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December 31, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8587 Wilson, and Janet Yokooji. Each has cave, Master Kwan. During the time of Master Hong has not only been good personally contributed to development the Cultural Revolution, Chairman to me—he is good to the people of Ha- of the first Hawaiian Room Archive by Mao’s wife banned all ancient medical waii. He has held free seminars and contributing their stories and personal traditions—healers escaped imprison- events. His foundation holds free, photos to this new educational re- ment by living in remote caves in high weekly senior programs because he rec- source. mountains outside the cities. This in- ognized the demographics of the aging Many other esteemed Hawaiian terest in ancient Traditional Chinese population, its rapid growth globally, Room members have passed on, includ- Medicine conflicted with his role as an and the issues with affordable ing Alfred Apaka, Aggie Auld, Keola army officer practicing in a military healthcare. He developed and offers a Beamer, Mapuana Bishaw, Eddie Bush, hospital. All doctors were scheduled for weekly self-healing program for seniors Johnny Coco, Leilani DaSilva, Ehulani duty in the hospitals and were expected that includes exercises and nutritional Enoka, Leila Guerrero, Ululani Holt, to perform routine duties. His days information for them to get healthy Meymo Holt, Keokeokalae Hughes, were scheduled with long hours of pa- and stay healthy. For the past 9 years, Clara Inter ‘‘Hilo Hattie,’’ Andy Iona, tient care leaving very little spare he’s given immunity events to the Alvin Isaacs, Momi Kai, George time. Medical doctors who did not per- community. People attend these events Kainapau, Sonny Kalolo, David form their duties and who did not work to get free patches to help boost their Kaonohi, Nani Kaonohi, Ray Kinney, diligently were reprimanded and some- immunity systems. The immunity Kui Lee, Sam & Betty Makia, Lani & times demoted. For 8 years, he spent events are held on the hottest and the Alfred McIntire, Pualani Mossman, all of his spare time studying Qi Gong coldest days of the year because those Tootsie Notley, Lehua Paulson, Telana and traditional Chinese medicine under are the most potent days for the effec- Master Kwan. This meant taking the Peltier, Luana Poepoe, Dennie Regor, tiveness of those patches. The events train to Canton and then traveling and Jennie Napua Woodd. All were leg- originally started out as asthma events many miles outside the City to a endary talents in their own right, and since Hawaii has had 30 years of vol- mountain called Golden Cock to get to also contributed to making the Hawai- canic activity which affected the res- Master Kwan’s cave. Grandmaster ian Room the success it was. Hong or Master Hong became an ap- piratory systems of many Islanders. Although the Hawaiian Room was in prentice of Master Kwan and then be- Those asthma events evolved into the New York, it played an ever important came a Qi Gong Master in 1979. bigger bottom line picture or the role in the spread of Hawaiian culture Grandmaster Hong came to the United source of the problem which is the im- across the continental United States, States in 1990 and has practiced Tradi- munity system. as well as the development of Hawaii’s tional Chinese Medicine. Master Hong is the founder of the major industry—tourism. The nightly Getting back to that golfing inci- Natural Healing Research Foundation exposure of business executives, celeb- dent, I did not worry much about the in Hawaii. The foundation is his basis rities, and New York’s working men golf injury after icing it because it for advancing remedies for the major and women to the Hawaiian songs, sce- seemed to have healed. It was not until diseases affecting humanity by pro- neries, and hula at Lexington Hotel a week later when I flew back to Ha- moting the time honored natural heal- was sure to have put dreams of a Ha- waii and was at my physician’s office ing practices of Eastern medicine in waii vacation in the minds of more for a regular checkup that it was dis- complement with Western medicine to than a few over the years.∑ covered the inside of the wound had attain that goal. The marvel of the f not healed and was infected. My physi- remedies of natural healing is that it offers simple yet effective healing pro- GRANDMASTER HONG LIU cian prescribed treatment for the infec- tion, but a family friend asked if I grams that work with conventional ∑ Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, as I re- would consider additional treatment in practices and have no side effects. The flect back on my 36 years of service in complement with my physician’s med- foundation reaches out to the commu- Congress and the Senate, I realize how ical care. This was my introduction to nity providing information and train- fortunate I was to be mostly healthy. natural healing and to Grandmaster ing in disease prevention and offering As we age, we pay more attention to Hong Liu, we call him Master Hong, proactive solutions to maintain opti- our health. The challenge is how to who is a Grandmaster of Natural Heal- mal health. maintain good health. ing, which includes Feng Shui, herbs, Master Hong was proclaimed a ‘‘Liv- It was after I was struck in the shin exercise, martial arts and nutrition. ing Treasure’’ not only in his homeland by a stray golf ball on a Virginia This introduction was the start of a re- of China but also in the State of Ha- course that I met a Chinese markable journey for me into the waii because of his research of various Grandmaster who introduced me to an world of natural healing using proper diseases, cancer, drug addictions, dia- ancient Chinese methodology for main- breathing, movement through exercise, betes, obesity, and heart disease to taining good health. This methodology and nutrition to nourish and heal. name a few, and his devotion to teach- was developed and tested over thou- This natural healing method seemed ing preventive health care. He has also sands of years—it was the ancient prac- too simple, but what I learned over authored ‘‘The Healing Art of Qi Gong’’ tice of natural healing using Qi Gong. time was that illness occurs when the by Warner Books. Grandmaster Hong Liu was born in natural flow or circulation of the en- The basic simpleness of all of this Shanghai, China. His Mother was the ergy canals or pathways in our body knowledge is that this energy is all director of medical care and hospitals are blocked, but this can be remedied around us, but you need to work at in Shanghai. As a result of being raised again with proper breathing, exercise, keeping the movement of this energy in a health-oriented environment, he and eating nutritionally. Injuries to moving or circulating in order to be enrolled in the Military Medical Col- the body are remedied in the same healthy and balanced. I learned that lege to become a doctor of Western manner with the addition of herbs. The foods of a certain color were specific to medicine. Qi of Qi Gong is that natural energy different organs. Foods white in color, His home was always filled with visi- that runs through those canals in our mushrooms, ginger, garlic are for the tors from the health industry, doctors, body like blood flows through veins. lungs and skin, while foods that are and even healers who practiced Tradi- That energy is what keeps us living, black in color, black beans, black ses- tional Chinese Medicine or TCM as it is and if that Qi is circulating property or ame, seaweed, are for the kidneys. popularly known today. Whenever the flowing freely, then we are healthy. There is so much that I have learned Qi Gong masters visited his Mother, The simple ‘‘science’’ of Natural Heal- from Grandmaster Hong Liu, and there crowds of sick people would gather ing is viewed as an approach to remove is more learning to be done when I get seeking treatment. He would watch in- the blockages that occur when the en- back to Hawaii. What I do know is that tently as these people were treated by ergy does not flow freely and balance the Traditional Chinese Healing meth- those masters. the internal organ energy. The ulti- ods he used in complement with my Grandmaster Hong became interested mate goal in Traditional Chinese Medi- regular physician improved my health. in one of the healers who lived outside cine is balance—the body should be bal- I will continue to learn from this of Canton high up on a mountain in a anced naturally—seems simple. Grandmaster, and I continue to be VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:52 Jan 01, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G31DE6.048 S31DEPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with S8588 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 31, 2012 grateful for my health and wellbeing. the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4057) to EXECUTIVE AND OTHER It has been about 8 years of learning amend title 38, United States Code, to COMMUNICATIONS and exercising and eating right for me, direct the Secretary of Veterans Af- The following communications were but in that time I have seen an indus- fairs to develop a comprehensive policy laid before the Senate, together with try boom in natural health care and to improve outreach and transparency accompanying papers, reports, and doc- products—what a coincidence. All of to veterans and members of the Armed uments, and were referred as indicated: this makes me more aware of how for- Forces through the provision of infor- EC–8746.