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Qigong / Chi Kung / Chi Kong :

Pronounced "CHEE GUNG", a Chinese energy exercise where breathing and body movement recharge energy.

Quercetin :

Quercetin is a flavonoid and more specifically a flavonol, that constitutes the aglycone of the glycoside rutin. In studies, quercetin is found to be the most active of the flavonoids, and many medicinal plants owe much of their activity to their high quercetin content. Quercetin has demonstrated significant anti-inflammatory activity because of direct inhibition of several initial processes of inflammation. For example, it inhibits both the production and release of histamine and other allergic/inflammatory mediators. In addition, it exerts potent antioxidant activity and vitamin C-sparing action. It has been found to be anti-cancer.