What is Yang Qi?

I don't know if you have had this experience before. If you feel uncomfortable somewhere in your body, people around you will always say that it is because of insufficient yang energy. You will also often hear people say that they need to replenish yang energy. Strengthening yang and replenishing qi are also common things. This is the profoundness of traditional Chinese medicine. So what exactly is this yang energy? Does it have a certain relationship with our physical health?

First of all, we need to figure out what this Qi is. It is the foundation of the universe and the most fundamental source of all matter. It is spread throughout the human body and can be divided into various types of Qi, such as Yuan Qi and Zhong Qi. These Qis spread throughout the human body are collectively called Yang Qi.

In thousands of years of Chinese medicine culture, Yin refers to the human body, and Yang refers to the energy in the human body. A person's life is a process of Yang energy decline.

The ancients said: The physical body is a mass of dead machinery, and it all depends on the application of this mass of true Qi to turn the dead machinery into life; the life of a person is the word fire, and true Qi is the root of life, the fire. The breath of life that a person takes is this true Qi.

Yang Qi is the true Qi stored in the kidneys, which is what we call the vital energy. When we say that the vital energy is severely damaged, it means that the Yang Qi is damaged.

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says that "Yang turns into Qi, and Yin turns into form." Yang turns into the energy needed by the body, and Yin forms the visible and tangible body. If the body is without Yang Qi, it becomes an empty shell and will die.

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine - Su Wen says: "Yang defends against external evil and is solid", which means that the human body has the ability to resist external evil, and this ability is Yang Qi.

The ancients compared Yang Qi to the relationship between the sky and the sun. If there is no sun in the sky, the earth will be dark and unclear, and nothing can grow. Therefore, the operation of heaven and earth must have the sun. The Yang Qi in the human body must be harmonized to consolidate its protective function, otherwise it will invite the invasion of pathogenic factors. The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic says: "Yang Qi is like the sky and the sun. If it loses its place, it will shorten life and not be effective." Therefore, nourishing Yang Qi is the basis of health preservation and disease treatment.

The growth and development of human beings are all controlled by Yang Qi: the formation of essence, blood, body fluids, etc. are all transformed by Yang Qi. "If Yang is strong, one will live long, and if Yang is weak, one will die young", so Yang Qi determines growth.

From the above content, it is not difficult to see that Yang, as a kind of energy in our body, is directly proportional to the health of the human body, especially the relationship with the kidneys. After figuring out what Yang is, we should take good care of our bodies, ensure that we have sufficient Yang, and ensure that we have strong energy and Yang to support our various activities.