the term. empowered by an experiential awareness of, and an In some ways, practitioners of Chinese medicine have openness to, the unseen (but not unknown), the all‑ both a historical and a personal responsibility to ‘be all pervading dynamism that puts the human into the being that they can be’ in this context, and to not only uphold and potentiates so much more than many of us realise. and continue this unique approach to fostering and As has been said before by the ancient Daoists, “It is not so much what we think or say that most determines our life, but what we do.” Chinese Medical Centre of London Roy Jenzen is a doctor of Chinese medicine with some 28 years We are a long established and highly reputable company. Now we of clinical experience. Roy is based in Perth, Western Australia, have the following vacancies: and is a long‑time practitioner of qigong and the Chinese internal Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctors (3): Chinese medicine degree martial methods of xingyi chuan and bagua zhang. or diploma or equivalent professional qualifications and at least three years clinical experience in the same field. The duties: providing consultation, herbal and acupuncture treatments. Salary: £16,000 - references £22,000 pa. 1. Original Tao, Harold D. Roth, Columbia University Press, 1999, page 66. Shop managers (2): University degree or above, working experience in Chinese medicine preferred, speak fluent English and Chinese. Duties include: daily running of business, stock control, marketing, customer service, interpretation. Salary: £16,000 - £20,000 pa. To apply, please sent your CV to Dr W YU, Chinese Medical Centre of London, 337 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7QB. Tel: 020-73722184. CMCL888@yahoo.co.uk