Ingesting Qi / Fu Qi
Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-31
CORE DEFINITION
Swallowing air, or mentally absorbing the qi of heaven and earth, to replace part of one's food intake.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
Eating air. Treating air as a tangible food to swallow (directly into the stomach and intestines). This is a special technique used during fasting (bigu) to maintain gastrointestinal motility and energy.
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A Taoist health preservation term: through exhaling the old and inhaling the new, regulating breath and ingesting 'clear qi' to nourish the body. It is a form of qi circulation/breathing exercise. The mechanism is to regulate the flow of qi through breathing.
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- zh.wikipedia.orghttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%8D%E6%B0%A3verified
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