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What is Qi (pronounced “chee”)

Chapter 32
Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems
Qi is proposed to regulate a person’s spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical balance and to be influenced by the opposing forces of Yin (negative energy) and Yang (positive energy). Disease is proposed to result from the flow of Qi being disrupted and Yin and Yang becoming imbalanced.
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Combining Technology with Tradition to Effect Superior Pain Management Strategies
Choong Khean Foo (RMIT University, Australia)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch032
Abstract
Everybody knows what pain is but no one really knows how to switch it off especially when it becomes persistent and annoying. Have we lost sight of the real pathophysiology that underlies the phenomenon of pain? Are we concentrating on the end point rather than the cause of the malady? Drugs and physical therapies don’t have all the answers to pain management. Is there another way? Maybe we should take a broader look at why the pain started in the first place and then we can work out the solution to the health challenge!
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