Posture can affect Qi flow in the Conception & Governing Vessels

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Posture can affect Qi flow in the Conception and Governing Vessels. When

your 4th grade teacher kept telling you to sit up straight, she was giving

you some sound advice from both a Western and a TCM standpoint.

 

As far as I'm concerned, not enough attention is paid in the U.S. to

identifying, correcting, and preventing abnormal curvatures of the spine.

They eventually can trigger a host of problems from a chiropractic

standpoint, from a Western medicine standpoint, and from a TCM standpoint.

 

BTW, posture problems also can be diagnostic in TCM. If a person sits and

stands all slumped over, suspect Qi Deficiency problems. If a person

prefers to sleep in a fetal position, suspect Yang Deficiency.

 

One of the major impacts of poor posture and/or certain sleeping positions

is breathing problems. For example, Kidneys Refusing to Receive Qi is a

type of Yang Deficiency imbalance which results in breathing problems. The

catch-22 is that Yang Deficient people frequently prefer to sleep curled up

in a fetal position, and this aggravates the breathing problems even more.

If they force themselves to straighten out while sleeping - or at least

while dropping off to sleep - this can ease the breathing problems some.

 

Victoria

 

 

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Posture has to do with a lot of other things (from both a Western and TCM standpoint).

 

In TCM, there are Four Foundations of the human body. Blood, Nourishment, Energy, and Resistance (Protective Energy).

 

Blood and Nourishment are Yin, whose main purpose is to NOURISH and strengthen the Yang

 

Energy and Resistance are Yang, whose main purpose is to PROTECT and direct the Yin

 

Protective Energy (Wei Qi) is the energy which surrounds the body and serves as a deflector of energetic as well as tangible pathogenic factors. It is also a means of information exchange between all living cells of the body and the surrounding environment. Hence, when posture is bad (mental or physical), the protective sphere surrounding the body will also be out of wack. This can be detected with Aura photography, or by someone with highly trained eyes.

 

Wei Qi is also divided into three categories, which also relate directly to the Three Treasures of Man: Jing (Essence), Qi (Energy), and Shen (Spirit)

 

http://www.lieske.com/5e-weiqi.htm

 

 

Lee Lieske

 

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Judy Fitzgerald

Chinese Traditional Medicine

Monday, September 03, 2001 4:41 PM

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] Posture can affect Qi flow in the Conception & Governing Vessels

Posture can affect Qi flow in the Conception and Governing Vessels. When your 4th grade teacher kept telling you to sit up straight, she was giving you some sound advice from both a Western and a TCM standpoint.As far as I'm concerned, not enough attention is paid in the U.S. to identifying, correcting, and preventing abnormal curvatures of the spine. They eventually can trigger a host of problems from a chiropractic standpoint, from a Western medicine standpoint, and from a TCM standpoint.BTW, posture problems also can be diagnostic in TCM. If a person sits and stands all slumped over, suspect Qi Deficiency problems. If a person prefers to sleep in a fetal position, suspect Yang Deficiency.One of the major impacts of poor posture and/or certain sleeping positions is breathing problems. For example, Kidneys Refusing to Receive Qi is a type of Yang Deficiency imbalance which results in breathing problems. The catch-22 is that Yang Deficient people frequently prefer to sleep curled up in a fetal position, and this aggravates the breathing problems even more. If they force themselves to straighten out while sleeping - or at least while dropping off to sleep - this can ease the breathing problems some.Victoria_______________Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.aspCommunity email addresses: Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner Shortcut URL to this page: /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine