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What is Qi?

In Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, Qi is vital energy, the life force that circulates both throughout the universe and within the human body’s meridians. In other cultures this vital life force is also recognized. In India Qi is referred to as Prana while in Hawaii and Polynesian it is known as Mana. Meridians, also theoretical, can be thought of as a channels or avenues, which carry this vital life force, Qi throughout the body. When the body is functioning in a state of perfect homeostasis, Qi is flowing through the meridians in just the perfect amount and the body is in optimal balance.

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Ana Lucia Samaniego