Is Chi Just Mumbo? from Nigel Davies
The concept of Chi (Qi, Ki) as a 'life force' lies at the heart of Chinese (and indeed Japanese) culture, yet it is something quite alien to the West. The UK's National Health Service started offering acupuncture, though apparently not so much for Chi reasons as the effect it has on nerve cells in promoting the release of endomorphins.
So is 'Chi' just mumbo, a false belief of a quarter of the world's population: Or is just difficult to grasp through the prism of Western culture and science?