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Jing is the essence of qi and the basis for body matter and functional activities. There are two types of jing, congenital, prenatal jing and acquired or postnatal jing, which are stored in the kidney and known as kidney jing. Unlike qi, jing circulates in long cycles (seven years for females and eight years for males) governing developmental ...
More than four hundred acupuncture points have been described, with the majority located on one of the twenty main cutaneous and subcutaneous meridians, pathways which run throughout the body and according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) transport qi.
Jing (Chinese: 精; pinyin: jīng; Wade–Giles: ching 1) is the Chinese word for "essence", specifically Kidney essence. Along with qi and shen , it is considered one of the Three Treasures of traditional Chinese medicine .
Jing, qi, and shen are three of the main notions shared by Taoism and Chinese culture alike. They are often referred to as the Three Treasures ( sanbao 三寶 ), an expression that immediately reveals their importance and the close connection among them.
Sino-Korean words constitute a large portion of South Korean vocabulary, the remainder being native Korean words and loanwords from other languages, such as Japanese and English to a lesser extent. Sino-Korean words are typically used in formal or literary contexts, [5] and to express abstract or complex ideas. [7]
Governs "transportation and transformation" (运化; yùnhuà), i.e. the extraction of jing wei (Chinese: 精微; pinyin: jīng weī; lit. 'essence bits', usually translated with food essence, sometimes also called jing qi [精气; jīng qì, essence qi]) [8] – and water – from food and drink, and the successive distribution of it to the ...
A prominent feature that separates the kumiho from its two counterparts (although, both Japanese Kitsune and Chinese Huli Jing having their own versions of “knowledge beads”, in the form of Kitsune’s starball and Huli Jing’s “golden elixir” neidan) is the existence of a 'yeowoo guseul' (여우구슬, literally meaning fox marble) which is said to consist of knowledge.
Jing (Chinese medicine), a principle in Traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese martial arts; sometimes confused with the Chinese martial arts term "jìn" (勁; power) as in Neijin. Jing (Chinese opera), a major male role type in Chinese opera; Jing (philosophy), a concept in Chinese philosophy which means "respect"