WAI QI LIAO FA - HEALING BY EXTERNAL QI PROJECTION
Introduction to Wai Qi Liao Fa Wai Qi Liao Fa (also known as Fa Feng Wai Qi or Qi or Wai Qi Liao Zhi ) refers to the projection of wai qi (external or auric energy) by a qualied Qigong herapist! for the purpose of leading a clients qi back to a healthy! balanced state" Wai Qi Liao Fa di#ers fro$ other styles of Qigong %assage! such as ui &a and 'ian ue (cupressure)! because the therapist does not touch the clients physical body! instead projecting projecting qi fro$ a distance of *+ , *++c$" -owe.er! it should be noted that in clinical practice Wai Qi Liao Fa is usually co$bined with cupuncture! Qigong %assage! -erbal %edicine and/or Qigong 0xercise herapy" herapy" 1n ui &a and 'ian ue $assage! the therapist places physical pressure on particular acupuncture points and $eridians! which creates a tra.elling current through the clients energy syste$ using the pie2o,electric e#ect! thus de, obstructing this syste$ and restoring health" 1n Wai Qi Liao Fa howe.er! the clients qi is $anipulated by a kind of $agnetic resonance" resonance" %any people ha.e seen an experi$ent where a $agnet is applied to the underside of a piece of paper on which we ha.e placed iron lings! resulting in the iron lings arranging the$sel.es into a shape that $irrors the lines of the $agnet3s eld" 1f we i$agine that the iron lings are the clients qi! that the therapist is the $agnet and that the paper is the air between the client and therapist! then we can start to see how Wai Qi Liao Fa works" he therapist e$its wai qi fro$ his or her hands towards the client! the clients qi is then led back to a state of balance through the $utual attraction of their two elds" t this point we $ust $ention that it is essential for the therapist to practice Qigong exercises to strengthen their wai qi eld! otherwise the clients qi eld $aybe stronger than the therapists eld" %odern electro,$agnetic electro,$agnetic theory states that if two elds interact! the stronger eld will entrain the lesser eld! causing it to confor$ to the patterns of the stronger eld" herefore! if the therapists eld is strong and healthy! it will cause the clients eld to beco$e stronger and healthier" -owe.er! if the clients pathogenic qi eld is stronger than the therapists! then there is a chance that the therapists qi will beco$e disordered" raditional 4hinese %edical theory states that disordered qi is the foundation of all illness and disease" hus the successful wai qi therapist should radiate good health and abundant qi"
Diano!i! in Wai Qi Liao Fa Wai Qi Liao Fa is based on the principles of raditional 4hinese %edicine (4%)! as such it uses $any co$$on for$s of diagnosis used in other types of 4%"
'iagnosis in 4% is based on the pre$ise that the body is holographic in nature! $eaning that all of the infor$ation about the whole body is enfolded into e.ery single cell of the body" -owe.er this infor$ation! unlike the blueprint contained in our '&! is constantly being updated as we change and e.ol.e as indi.iduals" herefore we can diagnose our o.erall energetic condition by looking at a s$all section of the body" -a.ing explained this! it should co$e as no surprise to nd that 4% diagnosis uses $icro,en.iron$ents (5 $icro syste$s) such as the tongue! face! abdo$en! hands! feet! ears and pulse to nd indications of energy i$balance in other parts of the body" $ap of the entire body is .isualised as being o.er,layed on the $icro,en.iron$ent6 on the tongue for exa$ple the tip relates to the upper organs of heart and lungs6 the $iddle relates to the li.er! spleen and sto$ach6 and the back of the tongue to the lower organs! such as the kidneys and intestines" he o.erall energetic condition of the body is described according to the eight principle patterns6 and the location is described according to the a#ected energy $eridians or organs" herefore the energy can be described as excessi.e or decient! hot or cold! 7in (hypoacti.e) or 7ang (hyperacti.e) and internal or external" he internal/ external pair describe the o.erall location of the energetic dysfunction" For a $ore specic location we exa$ine the $icro, en.iron$ents to look for a specic organ or energy $eridian which is a#ected" full explanation of 4% diagnosis is beyond the scope of this article! howe.er there are $any books on this subject! such as %ark 8ee$3s excellent book 9cupuncture 0nergetics9! which co.ers the entire process of diagnosis and treat$ent selection" here are two diagnostic $ethods related specically to Wai Qi Liao Fa which are not co.ered in general works on cupuncture and 4%" hese are fat palm diagnosis and biological correspondence diagnosis. Flat pal$ diagnosis in.ol.es sensing the clients qi by trans$itting wai qi to the$ and feeling for sensations of heat! cold! hea.iness! turbidity! biting! itching and sticking" he ter$s used to describe the quality of pathogenic energy $ay sound strange to the no.ice! howe.er once you begin working with this $odality you will co$e to appreciate exactly how accurate these ter$s are" :iological correspondence diagnosis in.ol.es e$itting wai qi to the client! $aking contact with their qi and then bringing a s$all a$ount of their qi back into your qi eld" he therapist will then feel qi sensations in their own body which relate to the clients condition" 1n e#ect! we let the clients energy in;uence our own energy syste$ $o$entarily so we can feel the condition of the clients qi" he wai qi therapist then grounds the negati.e energy out of their body! or uses their strong qi to transfor$ the clients pathogenic energy into healthy qi! so as to re$ain una#ected by the clients condition" 1t is crucial that the wai qi therapist knows how to transfor$ or release turbid qi fro$ their energy syste$! otherwise illness $ay occur"
Tr"at#"nt Princi$%"! fter ha.ing diagnosed the clients energetic condition! the wai qi therapist will choose the $ost appropriate acupuncture points and energy $eridians to return the client to a state of health and wellbeing" s wai qi liao fa is a branch of 4%! it uses the sa$e treat$ent principles as acupuncture and Qigong $assage" s such parts of the hu$an energy eld with too $uch energy (an excess condition) are sedated6 and those with too little energy (a decient condition) are tonied" his addition or subtraction of energy fro$ .arious $eridians is achie.ed by selecting acupuncture points which ha.e the appropriate function in relation to the area being treated" 1n Qigong $assage these points would be physically sti$ulated with hand or nger pressure! howe.er in our wai qi therapy we si$ply e$it energy to these points! thus acti.ating their related functions" he entire $eridian can also be tonied by e$itting wai qi as you $o.e your hand in the direction of the $eridian ;ow! or sedated by $o.ing your hand against the direction of the $eridian ;ow" he organs and related $eridians can ha.e their energies $odied by .isualising a colour related to the$ while e$itting wai qi" he li.er and gall bladder (go.erned by the ele$ent of wood) are the colour green6 the heart and s$all intestine (go.erned by the ele$ent of re) are red6 the spleen and sto$ach (go.erned by the ele$ent of earth) are yellow6 the kidneys and bladder (go.erned by the ele$ent of water) are blue/black6 and the lungs and colon (go.erned by the ele$ent of $etal) are white" 0ach $eridian also has points on it related to the afore$entioned .e ele$ents" hese ele$ental points can also be strongly acti.ated by e$itting wai qi to the$ while .isualising the appropriate colour" For further infor$ation on $eridians! points! their locations and ele$ental correspondences! refer to a good cupuncture text! such as 3Funda$entals of 4hinese cupuncture3 by 0llis! :oss and Wise$an" 1f a patient shows signs of excess heat or cold we are able to rebalance these energies through e$itting wai qi of the opposite quality" his confor$s to the 4% treat$ent principle of using cooling techniques on heat conditions and war$ing techniques on cold conditions" o create war$ing energy! the therapist i$agines drawing down the energy of the sun into the 'an ien! a $ajor energy centre below and behind the na.el" he energy then collects in the 'an ien in the for$ of light and heat" he therapist then draws the qi fro$ the 'an ien to the Laogong point (
$entally drawn up fro$ the feet to the Laogong points in the pal$s" 1$agine cool wai qi for$ing on the pal$s only! and e$it this qi to the client" 1t is i$portant not to i$agine this cool energy anywhere else in your body as cold has a tendency to slow qi and blood ;ow" 1f it is used inappropriately it can actually disrupt your energy syste$" he nal treat$ent principle is the breakdown of localised energetic stagnation within the hu$an energy syste$" his is achie.ed by the therapist scanning the clients energy eld until a sensation of turbid qi is found! such as hot! cold! itching! etc" he therapist then e$its wai qi and uses .arious hand $anipulations to clear pathogenic qi and to guide the clients qi back to an ordered state" -and $anipulations include pulling! pushing! rotating! qui.ering and leading $otions6 and are perfor$ed without physical contact" he Wai Qi therapist is able to e$it qi for the purposes of healing using a nu$ber of di#erent hand postures" hese include>, Flat
, Linear! 4ircular! 8piral or
&ci"nti'c R"!"arc( on En"r) H"a%in great deal of research has and is being conducted into .arious energy healing $odalities" his research suggests that .arious for$s of energy $anipulation share the characteristic of attuning the healer to the 0arth3s energetic eld" his eld .ibrates at around A"A -2! which is also the predo$inant brainwa.e frequency of $any healers" he healers3 eld is entrained to the earths3 eld and after energy e$ission the patients3 brainwa.es will beco$e entrained to the sa$e frequency" his lines up with the 4hinese $edical concept that health is a product of li.ing in har$ony with the cos$os" 8tudies on Qigong $asters projecting wai qi ha.e found that infrared! infrasonic! electro$agnetic and other for$s of energy are actually projected fro$ the hands when the $aster thinks of healing" -owe.er! this is an area that will require a lot $ore study before we can clai$ to ha.e a good understanding of energy healing principles"
C%inica% u!"! o* Wai Qi Liao Fa Wai Qi therapy is widely used in 4hinese hospitals for the purposes of correcting energy ;ow and curing illness" lthough Wai Qi therapy can be used as a stand alone treat$ent! it is often used in conjunction with other $odalities! such as cupuncture! -erbalis$ and herapeutic %assage (eg ui &a and 'ian ue)" %assage is often applied to selected points or $eridians to open the$ and to draw qi and blood to the area! Wai Qi e$ission is then used to lead Qi ;ow back to a healthy state" 1f the client is recei.ing acupuncture! Wai Qi therapy is often used to project qi through the needles into the points"
his enhances the e#ecti.eness of the cupuncture treat$ent" he ability to trans$it qi also enhances the e#ecti.eness of tactile therapies such as re;exology! kinesiology! $yo,fascial release and $any other $odalities" s such it can be seen that Wai Qi therapy is a highly .ersatile and e#ecti.e art! regardless of whether it is used as a stand alone treat$ent or as adjuncti.e therapy"
Bi+%iora$() :i! 7ongsheng *BBC 4hinese Qigong ?utgoing,Qi herapy 8handong 8cience D echnology //www".italitylink"co$/article,qi,gong,**GC,wai,liao,healing,external, projection,energy
