Also known as: Eight Extra Meridians Extraordinary Vessels Ancestral Vessels As opposed to the Ancestral Sinews Eight Miscellaneous Vessels Qi Jing Ba Mai "Qi", in this case, does not refer to the Qi, which we try to manipulate with acupuncture. 气 This is Qi that we manipulate - mist, vapor, gas rising or vital energy. Pronounced with the descending 4~(th) tone. 奇This is Qi of the Qi Jing Ba Mai - the Eight Extraordinary Vessels: extraordinary, surprising, strange, marvelous beyond comparison, utterly unique and different from the others.5 Pronounced with the rising 2~(nd) tone.
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