Editing Traditional Chinese medicine (section)

== ''Qigong'' ==
{{Main|Qigong}}
Qìgōng ({{zh|labels=no|s=气功|t=氣功}}) is a TCM system of exercise and meditation that combines regulated breathing, slow movement, and focused awareness, purportedly to cultivate and balance qi.<ref name="Holland">{{cite book | vauthors = Holland A |year=2000 |title=Voices of Qi: An Introductory Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine |publisher= North Atlantic Books |isbn=978-1-55643-326-9}}</ref> One branch of qigong is qigong massage, in which the practitioner combines massage techniques with awareness of the acupuncture channels and points.<ref name="2009Silva">{{cite journal | vauthors = Silva LM, Schalock M, Ayres R, Bunse C, Budden S | title = Qigong massage treatment for sensory and self-regulation problems in young children with autism: a randomized controlled trial | journal = The American Journal of Occupational Therapy | volume = 63 | issue = 4 | pages = 423–32 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19708471 | doi = 10.5014/ajot.63.4.423 | doi-access =  | url = https://research.aota.org/ajot/article-pdf/63/4/423/62501/423.pdf }}</ref><ref name="home">{{cite journal | vauthors = Silva LM, Schalock M, Gabrielsen K | title = Early intervention for autism with a parent-delivered Qigong massage program: a randomized controlled trial | journal = The American Journal of Occupational Therapy | volume = 65 | issue = 5 | pages = 550–9 | year = 2011 | pmid = 22026323 | doi = 10.5014/ajot.2011.000661 | doi-access = free | url = https://research.aota.org/ajot/article-pdf/65/5/550/63358/550.pdf }}</ref>

''Qi'' is air, breath, energy, or primordial life source that is neither matter or spirit. While ''Gong'' is a skillful movement, work, or exercise of the ''qi''.<ref name="KjrTcE">{{Cite book|title=Breathing Spaces| vauthors = Chen N |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|year=2003|isbn=9780231128056|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780231128056}}</ref>

===Forms===
* ''[[Neigong]]'': introspective and meditative
* ''Waigong'': external energy and motion
* ''Donggong'': dynamic or active
* ''Jinggong'': tranquil or passive<ref name="KjrTcE" />