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Studies on the Fundamental Theory of Bigu (Food Abstinence)—Preliminary Experimental Observations of Cellular Bigu

Xin Yan

Chongqing Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine/New Medicine Science Research Institute

Alexis Traynor-Kaplan

School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Hongmei Li

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Jun Wang

New Medicine Science Research Institute

Hua Shen

New Medicine Science Research Institute

Zhen-Qin Xia

School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Clinical studies as well as hundreds of case reports have indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology has enabled human participants to live a normal life with little or no food intake for prolonged periods—a state referred to as bigu. Bigu is described in historical records as "taking in qi to avoid food," and is regarded as a special technique to achieve a long and healthy life. In this study, experiments were designed to study whether cells in vitro can survive without commonly acknowledged essential nutrients after receiving external qi treatments from Dr. Yan Xin, a chief physician and a renowned life scientist. Results reported here indicate that mouse hybridoma cells can survive in Dulbeco’s modified Eagles medium without serum or in phosphate-buffered saline buffer without other nutrient ingredients after qi treatment. These results are the first evidence that a cellular equivalent of the human bigu phenomenon or cellular bigu phenomenon may occur.

Key Words: bigu • Yan Xin • Yan Xin Life Science • Technology • qi • cellular bigu

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Vol. 22, No. 5, 392-396 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/027046702236892
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