| Terminology When an acupuncturists talks about their medicine, we often use terms that people are unfamiliar with. Here are a few that are commonly used. - Qi—this is the energy that acupuncture effects. It is in everything and is everywhere.
- Yin- this is the feminine or cooling energy. It is night, darkness and earthy.
- Yang- this is the masculine or warming, fire energy. It is the energy of movement and is day, light and more ethereal.
- Blood- blood has both a physical presence, as when we speak of blood in the west and it has an energetic presence. It is this energetic presence that acupuncturists most commonly refer to. It is a yin energy.
- Shen- this is the spirit. It resides in the heart. It is what governs our body and emotions.
- Xu- Xu is a Chinese term that means deficiency. I often forget and say something is qi xu rather than qi deficient without thinking.
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