Oriental therapies can help chronically ill people stay strong and
reduce stress levels during epidemics, according to research in the
April issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing. Researchers
have shown that people who practiced the Oriental art of ChiKung which
combines gentle exercise with breathing techniques, meditation and
visualisation reaped considerable benefits during the SARS outbreak in
Hong Kong.
Researchers have shown that people who practiced the
Oriental art of Qigong which combines gentle exercise with breathing
techniques, meditation and visualisation reaped considerable benefits
during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong.
It also helped them to cope with the stigmatisation and discrimination that developed against chronically ill people during the crisis, as they were seen as a high risk group with a much greater chance of being infected by, and dying from, the disease.
"We were already studying the health benefits of this very popular therapy when SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome hit Hong Kong" explains lead author Judy Yuen-man Siu, who carried out the research in the Department of Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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