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“Jing (精 Essence/ hormone) is the basis of the body, Qi governs the Shen (神 spirit) and Shape (形) is where the mind resides. Therefore, overuse leads to depletion and to maintain the form is to have Qi.” (Sentence from classical Chinese medicine textbook (Huang Di nei Jing) Put this words simply in layman’s term our body needs Jing (精 Essence/ hormone), Qi (氣energy), Shen (神 spirit) and Shape (形) to work as a whole. The beauty of Oriental medicine is that we assess the condition as whole. We can never have set protocol for each condition since we examine the patient’s whole biodynamic function...