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Health-conscious readers who know there is more to health than taking medicine when something is wrong will find this book a valuable resource. Based on healing principles known for centuries by Chinese physicians, Knocking at the Gate of Life offers many exercises known to alleviate symptoms of certain chronic conditions. Chapters cover heart and circulatory disease, lung and breathing disorders, digestive disorders, obesity, depressions and insomnia, and rheumatoid arthritis. Many of these exercises emphasize the control the mind has on the health of the body. They include the Five Animal Play, Pa Tuan Chin, T'ai Chi Chuan, Ch'i Kung (qigong), Chinese massage and Li Shou. The simple exercises--which require no special equipment or fitness trainer--are not a fad treatment. They have been practiced with success by generations of Chinese and are for everyone interested in improving health and preventing disease.