Immune Changes during Cosmic Orbit Meditation of Qigong

Abstract

Six experienced practitioners of qigong who were in good health participated in this experiment. The Yu Method Cosmic Orbit Meditation was selected for the experiment from numerous other static qigong methods. Before and after a 40-minute meditation, the levels of Natural Killer(NK)cell activity and Interleukin(IL)-2 in venous blood were simultaneously measured to study changes. The levels of NK cell activity and IL-2 showed a significant increase when compared to the findings achieved from a study conducted on a group of subjects who had no experience in qigong meditation. It became clear that Qigong Cosmic Orbit Meditation was effective in enhancing the level of immune capacity.