In the Ming dynasty, qigong was most closely combined with medicine, and many qigong works were integrated into medicine.

For example, Sun Ruzhong's The True Story of Then, Wu Shouyang's On Immortal Truth, Immortal Buddhist Quotations, Gao Lian's Eight Notes on Respecting Life, Zhu Quan's Living by Heart Method, Chen Jimao's Skin Care Language, Tie Feng's Guide to Living by Heart Method, Wang Tingxiang's Essence of Living Method and Luo Hongxian's Essence of Living Method.