The Web That Has No Weaver P46 Chapter 2 THE FUNDAMENTAL TEXTURES: QI, BLOOD, ESSENCE, SPIRIT, AND FLUIDS

The Web That Has No Weaver

P46

Chapter 2

THE FUNDAMENTAL TEXTURES: QI, BLOOD, ESSENCE, SPIRIT, AND FLUIDS

or the basic ingredients of human life

-Qi AND RESONANCE

• QI

Origins of Qi

Functions of Qi

Qi is the source of all movement and accompanies all movement.

Qi protects the body.

Qi is the source of harmonious transformations.

Qi ensures stability and governs retention.

Qi warms the body.

Types of Qi

1. Organ Qi
2. Meridian Qi
3. Nutritive Qi
4. Protective Qi
5. Qi of the Chest and Ancestral Qi (zong-qi)

Disharmonies of Qi

1. Deficient Qi (qi-xu)
2. Collapsed Qi (qi-xian)
3. Stagnant Qi (xi-zhi)
4. Rebellious Qi (qi-ni)