Xuan Fu / Dark Gate
Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30
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Proposed by Liu Wansu, one of the Four Great Masters of the Jin-Yuan Dynasties. It refers to the fine pores throughout the body (similar to sweat pores, cell membrane channels, and microcirculation). "If the Xuan Fu is blocked, qi and fluids have no passage."
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Microscopic network. Traditional Chinese medicine does not only look at the major meridians. If the large blood vessels are open but local areas are still numb, without sweat, or edematous, that indicates the "microcirculation (Xuan Fu)" is blocked. It needs to be opened with wind-dispelling herbs (such as Fangfeng and Bohe), like a gentle breeze passing through a screen window.
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Xuan Fu refers to sweat pores and qi gates, serving as the portals for defensive qi and body fluids to enter and exit, governing opening and closing; if Xuan Fu is blocked, diseases arise. The mechanism is the pass for qi movement.
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