Ba Duan Jin As a Treatment for Physical Ailments: A Bibliography of Recent Medical Research

The Economics of Qigong Series, No. 3 (2020)

11 Pages Posted: 21 Oct 2020

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Robert W. McGee

Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting

Date Written: August 31, 2020

Abstract

Ba duan jin consists of a series of eight qigong exercises that have been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to treat a wide variety of physical ailments. This bibliography lists recent medical studies that have been published in 2019 and the first eight months of 2020 on the use of ba duan jin to treat illness. The present bibliography is part of a series on the economics of qigong. Other studies in this series are listed at the end of this bibliography.

Keywords: ba duan jin, qigong, chi gong, chi kung, health qigong, medical qigong, traditional Chinese medicine, TCM, martial arts, tai chi, taiji chuan, 氣功, 气功, 気功,기공

JEL Classification: I00, I10, I12, I19, Y50, Z20, Z21, Z29

Suggested Citation

McGee, Robert W., Ba Duan Jin As a Treatment for Physical Ailments: A Bibliography of Recent Medical Research (August 31, 2020). The Economics of Qigong Series, No. 3 (2020), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3685571 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3685571

Robert W. McGee (Contact Author)

Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting ( email )

Fayetteville, NC 28301
United States

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