Aroma is considered to have a close relationship to meditation. Very sensitive people describe that they have had a meditation-like experience when they smell some kinds of fragrances. The author has already reported that the EEG of a Koh (traditional Japanese incense) master immersed herself in incense was quite similar to that during meditation found in a Buddhist priest or a Qi-gong master. In this report, characteristics of EEG changes during smelling were analyzed in relation to those during meditation. EEGs of 15 subjects who were regarded to be sensitive to smell, for instance aroma therapists or persons who had usually been in contact with aromas, were measured and compared with those of several specialists in aroma, such as perfumers and Japanese Koh masters, and with EEGs of 44 ordinary students. Essential oils used for the 15 subjects were as follows: lemon, lavender, patchouli, marjoram, rosemary and sandalwood. As a control, EEGs in the resting state with eyes closed, while listening to classical and rap music and doing a mental calculation were measured. Amplitude of α waves on the occipital area, an indicator of relaxation, did not increase while smelling the oils, but it was a little larger in the subjects who had more experience in aromas than in less experienced persons. The α waves, which distinctively appear on the frontal area during meditation, were not clearly observed in the subjects. On the other hand, lag time of the α phase between the occipital and frontal areas, an indicator of concentration, was much shorter for less experienced subjects than experienced ones. The less experienced subjects seemed to concentrate on smelling, while the more sensitive and experienced subjects tended to be free of their thoughts.

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The Tanden is one, the East-Wushu and care-of-health thought, and is the point built consciously. The Tanden is divided into the lower Tanden into a top, and usually says the thing of the lower Tanden also as the Seika-Tanden. The Tanden used by this research points out the thing of the bottom depths Tanden of a navel. Although the position of the Tanden is situated in the 2-3-sun place under a navel according to the East-classification, it is situated in the place of 5〜7 centimeter under a naval by the method of a Westclassification. The center of gravity is the central point of the gravity which acts on the body. However, from the "KichinTanden" which is one of the ways to practice breathing techniques of Chinese Wushu, the center of gravity conceived whether to move by the breathing method, and investigated the position relation between the Seika-Tanden and the center of gravity. A posture tended to be stabilized by the Relative Position posture, and since change of a center of gravity position and a center of gravity position catches and was easy to be carried out, it measured the position of the Tanden and the center of gravity in a relative position posture in this research. The relation between the Seika-Tanden and the center of gravity aims at investigating how it changes by the difference in the breathing method. The result was as follows. (1) Although the abdomen is situated in a 2-3 sun (about 5〜7cm) place under a navel, the center of gravity is in mist or a high place from the Seika-Tanden. (2) Carry out vertical movement of the center of gravity by a breath especially a belly type breath, or reverse formula breath, and it is larger of the movement below a top (1〜2cm). (3) There was almost no center of gravity movement in a common breath and a deep breath, and it was unrelated to the existence of the breathing method. (4) When the center of gravity move distance in a belly type breath and a reverse formula breath is seen, set to a reverse formula breath and it is a big difference at a training person, an experienced man, and an inexperienced person. It accepted. It is considered to have advanced explaining the abdomen thought of Chinese Qigong or Wushu scientifically greatly that a possibility that the center of gravity was in agreement with the abdomen by the breathing method was proved.

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The effcts of AST Chiro Qi-Gong (AST Qi-Gong) on several diseases have been reported hitherto. Authors tried to investigate the effects of AST Qi-Gong on the grip strength and reported here some results with discussion. Twenty nine healthy volunteers and twenty three patients underwent AST Qi-Gong therapy and the effects on the grip strength were examined. Under almost every condition, Qi-Gong therapy showed significant increase of grip strength. There was the tendency that the rate of increase in grip strength was significantly larger in female than in male. The group of the weak grip strength also revealed more in the rate of increase than group of the strong grip strength. The effects on increasing rate did not depend significantly on therapy times under various conditions except for the case of the right hand of female. There observed no significant change among the ages of the therapy receivers. It was suggested that AST Qi-Gong was effective on strengthening the grip strength for almost every person.

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In the previous paper we reported that AST treatment improved visual acuity in-many cases. This time, in order to investigate the effect of patients' memory on improvement of the visual acuity, we used eye measurement cards instead of a general eye chart. In this investigation, we found that the effect of the memory on the improvement of visual acuity by means of the measurement chart can be ignored when we use the global standard inspection methood. We also investigated the effect of the AST Chiro Method on visual improvement for young patients. Remarkable effect on the AST Method on young patients of the visual acuity level under 0.7 has been observed and the level recovered up to over 0.7.

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