Endocrine and Immune Response during Guolin' New Qigong

Yuzo HIGUCHI; Yasunori KOTANI; Hironobu HIGUCHI; Yukio MINEGISHI; Jinrou ITAMI; Taigen UH; Yasutake MANDA

doi:10.18936/islis.15.1_138

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Endocrine and Immune Response during Guolin' New Qigong

Yuzo HIGUCHI, Yasunori KOTANI, Hironobu HIGUCHI, Yukio MINEGISHI, Jinrou ITAMI, Taigen UH, Yasutake MANDA

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Keywords: Qigong, β-endolphin, dopamine, cortisol, adrenaline, noradrenaline, NK cell activity, CD4, CD8, CD4, CD8

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1997 Volume 15 Issue 1 Pages 138-142

DOI https://doi.org/10.18936/islis.15.1_138

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Abstract

Endocrine and immune responses were measured before and after Qigong was conducted for 40 minutes, using the Guolin' New Qigong techniques called Shizen-Koukou and Chukaikou. Plasma cortisol and adrenaline levels decreased while β-endolphin, dopamine, noradrenaline, and CD4/CD8 showed a tendency to increase. It was concluded that practicing the Guolin' New Qigong techniques alleviated stress and caused sympathetic nerve activity decline. Also, when the CD4/CD8 ratio increased, the suppressor T-cells also increased, and this improved the immunity function. The results of practicing Shizen-Koukou and Chukaikou were compared, but there were no significant differences.

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