10 Facts About Qi

Qi is the central underlying principle in Chinese traditional medicine and in Chinese martial arts.

Qi is a pseudoscientific, unverified concept, and is unrelated to the concept of energy used in science .

Qi was linked to the flow of energy around and through the body, forming a cohesive functioning unit.

Qi reported that early civilized humans learned how to live in houses to protect their qi from the moisture that troubled them when they lived in caves.

Qi associated maintaining one's qi with providing oneself with adequate nutrition.

Qi described qi as "issuing forth" and creating profound effects.

Qi's forearms being long, he lives eight hundred years, because he is expert in controlling his breathing.

Defensive Qi's role is to defend the body against invasions while Nutritive Qi's role is to provide sustenance for the body.

Qi field refers to the cultivation of an energy field by a group, typically for healing or other benevolent purposes.

Qi is a didactic concept in many Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese martial arts.