High blood pressure is a result of stress and bad circulation, both of which would lead to deterioration of our Qi, our life energy.

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?