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Hey, it's me again! So, I've been looking for TCM herbs lately and I've found a formula that might be safe for use and also very powerful, the name of it is GAN MAI DA ZAO TANG, and it's composed of GAN CAO (Radix Glycyrrhiza uralensis), FU XIAO MAI (Semen Tritici aestivi levis) and DA ZAO (Fructus Zizyphi jujubae), but I can't find the right dosage of each herb in this formula. I read this mixture is used as a decoction, so I should put them together, boil the water and then let it simmer for 15 minutes. Any of you know the right dosage of each herb? Thanks in advance!

Hey, what about phobias in chinese medicine, do you people think there is a formula for such or these are more 'aspects of the mind' and cannot be treated by herbs?

Thanks for this information, Awaken! In the present moment I ain't taking no qigong classes, just taking break from practices hahaha

Yes, exactly, thanks! Haha bro, that's exactly what I tought was gaing to happen, nicely it haven't so far lol Thanks a lot for this translation!! Yes I have excessive heat symptoms and also emotional instability(overthinking/obsessive thinking behavior) due to these problems but I'm not sure if it may be heart fire or heart phlegm, I'm just guessing. Thanks bro, I wish the same for u!

Ok so, this is a quick question, some of you know I messed up and had some problems trying to do qigong on my own, now I'm doing more physical exercises and I stumbled upon horse stance, I want to know if someone who had psychological problems and probably a qi deviation can do horse stance, is it considered just a physical/resistance exercise or there is more to it? Can I practice it daily or not? Thanks in advance my qi friends

So, what about Zhan Zhuang practice indoors inside of an apartment versus Zhan Zhuang practice barefeet in the grass? Does it have more benefits?

I stopped the process of Zi Fa Gong in the middle, can this be the cause of qi trapped in my chest area? BTW, I'm feeling a lot better guys, nothing too serious, but I had my lesson lol Yes, exactly what happened to me, when I stood still the movements came immediately, at first I was thinking I was making the moves, but I checked and I wasn't, it was my first experience with Zi Fa Gong and very fun actually.

It's kinda funny how both topics I created people changed subject and had wrangle, maybe I should stop creating topics for the well being of this forum

Please, show me the website, I'm not sure if I will continue to practice, but I want to learn more about what I did.

Thanks, you are right, now I need to be honest with you guys, I messed it up, I'm so dumb. Yesterday I did Zhan Zhuang for like 15 minutes, then I decided to let my chi flow, doing some Zi Fa Gong, and after that I did 30min of seated meditation. The problem is that after the zi fa gong I started feeling disconfort in my chest and my heart was pulsating very fast, I had insomnia and today the symptom persists, my heart is beating faster, do you guys have any advice? I swear I won't go back to practice without a teacher, just help me I'm so dumb, what should I do?

I know, but where I live there is no teacher so I'm trying to find out things for myself and I know it can be dangerous, that's why I'm asking a lot of question hahaha, but thanks for the advice again Is this the same for qigong deviations? If I create a qigong deviation in my chest area(faster heartbeat, discomfort in the chest/heart area, insomnia), should I ground myself to drain this excess energy? By letting the chi flow you mean to just stand still and let the chi flow on it's own, which will create spontneous movement, correct?

What about Zi Fa Gong while standing in Zhan Zhuang posture, it can happen?

This time I have a quick question Zhan Zhuang is a Yin practice or a Yang practice? I'm asking because I want to start a routine with a Yin practice and a Yang practice to have balance, but I don't know in which of them Zhan Zhuang stands, because in the outside it is a Yin practice but in the inside it generates movement so this a Yang characteristic. Thanks in advance

Hey guys, I have a question, what exactly is store in the LDT?

@freeform thanks! I asked because I read that people could get problems doing this the way I did it.

Now that we're talking about anchoring, what about anchoring the breath? I started abdominal breathing something like 5 years ago when I was 17yo, but through the past 2 years I suffered a lot with overthink problems, should I have done the practice ''anchoring the breath'' from Damo before changing my breath forcefully to te belly area? I tried to change it back to chest breathing some time ago but it's so hard, it's like my new breathing point is my belly, can these emotional and overthing problems be related to forceful belly breathing? I mean, it's not forceful now, but when I started I always kept reminding me to breath from my belly and then It become natural to belly breath.

yay it's exactly this one, I just got home but you found it first, thanks haha

Thanks for the replies! According to what @Taomeow and @dwai posted, I probably misunderstood it from being MORE yin to ONLY yin. I will find the sentence and paste it here🙂

Welp, that's the reason why I didn't delete de post when I found my answer, because maybe there are people with a different opinion. BTW I'm not the one saying ZZ is Yin, as I said above, I just looked for the information and I found it inside one of Damo's books, at least that's what I understood. I'm still learning.

Ok, so I went looking for the answer and found it in the book ''A compreensive guide to Daoist Nei Gong'' by Damo Mitchell, which says Zhan Zhuang is a more yin practice. So instead of deleting the post I will just leave it here since it can help other people with the same question, and the discussion will be open if someone discords on that or if someone wants to add more info.

just stay away from mopai...

Nice, that's thr king of info I was looking for

@liminal_luke yea exactly, don't know if we are talking about the same thing, but I got this idea from the nofap community which guys just retain semen expecting girls to jump on them lol So, it is beneficial to have stillness and movement in a system of training, otherwise the practitioner would create imbalances, so I tought about Zhan Zhuang and Tai Chi, which I think would be a great combination, any thoughts on this??

Thanks a lot for this answer! So I guess a system which involves Zhan Zhuang and Tai Chi would be great, because I would be doind static meditation and moving meditation, any thoughts on this?

And what about Zhan Zhuang in all of this, can someone who is not retaining his seed practice it, or they will be overstressing their bodies because the Jing will be low?