Running Piglet / Ben Tun
Updated 2026-08-01
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
A disease pattern in Chinese medicine in which the patient feels a mass of qi surge from the lower abdomen upward to the chest and throat, causing intense distress described as unbearable, like a small pig running up. It arises when cold in the kidney, rebellion of liver qi, or yang deficiency following inappropriate sweating stirs the penetrating vessel, whose qi moves upward against its normal direction. Treatment warms the kidney and calms the surging, regulates the liver and directs qi downward, and settles the spirit; the classical formula is Guizhi Jia Gui Tang.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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- Locate the Surge: find where an upward rush originates before treating the sensation - Trace the Trigger: check for cold, fright or recent depletion as the driver - Direct It Down: calm and descend rather than suppressing the feeling at the surface
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When cold or fright destabilizes the deeper vessels, the qi that normally descends reverses direction and travels upward along the penetrating vessel, producing a moving sensation that follows an anatomical path instead of staying in one place. Because the origin lies below, treating the felt symptom at the chest accomplishes nothing; the surging subsides only when the source is warmed and the direction of flow is restored. Misapplied cooling adds to the cold and intensifies the upward rush.
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- m.dayi.org.cnhttps://m.dayi.org.cn/disease/1161211verified
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