How does Chi affect the Sick Body?

When the energy reaches a diseased organ it circles the area. For

example, if you have a kidney condition, you should be able to feel

the energy moving for a set number of times to the left and the right

around the two kidneys. If you have stomach or intestinal problems,

the energy will move in the direction of the stomach and your

body will shake. Those who have a heart problem will find that the

energy lodges around the heart. When people who have a heart or

liver problem engage in this practice and suddenly have difficulty in

breathing and a feeling of distress and congestion in the chest,

they may think that the system itself is not good and want to stop

practicing.

I have had a few students who have had just this problem arise.

They went to see doctors who were not familiar with Chikung or

the Microcosmic Circulation and who assumed the trouble came

from practicing “meditation”. In fact, the energy had been opening

blockages, which had been there for some time. Long before they

began practicing, they had sometimes felt their heart beat very

quickly and had become short of breath but had never attached

any importance to it.

It was only because they had ventured into something new and

different when they started to practice that they grew alarmed because

the symptoms remained too long. It may help to know that it

is the nature of this practice to have such things happen until health

is restored. If they break off with their practice they simply continue

to suffer, growing steadily worse. If the power is able to get through

the blockage in the chest, there may be vomiting or diarrhea but

after that is done with, a level of wellbeing will be achieved never

previously known.