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MENTAL MODEL · M0691

Qi Transformation

Qi Transformation
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The various life activities produced by the movement and transformation of qi (such as digestion, absorption, excretion, and maintenance of body temperature). The essence is the mutual transformation of matter and energy.

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Verb thinking. Traditional Chinese Medicine does not look at "organs" (nouns) but at "functions" (verbs). The bladder is not just a "urine bag" but the "capital of qi transformation." Inability to urinate is not due to a broken bag but because the "qi transformation function" (energy transformation process) has stopped.

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Qi transformation refers to the process by which the movement and changes of qi drive the transformation of matter and energy: food and drink are transformed by the spleen and stomach into essential substances, then steamed and dispersed, excreted as urine and sweat, maintaining body temperature and metabolism. Its core is "function (verb) rather than entity (noun)" - whether the bladder can urinate depends on the qi transformation function, not on whether the bag is intact.

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