Bhathen Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) Can qigong be practiced by someone whose internal organ, e.g., gall bladder, or spleen, has been removed? Edited March 27, 2022 by Bhathen Grammar 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted March 27, 2022 Yes. The physical organ is not separate from the organ-system-function unity it is part of, which overlaps with jing-qi-shen dynamics. When it is removed, the system and the function have to adjust to the new internal "landscape and climate," which still preserves the configuration of the missing organ, its qi "signature." In other words, the organ is systemically "remembered" by the body, and one can either enhance this memory to the point where it's almost as real as "here and now" or let it fade away. Many compensating mechanisms kick in, and while all of the things the organ used to do in the body can't be restored, many can, sometimes most or nearly all -- with a little help from internal healing mechanisms and external healing agents. (E.g. if someone's gall bladder has been removed, ox bile supplementation can, to an extent, replace one's own bile production.) Qigong is in this category of helpful healing mechanisms that can ease the adjustment and create a new system-function configuration that helps compensate for the lost organ. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desmonddf Posted April 1, 2022 It may lead to some smaller complications at latter developments, but the begginer practice should be completely safe if properly conducted and taught. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
exorcist_1699 Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) It is TCM that emphasizes organs and their qi . Taoist qigong pays attention mainly to the source of all organs' qi , ie, the lower dantian, rather than the organs themselves ; so , as long as you can initialize qi , it is okay . Buddhist qigong emphasizes the mind , or no-mind , rather than the physical body ; so as long as qi is initialized , it doesn't matter where it originates from : the body , or outside of the body , or from nowhere . Edited May 5, 2022 by exorcist_1699 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Sternbach Posted May 4, 2022 On 27.3.2022 at 5:29 PM, Bhathen said: Can qigong be practiced by someone whose internal organ, e.g., gall bladder, or spleen, has been removed? In your subtle bodies, you still have those organs, even if they were removed on the physical level. That's why people can feel pain in amputated body parts. So I would say, yes, you can definitely practise those qigong exercises with success. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
