For Women everywhere: learn to cultivate and use your Life Force, for Joyful living.

Yanling Lee Johnson was born in Beijing, China, November 1944. She first became interested in Herbs and Qigong at the age of three, watching her uncle treat his patients using herbs and Acupuncture. Her whole childhood, in fact, was spent in the Chinese Qigong community, bearing witness to people around her using Qigong and herbs to heal their internal and external illness, all the while reading and practicing on her own.

Foreword

xi

Preface

xiii

The History of Qigong and My Story

1

(18)

History of Qigong

3

(5)

Eastern Healthcare Practices

8

(1)

Why Qigong for Women?

9

(2)

The Buddha Within

11

(1)

My Story

12

(5)

Women in Chinese Qigong History

17

(2)

Qi and Qigong

19

(16)

What is Qi?

21

(5)

How Qi Flows in Our Bodies

26

(1)

What is Qigong and Qigong Practice?

27

(3)

Qigong and Taiji

28

(1)

Types of Qigong

29

(1)

Qigong Breathing

30

(1)

Qigong Effects

30

(5)

Qigong and Female Energy

31

(2)

Mothers, Babies, and Qigong

33

(2)

Cultivation

35

(18)

Awareness

39

(2)

The Spirit of Qigong

41

(1)

Cultivation of Qi for Women

42

(2)

Eating to Cultivate Qi

44

(2)

Emotional Balance

46

(1)

Translations

47

(6)

How to Start

53

(8)

Qigong Short Forms

61

(34)

Introduction

63

(8)

In the Morning

65

(2)

At Work

67

(1)

When You are Walking

68

(1)

When Driving

68

(1)

Interacting with People

69

(1)

While Enjoying Looking at Something

70

(1)

Before You Go to Bed

70

(1)

Meditation

71

(3)

Sitting Meditation

72

(1)

Standing Meditation

73

(1)

Lying Down Meditation

73

(1)

Special Qigong Forms

74

(15)

Skin Condition

74

(1)

For Vision

74

(2)

To Promote Good Breast Health

76

(1)

Improving Memory

76

(2)

Sleeping Disorder

78

(1)

Left Brain, Right Brain

78

(1)

Menopause

79

(2)

Amenorrhoea

81

(1)

For Abnormal Menses

82

(1)

During Pregnancy

82

(1)

Vomiting During Pregnancy

82

(1)

Lower Abdominal Pain and Frequent Urination

83

(1)

Lying Down Meditation for the Prevention of Illness and Longevity

84

(2)

Weight Loss

86

(1)

Depression

87

(1)

For Longevity and Treating Sterility

88

(1)

For Treating Numbness Caused by Cold, Wind, or Dampness

88

(1)

For Treating Cold and Preventing Flu

89

(1)

Translations

89

(6)

Qigong is a Way of Life

95

(28)

Advice for Mothers

97

(3)

Aging

100

(1)

In the Bathroom

100

(1)

Breast Milk

101

(1)

Carefree State

102

(1)

Colds

102

(1)

Drinking Water

103

(1)

Eating

104

(1)

Emotions

105

(1)

Excess

105

(1)

Housing

106

(1)

Liquor and Wine

107

(1)

Menses and Menopause

107

(1)

Nails

108

(1)

Office Workers

108

(1)

Positive Attitude

109

(1)

Relaxation

109

(1)

Seniors

109

(1)

Sexual Activity

110

(2)

Skin

112

(1)

Sleeping

112

(2)

Sterility

114

(1)

Sweating

114

(1)

Teeth

115

(1)

Thin Women

115

(1)

Walking

115

(1)

Weight Control

115

(1)

Translations

116

(7)

Qi, Food, and Herbs

123

(14)

Principles

125

(3)

Foods and Qi

128

(1)

By Season

128

(1)

By Geography

128

(1)

How Can We Bring Qi Inside Our Bodies into Balance and Harmonize Our Qi by Eating?

129

(3)

Nature and Flavor

130

(1)

Sensations

131

(1)

Constitution

132

(1)

Herbs

132

(1)

Herbal Formulas for Women

133

(1)

Understand the Herbs You Are Taking

134

(2)

Translations

136

(1)

Herbal Remedies

137

(13)

Foods for the Four Seasons

140

(1)

Spring

140

(1)

Summer

140

(1)

Autumn

140

(1)

Winter

140

(1)

Common Foods for Longevity

141

(1)

Cooking

141

(1)

Herbal Wine

141

(7)

Candy for Improving Memory and Darkening Hair

142

(1)

Sesame Rice Soup for Building Up Blood

143

(1)

Longevity Dessert

143

(1)

Adding Moisture to the Lungs and Skin

143

(1)

Longevity Drink

144

(1)

Longevity Egg for Building Up Blood

144

(1)

Lotus Seeds Rice Soup for Building up Health and Treating Forgetfulness

144

(1)

Apricot Seeds Rice Soup for Soothing Cough

145

(1)

Pine Seeds Rice Soup for Moistening the Lung and Constipation

145

(1)

Mulberry Honey for Longevity, and to Build up Health

145

(1)

Soup for Weakness, Asthma, Building Up the Kidneys and Spleen

145

(1)

For Nourishing Blood, Soothing Pregnancy, and Moistening the Lungs

146

(1)

Longevity Shan Yao Rice Soup

146

(1)

For Yin Deficiency Syndromes, Also Helps Promote Breast Milk

146

(1)

For Nourishing the Blood, and Moistening Dryness

146

(1)

For Weakness after Being Sick and for Building Up Qi

147

(1)

Ginseng Rice Soup for Building up the Organs

147

(1)

For Nourishing the Spleen and Heart

147

(1)

For Treating Forgetfulness and Soothing the Lungs and Heart Bai he-Yin Er Soup

147

(1)

Longevity Formula

148

(1)

For People Who Do Mental Work

148

(1)

General Action of Some Foods

148

(1)

Translations

149

(1)

References

150

(1)

Index

151

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