Types of Qi

Question 1

What is right qi/ Zheng qi?

Answer 1

sum of all the healthy qi and other health-promoting substances in the body

Question 2

what is evil qi/ xie qi?

Answer 2

pathogenic qi

qi from weather that causes disease

Question 3

what is source qi/ yuan qi?

Answer 3

comes from jing
pre-heaven qi
basis of all activity in the body
helps with transformation of qi and blood

Question 4

what is center qi

Answer 4

qi of stomach and spleen

related to digestion

Question 5

what is grain qi/ food/ gu qi?

Answer 5

qi extracted from food (by the spleen)

Question 6

what is great air qi/ da qi?

Answer 6

qi from air

Question 7

what is gathering/ancestral/ zong qi?

Answer 7

grain qi + air qi= gathering qi
in the lungs/chest
this will turn into true qi

Question 8

what is true qi

Answer 8

useable qi for the body

Question 9

what are the 2 types of true qi

Answer 9

1. ying/ constructive qi

2. wei qi/ defense qi

Question 10

Ying qi

Answer 10

means encampment/camp
nourishing
flows in the Chanels to the organs
more yin than defense qi

Question 11

Wei qi/defense qi

Answer 11

more yang than ying qi
aggressive
outside the channels
protects from external evils by opening and closing the pores
at night Wei qi goes inward

Question 12

What is the qi mechanism?

Answer 12

coordinated movement of qi between the organs