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What Is Qi? (And Other Concepts)

By Christopher Hafner

Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on a very simple principle: any system that is in harmony tends towards health, wellbeing, and sustainability. A system that is in disharmony tends towards illness, disease, suffering, and collapse.

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What Is Tonification in Traditional Chinese Medicine?

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Revisiting an Ancient Theory of Herbalism

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Introduction to Qi Gong, Part 1

Qi is the animating power of the body. It's the difference between a live body and a dead body.

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Sensing Qi

How is it that the human body can sense energy? Many people assume qi is some kind of electromagnetic wave. Within the body, qi could become an electrochemical phenomenon similar to how nerves transmit impulses chemically through the body.

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