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Certain Physical Manifestation and Effects of ExternalQi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology
XIN YAN
Chongqing Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chongqing China
FENG LU
Reference Inc Boston MA 02110 USA
HONGJIAN JIANG
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA 02114 USA
XINQI WU
Childrenrsquos HospitalHarvard Medical School Boston MA 02115 USA
WEI CAO
Department of Ophthalmology University of Oklahoma Health Science CenterOklahoma City OK 73104 USA
ZHENQIN XIA
Sangamo BioSciences Inc Richmond CA 94804 USA
HUA SHEN AND JUN WANG
New Medicine Science Research Institute New York NY 10107 USA
MING DAO
Department of Materials Science and EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USA
HUI LIN
HampL Materials Development Company Newtown PA 18940 USA
RUNSHENG ZHU
Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
AbstractmdashThis paper reviews a portion of the data generated via the exter-nal qi emitted by Dr Yan Xin Included here are (1) strong responses devel-oped in LiF thermoluminescent dosimeters (2) strong responses in aqueoussolution structure as probed with laser Raman spectroscopy and (3) altera-tions in the half-life of 241Am as probed with both -ray spectroscopy and asolid-state nuclear track detector According to the different circumstancesexternal qi of Dr Yan Xin can display different attributes such as being dis-tance transcending bidirectional reversible or targeting Although externalqi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology has not been identified with any of
Journal of Scientific Exploration Vol 16 No 3 pp 381ndash411 2002 0892-331002
381
the four known and accepted fundamental physical forces its influence onphysical reality is robustly confirmed
Keywords Yan Xin Life Science Technology (YXLST) mdash external qi mdashthermoluminescence mdash Raman spectra of water mdash half-life of 241Am
1 Introduction
Dr Yan Xin is a chief physician recognized by the academic department ofMinistry of Health of China He is also hailed as a lsquolsquomiracle doctorrsquorsquo by thethousands who have benefited from his healing1ndash3 Starting in 1985 his numer-ous healing cases often involving difficult-to-cure diseases have been reportedin a number of books and newspaper reports1ndash3 As his reputation spread moreand more patients from all over the world sought his help To satisfy the grow-ing demands Dr Yan invented healing lectures for a large number of audien-ces Since his first public healing lecture in early 1987 he has been invited byvarious government authorities and academic organizations to conduct hundredsof such lectures with large audiences1ndash3 A number of cases on the health bene-fits of attending his lectures have been reported1ndash3 These phenomena have beennamed Yan Xin Life Science Technology phenomena4 which have also beenknown as Yan Xin phenomena2 or Yan Xin Qigong phenomena3
Since these are physical effects achieved without physical contact betweenDr Yan and the affected it could be argued that Dr Yanrsquos mind powercauses such effects Numerous cases of various physical changes caused bymind power have been reported5 However how do we connect mind powerwith physical events This is not an easy question and poses a major obstaclein our understanding and even acceptance of such occurrences Since the ef-fects of Yan Xin phenomena are analogous to that of lsquolsquobu qirsquorsquo or lsquolsquodeployingqirsquorsquo described in ancient literature6 it has been suggested that lsquolsquoexternal qirsquorsquo isemitted by Dr Yan to achieve such effects lsquolsquoQirsquorsquo is described as the cosmiccreative energy or the primordial force in the universe and is mentioned fre-quently in classic Chinese literature67 Historically various extraordinary ef-fects were explained using the concept of qi6 The central question to modernscience is lsquolsquoDoes qi physically existrsquorsquo If indeed the existence of qi can bephysically confirmed using modern instruments this would indicate that YanXin Life Science Technology the technology which Dr Yan uses to achievevarious extraordinary physical effects should be recognized as a scientificdiscipline deserving rigorous research All the usual scientific activities suchas measuring different aspects of qi follow naturally
Since the 1980s a considerable number of scientists from leading univer-sities and research institutes in China and the US such as Tsinghua Univer-sity the Chinese Academy of Sciences Harvard University University ofCalifornia (UC San Diego UC Los Angeles) and Oklahoma University haveapplied modern scientific methods and protocols to investigate various effectsof external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology in physical sciences life
382 X Yan et al
sciences and industrial application see eg8ndash14 Some research projects havebeen supported by the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation1516 Abody of substantial experimental results on Yan Xin Life Science Technologyeffects has accumulated They provide convincing scientific corroboration thatqi of Dr Yan can be projected out of the body and affect physical substancesand objects These results have been reviewed by leading scientists in their re-spective fields to be credible and far reaching17ndash19 and they have been re-ported at research conferences and published in scientific journals9ndash1620ndash34
The strong responses from physical detectors such as thermoluminescentdosimeters (TLD)22 and liquid crystals23 to the presence of external qi fromDr Yan have been repeatedly measured Although the responses from suchdetectors by no means capture the entire nature of external qi from Dr Yanthey nevertheless firmly establish the physical nature of external qi from DrYan The seminal studies conducted by Dr Yan and his collaborators in sev-eral critical areas of life science such as genetic engineering cancer researchand anti-aging research have produced breakthroughs long sought by the re-search community9ndash14202126 These breakthroughs at the molecular and cellu-lar levels correlate well with Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing casesof various diseases1ndash3 Important new facts in physical sciences have alsobeen discovered which may provide new insights on the fundamental laws ofphysics27ndash31 On a more practical side Yan Xin Life Science Technology hasdemonstrated the capability of changing reaction conditions of certain chemi-cal reactions and thereby controlling these reactions3233 The application ofYan Xin Life Science Technology in improving large-scale industrial produc-tions of antibiotics has also been reported to be successful21
In this paper we will review research results on the physical interaction ofthe external qi emitted from Dr Yan with substances at various structural lev-els from molecular to nuclear Specifically dramatic effects of Dr Yanrsquos ex-ternal qi on TLD the structure of liquid water and the half-life of radioactiveamericium 241 are detailed In all these experiments a lsquolsquohuman-matterrsquorsquo sys-tem (ie Dr Yan emits his external qi to non-living substances) was adoptedIn these human-matter experiments the selected experimental samples werevery stable under normal conditions and could only be affected by Dr YanTherefore he is the most important participant in the design and execution ofthese experiments Because qi emission is governed by its own set of rules in-ternally as well as by a number of factors externally Dr Yan has to be con-sulted in deciding whether the experiment can proceed and how and when theemission of external qi should start
2 Dr Yanrsquos Qi Field Caused Strong Responsein Thermoluminescent Dosimeters
Thermoluminescence measurement is a mature technology that is generallyused in radiation protection for monitoring personal environmental and nu-clear facility work place radiation dosage It has also been widely applied to
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 383
different fields such as nuclear physics radiation medicine radiation therapyarchaeology military and aviation A pair of LiF (Mg Ti) TLD 7LiF and6LiF form a gamma-neutron detector for measuring a mixed field of gammarays and neutrons3435
In 1987 Dr Yan was invited by the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to give a qi-emitting lec-ture Such lectures generally deal with various aspects of Yan Xin Life Sci-ence Technology On the one hand while speaking Dr Yan enters into a qi-emitting state and emits his external qi to the audience to guide stimulate andinduce potential functions and energies within the human body thereby caus-ing positive changes such as healing On the other hand Dr Yan talks aboutcertain practice methods during his lectures requiring the audience to cooper-ate in posture or consciousness at given times
A LiF (Mg Ti) TLD detector was brought by researchers from IHEP to thelecture hall to see whether the detector would respond to the purported qifield associated with such a three-hour qi-emitting lecture After the three-hour lecture the detector showed a significant lsquolsquodosagersquorsquo which was more thanten times the background22
Further TLD observations were conducted in the next four qi-emitting lec-tures by Dr Yan in 1987 in Beijing Observation locations were set up andmanned by non-qigong practitioners throughout the auditorium All locationsin the lecture hall registered dosages five to ten times the control (back-ground) level22
It appeared that the external qi emitted by Dr Yan interacted with TLD de-tectors and generated responses similar to that induced by a mixed field ofgamma rays and neutrons This result indicates the physical and energetic na-ture of external qi emitted by Dr Yan and provides a means with which todetect the presence of a high energy external qi field
21 Detection System
211 Mechanism of luminescence A LiF crystal can be doped with a suit-able amount of impurities such as magnesium (Mg) or titanium (Ti) to formlocalized charge centers These charge centers are called electron traps if theyare energetically closer to the conduction band and excitation states if theyare energetically closer to the valance band A LiF(Mg Ti) crystal has a num-ber of electron traps with varying depths When X-ray gamma ray beta rayor other ionizing radiation irradiates a LiF(Mg Ti) crystal the particles orsecondary particles interact with and ionize the lattice thereby creating freeelectrons that are then trapped in electron traps of varying depths When thecrystal is heated the trapped electrons obtain enough energy from the latticeto escape from the traps The escaped electrons then recombine with the holesin the excitation center thereby releasing extra energies in the form of photonquanta and the amount of photons is proportional to the irradiation energyThis phenomenon is called thermoluminescence
384 X Yan et al
212 Main dosimetric characteristics of a LiF thermoluminescent detector Aportion of the radiation energy absorbed by a LiF phosphor transforms intothe potential of electrons While the electrons are bound in the metastable trapsthis portion of the radiation energy is effectively stored in the phosphor untilreleased upon heating The more energy the phosphor absorbs the more freeelectrons are generated and more electrons are then trapped leading to morestored irradiation energy Within a certain range of dosage the stored energyis proportional to the dosage This linear dosage response enables a quantita-tive measurement of irradiation dosage using a phosphor
A luminance curve describes luminescence intensity as a function of heatingtemperature For electron traps with different depths in a phosphor the deeperthe trap the more strongly electrons are bound therefore they require moreenergy to escape from the trap When a phosphor is heated with rising tem-peratures electrons in a shallow depth are released first At a given tempera-ture the electron release rate reaches a maximum and a peak is formed in aluminance curve When captured electrons in this type of trap are completelyreleased a valley is formed in the luminance curve As temperature continuesto rise deeper traps start to release trapped electrons and other luminancepeaks are formed one by one Since a LiF(Mg Ti) crystal has electron trapsof different depths a multi-peak luminance curve appears
213 Measurement method In the qi-field experiments a model FJ-369TLD was used to measure an irradiation dosage The detector consisted of6LiF and 7LiF pairs produced by Harsaw a US company as TLD-600 andTLD-700 which were square pieces 32 mm 32 mm 09 mm in sizeEach 6LiF and 7LiF pair had two TLD-600 pieces and two TLD-700 piecesThe pairs were put in a small polyethylene box and sealed with a black plas-tic bag In two out of five experiments the pairs thus prepared were furtherput at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm125 cm in size The 6LiF and 7LiF pairs were annealed at 400 C for one hourbefore actual measurements The heating procedure for dosage reading waspre-programmed preheat at 120 C for 10 seconds and read at 295 C for 15seconds
A 7LiF (Mg Ti) crystal is a gamma ray detector and is not sensitive tothermal neutrons while a 6LiF (Mg Ti) crystal is sensitive to both gammarays and thermal neutrons So a 6LiF7LiF pair forms a gamma-neutron detec-tor to measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons If the reading from6LiF normalized by a 60Co standard was denoted R6 the reading from 7LiFnormalized by a 60Co standard denoted R7 as the apparent reading for gammarays then the difference R6 R7 was the apparent reading for neutrons
The LiF(Mg Ti) TLD was calibrated for its gamma ray response using a60Co gamma ray source producing an excellent gamma ray dosage responseof 3 measurement deviation for an irradiation dosage of one roentgen Thedetectorrsquos neutron response was calibrated using a 252Cf spontaneous-
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 385
fission neutron source For measuring the neutron dosage at one meter from a252Cf neutron source the detector yielded a reading with a relative deviationless than or equal to 2 In the past this kind of detector was used to meas-ure the gamma ray-neutron mixed field of an accelerator as well as the dosageof cosmic rays In this type of measurement the calibration sources used hadsimilar energy spectra to that of the fields to be measured For measuring theneutron dosage in cosmic radiation the detector gave an energy-spectrumndashrelated error of less than 1
The previous calibration methods were also used in our experiments eventhough the energy and energy spectrum of the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo were stillunknown The combined experimental error in our thermoluminescence ex-periments was 30 excluding the potential errors due to different energy re-sponse from the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo
22 Results and Discussion
The results are listed in Table 122 for the first thermoluminescence meas-urements during a qi-emitting lecture delivered by Dr Yan at the auditoriumof the College of Political Sciences Beijing China October 8 1987
After the first experiment in which strong positive responses were ob-tained four more experiments were carried out in which the responses fromlithium fluoride detectors distributed at different locations during a qi-emittinglecture were measured Measurements were conducted during four qi-emittinglectures delivered by Dr Yan in October 1987 and the results are listed in Ta-bles 2ndash522
On October 21 1987 Dr Yan delivered an 11-hour qi-emitting lecture atRed Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing During this lecture eight sets of lith-ium fluoride detectors were provided at the following locations to the leftand right side of the podium one measurement point was provided everyeight rows for a total of eight measurement points At each measurementpoint a non-qigong practitioner carried a set of lithium fluoride TLD Resultsare listed in Table 2 The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hoursafter the start of the lecture while the rest of the data were measured threeand one half hours after the start of the lecture
Table 222 shows that TLD to the right side of the podium had a stronger re-sponse during Dr Yanrsquos lecture than those to the left side The difference be-tween the reading from a 6LiF detector (R6) and the reading from a 7LiFdetector (R7) decreased with increasing distance to the podium For the lastrow R7 was greater than R6
In the case of irradiation dosage measurement a 7LiF detector only re-sponds to gamma rays while a 6LiF detector responds to both gamma raysand neutrons thus a 6LiF7LiF pair form a gamma ray-neutron detector thatcan measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Therefore R6 R7
or N is the apparent reading for neutrons When N is greater than zero the ir-
386 X Yan et al
radiation field is a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Table 2 showsthat for Row 8 Seat 16 R6 R7 245 milliroentgen Similar results wereobtained for three subsequent invited qi-emitting lectures by Dr Yan in Bei-jing
The data demonstrate that Dr Yanrsquos qi-emitting lecture caused two differ-ent responses These two responses were related to the intrinsic characteristicsof lectures delivered by Dr Yan since the participants responsible for themeasurements in this experiment were non-qigong practitioners Since a moredefinitive detector was not used in association with TLD detectors to measurethe qi field we can not make a statement that Dr Yanrsquos qi-field containsgamma rays and neutrons Furthermore based on the numerous reports ofbeneficial health effects from the audience of the qi-emitting lectures it ishighly unlikely that the qi field generated by Dr Yan contains actual gamma
TABLE 1Thermoluminescence Measurements of Qi-Field During a Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
at the College of Political Sciences Auditorium Beijing China Oct 8 198722
Lecture time 10081987 900 am to 1200 noon 3 hrs in total
Thermoluminescentdosimeter
Backgrounda
(milliroentgen)After 3-hourndashlong
qi-emitting lecture (milliroentgen)Controlb
(milliroentgen)
7LiF(Mg Ti) 39 510 956LiF(Mg Ti) 35 626 58
a The readings from the dosimeter before the qi-emitting lectureb The readings from the dosimeter after a 3-hourndashlong movie at the same place for a differentaudience
TABLE 2Measurements During an 11-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan on October 21 1987
at Red Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing China22
Row Seat Distance fromPodium (m)
7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Right side ofauditorium
8 17 119 267 411 14416 17 179 247 425 17824 17 234 332 390 5832 17 288 685 505 180
Left side ofauditorium
8 16a 119 110 345 24516 16 179 72 131 5924 16 234 193 199 0632 16 288 268 232 36
a The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hours after the start of the lecture while therest of the data were measured 35 hours after the start of the lecture
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 387
rays and neutrons Rather the TLD readings seem to be a phenomenologicaldescription of the interaction between a TLD detector and Dr Yanrsquos qi fieldSince the mechanism of interaction is not known at this time it is difficult todecipher the meaning when R6 R7 18
In Table 1 the lsquolsquocontrolrsquorsquo was a different audience and seems to have pro-vided a different lsquolsquobackgroundrsquorsquo reading which is a factor of two to threehigher than the original background of the TLD detectors It is possible thatthis was some lsquolsquohuman audiencersquorsquo effect on LiF dosimeters Another possiblereason is the residue effect of Dr Yanrsquos qi field since the measurement wasconducted a short time after the original qi-emitting lecture
In Table 2 both the gamma-like and gamma plus neutronndashlike effects in-crease with distance from the podium while in Table 5 the gamma-like andgamma plus neutronndashlike effects reach a maximum then decrease with in-creasing distance This indicates a particular spatial distribution of qi-field de-
TABLE 3Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 875-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm on October 24 1987 to 345 am on October 25 1987at Tsinghua University Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 6 2 374 488 114Left side 6 4 362 286Right side 5 22a 393 429 36Right side 4 11a 541 594 53Control 66 80 14
a Each of the 6LiF7LiF pair detectors was put at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindricalmoderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
TABLE 4Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 35-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm to 1030 pm October 28 1987 at Beijing College of Traditional ChineseMedicine Auditorium Beijing China22
Position RowSeat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 13Middlea 308 345 37Left side 23Middlea 355 575 220Left side 33Middlea 115 240 125Left side 43Middle 80 170 90Right side 13Middle 665 470Right side 23Middle 35 20Right side 33Middle 170 80Right side 43Middle
a Each of the three 6LiF7LiF pair detectors for the front three positions at left side was put at thecenter of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
388 X Yan et al
pending on a particular circumstance Also in Table 2 both the gamma-likeand gamma plus neutronndashlike effects appear to increase with longer durationof qi emission (6 hours vs 35 hours) This fact seems to suggest the cumula-tive effects of qi-field of Dr Yan
3 Dr Yanrsquos External Qi Affected the Laser Raman Spectraof Liquid Water and Water Solutions
A Raman spectrum is a vibrational signature of a molecule or complex sys-tem Raman scattering spectroscopy is now a standard spectroscopic tool fordetermining molecular structures of liquids and solids36 For liquids when anincident monochromatic light beam of frequency 0 is scattered off a liquidthe beam now has components of shifted frequency 0 i The frequencyshifts i are associated with the intrinsic motion of liquid molecules as deter-mined by its molecular structure Consequently Raman spectroscopy is com-monly used to probe molecular structural changes of liquids
In 1986 external qi experiments on water and water solutions were con-ducted by Dr Yan at the Chemical Analytical Laboratory of Tsinghua Univer-sity in collaboration with Lu Zuyin Li Shengping and their coworkers ofTsinghua University2425 Highly difficult ultrandashlong distance external qi ex-periments were conducted on solutions that are physiologically significantsuch as water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15 mgml medemycinesolution24 The Raman spectral results from qi-treated water and water solu-tions indicated significant molecular structural changes in these liquids Therehave been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects of Yan XinLife Science Technology since the mid 1980s1ndash38 The results on liquid waterprovided the first direct evidence that Yan Xin Life Science Technology heal-ing is physical and external qi from Dr Yan may cause physical adjustmentsin the human body since water makes up about 65 of human body weight
TABLE 5Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 7-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan from
130 pm to 830 pm on October 29 1987 at Zhong Guan Cun Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 3 2a 400 426 25Left side 13 2a 343 212Left side 23 2a 462 424Left side 33 2a 821 885Right side 3 20 320 406 86Right side 13 20 410 606 196Right side 23 20 645 558Right side 33 20 125 22
a Each of the four 6LiF7LiF pair detectors at the left side was put at the center of a hollow poly-ethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 389
31 Experimental
311 Test samples Tap water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15mgml medemycine solution were used as test samples The total concentration ofCa2 Mg2 and Na in tap water was 57 mgl
312 Instrument The measurements were carried out using a laser Ramanspectrometer to observe and ascertain whether external qi would affect the testsamples
The instrument used in this experiment was a SPEX 1403 laser Ramanspectrometer Its specifications are
Resolution 015 cm 1 (Hg 5791 nm)Raman shift range 5ndash4000 cm 1Wave number accuracy 1 cm 1 ( 4000 cm 1) andReproducibility 02 cm 1
313 Detection conditions Because the normal performance of analyticalinstruments can be affected in an in situ experiment participated in by DrYan the samples for the experiments were put in a designated laboratory sep-arated from the analytical instrument to receive external qi After the emissionof external qi the samples were taken to the laser Raman spectrometric labo-ratory for examination To ensure that the instrument functioned properlywell-known standard control samples were frequently examined using thesame instrument The examination conditions were as follows an argon laserscanner with a detection power of 400 to 500 mW a wavelength of 5145 illumination angle at 90 and a scanning speed at 05 seconds
314 Sample preparation The samples were prepared before an experi-ment was started The solution was pipetted out of a large container andsealed in a test tube Each kind of solution was divided into two groups eachgroup containing two to three test tubes One group was used as test samplesto receive external qi the other group was put aside as control samples
315 Control experiment In each experiment test samples and controlsamples were taken from the same large container where the solution for theexperiment was prepared to ensure a consistency between the test samplesand the controls The background of each sample was checked before eachexperiment Results indicate that the backgrounds of samples taken from thesame solution were the same in all measurements
316 Procedure for the external qi experiments Laser Raman spectra weretaken from all sealed samples as background The test samples were put in adesignated laboratory The door was locked so no one could enter into theroom while external qi was being emitted Dr Yan then started to emit exter-nal qi from a long distance at a time agreed upon before the experiment Thedistance was usually about seven kilometers and the duration of the emission
390 X Yan et al
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
the four known and accepted fundamental physical forces its influence onphysical reality is robustly confirmed
Keywords Yan Xin Life Science Technology (YXLST) mdash external qi mdashthermoluminescence mdash Raman spectra of water mdash half-life of 241Am
1 Introduction
Dr Yan Xin is a chief physician recognized by the academic department ofMinistry of Health of China He is also hailed as a lsquolsquomiracle doctorrsquorsquo by thethousands who have benefited from his healing1ndash3 Starting in 1985 his numer-ous healing cases often involving difficult-to-cure diseases have been reportedin a number of books and newspaper reports1ndash3 As his reputation spread moreand more patients from all over the world sought his help To satisfy the grow-ing demands Dr Yan invented healing lectures for a large number of audien-ces Since his first public healing lecture in early 1987 he has been invited byvarious government authorities and academic organizations to conduct hundredsof such lectures with large audiences1ndash3 A number of cases on the health bene-fits of attending his lectures have been reported1ndash3 These phenomena have beennamed Yan Xin Life Science Technology phenomena4 which have also beenknown as Yan Xin phenomena2 or Yan Xin Qigong phenomena3
Since these are physical effects achieved without physical contact betweenDr Yan and the affected it could be argued that Dr Yanrsquos mind powercauses such effects Numerous cases of various physical changes caused bymind power have been reported5 However how do we connect mind powerwith physical events This is not an easy question and poses a major obstaclein our understanding and even acceptance of such occurrences Since the ef-fects of Yan Xin phenomena are analogous to that of lsquolsquobu qirsquorsquo or lsquolsquodeployingqirsquorsquo described in ancient literature6 it has been suggested that lsquolsquoexternal qirsquorsquo isemitted by Dr Yan to achieve such effects lsquolsquoQirsquorsquo is described as the cosmiccreative energy or the primordial force in the universe and is mentioned fre-quently in classic Chinese literature67 Historically various extraordinary ef-fects were explained using the concept of qi6 The central question to modernscience is lsquolsquoDoes qi physically existrsquorsquo If indeed the existence of qi can bephysically confirmed using modern instruments this would indicate that YanXin Life Science Technology the technology which Dr Yan uses to achievevarious extraordinary physical effects should be recognized as a scientificdiscipline deserving rigorous research All the usual scientific activities suchas measuring different aspects of qi follow naturally
Since the 1980s a considerable number of scientists from leading univer-sities and research institutes in China and the US such as Tsinghua Univer-sity the Chinese Academy of Sciences Harvard University University ofCalifornia (UC San Diego UC Los Angeles) and Oklahoma University haveapplied modern scientific methods and protocols to investigate various effectsof external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology in physical sciences life
382 X Yan et al
sciences and industrial application see eg8ndash14 Some research projects havebeen supported by the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation1516 Abody of substantial experimental results on Yan Xin Life Science Technologyeffects has accumulated They provide convincing scientific corroboration thatqi of Dr Yan can be projected out of the body and affect physical substancesand objects These results have been reviewed by leading scientists in their re-spective fields to be credible and far reaching17ndash19 and they have been re-ported at research conferences and published in scientific journals9ndash1620ndash34
The strong responses from physical detectors such as thermoluminescentdosimeters (TLD)22 and liquid crystals23 to the presence of external qi fromDr Yan have been repeatedly measured Although the responses from suchdetectors by no means capture the entire nature of external qi from Dr Yanthey nevertheless firmly establish the physical nature of external qi from DrYan The seminal studies conducted by Dr Yan and his collaborators in sev-eral critical areas of life science such as genetic engineering cancer researchand anti-aging research have produced breakthroughs long sought by the re-search community9ndash14202126 These breakthroughs at the molecular and cellu-lar levels correlate well with Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing casesof various diseases1ndash3 Important new facts in physical sciences have alsobeen discovered which may provide new insights on the fundamental laws ofphysics27ndash31 On a more practical side Yan Xin Life Science Technology hasdemonstrated the capability of changing reaction conditions of certain chemi-cal reactions and thereby controlling these reactions3233 The application ofYan Xin Life Science Technology in improving large-scale industrial produc-tions of antibiotics has also been reported to be successful21
In this paper we will review research results on the physical interaction ofthe external qi emitted from Dr Yan with substances at various structural lev-els from molecular to nuclear Specifically dramatic effects of Dr Yanrsquos ex-ternal qi on TLD the structure of liquid water and the half-life of radioactiveamericium 241 are detailed In all these experiments a lsquolsquohuman-matterrsquorsquo sys-tem (ie Dr Yan emits his external qi to non-living substances) was adoptedIn these human-matter experiments the selected experimental samples werevery stable under normal conditions and could only be affected by Dr YanTherefore he is the most important participant in the design and execution ofthese experiments Because qi emission is governed by its own set of rules in-ternally as well as by a number of factors externally Dr Yan has to be con-sulted in deciding whether the experiment can proceed and how and when theemission of external qi should start
2 Dr Yanrsquos Qi Field Caused Strong Responsein Thermoluminescent Dosimeters
Thermoluminescence measurement is a mature technology that is generallyused in radiation protection for monitoring personal environmental and nu-clear facility work place radiation dosage It has also been widely applied to
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 383
different fields such as nuclear physics radiation medicine radiation therapyarchaeology military and aviation A pair of LiF (Mg Ti) TLD 7LiF and6LiF form a gamma-neutron detector for measuring a mixed field of gammarays and neutrons3435
In 1987 Dr Yan was invited by the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to give a qi-emitting lec-ture Such lectures generally deal with various aspects of Yan Xin Life Sci-ence Technology On the one hand while speaking Dr Yan enters into a qi-emitting state and emits his external qi to the audience to guide stimulate andinduce potential functions and energies within the human body thereby caus-ing positive changes such as healing On the other hand Dr Yan talks aboutcertain practice methods during his lectures requiring the audience to cooper-ate in posture or consciousness at given times
A LiF (Mg Ti) TLD detector was brought by researchers from IHEP to thelecture hall to see whether the detector would respond to the purported qifield associated with such a three-hour qi-emitting lecture After the three-hour lecture the detector showed a significant lsquolsquodosagersquorsquo which was more thanten times the background22
Further TLD observations were conducted in the next four qi-emitting lec-tures by Dr Yan in 1987 in Beijing Observation locations were set up andmanned by non-qigong practitioners throughout the auditorium All locationsin the lecture hall registered dosages five to ten times the control (back-ground) level22
It appeared that the external qi emitted by Dr Yan interacted with TLD de-tectors and generated responses similar to that induced by a mixed field ofgamma rays and neutrons This result indicates the physical and energetic na-ture of external qi emitted by Dr Yan and provides a means with which todetect the presence of a high energy external qi field
21 Detection System
211 Mechanism of luminescence A LiF crystal can be doped with a suit-able amount of impurities such as magnesium (Mg) or titanium (Ti) to formlocalized charge centers These charge centers are called electron traps if theyare energetically closer to the conduction band and excitation states if theyare energetically closer to the valance band A LiF(Mg Ti) crystal has a num-ber of electron traps with varying depths When X-ray gamma ray beta rayor other ionizing radiation irradiates a LiF(Mg Ti) crystal the particles orsecondary particles interact with and ionize the lattice thereby creating freeelectrons that are then trapped in electron traps of varying depths When thecrystal is heated the trapped electrons obtain enough energy from the latticeto escape from the traps The escaped electrons then recombine with the holesin the excitation center thereby releasing extra energies in the form of photonquanta and the amount of photons is proportional to the irradiation energyThis phenomenon is called thermoluminescence
384 X Yan et al
212 Main dosimetric characteristics of a LiF thermoluminescent detector Aportion of the radiation energy absorbed by a LiF phosphor transforms intothe potential of electrons While the electrons are bound in the metastable trapsthis portion of the radiation energy is effectively stored in the phosphor untilreleased upon heating The more energy the phosphor absorbs the more freeelectrons are generated and more electrons are then trapped leading to morestored irradiation energy Within a certain range of dosage the stored energyis proportional to the dosage This linear dosage response enables a quantita-tive measurement of irradiation dosage using a phosphor
A luminance curve describes luminescence intensity as a function of heatingtemperature For electron traps with different depths in a phosphor the deeperthe trap the more strongly electrons are bound therefore they require moreenergy to escape from the trap When a phosphor is heated with rising tem-peratures electrons in a shallow depth are released first At a given tempera-ture the electron release rate reaches a maximum and a peak is formed in aluminance curve When captured electrons in this type of trap are completelyreleased a valley is formed in the luminance curve As temperature continuesto rise deeper traps start to release trapped electrons and other luminancepeaks are formed one by one Since a LiF(Mg Ti) crystal has electron trapsof different depths a multi-peak luminance curve appears
213 Measurement method In the qi-field experiments a model FJ-369TLD was used to measure an irradiation dosage The detector consisted of6LiF and 7LiF pairs produced by Harsaw a US company as TLD-600 andTLD-700 which were square pieces 32 mm 32 mm 09 mm in sizeEach 6LiF and 7LiF pair had two TLD-600 pieces and two TLD-700 piecesThe pairs were put in a small polyethylene box and sealed with a black plas-tic bag In two out of five experiments the pairs thus prepared were furtherput at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm125 cm in size The 6LiF and 7LiF pairs were annealed at 400 C for one hourbefore actual measurements The heating procedure for dosage reading waspre-programmed preheat at 120 C for 10 seconds and read at 295 C for 15seconds
A 7LiF (Mg Ti) crystal is a gamma ray detector and is not sensitive tothermal neutrons while a 6LiF (Mg Ti) crystal is sensitive to both gammarays and thermal neutrons So a 6LiF7LiF pair forms a gamma-neutron detec-tor to measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons If the reading from6LiF normalized by a 60Co standard was denoted R6 the reading from 7LiFnormalized by a 60Co standard denoted R7 as the apparent reading for gammarays then the difference R6 R7 was the apparent reading for neutrons
The LiF(Mg Ti) TLD was calibrated for its gamma ray response using a60Co gamma ray source producing an excellent gamma ray dosage responseof 3 measurement deviation for an irradiation dosage of one roentgen Thedetectorrsquos neutron response was calibrated using a 252Cf spontaneous-
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 385
fission neutron source For measuring the neutron dosage at one meter from a252Cf neutron source the detector yielded a reading with a relative deviationless than or equal to 2 In the past this kind of detector was used to meas-ure the gamma ray-neutron mixed field of an accelerator as well as the dosageof cosmic rays In this type of measurement the calibration sources used hadsimilar energy spectra to that of the fields to be measured For measuring theneutron dosage in cosmic radiation the detector gave an energy-spectrumndashrelated error of less than 1
The previous calibration methods were also used in our experiments eventhough the energy and energy spectrum of the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo were stillunknown The combined experimental error in our thermoluminescence ex-periments was 30 excluding the potential errors due to different energy re-sponse from the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo
22 Results and Discussion
The results are listed in Table 122 for the first thermoluminescence meas-urements during a qi-emitting lecture delivered by Dr Yan at the auditoriumof the College of Political Sciences Beijing China October 8 1987
After the first experiment in which strong positive responses were ob-tained four more experiments were carried out in which the responses fromlithium fluoride detectors distributed at different locations during a qi-emittinglecture were measured Measurements were conducted during four qi-emittinglectures delivered by Dr Yan in October 1987 and the results are listed in Ta-bles 2ndash522
On October 21 1987 Dr Yan delivered an 11-hour qi-emitting lecture atRed Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing During this lecture eight sets of lith-ium fluoride detectors were provided at the following locations to the leftand right side of the podium one measurement point was provided everyeight rows for a total of eight measurement points At each measurementpoint a non-qigong practitioner carried a set of lithium fluoride TLD Resultsare listed in Table 2 The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hoursafter the start of the lecture while the rest of the data were measured threeand one half hours after the start of the lecture
Table 222 shows that TLD to the right side of the podium had a stronger re-sponse during Dr Yanrsquos lecture than those to the left side The difference be-tween the reading from a 6LiF detector (R6) and the reading from a 7LiFdetector (R7) decreased with increasing distance to the podium For the lastrow R7 was greater than R6
In the case of irradiation dosage measurement a 7LiF detector only re-sponds to gamma rays while a 6LiF detector responds to both gamma raysand neutrons thus a 6LiF7LiF pair form a gamma ray-neutron detector thatcan measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Therefore R6 R7
or N is the apparent reading for neutrons When N is greater than zero the ir-
386 X Yan et al
radiation field is a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Table 2 showsthat for Row 8 Seat 16 R6 R7 245 milliroentgen Similar results wereobtained for three subsequent invited qi-emitting lectures by Dr Yan in Bei-jing
The data demonstrate that Dr Yanrsquos qi-emitting lecture caused two differ-ent responses These two responses were related to the intrinsic characteristicsof lectures delivered by Dr Yan since the participants responsible for themeasurements in this experiment were non-qigong practitioners Since a moredefinitive detector was not used in association with TLD detectors to measurethe qi field we can not make a statement that Dr Yanrsquos qi-field containsgamma rays and neutrons Furthermore based on the numerous reports ofbeneficial health effects from the audience of the qi-emitting lectures it ishighly unlikely that the qi field generated by Dr Yan contains actual gamma
TABLE 1Thermoluminescence Measurements of Qi-Field During a Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
at the College of Political Sciences Auditorium Beijing China Oct 8 198722
Lecture time 10081987 900 am to 1200 noon 3 hrs in total
Thermoluminescentdosimeter
Backgrounda
(milliroentgen)After 3-hourndashlong
qi-emitting lecture (milliroentgen)Controlb
(milliroentgen)
7LiF(Mg Ti) 39 510 956LiF(Mg Ti) 35 626 58
a The readings from the dosimeter before the qi-emitting lectureb The readings from the dosimeter after a 3-hourndashlong movie at the same place for a differentaudience
TABLE 2Measurements During an 11-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan on October 21 1987
at Red Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing China22
Row Seat Distance fromPodium (m)
7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Right side ofauditorium
8 17 119 267 411 14416 17 179 247 425 17824 17 234 332 390 5832 17 288 685 505 180
Left side ofauditorium
8 16a 119 110 345 24516 16 179 72 131 5924 16 234 193 199 0632 16 288 268 232 36
a The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hours after the start of the lecture while therest of the data were measured 35 hours after the start of the lecture
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 387
rays and neutrons Rather the TLD readings seem to be a phenomenologicaldescription of the interaction between a TLD detector and Dr Yanrsquos qi fieldSince the mechanism of interaction is not known at this time it is difficult todecipher the meaning when R6 R7 18
In Table 1 the lsquolsquocontrolrsquorsquo was a different audience and seems to have pro-vided a different lsquolsquobackgroundrsquorsquo reading which is a factor of two to threehigher than the original background of the TLD detectors It is possible thatthis was some lsquolsquohuman audiencersquorsquo effect on LiF dosimeters Another possiblereason is the residue effect of Dr Yanrsquos qi field since the measurement wasconducted a short time after the original qi-emitting lecture
In Table 2 both the gamma-like and gamma plus neutronndashlike effects in-crease with distance from the podium while in Table 5 the gamma-like andgamma plus neutronndashlike effects reach a maximum then decrease with in-creasing distance This indicates a particular spatial distribution of qi-field de-
TABLE 3Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 875-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm on October 24 1987 to 345 am on October 25 1987at Tsinghua University Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 6 2 374 488 114Left side 6 4 362 286Right side 5 22a 393 429 36Right side 4 11a 541 594 53Control 66 80 14
a Each of the 6LiF7LiF pair detectors was put at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindricalmoderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
TABLE 4Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 35-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm to 1030 pm October 28 1987 at Beijing College of Traditional ChineseMedicine Auditorium Beijing China22
Position RowSeat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 13Middlea 308 345 37Left side 23Middlea 355 575 220Left side 33Middlea 115 240 125Left side 43Middle 80 170 90Right side 13Middle 665 470Right side 23Middle 35 20Right side 33Middle 170 80Right side 43Middle
a Each of the three 6LiF7LiF pair detectors for the front three positions at left side was put at thecenter of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
388 X Yan et al
pending on a particular circumstance Also in Table 2 both the gamma-likeand gamma plus neutronndashlike effects appear to increase with longer durationof qi emission (6 hours vs 35 hours) This fact seems to suggest the cumula-tive effects of qi-field of Dr Yan
3 Dr Yanrsquos External Qi Affected the Laser Raman Spectraof Liquid Water and Water Solutions
A Raman spectrum is a vibrational signature of a molecule or complex sys-tem Raman scattering spectroscopy is now a standard spectroscopic tool fordetermining molecular structures of liquids and solids36 For liquids when anincident monochromatic light beam of frequency 0 is scattered off a liquidthe beam now has components of shifted frequency 0 i The frequencyshifts i are associated with the intrinsic motion of liquid molecules as deter-mined by its molecular structure Consequently Raman spectroscopy is com-monly used to probe molecular structural changes of liquids
In 1986 external qi experiments on water and water solutions were con-ducted by Dr Yan at the Chemical Analytical Laboratory of Tsinghua Univer-sity in collaboration with Lu Zuyin Li Shengping and their coworkers ofTsinghua University2425 Highly difficult ultrandashlong distance external qi ex-periments were conducted on solutions that are physiologically significantsuch as water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15 mgml medemycinesolution24 The Raman spectral results from qi-treated water and water solu-tions indicated significant molecular structural changes in these liquids Therehave been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects of Yan XinLife Science Technology since the mid 1980s1ndash38 The results on liquid waterprovided the first direct evidence that Yan Xin Life Science Technology heal-ing is physical and external qi from Dr Yan may cause physical adjustmentsin the human body since water makes up about 65 of human body weight
TABLE 5Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 7-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan from
130 pm to 830 pm on October 29 1987 at Zhong Guan Cun Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 3 2a 400 426 25Left side 13 2a 343 212Left side 23 2a 462 424Left side 33 2a 821 885Right side 3 20 320 406 86Right side 13 20 410 606 196Right side 23 20 645 558Right side 33 20 125 22
a Each of the four 6LiF7LiF pair detectors at the left side was put at the center of a hollow poly-ethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 389
31 Experimental
311 Test samples Tap water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15mgml medemycine solution were used as test samples The total concentration ofCa2 Mg2 and Na in tap water was 57 mgl
312 Instrument The measurements were carried out using a laser Ramanspectrometer to observe and ascertain whether external qi would affect the testsamples
The instrument used in this experiment was a SPEX 1403 laser Ramanspectrometer Its specifications are
Resolution 015 cm 1 (Hg 5791 nm)Raman shift range 5ndash4000 cm 1Wave number accuracy 1 cm 1 ( 4000 cm 1) andReproducibility 02 cm 1
313 Detection conditions Because the normal performance of analyticalinstruments can be affected in an in situ experiment participated in by DrYan the samples for the experiments were put in a designated laboratory sep-arated from the analytical instrument to receive external qi After the emissionof external qi the samples were taken to the laser Raman spectrometric labo-ratory for examination To ensure that the instrument functioned properlywell-known standard control samples were frequently examined using thesame instrument The examination conditions were as follows an argon laserscanner with a detection power of 400 to 500 mW a wavelength of 5145 illumination angle at 90 and a scanning speed at 05 seconds
314 Sample preparation The samples were prepared before an experi-ment was started The solution was pipetted out of a large container andsealed in a test tube Each kind of solution was divided into two groups eachgroup containing two to three test tubes One group was used as test samplesto receive external qi the other group was put aside as control samples
315 Control experiment In each experiment test samples and controlsamples were taken from the same large container where the solution for theexperiment was prepared to ensure a consistency between the test samplesand the controls The background of each sample was checked before eachexperiment Results indicate that the backgrounds of samples taken from thesame solution were the same in all measurements
316 Procedure for the external qi experiments Laser Raman spectra weretaken from all sealed samples as background The test samples were put in adesignated laboratory The door was locked so no one could enter into theroom while external qi was being emitted Dr Yan then started to emit exter-nal qi from a long distance at a time agreed upon before the experiment Thedistance was usually about seven kilometers and the duration of the emission
390 X Yan et al
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 405
055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
sciences and industrial application see eg8ndash14 Some research projects havebeen supported by the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation1516 Abody of substantial experimental results on Yan Xin Life Science Technologyeffects has accumulated They provide convincing scientific corroboration thatqi of Dr Yan can be projected out of the body and affect physical substancesand objects These results have been reviewed by leading scientists in their re-spective fields to be credible and far reaching17ndash19 and they have been re-ported at research conferences and published in scientific journals9ndash1620ndash34
The strong responses from physical detectors such as thermoluminescentdosimeters (TLD)22 and liquid crystals23 to the presence of external qi fromDr Yan have been repeatedly measured Although the responses from suchdetectors by no means capture the entire nature of external qi from Dr Yanthey nevertheless firmly establish the physical nature of external qi from DrYan The seminal studies conducted by Dr Yan and his collaborators in sev-eral critical areas of life science such as genetic engineering cancer researchand anti-aging research have produced breakthroughs long sought by the re-search community9ndash14202126 These breakthroughs at the molecular and cellu-lar levels correlate well with Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing casesof various diseases1ndash3 Important new facts in physical sciences have alsobeen discovered which may provide new insights on the fundamental laws ofphysics27ndash31 On a more practical side Yan Xin Life Science Technology hasdemonstrated the capability of changing reaction conditions of certain chemi-cal reactions and thereby controlling these reactions3233 The application ofYan Xin Life Science Technology in improving large-scale industrial produc-tions of antibiotics has also been reported to be successful21
In this paper we will review research results on the physical interaction ofthe external qi emitted from Dr Yan with substances at various structural lev-els from molecular to nuclear Specifically dramatic effects of Dr Yanrsquos ex-ternal qi on TLD the structure of liquid water and the half-life of radioactiveamericium 241 are detailed In all these experiments a lsquolsquohuman-matterrsquorsquo sys-tem (ie Dr Yan emits his external qi to non-living substances) was adoptedIn these human-matter experiments the selected experimental samples werevery stable under normal conditions and could only be affected by Dr YanTherefore he is the most important participant in the design and execution ofthese experiments Because qi emission is governed by its own set of rules in-ternally as well as by a number of factors externally Dr Yan has to be con-sulted in deciding whether the experiment can proceed and how and when theemission of external qi should start
2 Dr Yanrsquos Qi Field Caused Strong Responsein Thermoluminescent Dosimeters
Thermoluminescence measurement is a mature technology that is generallyused in radiation protection for monitoring personal environmental and nu-clear facility work place radiation dosage It has also been widely applied to
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 383
different fields such as nuclear physics radiation medicine radiation therapyarchaeology military and aviation A pair of LiF (Mg Ti) TLD 7LiF and6LiF form a gamma-neutron detector for measuring a mixed field of gammarays and neutrons3435
In 1987 Dr Yan was invited by the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to give a qi-emitting lec-ture Such lectures generally deal with various aspects of Yan Xin Life Sci-ence Technology On the one hand while speaking Dr Yan enters into a qi-emitting state and emits his external qi to the audience to guide stimulate andinduce potential functions and energies within the human body thereby caus-ing positive changes such as healing On the other hand Dr Yan talks aboutcertain practice methods during his lectures requiring the audience to cooper-ate in posture or consciousness at given times
A LiF (Mg Ti) TLD detector was brought by researchers from IHEP to thelecture hall to see whether the detector would respond to the purported qifield associated with such a three-hour qi-emitting lecture After the three-hour lecture the detector showed a significant lsquolsquodosagersquorsquo which was more thanten times the background22
Further TLD observations were conducted in the next four qi-emitting lec-tures by Dr Yan in 1987 in Beijing Observation locations were set up andmanned by non-qigong practitioners throughout the auditorium All locationsin the lecture hall registered dosages five to ten times the control (back-ground) level22
It appeared that the external qi emitted by Dr Yan interacted with TLD de-tectors and generated responses similar to that induced by a mixed field ofgamma rays and neutrons This result indicates the physical and energetic na-ture of external qi emitted by Dr Yan and provides a means with which todetect the presence of a high energy external qi field
21 Detection System
211 Mechanism of luminescence A LiF crystal can be doped with a suit-able amount of impurities such as magnesium (Mg) or titanium (Ti) to formlocalized charge centers These charge centers are called electron traps if theyare energetically closer to the conduction band and excitation states if theyare energetically closer to the valance band A LiF(Mg Ti) crystal has a num-ber of electron traps with varying depths When X-ray gamma ray beta rayor other ionizing radiation irradiates a LiF(Mg Ti) crystal the particles orsecondary particles interact with and ionize the lattice thereby creating freeelectrons that are then trapped in electron traps of varying depths When thecrystal is heated the trapped electrons obtain enough energy from the latticeto escape from the traps The escaped electrons then recombine with the holesin the excitation center thereby releasing extra energies in the form of photonquanta and the amount of photons is proportional to the irradiation energyThis phenomenon is called thermoluminescence
384 X Yan et al
212 Main dosimetric characteristics of a LiF thermoluminescent detector Aportion of the radiation energy absorbed by a LiF phosphor transforms intothe potential of electrons While the electrons are bound in the metastable trapsthis portion of the radiation energy is effectively stored in the phosphor untilreleased upon heating The more energy the phosphor absorbs the more freeelectrons are generated and more electrons are then trapped leading to morestored irradiation energy Within a certain range of dosage the stored energyis proportional to the dosage This linear dosage response enables a quantita-tive measurement of irradiation dosage using a phosphor
A luminance curve describes luminescence intensity as a function of heatingtemperature For electron traps with different depths in a phosphor the deeperthe trap the more strongly electrons are bound therefore they require moreenergy to escape from the trap When a phosphor is heated with rising tem-peratures electrons in a shallow depth are released first At a given tempera-ture the electron release rate reaches a maximum and a peak is formed in aluminance curve When captured electrons in this type of trap are completelyreleased a valley is formed in the luminance curve As temperature continuesto rise deeper traps start to release trapped electrons and other luminancepeaks are formed one by one Since a LiF(Mg Ti) crystal has electron trapsof different depths a multi-peak luminance curve appears
213 Measurement method In the qi-field experiments a model FJ-369TLD was used to measure an irradiation dosage The detector consisted of6LiF and 7LiF pairs produced by Harsaw a US company as TLD-600 andTLD-700 which were square pieces 32 mm 32 mm 09 mm in sizeEach 6LiF and 7LiF pair had two TLD-600 pieces and two TLD-700 piecesThe pairs were put in a small polyethylene box and sealed with a black plas-tic bag In two out of five experiments the pairs thus prepared were furtherput at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm125 cm in size The 6LiF and 7LiF pairs were annealed at 400 C for one hourbefore actual measurements The heating procedure for dosage reading waspre-programmed preheat at 120 C for 10 seconds and read at 295 C for 15seconds
A 7LiF (Mg Ti) crystal is a gamma ray detector and is not sensitive tothermal neutrons while a 6LiF (Mg Ti) crystal is sensitive to both gammarays and thermal neutrons So a 6LiF7LiF pair forms a gamma-neutron detec-tor to measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons If the reading from6LiF normalized by a 60Co standard was denoted R6 the reading from 7LiFnormalized by a 60Co standard denoted R7 as the apparent reading for gammarays then the difference R6 R7 was the apparent reading for neutrons
The LiF(Mg Ti) TLD was calibrated for its gamma ray response using a60Co gamma ray source producing an excellent gamma ray dosage responseof 3 measurement deviation for an irradiation dosage of one roentgen Thedetectorrsquos neutron response was calibrated using a 252Cf spontaneous-
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 385
fission neutron source For measuring the neutron dosage at one meter from a252Cf neutron source the detector yielded a reading with a relative deviationless than or equal to 2 In the past this kind of detector was used to meas-ure the gamma ray-neutron mixed field of an accelerator as well as the dosageof cosmic rays In this type of measurement the calibration sources used hadsimilar energy spectra to that of the fields to be measured For measuring theneutron dosage in cosmic radiation the detector gave an energy-spectrumndashrelated error of less than 1
The previous calibration methods were also used in our experiments eventhough the energy and energy spectrum of the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo were stillunknown The combined experimental error in our thermoluminescence ex-periments was 30 excluding the potential errors due to different energy re-sponse from the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo
22 Results and Discussion
The results are listed in Table 122 for the first thermoluminescence meas-urements during a qi-emitting lecture delivered by Dr Yan at the auditoriumof the College of Political Sciences Beijing China October 8 1987
After the first experiment in which strong positive responses were ob-tained four more experiments were carried out in which the responses fromlithium fluoride detectors distributed at different locations during a qi-emittinglecture were measured Measurements were conducted during four qi-emittinglectures delivered by Dr Yan in October 1987 and the results are listed in Ta-bles 2ndash522
On October 21 1987 Dr Yan delivered an 11-hour qi-emitting lecture atRed Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing During this lecture eight sets of lith-ium fluoride detectors were provided at the following locations to the leftand right side of the podium one measurement point was provided everyeight rows for a total of eight measurement points At each measurementpoint a non-qigong practitioner carried a set of lithium fluoride TLD Resultsare listed in Table 2 The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hoursafter the start of the lecture while the rest of the data were measured threeand one half hours after the start of the lecture
Table 222 shows that TLD to the right side of the podium had a stronger re-sponse during Dr Yanrsquos lecture than those to the left side The difference be-tween the reading from a 6LiF detector (R6) and the reading from a 7LiFdetector (R7) decreased with increasing distance to the podium For the lastrow R7 was greater than R6
In the case of irradiation dosage measurement a 7LiF detector only re-sponds to gamma rays while a 6LiF detector responds to both gamma raysand neutrons thus a 6LiF7LiF pair form a gamma ray-neutron detector thatcan measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Therefore R6 R7
or N is the apparent reading for neutrons When N is greater than zero the ir-
386 X Yan et al
radiation field is a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Table 2 showsthat for Row 8 Seat 16 R6 R7 245 milliroentgen Similar results wereobtained for three subsequent invited qi-emitting lectures by Dr Yan in Bei-jing
The data demonstrate that Dr Yanrsquos qi-emitting lecture caused two differ-ent responses These two responses were related to the intrinsic characteristicsof lectures delivered by Dr Yan since the participants responsible for themeasurements in this experiment were non-qigong practitioners Since a moredefinitive detector was not used in association with TLD detectors to measurethe qi field we can not make a statement that Dr Yanrsquos qi-field containsgamma rays and neutrons Furthermore based on the numerous reports ofbeneficial health effects from the audience of the qi-emitting lectures it ishighly unlikely that the qi field generated by Dr Yan contains actual gamma
TABLE 1Thermoluminescence Measurements of Qi-Field During a Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
at the College of Political Sciences Auditorium Beijing China Oct 8 198722
Lecture time 10081987 900 am to 1200 noon 3 hrs in total
Thermoluminescentdosimeter
Backgrounda
(milliroentgen)After 3-hourndashlong
qi-emitting lecture (milliroentgen)Controlb
(milliroentgen)
7LiF(Mg Ti) 39 510 956LiF(Mg Ti) 35 626 58
a The readings from the dosimeter before the qi-emitting lectureb The readings from the dosimeter after a 3-hourndashlong movie at the same place for a differentaudience
TABLE 2Measurements During an 11-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan on October 21 1987
at Red Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing China22
Row Seat Distance fromPodium (m)
7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Right side ofauditorium
8 17 119 267 411 14416 17 179 247 425 17824 17 234 332 390 5832 17 288 685 505 180
Left side ofauditorium
8 16a 119 110 345 24516 16 179 72 131 5924 16 234 193 199 0632 16 288 268 232 36
a The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hours after the start of the lecture while therest of the data were measured 35 hours after the start of the lecture
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 387
rays and neutrons Rather the TLD readings seem to be a phenomenologicaldescription of the interaction between a TLD detector and Dr Yanrsquos qi fieldSince the mechanism of interaction is not known at this time it is difficult todecipher the meaning when R6 R7 18
In Table 1 the lsquolsquocontrolrsquorsquo was a different audience and seems to have pro-vided a different lsquolsquobackgroundrsquorsquo reading which is a factor of two to threehigher than the original background of the TLD detectors It is possible thatthis was some lsquolsquohuman audiencersquorsquo effect on LiF dosimeters Another possiblereason is the residue effect of Dr Yanrsquos qi field since the measurement wasconducted a short time after the original qi-emitting lecture
In Table 2 both the gamma-like and gamma plus neutronndashlike effects in-crease with distance from the podium while in Table 5 the gamma-like andgamma plus neutronndashlike effects reach a maximum then decrease with in-creasing distance This indicates a particular spatial distribution of qi-field de-
TABLE 3Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 875-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm on October 24 1987 to 345 am on October 25 1987at Tsinghua University Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 6 2 374 488 114Left side 6 4 362 286Right side 5 22a 393 429 36Right side 4 11a 541 594 53Control 66 80 14
a Each of the 6LiF7LiF pair detectors was put at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindricalmoderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
TABLE 4Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 35-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm to 1030 pm October 28 1987 at Beijing College of Traditional ChineseMedicine Auditorium Beijing China22
Position RowSeat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 13Middlea 308 345 37Left side 23Middlea 355 575 220Left side 33Middlea 115 240 125Left side 43Middle 80 170 90Right side 13Middle 665 470Right side 23Middle 35 20Right side 33Middle 170 80Right side 43Middle
a Each of the three 6LiF7LiF pair detectors for the front three positions at left side was put at thecenter of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
388 X Yan et al
pending on a particular circumstance Also in Table 2 both the gamma-likeand gamma plus neutronndashlike effects appear to increase with longer durationof qi emission (6 hours vs 35 hours) This fact seems to suggest the cumula-tive effects of qi-field of Dr Yan
3 Dr Yanrsquos External Qi Affected the Laser Raman Spectraof Liquid Water and Water Solutions
A Raman spectrum is a vibrational signature of a molecule or complex sys-tem Raman scattering spectroscopy is now a standard spectroscopic tool fordetermining molecular structures of liquids and solids36 For liquids when anincident monochromatic light beam of frequency 0 is scattered off a liquidthe beam now has components of shifted frequency 0 i The frequencyshifts i are associated with the intrinsic motion of liquid molecules as deter-mined by its molecular structure Consequently Raman spectroscopy is com-monly used to probe molecular structural changes of liquids
In 1986 external qi experiments on water and water solutions were con-ducted by Dr Yan at the Chemical Analytical Laboratory of Tsinghua Univer-sity in collaboration with Lu Zuyin Li Shengping and their coworkers ofTsinghua University2425 Highly difficult ultrandashlong distance external qi ex-periments were conducted on solutions that are physiologically significantsuch as water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15 mgml medemycinesolution24 The Raman spectral results from qi-treated water and water solu-tions indicated significant molecular structural changes in these liquids Therehave been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects of Yan XinLife Science Technology since the mid 1980s1ndash38 The results on liquid waterprovided the first direct evidence that Yan Xin Life Science Technology heal-ing is physical and external qi from Dr Yan may cause physical adjustmentsin the human body since water makes up about 65 of human body weight
TABLE 5Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 7-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan from
130 pm to 830 pm on October 29 1987 at Zhong Guan Cun Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 3 2a 400 426 25Left side 13 2a 343 212Left side 23 2a 462 424Left side 33 2a 821 885Right side 3 20 320 406 86Right side 13 20 410 606 196Right side 23 20 645 558Right side 33 20 125 22
a Each of the four 6LiF7LiF pair detectors at the left side was put at the center of a hollow poly-ethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 389
31 Experimental
311 Test samples Tap water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15mgml medemycine solution were used as test samples The total concentration ofCa2 Mg2 and Na in tap water was 57 mgl
312 Instrument The measurements were carried out using a laser Ramanspectrometer to observe and ascertain whether external qi would affect the testsamples
The instrument used in this experiment was a SPEX 1403 laser Ramanspectrometer Its specifications are
Resolution 015 cm 1 (Hg 5791 nm)Raman shift range 5ndash4000 cm 1Wave number accuracy 1 cm 1 ( 4000 cm 1) andReproducibility 02 cm 1
313 Detection conditions Because the normal performance of analyticalinstruments can be affected in an in situ experiment participated in by DrYan the samples for the experiments were put in a designated laboratory sep-arated from the analytical instrument to receive external qi After the emissionof external qi the samples were taken to the laser Raman spectrometric labo-ratory for examination To ensure that the instrument functioned properlywell-known standard control samples were frequently examined using thesame instrument The examination conditions were as follows an argon laserscanner with a detection power of 400 to 500 mW a wavelength of 5145 illumination angle at 90 and a scanning speed at 05 seconds
314 Sample preparation The samples were prepared before an experi-ment was started The solution was pipetted out of a large container andsealed in a test tube Each kind of solution was divided into two groups eachgroup containing two to three test tubes One group was used as test samplesto receive external qi the other group was put aside as control samples
315 Control experiment In each experiment test samples and controlsamples were taken from the same large container where the solution for theexperiment was prepared to ensure a consistency between the test samplesand the controls The background of each sample was checked before eachexperiment Results indicate that the backgrounds of samples taken from thesame solution were the same in all measurements
316 Procedure for the external qi experiments Laser Raman spectra weretaken from all sealed samples as background The test samples were put in adesignated laboratory The door was locked so no one could enter into theroom while external qi was being emitted Dr Yan then started to emit exter-nal qi from a long distance at a time agreed upon before the experiment Thedistance was usually about seven kilometers and the duration of the emission
390 X Yan et al
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
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affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
different fields such as nuclear physics radiation medicine radiation therapyarchaeology military and aviation A pair of LiF (Mg Ti) TLD 7LiF and6LiF form a gamma-neutron detector for measuring a mixed field of gammarays and neutrons3435
In 1987 Dr Yan was invited by the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to give a qi-emitting lec-ture Such lectures generally deal with various aspects of Yan Xin Life Sci-ence Technology On the one hand while speaking Dr Yan enters into a qi-emitting state and emits his external qi to the audience to guide stimulate andinduce potential functions and energies within the human body thereby caus-ing positive changes such as healing On the other hand Dr Yan talks aboutcertain practice methods during his lectures requiring the audience to cooper-ate in posture or consciousness at given times
A LiF (Mg Ti) TLD detector was brought by researchers from IHEP to thelecture hall to see whether the detector would respond to the purported qifield associated with such a three-hour qi-emitting lecture After the three-hour lecture the detector showed a significant lsquolsquodosagersquorsquo which was more thanten times the background22
Further TLD observations were conducted in the next four qi-emitting lec-tures by Dr Yan in 1987 in Beijing Observation locations were set up andmanned by non-qigong practitioners throughout the auditorium All locationsin the lecture hall registered dosages five to ten times the control (back-ground) level22
It appeared that the external qi emitted by Dr Yan interacted with TLD de-tectors and generated responses similar to that induced by a mixed field ofgamma rays and neutrons This result indicates the physical and energetic na-ture of external qi emitted by Dr Yan and provides a means with which todetect the presence of a high energy external qi field
21 Detection System
211 Mechanism of luminescence A LiF crystal can be doped with a suit-able amount of impurities such as magnesium (Mg) or titanium (Ti) to formlocalized charge centers These charge centers are called electron traps if theyare energetically closer to the conduction band and excitation states if theyare energetically closer to the valance band A LiF(Mg Ti) crystal has a num-ber of electron traps with varying depths When X-ray gamma ray beta rayor other ionizing radiation irradiates a LiF(Mg Ti) crystal the particles orsecondary particles interact with and ionize the lattice thereby creating freeelectrons that are then trapped in electron traps of varying depths When thecrystal is heated the trapped electrons obtain enough energy from the latticeto escape from the traps The escaped electrons then recombine with the holesin the excitation center thereby releasing extra energies in the form of photonquanta and the amount of photons is proportional to the irradiation energyThis phenomenon is called thermoluminescence
384 X Yan et al
212 Main dosimetric characteristics of a LiF thermoluminescent detector Aportion of the radiation energy absorbed by a LiF phosphor transforms intothe potential of electrons While the electrons are bound in the metastable trapsthis portion of the radiation energy is effectively stored in the phosphor untilreleased upon heating The more energy the phosphor absorbs the more freeelectrons are generated and more electrons are then trapped leading to morestored irradiation energy Within a certain range of dosage the stored energyis proportional to the dosage This linear dosage response enables a quantita-tive measurement of irradiation dosage using a phosphor
A luminance curve describes luminescence intensity as a function of heatingtemperature For electron traps with different depths in a phosphor the deeperthe trap the more strongly electrons are bound therefore they require moreenergy to escape from the trap When a phosphor is heated with rising tem-peratures electrons in a shallow depth are released first At a given tempera-ture the electron release rate reaches a maximum and a peak is formed in aluminance curve When captured electrons in this type of trap are completelyreleased a valley is formed in the luminance curve As temperature continuesto rise deeper traps start to release trapped electrons and other luminancepeaks are formed one by one Since a LiF(Mg Ti) crystal has electron trapsof different depths a multi-peak luminance curve appears
213 Measurement method In the qi-field experiments a model FJ-369TLD was used to measure an irradiation dosage The detector consisted of6LiF and 7LiF pairs produced by Harsaw a US company as TLD-600 andTLD-700 which were square pieces 32 mm 32 mm 09 mm in sizeEach 6LiF and 7LiF pair had two TLD-600 pieces and two TLD-700 piecesThe pairs were put in a small polyethylene box and sealed with a black plas-tic bag In two out of five experiments the pairs thus prepared were furtherput at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm125 cm in size The 6LiF and 7LiF pairs were annealed at 400 C for one hourbefore actual measurements The heating procedure for dosage reading waspre-programmed preheat at 120 C for 10 seconds and read at 295 C for 15seconds
A 7LiF (Mg Ti) crystal is a gamma ray detector and is not sensitive tothermal neutrons while a 6LiF (Mg Ti) crystal is sensitive to both gammarays and thermal neutrons So a 6LiF7LiF pair forms a gamma-neutron detec-tor to measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons If the reading from6LiF normalized by a 60Co standard was denoted R6 the reading from 7LiFnormalized by a 60Co standard denoted R7 as the apparent reading for gammarays then the difference R6 R7 was the apparent reading for neutrons
The LiF(Mg Ti) TLD was calibrated for its gamma ray response using a60Co gamma ray source producing an excellent gamma ray dosage responseof 3 measurement deviation for an irradiation dosage of one roentgen Thedetectorrsquos neutron response was calibrated using a 252Cf spontaneous-
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 385
fission neutron source For measuring the neutron dosage at one meter from a252Cf neutron source the detector yielded a reading with a relative deviationless than or equal to 2 In the past this kind of detector was used to meas-ure the gamma ray-neutron mixed field of an accelerator as well as the dosageof cosmic rays In this type of measurement the calibration sources used hadsimilar energy spectra to that of the fields to be measured For measuring theneutron dosage in cosmic radiation the detector gave an energy-spectrumndashrelated error of less than 1
The previous calibration methods were also used in our experiments eventhough the energy and energy spectrum of the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo were stillunknown The combined experimental error in our thermoluminescence ex-periments was 30 excluding the potential errors due to different energy re-sponse from the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo
22 Results and Discussion
The results are listed in Table 122 for the first thermoluminescence meas-urements during a qi-emitting lecture delivered by Dr Yan at the auditoriumof the College of Political Sciences Beijing China October 8 1987
After the first experiment in which strong positive responses were ob-tained four more experiments were carried out in which the responses fromlithium fluoride detectors distributed at different locations during a qi-emittinglecture were measured Measurements were conducted during four qi-emittinglectures delivered by Dr Yan in October 1987 and the results are listed in Ta-bles 2ndash522
On October 21 1987 Dr Yan delivered an 11-hour qi-emitting lecture atRed Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing During this lecture eight sets of lith-ium fluoride detectors were provided at the following locations to the leftand right side of the podium one measurement point was provided everyeight rows for a total of eight measurement points At each measurementpoint a non-qigong practitioner carried a set of lithium fluoride TLD Resultsare listed in Table 2 The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hoursafter the start of the lecture while the rest of the data were measured threeand one half hours after the start of the lecture
Table 222 shows that TLD to the right side of the podium had a stronger re-sponse during Dr Yanrsquos lecture than those to the left side The difference be-tween the reading from a 6LiF detector (R6) and the reading from a 7LiFdetector (R7) decreased with increasing distance to the podium For the lastrow R7 was greater than R6
In the case of irradiation dosage measurement a 7LiF detector only re-sponds to gamma rays while a 6LiF detector responds to both gamma raysand neutrons thus a 6LiF7LiF pair form a gamma ray-neutron detector thatcan measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Therefore R6 R7
or N is the apparent reading for neutrons When N is greater than zero the ir-
386 X Yan et al
radiation field is a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Table 2 showsthat for Row 8 Seat 16 R6 R7 245 milliroentgen Similar results wereobtained for three subsequent invited qi-emitting lectures by Dr Yan in Bei-jing
The data demonstrate that Dr Yanrsquos qi-emitting lecture caused two differ-ent responses These two responses were related to the intrinsic characteristicsof lectures delivered by Dr Yan since the participants responsible for themeasurements in this experiment were non-qigong practitioners Since a moredefinitive detector was not used in association with TLD detectors to measurethe qi field we can not make a statement that Dr Yanrsquos qi-field containsgamma rays and neutrons Furthermore based on the numerous reports ofbeneficial health effects from the audience of the qi-emitting lectures it ishighly unlikely that the qi field generated by Dr Yan contains actual gamma
TABLE 1Thermoluminescence Measurements of Qi-Field During a Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
at the College of Political Sciences Auditorium Beijing China Oct 8 198722
Lecture time 10081987 900 am to 1200 noon 3 hrs in total
Thermoluminescentdosimeter
Backgrounda
(milliroentgen)After 3-hourndashlong
qi-emitting lecture (milliroentgen)Controlb
(milliroentgen)
7LiF(Mg Ti) 39 510 956LiF(Mg Ti) 35 626 58
a The readings from the dosimeter before the qi-emitting lectureb The readings from the dosimeter after a 3-hourndashlong movie at the same place for a differentaudience
TABLE 2Measurements During an 11-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan on October 21 1987
at Red Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing China22
Row Seat Distance fromPodium (m)
7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Right side ofauditorium
8 17 119 267 411 14416 17 179 247 425 17824 17 234 332 390 5832 17 288 685 505 180
Left side ofauditorium
8 16a 119 110 345 24516 16 179 72 131 5924 16 234 193 199 0632 16 288 268 232 36
a The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hours after the start of the lecture while therest of the data were measured 35 hours after the start of the lecture
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 387
rays and neutrons Rather the TLD readings seem to be a phenomenologicaldescription of the interaction between a TLD detector and Dr Yanrsquos qi fieldSince the mechanism of interaction is not known at this time it is difficult todecipher the meaning when R6 R7 18
In Table 1 the lsquolsquocontrolrsquorsquo was a different audience and seems to have pro-vided a different lsquolsquobackgroundrsquorsquo reading which is a factor of two to threehigher than the original background of the TLD detectors It is possible thatthis was some lsquolsquohuman audiencersquorsquo effect on LiF dosimeters Another possiblereason is the residue effect of Dr Yanrsquos qi field since the measurement wasconducted a short time after the original qi-emitting lecture
In Table 2 both the gamma-like and gamma plus neutronndashlike effects in-crease with distance from the podium while in Table 5 the gamma-like andgamma plus neutronndashlike effects reach a maximum then decrease with in-creasing distance This indicates a particular spatial distribution of qi-field de-
TABLE 3Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 875-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm on October 24 1987 to 345 am on October 25 1987at Tsinghua University Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 6 2 374 488 114Left side 6 4 362 286Right side 5 22a 393 429 36Right side 4 11a 541 594 53Control 66 80 14
a Each of the 6LiF7LiF pair detectors was put at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindricalmoderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
TABLE 4Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 35-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm to 1030 pm October 28 1987 at Beijing College of Traditional ChineseMedicine Auditorium Beijing China22
Position RowSeat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 13Middlea 308 345 37Left side 23Middlea 355 575 220Left side 33Middlea 115 240 125Left side 43Middle 80 170 90Right side 13Middle 665 470Right side 23Middle 35 20Right side 33Middle 170 80Right side 43Middle
a Each of the three 6LiF7LiF pair detectors for the front three positions at left side was put at thecenter of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
388 X Yan et al
pending on a particular circumstance Also in Table 2 both the gamma-likeand gamma plus neutronndashlike effects appear to increase with longer durationof qi emission (6 hours vs 35 hours) This fact seems to suggest the cumula-tive effects of qi-field of Dr Yan
3 Dr Yanrsquos External Qi Affected the Laser Raman Spectraof Liquid Water and Water Solutions
A Raman spectrum is a vibrational signature of a molecule or complex sys-tem Raman scattering spectroscopy is now a standard spectroscopic tool fordetermining molecular structures of liquids and solids36 For liquids when anincident monochromatic light beam of frequency 0 is scattered off a liquidthe beam now has components of shifted frequency 0 i The frequencyshifts i are associated with the intrinsic motion of liquid molecules as deter-mined by its molecular structure Consequently Raman spectroscopy is com-monly used to probe molecular structural changes of liquids
In 1986 external qi experiments on water and water solutions were con-ducted by Dr Yan at the Chemical Analytical Laboratory of Tsinghua Univer-sity in collaboration with Lu Zuyin Li Shengping and their coworkers ofTsinghua University2425 Highly difficult ultrandashlong distance external qi ex-periments were conducted on solutions that are physiologically significantsuch as water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15 mgml medemycinesolution24 The Raman spectral results from qi-treated water and water solu-tions indicated significant molecular structural changes in these liquids Therehave been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects of Yan XinLife Science Technology since the mid 1980s1ndash38 The results on liquid waterprovided the first direct evidence that Yan Xin Life Science Technology heal-ing is physical and external qi from Dr Yan may cause physical adjustmentsin the human body since water makes up about 65 of human body weight
TABLE 5Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 7-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan from
130 pm to 830 pm on October 29 1987 at Zhong Guan Cun Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 3 2a 400 426 25Left side 13 2a 343 212Left side 23 2a 462 424Left side 33 2a 821 885Right side 3 20 320 406 86Right side 13 20 410 606 196Right side 23 20 645 558Right side 33 20 125 22
a Each of the four 6LiF7LiF pair detectors at the left side was put at the center of a hollow poly-ethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 389
31 Experimental
311 Test samples Tap water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15mgml medemycine solution were used as test samples The total concentration ofCa2 Mg2 and Na in tap water was 57 mgl
312 Instrument The measurements were carried out using a laser Ramanspectrometer to observe and ascertain whether external qi would affect the testsamples
The instrument used in this experiment was a SPEX 1403 laser Ramanspectrometer Its specifications are
Resolution 015 cm 1 (Hg 5791 nm)Raman shift range 5ndash4000 cm 1Wave number accuracy 1 cm 1 ( 4000 cm 1) andReproducibility 02 cm 1
313 Detection conditions Because the normal performance of analyticalinstruments can be affected in an in situ experiment participated in by DrYan the samples for the experiments were put in a designated laboratory sep-arated from the analytical instrument to receive external qi After the emissionof external qi the samples were taken to the laser Raman spectrometric labo-ratory for examination To ensure that the instrument functioned properlywell-known standard control samples were frequently examined using thesame instrument The examination conditions were as follows an argon laserscanner with a detection power of 400 to 500 mW a wavelength of 5145 illumination angle at 90 and a scanning speed at 05 seconds
314 Sample preparation The samples were prepared before an experi-ment was started The solution was pipetted out of a large container andsealed in a test tube Each kind of solution was divided into two groups eachgroup containing two to three test tubes One group was used as test samplesto receive external qi the other group was put aside as control samples
315 Control experiment In each experiment test samples and controlsamples were taken from the same large container where the solution for theexperiment was prepared to ensure a consistency between the test samplesand the controls The background of each sample was checked before eachexperiment Results indicate that the backgrounds of samples taken from thesame solution were the same in all measurements
316 Procedure for the external qi experiments Laser Raman spectra weretaken from all sealed samples as background The test samples were put in adesignated laboratory The door was locked so no one could enter into theroom while external qi was being emitted Dr Yan then started to emit exter-nal qi from a long distance at a time agreed upon before the experiment Thedistance was usually about seven kilometers and the duration of the emission
390 X Yan et al
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
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affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
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qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
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12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
212 Main dosimetric characteristics of a LiF thermoluminescent detector Aportion of the radiation energy absorbed by a LiF phosphor transforms intothe potential of electrons While the electrons are bound in the metastable trapsthis portion of the radiation energy is effectively stored in the phosphor untilreleased upon heating The more energy the phosphor absorbs the more freeelectrons are generated and more electrons are then trapped leading to morestored irradiation energy Within a certain range of dosage the stored energyis proportional to the dosage This linear dosage response enables a quantita-tive measurement of irradiation dosage using a phosphor
A luminance curve describes luminescence intensity as a function of heatingtemperature For electron traps with different depths in a phosphor the deeperthe trap the more strongly electrons are bound therefore they require moreenergy to escape from the trap When a phosphor is heated with rising tem-peratures electrons in a shallow depth are released first At a given tempera-ture the electron release rate reaches a maximum and a peak is formed in aluminance curve When captured electrons in this type of trap are completelyreleased a valley is formed in the luminance curve As temperature continuesto rise deeper traps start to release trapped electrons and other luminancepeaks are formed one by one Since a LiF(Mg Ti) crystal has electron trapsof different depths a multi-peak luminance curve appears
213 Measurement method In the qi-field experiments a model FJ-369TLD was used to measure an irradiation dosage The detector consisted of6LiF and 7LiF pairs produced by Harsaw a US company as TLD-600 andTLD-700 which were square pieces 32 mm 32 mm 09 mm in sizeEach 6LiF and 7LiF pair had two TLD-600 pieces and two TLD-700 piecesThe pairs were put in a small polyethylene box and sealed with a black plas-tic bag In two out of five experiments the pairs thus prepared were furtherput at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm125 cm in size The 6LiF and 7LiF pairs were annealed at 400 C for one hourbefore actual measurements The heating procedure for dosage reading waspre-programmed preheat at 120 C for 10 seconds and read at 295 C for 15seconds
A 7LiF (Mg Ti) crystal is a gamma ray detector and is not sensitive tothermal neutrons while a 6LiF (Mg Ti) crystal is sensitive to both gammarays and thermal neutrons So a 6LiF7LiF pair forms a gamma-neutron detec-tor to measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons If the reading from6LiF normalized by a 60Co standard was denoted R6 the reading from 7LiFnormalized by a 60Co standard denoted R7 as the apparent reading for gammarays then the difference R6 R7 was the apparent reading for neutrons
The LiF(Mg Ti) TLD was calibrated for its gamma ray response using a60Co gamma ray source producing an excellent gamma ray dosage responseof 3 measurement deviation for an irradiation dosage of one roentgen Thedetectorrsquos neutron response was calibrated using a 252Cf spontaneous-
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 385
fission neutron source For measuring the neutron dosage at one meter from a252Cf neutron source the detector yielded a reading with a relative deviationless than or equal to 2 In the past this kind of detector was used to meas-ure the gamma ray-neutron mixed field of an accelerator as well as the dosageof cosmic rays In this type of measurement the calibration sources used hadsimilar energy spectra to that of the fields to be measured For measuring theneutron dosage in cosmic radiation the detector gave an energy-spectrumndashrelated error of less than 1
The previous calibration methods were also used in our experiments eventhough the energy and energy spectrum of the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo were stillunknown The combined experimental error in our thermoluminescence ex-periments was 30 excluding the potential errors due to different energy re-sponse from the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo
22 Results and Discussion
The results are listed in Table 122 for the first thermoluminescence meas-urements during a qi-emitting lecture delivered by Dr Yan at the auditoriumof the College of Political Sciences Beijing China October 8 1987
After the first experiment in which strong positive responses were ob-tained four more experiments were carried out in which the responses fromlithium fluoride detectors distributed at different locations during a qi-emittinglecture were measured Measurements were conducted during four qi-emittinglectures delivered by Dr Yan in October 1987 and the results are listed in Ta-bles 2ndash522
On October 21 1987 Dr Yan delivered an 11-hour qi-emitting lecture atRed Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing During this lecture eight sets of lith-ium fluoride detectors were provided at the following locations to the leftand right side of the podium one measurement point was provided everyeight rows for a total of eight measurement points At each measurementpoint a non-qigong practitioner carried a set of lithium fluoride TLD Resultsare listed in Table 2 The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hoursafter the start of the lecture while the rest of the data were measured threeand one half hours after the start of the lecture
Table 222 shows that TLD to the right side of the podium had a stronger re-sponse during Dr Yanrsquos lecture than those to the left side The difference be-tween the reading from a 6LiF detector (R6) and the reading from a 7LiFdetector (R7) decreased with increasing distance to the podium For the lastrow R7 was greater than R6
In the case of irradiation dosage measurement a 7LiF detector only re-sponds to gamma rays while a 6LiF detector responds to both gamma raysand neutrons thus a 6LiF7LiF pair form a gamma ray-neutron detector thatcan measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Therefore R6 R7
or N is the apparent reading for neutrons When N is greater than zero the ir-
386 X Yan et al
radiation field is a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Table 2 showsthat for Row 8 Seat 16 R6 R7 245 milliroentgen Similar results wereobtained for three subsequent invited qi-emitting lectures by Dr Yan in Bei-jing
The data demonstrate that Dr Yanrsquos qi-emitting lecture caused two differ-ent responses These two responses were related to the intrinsic characteristicsof lectures delivered by Dr Yan since the participants responsible for themeasurements in this experiment were non-qigong practitioners Since a moredefinitive detector was not used in association with TLD detectors to measurethe qi field we can not make a statement that Dr Yanrsquos qi-field containsgamma rays and neutrons Furthermore based on the numerous reports ofbeneficial health effects from the audience of the qi-emitting lectures it ishighly unlikely that the qi field generated by Dr Yan contains actual gamma
TABLE 1Thermoluminescence Measurements of Qi-Field During a Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
at the College of Political Sciences Auditorium Beijing China Oct 8 198722
Lecture time 10081987 900 am to 1200 noon 3 hrs in total
Thermoluminescentdosimeter
Backgrounda
(milliroentgen)After 3-hourndashlong
qi-emitting lecture (milliroentgen)Controlb
(milliroentgen)
7LiF(Mg Ti) 39 510 956LiF(Mg Ti) 35 626 58
a The readings from the dosimeter before the qi-emitting lectureb The readings from the dosimeter after a 3-hourndashlong movie at the same place for a differentaudience
TABLE 2Measurements During an 11-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan on October 21 1987
at Red Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing China22
Row Seat Distance fromPodium (m)
7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Right side ofauditorium
8 17 119 267 411 14416 17 179 247 425 17824 17 234 332 390 5832 17 288 685 505 180
Left side ofauditorium
8 16a 119 110 345 24516 16 179 72 131 5924 16 234 193 199 0632 16 288 268 232 36
a The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hours after the start of the lecture while therest of the data were measured 35 hours after the start of the lecture
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 387
rays and neutrons Rather the TLD readings seem to be a phenomenologicaldescription of the interaction between a TLD detector and Dr Yanrsquos qi fieldSince the mechanism of interaction is not known at this time it is difficult todecipher the meaning when R6 R7 18
In Table 1 the lsquolsquocontrolrsquorsquo was a different audience and seems to have pro-vided a different lsquolsquobackgroundrsquorsquo reading which is a factor of two to threehigher than the original background of the TLD detectors It is possible thatthis was some lsquolsquohuman audiencersquorsquo effect on LiF dosimeters Another possiblereason is the residue effect of Dr Yanrsquos qi field since the measurement wasconducted a short time after the original qi-emitting lecture
In Table 2 both the gamma-like and gamma plus neutronndashlike effects in-crease with distance from the podium while in Table 5 the gamma-like andgamma plus neutronndashlike effects reach a maximum then decrease with in-creasing distance This indicates a particular spatial distribution of qi-field de-
TABLE 3Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 875-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm on October 24 1987 to 345 am on October 25 1987at Tsinghua University Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 6 2 374 488 114Left side 6 4 362 286Right side 5 22a 393 429 36Right side 4 11a 541 594 53Control 66 80 14
a Each of the 6LiF7LiF pair detectors was put at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindricalmoderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
TABLE 4Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 35-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm to 1030 pm October 28 1987 at Beijing College of Traditional ChineseMedicine Auditorium Beijing China22
Position RowSeat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 13Middlea 308 345 37Left side 23Middlea 355 575 220Left side 33Middlea 115 240 125Left side 43Middle 80 170 90Right side 13Middle 665 470Right side 23Middle 35 20Right side 33Middle 170 80Right side 43Middle
a Each of the three 6LiF7LiF pair detectors for the front three positions at left side was put at thecenter of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
388 X Yan et al
pending on a particular circumstance Also in Table 2 both the gamma-likeand gamma plus neutronndashlike effects appear to increase with longer durationof qi emission (6 hours vs 35 hours) This fact seems to suggest the cumula-tive effects of qi-field of Dr Yan
3 Dr Yanrsquos External Qi Affected the Laser Raman Spectraof Liquid Water and Water Solutions
A Raman spectrum is a vibrational signature of a molecule or complex sys-tem Raman scattering spectroscopy is now a standard spectroscopic tool fordetermining molecular structures of liquids and solids36 For liquids when anincident monochromatic light beam of frequency 0 is scattered off a liquidthe beam now has components of shifted frequency 0 i The frequencyshifts i are associated with the intrinsic motion of liquid molecules as deter-mined by its molecular structure Consequently Raman spectroscopy is com-monly used to probe molecular structural changes of liquids
In 1986 external qi experiments on water and water solutions were con-ducted by Dr Yan at the Chemical Analytical Laboratory of Tsinghua Univer-sity in collaboration with Lu Zuyin Li Shengping and their coworkers ofTsinghua University2425 Highly difficult ultrandashlong distance external qi ex-periments were conducted on solutions that are physiologically significantsuch as water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15 mgml medemycinesolution24 The Raman spectral results from qi-treated water and water solu-tions indicated significant molecular structural changes in these liquids Therehave been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects of Yan XinLife Science Technology since the mid 1980s1ndash38 The results on liquid waterprovided the first direct evidence that Yan Xin Life Science Technology heal-ing is physical and external qi from Dr Yan may cause physical adjustmentsin the human body since water makes up about 65 of human body weight
TABLE 5Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 7-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan from
130 pm to 830 pm on October 29 1987 at Zhong Guan Cun Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 3 2a 400 426 25Left side 13 2a 343 212Left side 23 2a 462 424Left side 33 2a 821 885Right side 3 20 320 406 86Right side 13 20 410 606 196Right side 23 20 645 558Right side 33 20 125 22
a Each of the four 6LiF7LiF pair detectors at the left side was put at the center of a hollow poly-ethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 389
31 Experimental
311 Test samples Tap water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15mgml medemycine solution were used as test samples The total concentration ofCa2 Mg2 and Na in tap water was 57 mgl
312 Instrument The measurements were carried out using a laser Ramanspectrometer to observe and ascertain whether external qi would affect the testsamples
The instrument used in this experiment was a SPEX 1403 laser Ramanspectrometer Its specifications are
Resolution 015 cm 1 (Hg 5791 nm)Raman shift range 5ndash4000 cm 1Wave number accuracy 1 cm 1 ( 4000 cm 1) andReproducibility 02 cm 1
313 Detection conditions Because the normal performance of analyticalinstruments can be affected in an in situ experiment participated in by DrYan the samples for the experiments were put in a designated laboratory sep-arated from the analytical instrument to receive external qi After the emissionof external qi the samples were taken to the laser Raman spectrometric labo-ratory for examination To ensure that the instrument functioned properlywell-known standard control samples were frequently examined using thesame instrument The examination conditions were as follows an argon laserscanner with a detection power of 400 to 500 mW a wavelength of 5145 illumination angle at 90 and a scanning speed at 05 seconds
314 Sample preparation The samples were prepared before an experi-ment was started The solution was pipetted out of a large container andsealed in a test tube Each kind of solution was divided into two groups eachgroup containing two to three test tubes One group was used as test samplesto receive external qi the other group was put aside as control samples
315 Control experiment In each experiment test samples and controlsamples were taken from the same large container where the solution for theexperiment was prepared to ensure a consistency between the test samplesand the controls The background of each sample was checked before eachexperiment Results indicate that the backgrounds of samples taken from thesame solution were the same in all measurements
316 Procedure for the external qi experiments Laser Raman spectra weretaken from all sealed samples as background The test samples were put in adesignated laboratory The door was locked so no one could enter into theroom while external qi was being emitted Dr Yan then started to emit exter-nal qi from a long distance at a time agreed upon before the experiment Thedistance was usually about seven kilometers and the duration of the emission
390 X Yan et al
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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398 X Yan et al
in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 405
055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
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15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
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32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
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37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
fission neutron source For measuring the neutron dosage at one meter from a252Cf neutron source the detector yielded a reading with a relative deviationless than or equal to 2 In the past this kind of detector was used to meas-ure the gamma ray-neutron mixed field of an accelerator as well as the dosageof cosmic rays In this type of measurement the calibration sources used hadsimilar energy spectra to that of the fields to be measured For measuring theneutron dosage in cosmic radiation the detector gave an energy-spectrumndashrelated error of less than 1
The previous calibration methods were also used in our experiments eventhough the energy and energy spectrum of the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo were stillunknown The combined experimental error in our thermoluminescence ex-periments was 30 excluding the potential errors due to different energy re-sponse from the so-called lsquolsquoqi fieldrsquorsquo
22 Results and Discussion
The results are listed in Table 122 for the first thermoluminescence meas-urements during a qi-emitting lecture delivered by Dr Yan at the auditoriumof the College of Political Sciences Beijing China October 8 1987
After the first experiment in which strong positive responses were ob-tained four more experiments were carried out in which the responses fromlithium fluoride detectors distributed at different locations during a qi-emittinglecture were measured Measurements were conducted during four qi-emittinglectures delivered by Dr Yan in October 1987 and the results are listed in Ta-bles 2ndash522
On October 21 1987 Dr Yan delivered an 11-hour qi-emitting lecture atRed Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing During this lecture eight sets of lith-ium fluoride detectors were provided at the following locations to the leftand right side of the podium one measurement point was provided everyeight rows for a total of eight measurement points At each measurementpoint a non-qigong practitioner carried a set of lithium fluoride TLD Resultsare listed in Table 2 The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hoursafter the start of the lecture while the rest of the data were measured threeand one half hours after the start of the lecture
Table 222 shows that TLD to the right side of the podium had a stronger re-sponse during Dr Yanrsquos lecture than those to the left side The difference be-tween the reading from a 6LiF detector (R6) and the reading from a 7LiFdetector (R7) decreased with increasing distance to the podium For the lastrow R7 was greater than R6
In the case of irradiation dosage measurement a 7LiF detector only re-sponds to gamma rays while a 6LiF detector responds to both gamma raysand neutrons thus a 6LiF7LiF pair form a gamma ray-neutron detector thatcan measure a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Therefore R6 R7
or N is the apparent reading for neutrons When N is greater than zero the ir-
386 X Yan et al
radiation field is a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Table 2 showsthat for Row 8 Seat 16 R6 R7 245 milliroentgen Similar results wereobtained for three subsequent invited qi-emitting lectures by Dr Yan in Bei-jing
The data demonstrate that Dr Yanrsquos qi-emitting lecture caused two differ-ent responses These two responses were related to the intrinsic characteristicsof lectures delivered by Dr Yan since the participants responsible for themeasurements in this experiment were non-qigong practitioners Since a moredefinitive detector was not used in association with TLD detectors to measurethe qi field we can not make a statement that Dr Yanrsquos qi-field containsgamma rays and neutrons Furthermore based on the numerous reports ofbeneficial health effects from the audience of the qi-emitting lectures it ishighly unlikely that the qi field generated by Dr Yan contains actual gamma
TABLE 1Thermoluminescence Measurements of Qi-Field During a Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
at the College of Political Sciences Auditorium Beijing China Oct 8 198722
Lecture time 10081987 900 am to 1200 noon 3 hrs in total
Thermoluminescentdosimeter
Backgrounda
(milliroentgen)After 3-hourndashlong
qi-emitting lecture (milliroentgen)Controlb
(milliroentgen)
7LiF(Mg Ti) 39 510 956LiF(Mg Ti) 35 626 58
a The readings from the dosimeter before the qi-emitting lectureb The readings from the dosimeter after a 3-hourndashlong movie at the same place for a differentaudience
TABLE 2Measurements During an 11-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan on October 21 1987
at Red Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing China22
Row Seat Distance fromPodium (m)
7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Right side ofauditorium
8 17 119 267 411 14416 17 179 247 425 17824 17 234 332 390 5832 17 288 685 505 180
Left side ofauditorium
8 16a 119 110 345 24516 16 179 72 131 5924 16 234 193 199 0632 16 288 268 232 36
a The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hours after the start of the lecture while therest of the data were measured 35 hours after the start of the lecture
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 387
rays and neutrons Rather the TLD readings seem to be a phenomenologicaldescription of the interaction between a TLD detector and Dr Yanrsquos qi fieldSince the mechanism of interaction is not known at this time it is difficult todecipher the meaning when R6 R7 18
In Table 1 the lsquolsquocontrolrsquorsquo was a different audience and seems to have pro-vided a different lsquolsquobackgroundrsquorsquo reading which is a factor of two to threehigher than the original background of the TLD detectors It is possible thatthis was some lsquolsquohuman audiencersquorsquo effect on LiF dosimeters Another possiblereason is the residue effect of Dr Yanrsquos qi field since the measurement wasconducted a short time after the original qi-emitting lecture
In Table 2 both the gamma-like and gamma plus neutronndashlike effects in-crease with distance from the podium while in Table 5 the gamma-like andgamma plus neutronndashlike effects reach a maximum then decrease with in-creasing distance This indicates a particular spatial distribution of qi-field de-
TABLE 3Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 875-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm on October 24 1987 to 345 am on October 25 1987at Tsinghua University Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 6 2 374 488 114Left side 6 4 362 286Right side 5 22a 393 429 36Right side 4 11a 541 594 53Control 66 80 14
a Each of the 6LiF7LiF pair detectors was put at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindricalmoderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
TABLE 4Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 35-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm to 1030 pm October 28 1987 at Beijing College of Traditional ChineseMedicine Auditorium Beijing China22
Position RowSeat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 13Middlea 308 345 37Left side 23Middlea 355 575 220Left side 33Middlea 115 240 125Left side 43Middle 80 170 90Right side 13Middle 665 470Right side 23Middle 35 20Right side 33Middle 170 80Right side 43Middle
a Each of the three 6LiF7LiF pair detectors for the front three positions at left side was put at thecenter of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
388 X Yan et al
pending on a particular circumstance Also in Table 2 both the gamma-likeand gamma plus neutronndashlike effects appear to increase with longer durationof qi emission (6 hours vs 35 hours) This fact seems to suggest the cumula-tive effects of qi-field of Dr Yan
3 Dr Yanrsquos External Qi Affected the Laser Raman Spectraof Liquid Water and Water Solutions
A Raman spectrum is a vibrational signature of a molecule or complex sys-tem Raman scattering spectroscopy is now a standard spectroscopic tool fordetermining molecular structures of liquids and solids36 For liquids when anincident monochromatic light beam of frequency 0 is scattered off a liquidthe beam now has components of shifted frequency 0 i The frequencyshifts i are associated with the intrinsic motion of liquid molecules as deter-mined by its molecular structure Consequently Raman spectroscopy is com-monly used to probe molecular structural changes of liquids
In 1986 external qi experiments on water and water solutions were con-ducted by Dr Yan at the Chemical Analytical Laboratory of Tsinghua Univer-sity in collaboration with Lu Zuyin Li Shengping and their coworkers ofTsinghua University2425 Highly difficult ultrandashlong distance external qi ex-periments were conducted on solutions that are physiologically significantsuch as water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15 mgml medemycinesolution24 The Raman spectral results from qi-treated water and water solu-tions indicated significant molecular structural changes in these liquids Therehave been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects of Yan XinLife Science Technology since the mid 1980s1ndash38 The results on liquid waterprovided the first direct evidence that Yan Xin Life Science Technology heal-ing is physical and external qi from Dr Yan may cause physical adjustmentsin the human body since water makes up about 65 of human body weight
TABLE 5Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 7-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan from
130 pm to 830 pm on October 29 1987 at Zhong Guan Cun Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 3 2a 400 426 25Left side 13 2a 343 212Left side 23 2a 462 424Left side 33 2a 821 885Right side 3 20 320 406 86Right side 13 20 410 606 196Right side 23 20 645 558Right side 33 20 125 22
a Each of the four 6LiF7LiF pair detectors at the left side was put at the center of a hollow poly-ethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 389
31 Experimental
311 Test samples Tap water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15mgml medemycine solution were used as test samples The total concentration ofCa2 Mg2 and Na in tap water was 57 mgl
312 Instrument The measurements were carried out using a laser Ramanspectrometer to observe and ascertain whether external qi would affect the testsamples
The instrument used in this experiment was a SPEX 1403 laser Ramanspectrometer Its specifications are
Resolution 015 cm 1 (Hg 5791 nm)Raman shift range 5ndash4000 cm 1Wave number accuracy 1 cm 1 ( 4000 cm 1) andReproducibility 02 cm 1
313 Detection conditions Because the normal performance of analyticalinstruments can be affected in an in situ experiment participated in by DrYan the samples for the experiments were put in a designated laboratory sep-arated from the analytical instrument to receive external qi After the emissionof external qi the samples were taken to the laser Raman spectrometric labo-ratory for examination To ensure that the instrument functioned properlywell-known standard control samples were frequently examined using thesame instrument The examination conditions were as follows an argon laserscanner with a detection power of 400 to 500 mW a wavelength of 5145 illumination angle at 90 and a scanning speed at 05 seconds
314 Sample preparation The samples were prepared before an experi-ment was started The solution was pipetted out of a large container andsealed in a test tube Each kind of solution was divided into two groups eachgroup containing two to three test tubes One group was used as test samplesto receive external qi the other group was put aside as control samples
315 Control experiment In each experiment test samples and controlsamples were taken from the same large container where the solution for theexperiment was prepared to ensure a consistency between the test samplesand the controls The background of each sample was checked before eachexperiment Results indicate that the backgrounds of samples taken from thesame solution were the same in all measurements
316 Procedure for the external qi experiments Laser Raman spectra weretaken from all sealed samples as background The test samples were put in adesignated laboratory The door was locked so no one could enter into theroom while external qi was being emitted Dr Yan then started to emit exter-nal qi from a long distance at a time agreed upon before the experiment Thedistance was usually about seven kilometers and the duration of the emission
390 X Yan et al
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 405
055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
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31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
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37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
radiation field is a mixed field of gamma rays and neutrons Table 2 showsthat for Row 8 Seat 16 R6 R7 245 milliroentgen Similar results wereobtained for three subsequent invited qi-emitting lectures by Dr Yan in Bei-jing
The data demonstrate that Dr Yanrsquos qi-emitting lecture caused two differ-ent responses These two responses were related to the intrinsic characteristicsof lectures delivered by Dr Yan since the participants responsible for themeasurements in this experiment were non-qigong practitioners Since a moredefinitive detector was not used in association with TLD detectors to measurethe qi field we can not make a statement that Dr Yanrsquos qi-field containsgamma rays and neutrons Furthermore based on the numerous reports ofbeneficial health effects from the audience of the qi-emitting lectures it ishighly unlikely that the qi field generated by Dr Yan contains actual gamma
TABLE 1Thermoluminescence Measurements of Qi-Field During a Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
at the College of Political Sciences Auditorium Beijing China Oct 8 198722
Lecture time 10081987 900 am to 1200 noon 3 hrs in total
Thermoluminescentdosimeter
Backgrounda
(milliroentgen)After 3-hourndashlong
qi-emitting lecture (milliroentgen)Controlb
(milliroentgen)
7LiF(Mg Ti) 39 510 956LiF(Mg Ti) 35 626 58
a The readings from the dosimeter before the qi-emitting lectureb The readings from the dosimeter after a 3-hourndashlong movie at the same place for a differentaudience
TABLE 2Measurements During an 11-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan on October 21 1987
at Red Flag Avenue Auditorium Beijing China22
Row Seat Distance fromPodium (m)
7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Right side ofauditorium
8 17 119 267 411 14416 17 179 247 425 17824 17 234 332 390 5832 17 288 685 505 180
Left side ofauditorium
8 16a 119 110 345 24516 16 179 72 131 5924 16 234 193 199 0632 16 288 268 232 36
a The dosage for Row 8 Seat 16 was measured six hours after the start of the lecture while therest of the data were measured 35 hours after the start of the lecture
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 387
rays and neutrons Rather the TLD readings seem to be a phenomenologicaldescription of the interaction between a TLD detector and Dr Yanrsquos qi fieldSince the mechanism of interaction is not known at this time it is difficult todecipher the meaning when R6 R7 18
In Table 1 the lsquolsquocontrolrsquorsquo was a different audience and seems to have pro-vided a different lsquolsquobackgroundrsquorsquo reading which is a factor of two to threehigher than the original background of the TLD detectors It is possible thatthis was some lsquolsquohuman audiencersquorsquo effect on LiF dosimeters Another possiblereason is the residue effect of Dr Yanrsquos qi field since the measurement wasconducted a short time after the original qi-emitting lecture
In Table 2 both the gamma-like and gamma plus neutronndashlike effects in-crease with distance from the podium while in Table 5 the gamma-like andgamma plus neutronndashlike effects reach a maximum then decrease with in-creasing distance This indicates a particular spatial distribution of qi-field de-
TABLE 3Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 875-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm on October 24 1987 to 345 am on October 25 1987at Tsinghua University Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 6 2 374 488 114Left side 6 4 362 286Right side 5 22a 393 429 36Right side 4 11a 541 594 53Control 66 80 14
a Each of the 6LiF7LiF pair detectors was put at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindricalmoderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
TABLE 4Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 35-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm to 1030 pm October 28 1987 at Beijing College of Traditional ChineseMedicine Auditorium Beijing China22
Position RowSeat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 13Middlea 308 345 37Left side 23Middlea 355 575 220Left side 33Middlea 115 240 125Left side 43Middle 80 170 90Right side 13Middle 665 470Right side 23Middle 35 20Right side 33Middle 170 80Right side 43Middle
a Each of the three 6LiF7LiF pair detectors for the front three positions at left side was put at thecenter of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
388 X Yan et al
pending on a particular circumstance Also in Table 2 both the gamma-likeand gamma plus neutronndashlike effects appear to increase with longer durationof qi emission (6 hours vs 35 hours) This fact seems to suggest the cumula-tive effects of qi-field of Dr Yan
3 Dr Yanrsquos External Qi Affected the Laser Raman Spectraof Liquid Water and Water Solutions
A Raman spectrum is a vibrational signature of a molecule or complex sys-tem Raman scattering spectroscopy is now a standard spectroscopic tool fordetermining molecular structures of liquids and solids36 For liquids when anincident monochromatic light beam of frequency 0 is scattered off a liquidthe beam now has components of shifted frequency 0 i The frequencyshifts i are associated with the intrinsic motion of liquid molecules as deter-mined by its molecular structure Consequently Raman spectroscopy is com-monly used to probe molecular structural changes of liquids
In 1986 external qi experiments on water and water solutions were con-ducted by Dr Yan at the Chemical Analytical Laboratory of Tsinghua Univer-sity in collaboration with Lu Zuyin Li Shengping and their coworkers ofTsinghua University2425 Highly difficult ultrandashlong distance external qi ex-periments were conducted on solutions that are physiologically significantsuch as water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15 mgml medemycinesolution24 The Raman spectral results from qi-treated water and water solu-tions indicated significant molecular structural changes in these liquids Therehave been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects of Yan XinLife Science Technology since the mid 1980s1ndash38 The results on liquid waterprovided the first direct evidence that Yan Xin Life Science Technology heal-ing is physical and external qi from Dr Yan may cause physical adjustmentsin the human body since water makes up about 65 of human body weight
TABLE 5Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 7-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan from
130 pm to 830 pm on October 29 1987 at Zhong Guan Cun Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 3 2a 400 426 25Left side 13 2a 343 212Left side 23 2a 462 424Left side 33 2a 821 885Right side 3 20 320 406 86Right side 13 20 410 606 196Right side 23 20 645 558Right side 33 20 125 22
a Each of the four 6LiF7LiF pair detectors at the left side was put at the center of a hollow poly-ethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 389
31 Experimental
311 Test samples Tap water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15mgml medemycine solution were used as test samples The total concentration ofCa2 Mg2 and Na in tap water was 57 mgl
312 Instrument The measurements were carried out using a laser Ramanspectrometer to observe and ascertain whether external qi would affect the testsamples
The instrument used in this experiment was a SPEX 1403 laser Ramanspectrometer Its specifications are
Resolution 015 cm 1 (Hg 5791 nm)Raman shift range 5ndash4000 cm 1Wave number accuracy 1 cm 1 ( 4000 cm 1) andReproducibility 02 cm 1
313 Detection conditions Because the normal performance of analyticalinstruments can be affected in an in situ experiment participated in by DrYan the samples for the experiments were put in a designated laboratory sep-arated from the analytical instrument to receive external qi After the emissionof external qi the samples were taken to the laser Raman spectrometric labo-ratory for examination To ensure that the instrument functioned properlywell-known standard control samples were frequently examined using thesame instrument The examination conditions were as follows an argon laserscanner with a detection power of 400 to 500 mW a wavelength of 5145 illumination angle at 90 and a scanning speed at 05 seconds
314 Sample preparation The samples were prepared before an experi-ment was started The solution was pipetted out of a large container andsealed in a test tube Each kind of solution was divided into two groups eachgroup containing two to three test tubes One group was used as test samplesto receive external qi the other group was put aside as control samples
315 Control experiment In each experiment test samples and controlsamples were taken from the same large container where the solution for theexperiment was prepared to ensure a consistency between the test samplesand the controls The background of each sample was checked before eachexperiment Results indicate that the backgrounds of samples taken from thesame solution were the same in all measurements
316 Procedure for the external qi experiments Laser Raman spectra weretaken from all sealed samples as background The test samples were put in adesignated laboratory The door was locked so no one could enter into theroom while external qi was being emitted Dr Yan then started to emit exter-nal qi from a long distance at a time agreed upon before the experiment Thedistance was usually about seven kilometers and the duration of the emission
390 X Yan et al
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
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affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
rays and neutrons Rather the TLD readings seem to be a phenomenologicaldescription of the interaction between a TLD detector and Dr Yanrsquos qi fieldSince the mechanism of interaction is not known at this time it is difficult todecipher the meaning when R6 R7 18
In Table 1 the lsquolsquocontrolrsquorsquo was a different audience and seems to have pro-vided a different lsquolsquobackgroundrsquorsquo reading which is a factor of two to threehigher than the original background of the TLD detectors It is possible thatthis was some lsquolsquohuman audiencersquorsquo effect on LiF dosimeters Another possiblereason is the residue effect of Dr Yanrsquos qi field since the measurement wasconducted a short time after the original qi-emitting lecture
In Table 2 both the gamma-like and gamma plus neutronndashlike effects in-crease with distance from the podium while in Table 5 the gamma-like andgamma plus neutronndashlike effects reach a maximum then decrease with in-creasing distance This indicates a particular spatial distribution of qi-field de-
TABLE 3Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 875-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm on October 24 1987 to 345 am on October 25 1987at Tsinghua University Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 6 2 374 488 114Left side 6 4 362 286Right side 5 22a 393 429 36Right side 4 11a 541 594 53Control 66 80 14
a Each of the 6LiF7LiF pair detectors was put at the center of a hollow polyethylene cylindricalmoderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
TABLE 4Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 35-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan
from 700 pm to 1030 pm October 28 1987 at Beijing College of Traditional ChineseMedicine Auditorium Beijing China22
Position RowSeat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 13Middlea 308 345 37Left side 23Middlea 355 575 220Left side 33Middlea 115 240 125Left side 43Middle 80 170 90Right side 13Middle 665 470Right side 23Middle 35 20Right side 33Middle 170 80Right side 43Middle
a Each of the three 6LiF7LiF pair detectors for the front three positions at left side was put at thecenter of a hollow polyethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
388 X Yan et al
pending on a particular circumstance Also in Table 2 both the gamma-likeand gamma plus neutronndashlike effects appear to increase with longer durationof qi emission (6 hours vs 35 hours) This fact seems to suggest the cumula-tive effects of qi-field of Dr Yan
3 Dr Yanrsquos External Qi Affected the Laser Raman Spectraof Liquid Water and Water Solutions
A Raman spectrum is a vibrational signature of a molecule or complex sys-tem Raman scattering spectroscopy is now a standard spectroscopic tool fordetermining molecular structures of liquids and solids36 For liquids when anincident monochromatic light beam of frequency 0 is scattered off a liquidthe beam now has components of shifted frequency 0 i The frequencyshifts i are associated with the intrinsic motion of liquid molecules as deter-mined by its molecular structure Consequently Raman spectroscopy is com-monly used to probe molecular structural changes of liquids
In 1986 external qi experiments on water and water solutions were con-ducted by Dr Yan at the Chemical Analytical Laboratory of Tsinghua Univer-sity in collaboration with Lu Zuyin Li Shengping and their coworkers ofTsinghua University2425 Highly difficult ultrandashlong distance external qi ex-periments were conducted on solutions that are physiologically significantsuch as water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15 mgml medemycinesolution24 The Raman spectral results from qi-treated water and water solu-tions indicated significant molecular structural changes in these liquids Therehave been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects of Yan XinLife Science Technology since the mid 1980s1ndash38 The results on liquid waterprovided the first direct evidence that Yan Xin Life Science Technology heal-ing is physical and external qi from Dr Yan may cause physical adjustmentsin the human body since water makes up about 65 of human body weight
TABLE 5Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 7-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan from
130 pm to 830 pm on October 29 1987 at Zhong Guan Cun Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 3 2a 400 426 25Left side 13 2a 343 212Left side 23 2a 462 424Left side 33 2a 821 885Right side 3 20 320 406 86Right side 13 20 410 606 196Right side 23 20 645 558Right side 33 20 125 22
a Each of the four 6LiF7LiF pair detectors at the left side was put at the center of a hollow poly-ethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 389
31 Experimental
311 Test samples Tap water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15mgml medemycine solution were used as test samples The total concentration ofCa2 Mg2 and Na in tap water was 57 mgl
312 Instrument The measurements were carried out using a laser Ramanspectrometer to observe and ascertain whether external qi would affect the testsamples
The instrument used in this experiment was a SPEX 1403 laser Ramanspectrometer Its specifications are
Resolution 015 cm 1 (Hg 5791 nm)Raman shift range 5ndash4000 cm 1Wave number accuracy 1 cm 1 ( 4000 cm 1) andReproducibility 02 cm 1
313 Detection conditions Because the normal performance of analyticalinstruments can be affected in an in situ experiment participated in by DrYan the samples for the experiments were put in a designated laboratory sep-arated from the analytical instrument to receive external qi After the emissionof external qi the samples were taken to the laser Raman spectrometric labo-ratory for examination To ensure that the instrument functioned properlywell-known standard control samples were frequently examined using thesame instrument The examination conditions were as follows an argon laserscanner with a detection power of 400 to 500 mW a wavelength of 5145 illumination angle at 90 and a scanning speed at 05 seconds
314 Sample preparation The samples were prepared before an experi-ment was started The solution was pipetted out of a large container andsealed in a test tube Each kind of solution was divided into two groups eachgroup containing two to three test tubes One group was used as test samplesto receive external qi the other group was put aside as control samples
315 Control experiment In each experiment test samples and controlsamples were taken from the same large container where the solution for theexperiment was prepared to ensure a consistency between the test samplesand the controls The background of each sample was checked before eachexperiment Results indicate that the backgrounds of samples taken from thesame solution were the same in all measurements
316 Procedure for the external qi experiments Laser Raman spectra weretaken from all sealed samples as background The test samples were put in adesignated laboratory The door was locked so no one could enter into theroom while external qi was being emitted Dr Yan then started to emit exter-nal qi from a long distance at a time agreed upon before the experiment Thedistance was usually about seven kilometers and the duration of the emission
390 X Yan et al
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
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37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
pending on a particular circumstance Also in Table 2 both the gamma-likeand gamma plus neutronndashlike effects appear to increase with longer durationof qi emission (6 hours vs 35 hours) This fact seems to suggest the cumula-tive effects of qi-field of Dr Yan
3 Dr Yanrsquos External Qi Affected the Laser Raman Spectraof Liquid Water and Water Solutions
A Raman spectrum is a vibrational signature of a molecule or complex sys-tem Raman scattering spectroscopy is now a standard spectroscopic tool fordetermining molecular structures of liquids and solids36 For liquids when anincident monochromatic light beam of frequency 0 is scattered off a liquidthe beam now has components of shifted frequency 0 i The frequencyshifts i are associated with the intrinsic motion of liquid molecules as deter-mined by its molecular structure Consequently Raman spectroscopy is com-monly used to probe molecular structural changes of liquids
In 1986 external qi experiments on water and water solutions were con-ducted by Dr Yan at the Chemical Analytical Laboratory of Tsinghua Univer-sity in collaboration with Lu Zuyin Li Shengping and their coworkers ofTsinghua University2425 Highly difficult ultrandashlong distance external qi ex-periments were conducted on solutions that are physiologically significantsuch as water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15 mgml medemycinesolution24 The Raman spectral results from qi-treated water and water solu-tions indicated significant molecular structural changes in these liquids Therehave been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects of Yan XinLife Science Technology since the mid 1980s1ndash38 The results on liquid waterprovided the first direct evidence that Yan Xin Life Science Technology heal-ing is physical and external qi from Dr Yan may cause physical adjustmentsin the human body since water makes up about 65 of human body weight
TABLE 5Thermoluminescence Measurements During a 7-Hour Qi-Emitting Lecture by Dr Yan from
130 pm to 830 pm on October 29 1987 at Zhong Guan Cun Auditorium Beijing China22
Position Row Seat 7LiF(R7)(milliroentgen)
6LiF(R6)(milliroentgen)
R6 R7
(milliroentgen)
Left side 3 2a 400 426 25Left side 13 2a 343 212Left side 23 2a 462 424Left side 33 2a 821 885Right side 3 20 320 406 86Right side 13 20 410 606 196Right side 23 20 645 558Right side 33 20 125 22
a Each of the four 6LiF7LiF pair detectors at the left side was put at the center of a hollow poly-ethylene cylindrical moderator 125 cm 125 cm in size
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 389
31 Experimental
311 Test samples Tap water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15mgml medemycine solution were used as test samples The total concentration ofCa2 Mg2 and Na in tap water was 57 mgl
312 Instrument The measurements were carried out using a laser Ramanspectrometer to observe and ascertain whether external qi would affect the testsamples
The instrument used in this experiment was a SPEX 1403 laser Ramanspectrometer Its specifications are
Resolution 015 cm 1 (Hg 5791 nm)Raman shift range 5ndash4000 cm 1Wave number accuracy 1 cm 1 ( 4000 cm 1) andReproducibility 02 cm 1
313 Detection conditions Because the normal performance of analyticalinstruments can be affected in an in situ experiment participated in by DrYan the samples for the experiments were put in a designated laboratory sep-arated from the analytical instrument to receive external qi After the emissionof external qi the samples were taken to the laser Raman spectrometric labo-ratory for examination To ensure that the instrument functioned properlywell-known standard control samples were frequently examined using thesame instrument The examination conditions were as follows an argon laserscanner with a detection power of 400 to 500 mW a wavelength of 5145 illumination angle at 90 and a scanning speed at 05 seconds
314 Sample preparation The samples were prepared before an experi-ment was started The solution was pipetted out of a large container andsealed in a test tube Each kind of solution was divided into two groups eachgroup containing two to three test tubes One group was used as test samplesto receive external qi the other group was put aside as control samples
315 Control experiment In each experiment test samples and controlsamples were taken from the same large container where the solution for theexperiment was prepared to ensure a consistency between the test samplesand the controls The background of each sample was checked before eachexperiment Results indicate that the backgrounds of samples taken from thesame solution were the same in all measurements
316 Procedure for the external qi experiments Laser Raman spectra weretaken from all sealed samples as background The test samples were put in adesignated laboratory The door was locked so no one could enter into theroom while external qi was being emitted Dr Yan then started to emit exter-nal qi from a long distance at a time agreed upon before the experiment Thedistance was usually about seven kilometers and the duration of the emission
390 X Yan et al
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
31 Experimental
311 Test samples Tap water 09 saline 50 glucose solution and 15mgml medemycine solution were used as test samples The total concentration ofCa2 Mg2 and Na in tap water was 57 mgl
312 Instrument The measurements were carried out using a laser Ramanspectrometer to observe and ascertain whether external qi would affect the testsamples
The instrument used in this experiment was a SPEX 1403 laser Ramanspectrometer Its specifications are
Resolution 015 cm 1 (Hg 5791 nm)Raman shift range 5ndash4000 cm 1Wave number accuracy 1 cm 1 ( 4000 cm 1) andReproducibility 02 cm 1
313 Detection conditions Because the normal performance of analyticalinstruments can be affected in an in situ experiment participated in by DrYan the samples for the experiments were put in a designated laboratory sep-arated from the analytical instrument to receive external qi After the emissionof external qi the samples were taken to the laser Raman spectrometric labo-ratory for examination To ensure that the instrument functioned properlywell-known standard control samples were frequently examined using thesame instrument The examination conditions were as follows an argon laserscanner with a detection power of 400 to 500 mW a wavelength of 5145 illumination angle at 90 and a scanning speed at 05 seconds
314 Sample preparation The samples were prepared before an experi-ment was started The solution was pipetted out of a large container andsealed in a test tube Each kind of solution was divided into two groups eachgroup containing two to three test tubes One group was used as test samplesto receive external qi the other group was put aside as control samples
315 Control experiment In each experiment test samples and controlsamples were taken from the same large container where the solution for theexperiment was prepared to ensure a consistency between the test samplesand the controls The background of each sample was checked before eachexperiment Results indicate that the backgrounds of samples taken from thesame solution were the same in all measurements
316 Procedure for the external qi experiments Laser Raman spectra weretaken from all sealed samples as background The test samples were put in adesignated laboratory The door was locked so no one could enter into theroom while external qi was being emitted Dr Yan then started to emit exter-nal qi from a long distance at a time agreed upon before the experiment Thedistance was usually about seven kilometers and the duration of the emission
390 X Yan et al
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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)6
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 405
055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
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31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
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37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
of external qi was about ten minutes After the emission the test sampleswere sent to the laser Raman laboratory for examination The controls werealways kept in the same laser Raman laboratory
A double blind method was adopted for the experiment lsquolsquoDouble blindrsquorsquo isusually defined as lsquolsquoof relating to or being an experimental procedure inwhich neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the makeup of the testand control groups during the actual course of the experimentsrsquorsquo37 The seal-ing and measurement of the samples were carried out exclusively by the oper-ator in charge of the instrument in the laser Raman spectrometric laboratoryno one else participated The operator was not told of the procedure for qi-treatment was handed samples for measurement and did not know whichsamples had undergone the qi treatment During the measurement besides theoperator no one else was present in the laser Raman laboratory
32 Experimental Results
321 External qi from Dr Yan affected structures of all solutionstested The laser Raman spectra of liquid water glucose solution saline andmedemycine solution were all affected by the external qi from Dr Yan emit-ted at different distances The results are summarized in Table 624
Since a laser Raman spectrum is indicative of the molecular structure of atest solution a change in the Raman spectrum of the solution indicates achange in its molecular structure36 Thus the Raman spectral changes from alltest samples show that the external qi from Dr Yan did indeed affect the mo-lecular structure of liquid water glucose solution saline and medemycinesolution824 In the following we will further discuss the most significantresultmdashthe change in laser Raman spectra of liquid water
322 The case of liquid water In their normal form water moleculesmaintain a simple configuration an oxygen atom is in the center and two hy-drogen atoms are on the two sides symmetrically Under ambient conditionswater molecules within liquid water give rise to a strong Raman shift peak at3430 cm 1 and a weaker peak at 1635 cm 1 respectively38
The background of tap water was measured about twenty times The back-ground laser Raman spectra showed that there is a stretching vibrational peakfor OH at 3410 cm 1 and a deformed and weak vibrational peak for HOH at1635 cm 1 at about 12 C in Figure 124 They compare well with the resultsfrom literature on liquid water under similar conditions38
A dramatic change in the Raman spectrum of liquid water was observedfor qi-treated water samples While the characteristic peaks of water mole-cules still maintained their spectral position and strength a much strongerbroad peak appeared between 1000 and 3000 cm 1 after qi treatment A typ-ical spectrum is shown in Figure 224 The center of the new peak is at about
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 391
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
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search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
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32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
2100 cm 1 and the spectral intensity of the peak is about 15 times higherthan the strong hydrogen stretching peak at 3430 cm 1920 This experimentwas repeated several times and similar results were obtained824
After the emission of external qi was completed the Raman spectra of sam-ples were traced while the analytical conditions were kept the same Resultsshowed that the unknown peak disappeared within two hours see Figure 324
Since both the test samples and controls were tap water from the same con-tainer and the background spectra of the controls were normal the test sam-ples should have no contamination-induced florescence Furthermore thesame unknown peak repeatedly appeared in the laser Raman spectra of thetest samples after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan while it never ap-peared in the spectra of controls Thus the appearance of the unknown peakwas caused by external qi from Dr Yan
These results for the first time indicate that the structure of liquid waterat the molecular level most likely the inter-molecule structure experienced adramatic changemdashperhaps some kind of ordering or coherency amongindividual water molecules They provided the first direct experimental evi-dence of the interaction of external qi of Dr Yan with matter at the molecularlevel This discovery was quickly reported in the news media39 The qi-effectson the structure and properties of liquid water were also observed using a dif-ferent technique later in 1991 Changes were repeatedly observed in the ultra-violet (UV) absorption of de-ionized water treated by external qi emitted byDr Yan from the US to Beijing China8
TABLE 6Summary of YXLST External Qi Experiments on Water and Water Solutions24
Date ofexperiment
Sample(s)involved
Roomtemp ( C)
Method ofcommunication
Distance qiemitted from
Result Spectralchanges
122286 tap water 13 3 m yes122786 tap water 12 telephone 7 km yes123186 tap water glucose
solution saline12 20 m yes
010587 glucose solutionsaline
13 telephone 7 km yes
010887 tap water glucosesolution saline
11 telephone 7 km yes
010987 tap water medemycinesolution
11 telephone 7 km yes
011287 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
10 telephone 1900 km yes
011787 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012087 glucose solution salinemedemycine solution
11 telephone 1900 km yes
012387 glucose solution 11 telephone 1900 km yes
Note YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
392 X Yan et al
There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
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37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
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There have been numerous individual case reports on the healing effects ofYan Xin Life Science Technology since the mid-1980s1ndash38 The results fromqi-treated water indicated that Yan Xin Life Science Technology healing mayhave a physical basis and that external qi from Dr Yan may cause physicaladjustments in the human body since water makes up about 65 of humanbody weight
Fig 1 Raman spectrum of tap water24
Fig 2 Raman spectra of tap water a) After the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin andb) before the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin924
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 393
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
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affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
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31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
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37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
4 External Qi from Dr Yan Altered the Half-Life of 241Am
The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is determined by its intrinsic proper-ties and is not affected by any ordinary physical conditions or chemical envi-ronments such as high temperature high pressure strong electromagneticfields strong acids or strong bases To study whether the external qi can af-fect the half-life of a radioactive isotope two independent methods namelythe gamma-ray spectrometry and the solid-state nuclear track detector wereused to measure the gamma-rays and alpha particles respectively emittedduring the decay of radioactive isotope 241Am During the course of studyexperiments were performed at the IHEP-CAS with a total of 50 qi-emissionsby Dr Yan151628ndash31 The emissions of external qi by Dr Yan were performedat short long and ultra-long distances (2000ndash10000 km) away from the241Am radioactive source This project was funded by the Chinese NationalNatural Science Foundation in its later stage1516
The decay counting rate of the gamma-rays was affected by up to 10The two possible causes are an altered half-life and the nuclear polarizationof 241Am due to the external qi Both would be incredible results although itwas not possible to pinpoint the exact cause based on gamma-ray data Thesubsequent solid-state nuclear track detector measurements of alpha particlesfrom 241Am decay yielded changes up to 12 as a result of external qi emis-sions These changes which are not affected by any possible nuclear polariza-tion confirmed that the external qi from Dr Yan significantly affected thehalf-life of 241Am
4a -Ray Spectrometer Experiments
4a1 Experimental Three factors need to be assured to ascertain that achange in the decay counting rate is caused by the external qi The three fac-tors are the stability of the intensity of the radioactive source the stabilityand the precision of the measurement system and the positional reproducibil-ity of the radioactive source during an experiment
4a11 241Am Radioactive sourcemdash241Am was used as the radioactivesource in the experiments Figure 4 illustrates the decay scheme of 241Am241Am emits an -particle with a half-life of 458 years and becomes 237Np inits excited state The daughter nucleus 237Np then immediately de-excites toits ground state by emitting primarily a 596 KeV -ray 237Np has a half-lifeof 22 106 years in its ground state emitting an -particle Therefore thecontribution of radiation due to this further decay can be safely ignored
The half-life of 241Am is much longer than the duration of an experimentThe change of its nuclear decay rate is about 00006 per day which ismuch smaller than the experimental error Thus the decay rate can be treatedas a constant in the experiments The effect of a given factor such as external
394 X Yan et al
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
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15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
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32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
Fig 3 Raman spectra of tap water after the emission of external qi from Dr Yan Xin a) After05 hour b) after 15 hours and c) after 2 hours924
Fig 4 Decay scheme of 241Am30
Fig 5 Block diagram of the experimental setup for -ray spectroscopy measurement30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 395
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
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15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
qi on the decay rate of 241Am can be examined by monitoring the decay rateIf the external qi of Dr Yan can affect the half-life of a radioactive source achange in its decay rate should then be detected
The 241Am source was an electroplated standard source produced by the In-stitute of Atomic Energy China in 1981 with a radioactive intensity of216 C and an effective diameter of about 2 mm The source was sealed in asource box (20 mm 5 mm) made of Plexiglas
4a12 -ray spectrometermdashA planar high purity germanium (Ge) 8000-channel -ray spectrometer supplied by ORTEC on-line computer controlledwas used in the experiments A diagram of the experimental setup is shownin Figure 5 The entire system worked stably The drift of the amplification ina 24-hour period was less than 006 The systemrsquos energy resolution to 596KeV -ray was 0566 KeV As to the long-term measurement the drift of thepeak position was less than 007 The error of the area under the peak pos-sibly caused by the drift was corrected during data processing The measuringtime of each run was longer than 1000 seconds This was to ensure the totalcounts of the area under the peak to be more than 92 105 and the statisti-cal precision to be around 01
4a13 Positional reproducibility of the radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Amsource was placed at the central axis of the Ge detector 45 mm away fromits surface The holder of the radioactive source was made of Plexiglas andmachined to slide fit to the source box It was checked that if the radioactivesource moved 1 mm forward or backward along the central axis the inducedchange of the counting rate was 31 In the first round of experiments thepositional uncertainty was 005 mm inducing an error of 016 in thecounting rate This was the major error which in combination with the stat-istical error of the counting rate produced a total error of the experimentof 019 After the second round of experiments the radioactive sourceholder was improved and the positional uncertainty was reduced to 007The total error became 012
While the change in the radioactivity of 241Am was being tracked with timeafter the qi treatment the source remained on the holder throughout the wholeprocess and there was no error of reposition Thus at this stage the total ex-perimental error was only 01
4a14 The method of qi treatmentmdashThe qi receiving room and the radioac-tivity measurement laboratory were 10 meters apart Dr Yan emitted and di-rected external qi onto the radioactive source remotely The 241Am sourcewas placed on a table in the qi receiving room Dr Yan emitted external qi tothe 241Am source from a wide range of distances (3 m to 2200 km) After aqi treatment for approximately 20 minutes a person who was not a qigongpractitioner transported the radioactive source to the measurement laboratoryand placed it on the source holder
396 X Yan et al
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
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15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
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18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
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26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
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33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
Six rounds of experiment including a total of 40 sessions of qi treatmentwere carried out between September 1987 and March 1988 The first tworounds of qi-treatment four sessions each were short distance experiments(about 3 meters) The exceptions were the following three sessions the thirdone in the first round and the third and the fourth ones in the second roundwere qi-treated by Dr Yan at about 100 to 200 meters away from the labora-tory The second session in the first round and the third one in the secondround were qi-treated while the source was on the holder under measurementThe rest of the four rounds of experiments were at long distances The qiemissions by Dr Yan were carried out from the cities of Shenzhen (1900km) Guangzhou (1500 km) Chengdu (1500 km) and Kunming (2200 km)each about 1500 to 2200 kilometers away from Beijing where the measure-ment laboratory was located The qi emissions were scheduled through tele-phone in advance
In January 1989 another round of ultrandashlong distance experiment was car-ried out as a reproducibility experiment Dr Yan directed the external qi ontothe radioactive source six times from Hong Kong (about 2000 km)
4a2 Experimental results and discussion Statistically significant changeswere observed in the decay counting rate of 241Am treated by the external qifrom Dr Yan The experimental conditions and results are listed in Table 7
The main results are discussed in detail below4a21 Decrease in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashFigure 630 illustrates
the results of the first round of experiments the effects of qi treatments byDr Yan about 3 meters away from the radioactive source which was per-formed at 930 am Beijing time on September 16 1987 The counting rateof 596 KeV -rays noticeably decreased The maximum decrease was 135seven times the experimental error of 019 representing a statistical sig-nificance level of 10 10 It means that the possibility of a statistical de-crease in -ray counting rate was extremely low and therefore theresults strongly indicate that the decrease in counting rate was due to the qitreatment
4a22 Increase in 596 KeV -ray counting ratemdashAfter the first round ofexperiments Dr Yan attempted to cause increased counting rates instead ofdecreased counting rates The results of the second round of experiments con-ducted on October 6 1987 showed that counting rates increased after the qitreatments The maximum increase was 086 45 times the experimental er-ror as shown in Figure 730 resulting in a statistical significance level of7 10 6 The experimental results were also highly reliable and theincrease in the counting rate was very likely due to the qi effect as well
4a23 Control experimentmdashAnother 241Am radioactive source with com-parable intensity to the test source with qi treatment was introduced as a con-trol The control source was placed in the measurement holder and itsintensity was being monitored while the test source was treated by external qi
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 397
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
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15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
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26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
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33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
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in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
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15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
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26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
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Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
in the qi receiving room During the qi treatment to the test source the count-ing rate of the control was within the statistical error of 012 indicatingthat the -ray spectrometer system was stable On the other hand the -raycounting rate of the test source was noticeably changed after the qi treatmentwith a maximum decrease of 105 Tracking measurements were done forthe experiment source The results showed that 12 days after the qi treatmentthe counting rate of the test source had recovered to and stayed at the levelobtained before the experiments see Figure 830
4a24 Reliability of the resultsmdashTwo factors that might affect the reliabil-ity of the results were studied as follows
a) The stability of the -ray spectrometerIs it possible that external qi interfered with the electronic system of
the -ray spectrometer thereby resulting in changes in counting rate An in-creased blocking in the electronic system may cause an increased dead time re-sulting in a counting rate decrease Similarly if blocking is reduced the counting
Fig 6 Results of the first round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am measuredby a -ray spectrometer30
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 399
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
400 X Yan et al
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
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15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
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31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
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37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
rate will increase In each experiment the monitoring measurement of thedead time began before the qi emission and ended at 20 hours after the qi-emission It showed that the working condition of the spectrometer was not
Fig 7 Results of the second round of external qi experiments by Dr Yan Xin on 241Am meas-ured by a -ray spectrometer30
Fig 8 Results from the external qi and control experiments by Dr Yan Xin on the decay count-ing rate of 241Am30
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affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
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fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
References
1 Ming Z (1988) The New Frontiers of Modern SciencesmdashAn Introduction to Yan XinQigong Beijing China Xinhua (New China) Press
2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
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37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
affected by the external qi On the other hand a 135 decrease of thecounting rate would need more than 10 seconds of increase of dead time It isvery obvious that this possibility did not exist
b) The precision of geometrical positionThe radioactive source was removed from the holder for each qi treatment
and then put back for the counting rate measurement Therefore one factor weneeded to consider was whether the deviation of the counting rate after the qitreatments were due to the imprecision of this repositioning In addition onemay think it is also possible that the external qi may simply displace the sam-ple position in the holder thus causing the changes in counting rate
To clarify such an uncertainty the so-called double detector experimentswere conducted in which a BaF2 scintillation counter was placed on the backof the radioactive source If the source were displaced forward the count ofthe original detector would increase due to a shortened distance while thecount of the second detector would decrease due to a lengthened distanceThe ratio of the increment to the decrement would be a constant equal to thenegative reciprocal of the ratio of the changes in the two distances
Of the eight sessions of qi emission by Dr Yan from Shenzhen (about1900 km from Beijing) the counting rates from both detectors were synchro-nously increased The maximum increase was as large as 10
Another two rounds of double detector experiments with a total of 19 ses-sions of qi emission were conducted using another high purity Ge detector in-stead of the BaF2 scintillation counter A new phenomenon was found inthese two rounds of experiments Except for two sessions of qi emissionwhich caused the counting rates to decrease synchronously from the two de-tectors nine sessions of qi emission caused the counting rates to change inopposite directions However the changes did not follow the changes thatwould occur if the sample position were changed The counting rates of thetwo detectors changed independently of each other and there was no simplecorrelation found
This phenomenon indicated that other possible explanations have to be con-sidered to explain the decay rate change For example one possible explana-tion was that the source was polarized thus causing an angular distributionin -ray emission However the polarization of a nucleus usually is onlypossible under a very low temperature ( 0001 K) with a strong magneticfield ( 3 105 Gauss) Nevertheless further research was needed to explainthe change in the decay counting rate
4b Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector Experiments
These experiments were designed to avoid the effects of any possible nu-clear polarization that may cause an angular redistribution of -rays therebychanging the counting rate within a given solid angle although the total
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 401
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
References
1 Ming Z (1988) The New Frontiers of Modern SciencesmdashAn Introduction to Yan XinQigong Beijing China Xinhua (New China) Press
2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
counting rate will not change Instead of measuring -ray photons -particlesproduced from the decay of 241Am source were directly measured with asolid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) The emission of -particles isisotropic and no angular distribution will be induced by nuclear polariza-tion even if there is any Therefore whether the half-life of 241Am is changedcan be determined by measuring the intensity of -particle emission at anysolid angle
4b1 Experimental4b11 Measurement methodmdashCR-39 plastic was used as SSNTD in the ex-
periments to record the intensity of the -particles emitted from the 241Amsource When -particles enter into the SSNTD they cause radiation damageon an atomic scale along their tracks After an appropriate chemical etchingprocess these damaged regions form holes which could be enlarged undercontrolled conditions to a scale of tens of microns and can be observed underan optical microscope The -particle counts can be determined by countingthe damage holes The detection efficiency of the CR-39 plastic is 100 forthe -particles from 241Am source
The changes of the decay counting rate in the previous external qi experi-ments were usually only 1 to 2 In order to get a convincing result thetotal experimental error should ideally be less than 05 Thus a great effortand a careful design were taken in reducing experimental errors through allsteps in the experiment
4b12 The detectormdashA 15 15 15 cm3 cube consisting of 10 thinplates of CR-39 plastic cut from the same piece of material was divided intotwo semi-cubes and the 241Am source was placed between the two semi-cubes as shown in Figure 9 Two sets of the semi-cubes were used in each ex-periment for recording the -particle intensity before and after a qi emissionrespectively In order to avoid measuring the tracks of -particles with largeincident angles only the tracks of the top plate and bottom plate were meas-ured each plate providing about 50000 tracks To eliminate the interferencefrom the background tracks of the environmental radioactivity accumulatedduring the storage of CR-39 plates the CR-39 plates used were pre-etchedThus the background tracks were enlarged to a size easily distinguishablefrom the -particle tracks by the image analyzer
In addition two precautionary measures were taken to resolve any twooverlapping tracks One was to reduce overlapping probability by controllingetching time such that the dimensions of the -particle tracks were moderatejust large enough to be recognized by the image analyzer The other was toprogram the image analyzer so that two tracks of an overlapping area lessthan 50 of a single track could be distinguished and counted separately Fur-thermore only the relative track count change between before and after a qitreatment matters in this experiment Since the overlapping probabilities be-
402 X Yan et al
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
404 X Yan et al
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
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2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
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search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
fore and after a qi treatment were the same due to the random emission of -particles a small number of tracks overlapping would not affect the resultsobtained under the same criteria
4b13 The radioactive sourcemdashThe 241Am source was sealed between twopolyester films with a thickness of 10 m The diameter of the active areawas 2 mm On the hard paper wide frame supporting the polyester films therewas a groove for positioning the two CR-39 semi-cubic boxes on the frame
The intensity of the 241Am source was only 001 C Such a weak sourcewas specially made at the Institute of Atomic Energy China so that the irra-diating period could be as long as 14 103 seconds to reduce any operationtiming errors
After penetrating the covering polyester film the energy of 55 MeV -particles from the 241Am source was reduced approximately to 48 MeV Itwas necessary to irradiate in vacuum so that the -particles could reach everyone of the 10 CR-39 plates that makes up the box The precision of the irradia-tion time in the vacuum could be controlled within 01 second but the timespent on putting in and taking out the source and in building up vacuum andexposing to air could be as long as 7 or 8 seconds Since the irradiation op-eration of the experimental and control source were the same only thedifference in operation time between the two sessions of irradiation needed tobe considered The actual time difference was less than 2 seconds or 014 ofthe total irradiation time
4b14 -Particle countingmdashTwo criteria were used to distinguish the -particle tracks from the background tracks by a Leitz computerized multi-functional image analyzer One was the gray scale In the image analyzer thegray scale was divided into 100 grades where the gray scale of the -particletracks was No 44 2 grade and that of the background tracks was No 20 5grade The other one was area size The diameter of the -particle tracks wasabout 16 m with less than 10 fluctuation while the diameter of the back-
Fig 9 Two semi-cubes each containing five CR-39 plates31 The black dot in the middle is the241Am source
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 403
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
References
1 Ming Z (1988) The New Frontiers of Modern SciencesmdashAn Introduction to Yan XinQigong Beijing China Xinhua (New China) Press
2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
ground tracks was about 80 m Therefore the area of background tracks wasmore than 10 times bigger than the area of -particle tracks
The structural defects and the scratches on the CR-39 plates formed duringits processing appeared as strips They were rejected by the detecting pro-gram The missing count of the -particle tracks that fell in the deep damagetraces was less than 100 in each plate of the CR-39 detector
The -particle tracks crossing the edge of the field of view of the imageanalyzer were not counted This rule was applied both before and after a qiemission since only the relative change of the count of the -particle trackswas important but not its absolute change The application of the same criteriaof rejection to these kinds of random events should not change the measure-ment results
The image analyzer automatically analyzed the fields of view one by one foreach plate of the detector Thousands of fields on each CR-39 plate wereviewed A calibration of zero point was performed after each scan line to reducethe error of mechanical displacement Thus the accumulated error of the dis-placement was 022 As long as the number of scan fields of view was thesame for each measurement the size of the observed area should be the same
4b15 Qi emissionsmdashThe first two rounds of experiments had two sessionsof qi emission in each round During the first qi emission Dr Yan held thepaper box that contained the source for 20 minutes at midnight on November21 1989 while the second emission was at 300 pm the next day Dr Yanremotely treated the same source in a laboratory at the IHEP for 20 minutesover a 10-km distance At 500 pm the source was then transferred into theCR-39 box and the irradiation lasted for 1380 seconds in a vacuum containerbefore the etching process The control source was put in another CR-39 boxfor irradiation The etching conditions for both control and test detectors werethe same
For the next two rounds conducted from December 1990 to June 1991Dr Yan emitted qi from the US to a 241Am radioactive source placed in thePositron Physics Laboratory at the IHEP in Beijing Dr Yan hadinformed Prof Lu Zuyin one of the participants in Beijing by telephone oneor two days before the qi emission to schedule the exact qi emission time
4b2 Results and statistical analyses A total of four rounds of experimentswere conducted The results are summarized in Table 8 Three rounds yieldedstatistically significant changes in the count of -particle tracks with amaximum change of 12 These results unequivocally indicate that externalqi from Dr Yan affected the half-life of radioactive 241Am
For rounds 1 and 2 the absolute experimental error was 036 and therelative error of the ratio between the -particle counts of the control and theqi treatment case was 055 in total The change of -particle counts was
95 and 113 or 173 and 205 times of the total experimental error
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
References
1 Ming Z (1988) The New Frontiers of Modern SciencesmdashAn Introduction to Yan XinQigong Beijing China Xinhua (New China) Press
2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
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055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
References
1 Ming Z (1988) The New Frontiers of Modern SciencesmdashAn Introduction to Yan XinQigong Beijing China Xinhua (New China) Press
2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
055 respectively resulting in a significance level 10 10 see Table931 Therefore the experimental results were highly reliable indicating thatthe half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was altered by the external qi emit-ted by Dr Yan
For round 3 the absolute experimental error was 07 and the total ex-perimental error was 10 for the ratio of (II I)I where I and II denotethe number of -particle tracks in the measured fields of the detectors beforeand after qi-emission respectively However the ratio (II I)I was only
185 corresponding to a significance level 0064 see Table 1016
Therefore it was uncertain that this change was caused by external qiFor round 4 the absolute experimental error was 06 and the experimen-
tal error for the ratio of counting change was 085 The change ratio be-fore and after the first and second session of qi emission was 67 and
120 or 8 and 14 times the 085 error respectively see Table 1116 Thesignificance level was 10 10 for both sessions of the experiment There-fore the results were highly reliable This experiment showed that external qiemitted by Dr Yan from the US to Beijing at the ultra-long distances had sig-nificant effects on the half-life of the 241Am source with changes of up to12
5 Discussion
The results of scientific Yan Xin Life Science Technology experiments re-viewed in this paper are extensive and unequivocal They clearly illustratethat external qi from Dr Yan can be observed and measured by precision in-struments These results also confirm the fact that without physically touchinga number of substances Dr Yan is capable of affecting their structure andproperties The results also reveal that qi emitted by Dr Yan to achieve cer-tain effects can be influenced disturbed or controlled by the thoughts of a
TABLE 9SSNTD Results of Rounds 1 and 2 YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
-Particle tracks First round Second round
I Control detectorUpper plate 58170 61270Lower plate 55673 60884Total 113843 122154
II Qi treatment detectorUpper plate 63190 54632Lower plate 61481 53780Total 124671 108412
(II I)I 95 113
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
406 X Yan et al
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
References
1 Ming Z (1988) The New Frontiers of Modern SciencesmdashAn Introduction to Yan XinQigong Beijing China Xinhua (New China) Press
2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
qi-emitter or people nearby At the same time according to different purposesof the experiments qi can also display different attributes such as being bi-directional distance-transcending self-controllable reversible and targeting
For example the reversibility of qi is demonstrated by the reversion of al-tered laser Raman spectra of liquid water and the altered decay rate of 241Amafter the end of qi-emission Specifically the effects can be reverted accord-ing to the qi-emitterrsquos wish However subsequent experiments also found thatthe spectral changes induced by qi can be permanent
The bi-directional effects of qi of Dr Yan were found in a number of stud-ies For example the UV absorption spectrum peak of DNA at 256 nm canbe increased (hyperchromic effect) as well as decreased (hypochromic ef-fect)21 Another example can be found in Dr Yanrsquos external qi experiment insynthesis gas reaction where the forward chemical reaction as well as the re-verse reaction can be induced at room temperature without any catalyst32
Similarly in the external qi experiment on 241Am reviewed here the half-lifeof the radioactive isotope can be increased 95 or 113 (Table 9) and67 or 120 (Table 11) again showing the bi-directional effect of exter-nal qi from Dr Yan
As evidenced by the experiments reviewed here external qi emitted byDr Yan was found to interact and influence inanimate matter samplesdirectly at molecular and nuclear levels These findings together with the cel-lular level studies10ndash14 corroborate with the healing effects of Yan Xin LifeScience Technology Still these preliminary understandings of qi are basedon current scientific studies on this subject However the current scientificstudies on qi are still very limited in scopemdashmany areas have not beenstudied And the areas studied have merely focused on ordinary measurablephenomena In fact there are possibly many more deeper and even moreperplexing phenomena yet to be investigated Thus the current scientific re-search on qi is still at the stage of discovery and data collection Although anumber of postulations on the possible mechanisms through which external qiachieves its effects have been proposed8 most of them are of natural philo-sophical genre and have no predictive power So far we have not yet reachedthe stage of understanding the mechanisms of the qi effects
TABLE 10SSNTD Results of Round 3 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -particle tracks (896 fields)
Plate 1 Plate 2
Before qi emission (I) 24101 24151After qi emission (II) 24559 24588Change ratio (II I)I 19 18Average change ratio 185
Note SSNTD Solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technology
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 407
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
References
1 Ming Z (1988) The New Frontiers of Modern SciencesmdashAn Introduction to Yan XinQigong Beijing China Xinhua (New China) Press
2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
On the other hand modern scientific methods have limitations to properlymonitor and measure external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology The al-ready performed experiments cannot monitor or measure many of the inter-mediate processes Presently we can only partially explain some aspects of qithrough experimental results For instance there is still a lack of scientificmeans to investigate and determine how external qi from Dr Yan changes themolecular structures of substances and to determine the intermediate processesfor the changes in the decay rate of a radioactive nucleus Currently the es-sential qualities of Yan Xin Life Science Technology and its external qi arestill difficult to study in a detailed qualitative and quantitative mannerNevertheless Yan Xin Life Science Technology has already emerged as animportant scientific discipline deserving more substantive exploration
6 Concluding Remarks
Focusing on Yan Xin Life Science Technology research results in the areasof physical science and technology we have come to the following conclu-sions The external qi emitted by Dr Xin Yan has been detected by physicaldetectors and its physical existence has been confirmed External qi emittedby Dr Yan has been found to interact with and affect matter at different lev-els from molecular to nuclear levels Specifically the external qi from Dr Yansignificantly affected the molecular structure of liquid water and other watersolution as well as the half-life of radioactive isotope 241Am
Acknowledgements
The work on the measurement of qi field of Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy was conducted by Dr Yan of Chongqing Institute of Traditional ChineseMedicine (CITCM) Yaolan Wang and Prof Zuyin Lu of the Institute of HighEnergy Physics the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHEP-CAS) The work onthe effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on water andwater solutions was conducted by Dr Yan of CITCM Shengping Li Jianyuan
TABLE 11SSNTD Results of Round 4 (US to Beijing) YXLST External Qi Experiments on 241Am31
Number of -Particle Tracks (1883 Field) Change ratio
I Before qiemission
Plate 1 firsthalf 35482
Plate 2 firsthalf 36851
Average361665
(II I)I67
II After first qiemission
Plate 1 secondhalf 38157
Plate 2 secondhalf 39049
Average386030
(III II)II120
III After secondqi emission
Plate 3 firsthalf 33980
Plate 3 secondhalf 33925
Average339525
Note SSNTD solid-state nuclear track detector YXLST Yan Xin Life Science Technol-ogy
408 X Yan et al
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
References
1 Ming Z (1988) The New Frontiers of Modern SciencesmdashAn Introduction to Yan XinQigong Beijing China Xinhua (New China) Press
2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
Yu Baige Li of Tsinghua University and Prof Zuyin Lu of IHEP-CAS Thework on the effects of external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology on thehalf-life of radioactive isotope 241Am was conducted by Dr Yan Xin ofCITCM Prof Zuyin Lu Prof Runsheng Zhu Prof Tianbao Zhang HaidongWang and Prof Guoxiao Ren of IHEP-CAS and Prof Kuanghu Hu of the In-stitute of Biophysics the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research works onexternal qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology conducted in North Americaincluding the University of California at the San Diego and Los Angeles cam-puses Harvard University and Oklahoma University have been ongoing sincethe early 1990s and will be reviewed in the future
References
1 Ming Z (1988) The New Frontiers of Modern SciencesmdashAn Introduction to Yan XinQigong Beijing China Xinhua (New China) Press
2 Guo T (1988) Chinese Superman Chengdu China Chengdu Arts and Culture Press3 Li L (1988) Yan Xin Qigong Phenomena Beijing China Beijing Industrial University
Press4 Yan X (Ed) (in press) Proceedings of Harvard-MIT Yan Xin Life Science Technology Re-
search Conference Cambridge MA December 8ndash9 2001 Newtown PA Amber Leaf Press5 Dunne B J amp Jahn R G (1992) Experiments in remote humanmachine interaction
Journal of Scientific Exploration 6 311ndash3226 Ko-hung (nd) Pao-pu Tzu (The Philosopher Who Embraces Simplicity) 1929 edition
Shanghai China Commercial Press7 Lao-tzu (nd) Tao Te Ching 1995 edition Xian China World Book8 Lu Z (1997) Scientific Qigong ExplorationmdashThe Wonders and Mysteries of Qi Malvern
PA Amber Leaf Press9 Yan X Lin H Li H Traynor-Kaplan A Xia Z Lu F Fang Y amp Dao M (1999)
Structural and property changes in certain materials influenced by the external qi of qigongMaterials Research Innovations 2 349ndash359
10 Xin Y Fong Y Wolf D Wolf G Fong Y amp Cao W (2001) Protective Effect ofXY99-5038 on hydrogen peroxide induced cell death in cultured retinal neurons Life Sci-ences 69 289ndash299
11 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R Lee GD amp Cao W (2002) Role of XY99-5038 in neuronal survival and protection Presented atthe 4th World Conference on Molecular Biology Cell Signaling Transcription and Transla-tion as Therapeutic Targets Luxembourg February 2 2002
12 Yan X Fong Y T Zaharia M Parker A amp Cao W (2001) XY99-5038 delays age-dependent changes of retinal neurons in vitro Presented at Society for Neuroscience 31st An-nual Meeting San Diego CA November 10ndash15 2001
13 Yan X Fong Y T Jiang H Zhang C Hu D Shen H Wang J amp Wu X XY-Sexhibits potent and selective cytotoxicity to a variety of human cancer cells but not normalcells Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative andIntegrative Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
14 Yan X Fong Y T Wolf G Brackett D J Zaharia M Wolf D Lerner M R LeeG D Parker A amp Cao W (2002) Effects of xy99-5038 a preparation of traditionalChinese medicine on neuronal survival and protection against oxidative stress in culturePresented at International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integra-tive Medicine Research Boston MA April 12ndash14 2002
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 409
15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
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15 Yan X Lu Z Ren G Zhu R amp Hu K (1991) The influence of external qi on theradioactive half-life of 241Am Proceedings of the Second Tianjin Human Body Science Con-ference August
16 Lu Z Zhu R Ren G amp Hu K (1993) External qi experiments from the United States toBeijing (China) by Yan Xin (I)mdashThe influence on the radioactive half-life of 241Am ChineseJournal of Somatic Science 1 20ndash21
17 Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) (1996) Reviews on Yan Xin Qigong research results InZuyin L et al Collected Papers of Human Body Science Research Beijing China WenjinPress
18 Roy R (1999) Dealing with unexpected discoveries Materials Research Innovations 2 31319 Duerr H-P (2000) What is life Why am I fascinated by Dr Yanrsquos research results Key-
note Speech at The New Century First National Conference on Scientific Research of Yan XinQigong The Pennsylvania State University State College June 24 2000
20 Yan X Zheng C Zou G amp Lu Z (1988) Observations of the effects of external qi onthe ultraviolet absorption of nucleic acids Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 647ndash649
21 Li S Sun M Dai Z Zhang P Meng G Liu Z Ma G Zhu Q Wang Q Zhang LShan L Sun Y Hu Y Chen Y Pang Y Wang G Hao X Lu A Fang X amp YanX (2002) Experimental studies on the feasibility of improving industrial strains with qigongtreatment Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 13 791ndash801
22 Wang Y Lu Z amp Yan X (1988) A method of detecting qi-fieldmdashin situ measurementsconducted during qi-emitting lectures In Proceedings of the Second National Academic Con-ference on Qigong Science Qingdao China August 1988
23 Lu Z Yan S Li S amp Yan X (1987) The effects of external qi on the double refractivityof a liquid crystal In Proceedings of the First National Academic Conference on Qigong Sci-ence Xincheng China August 1987
24 Yan X Li S Yu J Li B amp Lu Z Laser Raman observation on tap water saline glu-cose and medemycine solutions under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The NatureJournal) 11 567
25 Zhao N Zheng C Lu Z Li S amp Yan X (1987) Observation on the effects of externalqi on the structures and properties of certain materials Acta Biophysica Sinica 3 93
26 Yan X Zhao N Yin C amp Lu Z (1988) The effect of external qi on liposome phasebehavior Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 572
27 Yan X Lu Z Yan S amp Li S (1988) Measurement of the effects of external qi on thepolarization plane of a linearly polarized laser beam Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 563
28 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi onthe radioactive decay counting rate of 241Am In Proceedings of The Third National Aca-demic Conference on Qigong Science Chinese Research Society on Qigong Science August1988
29 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1989) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Proceedings of the First Tianjin Human Body Sci-ence Conference September 1989
30 Yan X Lu Z Zhang T Wang H amp Zhu R (1988) The influence of external qi on theradioactive decay counting rate of 241Am Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 809
31 Yan X Lu Z amp Zhu R (2000) The influence of external qi of qigong on the half-life ofradioactive isotope 241Am Chinese Journal of Somatic Science 10 3ndash12
32 Yan X Li S Liu C Hu J Mao S amp Lu Z (1988) The observation of the effect ofthe external qi on synthesis gas system Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal) 11 650
33 Yan X Li S Yang Z amp Lu Z (1988) Observation of the bromination of a solution ofbromine in n-hexane under the influence of external qi Ziran Zazhi (The Nature Journal)11 653
34 McGowan S (1977) Field reader for a combined neutrongamma thermoluminescent dosi-meter Canadian Defence Research Reports TN-76-30 February 15 1977
35 Charles M W amp Khan Z U (1980) The theory and practice of simultaneous sensitisationand re-estimation in lithium fluoride Nuclear Instruments and Methods 175 51
36 Weber W H amp Merlin R (2000) Raman Scattering in Materials Science HeidelbergSpringer-Verlag
410 X Yan et al
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411
37 Merriam-Websterrsquos Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed) (1993) Springfield MA Merriam-Web-ster
38 Walrafen G E (1972) Raman and infrared spectral investigations of water structure InFranks F (Ed) Water A Comprehensive Treatise New York Plenum Press (p 229)
39 Chen G (1987) Scientific research discovers the origins of qigong therapeutic effectsGuangming Daily Beijing China January 24
Physical Manifestation and Effects of External Qi 411