qi

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When our qi is flowing well, we journey through life smoothly without a buildup of toxins, stress, and tension.

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  1. the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health

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  • And the salt air filled her lungs with qi, and made her tongue less coated; he even fed her little spoonfuls of ocean water, as well as all she would take of fresh water, just recently removed from her home stream. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • They had very little qi, and could hardly eat what food was left. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • There really is a need for a unifying article on varying concepts of vital force, including non-Western ideas such as qi, and variant Western ideas as in homeopathy, traditional chiropractic term "innate intelligence" should be covered as yet another variant. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • University of Pennsylvania Press, p. 392 qi is the correct spelling in pinyin, which is the Romanization scheme approved by the Chinese government and used by (probably) most western scholars today. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Acupuncture was thought to relieve the blockage and permit the normal flow of qi, thereby restoring health. —  Health News from Medical News Today
 

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