The supreme essence of the Asian traditional systems of medicine, the self applied health maintenance practices: Qigong and yoga/pranayama. Contents Part I Qi gong: Awakening and mastering the profound medicine that lies within Introduction What is qigong-Cultivating the boielectrical field Hostory and roots of light alchemy Chinese physiology of qi production and circulation-The cycle of the transformation of the qi Basic biodynamics of qigong practice The bioenergetic circuitry network of the qi in the channels Qigong and pranayama The kinds of qigong Myriad of applications: One coherent system The various paths of qigong Qigong in the healthy: Peak performance Qigong in the unwell: Profound medicine Qigong doctor: Qi projection Qigong in the martial arts: Iron shirt and dragon flying Qigong in extraordinary human faculties Qigong and transcendence: Light body of pure energy Qigong as remembrance Part II Physiological mechanisms operating in the human system during the practice of qi gong and yoga/pranayama Introduction I Oxygen metabolism Energy generation Water production Immune function Free radical balance II Lymphatic system Lymph generation Lymph propulsion-Aerobic production; Intrinsic smoothe muscle contraction; Movement of striated skeletal muscle; Gravity; Breath apparatus Immune function Cerebrospinal fluid Nutritive function III Nervous system Initiation of the relaxation response Neurotransmitter profile Peripheral microcirculation Brain/nervous system interface wth immune system Right/left hemisphere balance Alpha and theta brain wave frequency Neuroreflex stimulation Hypothalamus, pituitary, pineal, third ventricle IV Chart V Conclusion VI References (bibliography)