The document discusses the impact of COVID-19, particularly among individuals with hypertension, noting a significant mortality rate among those with high blood pressure. It emphasizes the deep-rooted health issues linked to hypertension and critiques the U.S. healthcare system for prioritizing 'sickness care' over addressing root causes. Additionally, it suggests ways to improve circulation and manage stress through various exercises and therapies.

1. Covid-19, Hypertension
and Importance of Qi

2. FACTS about Covid-19:
● Lots of people had died from Covid-19
○ As of yesterday, we have 500,000 deaths in
United States (0.15% of total population,
currently 3rd most likely cause of death
after heart failures and cancer)

3. ● Not everyone who tested Covid positive had a
severe reaction
○ About 28.2M infected so far (about 8.6% of
total population)
○ About 1 in 6 became seriously ill (i.e., 16.7% of
infected had to be hospitalized)
○ ⇒ 4.7M was hospitalized, 0.5M deaths means
death rate is 10.6% of those hospitalized

4. ● Of the 10.6% who had died, most had a
history of high blood pressure (BP)
○ Data from China and US shows 50% of
patients who had died had high BP
○ Data from Italy shows 76%
○ Worldwide data shows 99% have at least one
of these conditions (high BP or heart-related,
cancer, diabetes, lung disease or dementia)

5. ● The USA have reasonably good health care
systems, but one-third of our population (more
than 100 million) have high BP
● Most of those with high BP were seniors who
were covered under Medicare, meaning they
were properly medicated such that their BP
was under control (but were they cured???)

6. ● Western medicines often fix symptoms but not
the root causes
● Beware “Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex”
● In the United States, our “Health Care” system
is in fact “Sickness Care”
● High BP is not a sickness but a warning signal
of much deeper physical and mental problems

7. Common known causes for high BP:
○ Salt / Cigarette / Alcohol / Caffeine
○ High Stress - “Flight or Fight”
■ Sympathetic autonomic nervous system activated
■ Cortisol in blood stream increasing heart rate
■ Adrenal fatigue/disorder
○ Bad Circulation, i.e., not enough blood and oxygen
supply to vital organs causing heart rate to increase in
order to compensate

8. Qi is 血 Xuè 氣 Qi
血 means blood, i.e., circulation
氣 = 气 + 米 = air + rice (i.e., vitality)
氣 was 炁 = 旡 + 火 (no fire, i.e., no stress)
⇒ Having high BP means your Qi is BAD

10. Lung Pericardium Heart
Large
Intestine
Triple
Warmer
Small
Intestine
Spleen Liver Kidneys Stomach Gallbladder Bladder
Hand
Feet
Upper Warmer 上焦如霧 (fog): Lung & Heart+Pericardium
Middle Warmer 中焦如漚 (foam): Liver+Gallbladder, Stomach+Spleen
Lower Warmer 下焦如瀆 (gutter): Small+Large Intestines, Bladder+Kidneys
Yin
(Reactive)
Yang
(Active)

11. Rest & Digest Fight or Flight
Where does Stress come from?

12. Conception Vessel 任脈 Microcosmic Orbit 小周天
How to activate the Parasympathetic
System?

13. Lung Meridian 肺經
How to enhance
circulation?
● Joint Exercise
● Stretch Exercise
● Breathing Exercise
● Yi Jin Jing (易筋經)
● Xǐ Suǐ Jing (洗髓經)

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15. Lastly, some follow-up:
● How do the mind, exercises, therapy, substances, cosmic energy and
original essences interrelate?
● Did any of the spiritual qigong teachings survive in texts, traditions,
and/or societies?
● Does experimental vs. experiential have to be a dialectic or
dichotomy?
● How exactly did Shifu develop the five breathing exercises?
● Are there any (mythological) stories surrounding how various
knowledges about Qi were discovered?