Tai chi/qi gong and blood sugar levels

[Mrs Redboots]

I've been doing tai chi for some years now, and it has been really transformative for my health and general levels. However, I think to bring some variation to our warmups, our instructor has taught us what's called finger qi gong (am I allowed to link to a video? If so, I'll do so in a follow-up comment), whereby one manipulates the hands and fingers to stimulate various organs of the body, and/or reduce pain levels. One such exercise is thought to regulate blood sugar levels, and one of our number has always insisted it does. So this morning I decided to test it. Before performing the exercise, my blood glucose (mid-morning) was 6.9. A minute or so later, it was 5.1!!!

Has anybody else ever heard of it, tried it, and/or found it to work for them?

 

[Antje77]

I'm always in for an experiment even if I don't believe it, and I'm always happy to be proven wrong too! Especially if it's something you don't have to pay for. I don't do 'wonder supplements' and the likes but I'll be happy to do something with my hands.
Is this only supposed to help with T2 or with other types as well?

 

[Mrs Redboots]

I honestly don't know! This video is the one we are recommended (the one for regulating blood sugar is at no 8); I love the first one for relaxing the face, which does appear to work, and I've known about the web between the thumb and first finger for many years!