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MENTAL MODEL · M0706

Moving and Guarding

Moving and Guarding
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Dynamic properties of medicinal substances. Moving herbs are adept at traveling and stirring (e.g., Fangfeng, Bohe), while guarding herbs are adept at consolidating and nourishing (e.g., Huangqi, Shudi). In the saying 'To treat wind, first treat blood; when blood moves, wind ceases by itself,' blood herbs are mostly guarding, wind herbs are mostly moving.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Tactical division of labor. Formulating a prescription is like deploying troops. If all are assault troops (moving herbs), it will dissipate vital qi; if all are guards (guarding herbs), it will retain pathogenic qi. It is necessary to combine movement and stillness, with some guarding the home (supplementing deficiency) and some breaking out (dispelling pathogens).

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'Moving and Guarding' can be a combination of the two postures 'moving' and 'guarding,' referring to the principle of flexible choice between mobile retreat and stable defense in military operations; it also appears in some military books and in the changes of movement and stillness, advance and retreat in the Book of Changes. The specific origin is yet to be verified.

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