For the WHO (World Health Organization) "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

The Chinese term yi refers to all health practices: acupuncture, massage, herbal medicine, dietetics, internal arts, etc.. The human body, the social and cosmic bodies are governed by identical laws and traveled/animated by the same breath/energy. Non compliance of the ethical-cosmic leads to energetic imbalances, source of deseases.

The Chinese medicine is preventive, it aims to strengthen the field. It advocates a collaboration with nature, "not to act against the natural course of things." It favors homeostasis and self régulation.

Every year, dozens of scientific publications highlight the effects of Taijiquan on the various body systems (nervous, skeletal, respiratory, glandular, etc.).. Number of practitioners demonstrate beneficial effects in terms of posture and stress management.