Qi as a skill set

[exorcist_1699]

Adding Qi  , as a skill set , to our life is similar to having mastered more  skills, such as preserving  food, repairing some broken electric appliances or setting up a web server in our house  ; any of them makes our life easier and  more enjoyable. Preppers who are planning to live in city or jungle after  future war may find it more significant as they are mostly free and easy to access .   The skill set can include the following:

1) Capable of  testing pulses on our wrist so that  we know of roughly what problems are going in our body . Details  of identifying pulses and their patterns include how fast  the pulses  felt , how strong the pulse reacts to our fingers , and at which location we should put  our fingertips on..etc ;  other important locations,  critical to life ,  to check the pulse can be on  foot at  places where acupuncture points Taixi ( KI 3) and  Chongyang (ST42) located .

 

2) The ability to write a simple TCM formula for  curing  some slight diseases or troubles in our body . Try writing  some simple  formulas  which  compose  of only one herb (Dang gui,  Kan cao , Ginger ..)or two herbs , to start . Ordinary stuffs we can find in kitchen such as wine , vinegar, salt , honey are also materials that we can add into  those formula to change or enhance their effects ;  the only  difference is that in TCM they are used under the Taoist yang/yin ( ie, qi/ blood or jing) framework and meridian system,  quite  different from those used in other natural remedies.

 

3) Know where the main acupuncture points are  and their corresponding effects on  curing ailments , for example , He Gu ( LI 4) for face and head ailments,  SanYinJiao (SP 6) for women's ailments..etc . Consider having drunk dirty water from a creek makes our stomach ache or having a severe headache , but gets no medicine at hands , such kind of  free of charge cure is of great value for survival in wilderness  .

4) Capable of initializing qi  from our dantians , which people talk a lot on this forum  , so it is unnecessary  to go into details here .

 

 

 

Edited July 31, 2023 by exorcist_1699

[whocoulditbe?]

TCM is a skillset, but qi is just one of its objects of concern, in the same way that getting a qualification as an electrician is different from electrocuting yourself. Isn't qi already everywhere? Do you see these practices as ways of accumulating it, or just of getting it in better order?

[ChiDragon]

2 hours ago, whocoulditbe? said:

Isn't qi already everywhere? Do you see these practices as ways of accumulating it, or just of getting it in better order?

Qi is just an imaginary term used very loosely by TCM. No one can define it so someone could be understood. One can only understand in one's own view.

[Gerard]

It is not imaginary by any stretch of the imagination. I view it as the binding force for everything. Yin and Yang are the creative forces. The Mind is the originating force. 

[exorcist_1699]

On 2023/7/30 at 4:22 AM, whocoulditbe? said:

TCM is a skillset, but qi is just one of its objects of concern, in the same way that getting a qualification as an electrician is different from electrocuting yourself. Isn't qi already everywhere? Do you see these practices as ways of accumulating it, or just of getting it in better order?

 

Yes, qi is everywhere , but for beginners , they can only  feel  qi  via projecting their minds to dantians , placing  fingers on some places of their bodies or having eaten some herbs ..etc  In fact, by approaching qi via varied media , people can know it better .

 

Edited August 4, 2023 by exorcist_1699