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TERMS
OF QIGONG TO BE UNDERSTOOD
In the field of terms of qigong,
it
is necessary to understand
certain
terms,
definitions
and their origins:
2.
Mouth
of
Qi:
This
is
a
term
of
qigong.
See
(Huangdi-Neijing-Sunei
.
Wuzhanglun)
.
Zhang Jingyue,
a medical doctor
of
the Ming Dynasty
(Leijing):
The mouth of qi has three meanings:
(1)
The lung is the
passage
through which vital
energy circulates
regulating bodily
functions;
thus
the
lung governs various qis
and ups
and downs
of
qis
can be
seen
there.
Therefore,
it
is
called the mouth
of
qis.
(2)
The
lung governs
arteries
and veins;
they
are
concentrated
largely
here;
therefore,
it
is
called
the
mouth
of
arteries
and
veins.
(3)
arteries
and veins
put
out
large
deep
pools.
Their
length
is
one
1.9
inches.
Therefore,
it
is
called
the
mouth
of
inch.
Although the name has three meanings,
in reality it
is one."
This points
out
that,
the hand,
the
lung and the passages
and the
mouth
parts
through which they pass. The
mouth
of
inch
is
located
on
the inside
of
the
arm and
its
length
is
1.9
inches;
therefore,
it
is
the
part
where
Chinese
medical
doctors
examine
pulses.
(Chinese
Qigong
Dictionary,
p.
108,
published
by
the
People's
Health Publishing Company,
September
1,
1989).
.
Gate of
Qi
:
It has come from
(Lingshujing
.
Guanneng (organic functions):
"Administrating,
supplementing,
considering,
rushing
out
and
solidifying upper and lower gates
of
qis.
.
Holes
of
Qis
.
(1)
This points
to the lower dantian.
(Xuanfulun)
"The hole
of
tianqi
(heaven
qi)
is
the
beginning
of
the
qi
that
our human
beings'
embryo originally
receives;
it
consists
of
the
essential
qi received from parents,
it is the utmost pole of each individual.
Its name
is not always
the
same;
it
is called the
sea of
qi,
it
is
sometimes
called
guanyuan
(Junctural
origin),
it
is
sometimes
called linggu (sharp valley),
sometimes it is called xiatian (lower
field),
sometimes
it
is called life belt,
and
it
is
the one place
where
something
turns
to
its
origin
and
builds
up
the
gate
of
life.
(2)
It
is passage hole;
and it
is also called
baomen or zihu
(child's
door).
It
is
located
three
inches below
the
navel
and
right
at
the middle
of
stomach.
((Chinese Qigong Dictionary),
p.
109, published by People's Health Publishing Company,
September
1,
1988
)
.
5.
Sea of
Qi:
(1)
This
is
a term
of qigong study:
"Yuanyin
(the original
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yin)
is located
at
the
kidney,
and
the kidney
is
the
sea
of
qi."
See
(Zhong Lu
Zhuando-lun
.
Lun-Shuihuo)
(2)
It
is
the name
of
channel
cave.
It belongs
to arteries
and located
at
1.5
inches below the navel.
(3)
It
is the name
of
a part of the body.
The stomach
is the
upper sea of
qi;
dantian
is the lower sea of
qi.
((Chinese Qigong
Dictionary),
p.
109).
6.
Qilun
(Wheel
of
Qi)
It
came
from
(Taiping Shenghuiwan)
.
One
of
the
five wheels
of
ophthalmology.
Located
at
the
clear eyeball
(
which
includes
conjunctiva
and the
front nasal membrane).
It belongs
to the lung
and its sicknesses
are cured through the lung and large intestine.
The clear eyeball
is
the wheel of qi,
and
it belongs
to
the lung."
(Chinese qigong Dictionary,
p.
109)
7.
Streets
of
Qi
(1)
They point to the ways through which qi passes,
and
they
are also called is
four qi streets.
(Lingjiejing
.
Dongshu)
:
"The
four streets
are channels
through which qi passes."
(2)
The places of the stomach and thigh where arteries pulse;
and they
are
also
called qigong
(thoroughfare
of
qi).
(Huangti
Neijing Suxiang
.
Qifulun)
:
The
street
of qi
is each artery."
8.
When
qi
is
alive,
he
is
alive;
when
qi
is
dead,
he
is
also
dead.
When qi
is vigorous,
he
is vigorous; when qi
is weak,
he
is
old and weak."
A
famous
saying:
See
(Daozhang
.
Xuanf engqinghuilu
)
.
This
explains
that,
the
existence,
absence,
ups
and
downs
of
qi
are
closely related with
the
life,
death,
vigour
and weakness
of
the
human body;
in
the
process
of
activities
of human body
qi
has
an
important
function.
"Adjustment
of
qi"
is
one
of
the
important
functional
mechanism
of
qigong
exercises.
(Chinese
Qigong
Dictionary),
p.
112.
9.
Renqi
(Human Qi):
This
came
from
(Huangti
Neijingjing
Suxiang
.
Shengqi-
tongtian-lun)
:
"At
the
dawn,
the human qi
comes
out;
during the
daytime,
the human
qi
rises.
When
the
sun
sets
toward
the west,
the
yinqi
becomes
empty."
This
points
out
that,
the
human body
generates
qi.
(Chinese Qigong Dictionary,
p.
20.
Classification of methods of exercises:
(1) The basic qigong.
(2)
Clinical qigong.
(3) Massage exercise.
(4)
Scientific qigong
exercises.
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