Guest guest Posted February 23, 2002 Report Share Posted February 23, 2002 " Kidney-Essence is necessary for the transformation of Kidney-Yin into Kidney-Qi through the warming action of Kidney-Yang. " (Maciocia, Foundations, p. 40) " ...the Kidneys can be compared to a large cauldron full of water. The fire under the cauldron is provided by Kidney Yang and the Gate of Vitality (Ming Men, see page 98), the water inside the cauldron corresponds to the Kidney-Essence, and the resulting steam (i.e. Qi), corresponds to Kidney-Qi. " (p. 40) _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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