Chi
Kung Culture Society of TAIPEI
These treatments, which provide short-term effects for some people, work on a single line basis but not from a holistic point of view. The theory is that through such treatments you can expel your poisonous elements and clean yourself up throroughly or conserve some of the rare (trace) elements which are so important to your body. However, when you return to your daily life and lifestyle, you have to face the same environment, diet and drinks, none of which you are free to change. The original complaint which prompted you to seek out these types of treatment will return in a short period of time, because these methods merely expel some of our poisonous elements or conserve some of our trace elements but they don't𩾷 strengthen our internal system. Therefore, methods that are not taking care of our body from within the internal system (to strengthen our immune system, circulation and metabolism, exchanging system, digestive system, purification system and transformation system), will not be regarded as fundamental methods from a holistic point of view. Compared to the effects of chikung which specializes in strengthening the whole body system, these treatments are considered as alternative therapies which are suitable and effective for a limited number of people only.