the nishino breathing method and ki-energy (life-energy) a challenge to traditional scientific thinkingnishino呼吸方法和ki-energy(生命能量)挑战传统的科学思维.pdfVIP

Advance Access Publication 8 May 2006 eCAM 2006;3(2)191–200 doi:10.1093/ecam/nel004 Review The Nishino Breathing Method and Ki-energy (Life-energy): A Challenge to Traditional Scientific Thinking S. Tsuyoshi Ohnishi1,* and Tomoko Ohnishi2 1Philadelphia Biomedical Research Institute, King of Prussia, PA 19406, USA and 2 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA The breathing method, which was developed and is being taught by Kozo Nishino, a Japanese Ki-expert, is for raising the levels of Ki-energy (life-energy or the vitality) of an individual. It is neither a therapy nor a healing technique. However, many of his students have experienced an improvement in their health, and in some cases, they were able to overcome health problems by themselves. Since this is an interesting subject from the standpoint of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), we have been collaborating with Nishino to conduct a scientific investigation of his Ki-energy. We found that Nishino’s Ki-energy can inhibit cell division of cancer cells, protect isolated mitochondria from heat deterioration and reduce lipid peroxidation in heat-treated mitochondria. Although Ki-energy may consist of several different energy forms, we found that at least one of them is near-infrared radiation between the wavelength range of 0.8 and 2.7 mm. Another interesting observation at his school is the