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Descriptor English: Qi
Descriptor Spanish: Qi
Descriptor Qi
Entry term(s) Ch'i
aliento vital (filosofía)
energía vital (filosofía)
Scope note: La fuerza vital, supuestamente regulable por la acupuntura. A grandes rasgos se corresponde con el pneuma griego, el espíritu latino, y el antiguo prana indio. El concepto de aliento vital o energía vital se formuló como una indicación de la conciencia del hombre, originalmente dirigida externamente hacia la naturaleza o la sociedad pero más tarde internalizada hacia la vida interior. (Traducción libre del original: Comparison between Concepts of Life-Breath in East and West, 15th International Symposium on the Comparative History of Medicine - East and West, August 26-September 3, 1990, Shizuoka, Japan, pp. Ix-x)
Descriptor Portuguese: Qi
Descriptor French: Qi
Entry term(s): Ch'i
Energies, Vital (Philosophy)
Energy, Vital (Philosophy)
Life Breath (Philosophy)
Life-Breath (Philosophy)
Vital Energy (Philosophy)
Tree number(s): I01.076.201.450.654.558.520.300
K01.752.730
MT1.388.585.520.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019413
Scope note: Qi is the vital energy that constitutes everything that exists and sustains the vital activities of the human body according to traditional Chinese medicine. The free circulation of qi through the meridians keeps the individual in balance, harmoniously promoting physical and mental health. (From: Glossary of Complementary Medicine Terms of the Social Health Insurance - ESSALUD, p. 27).
Annotation: Qi defic goes here
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see CH'I 1997-2002
History Note: 2002(1997)
Related: Yang Deficiency MeSH
Yin Deficiency MeSH
Yin-Yang MeSH
DeCS ID: 33185
Unique ID: D019413
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Qi - Preferred
Concept UI M0028884
Scope note Qi is the vital energy that constitutes everything that exists and sustains the vital activities of the human body according to traditional Chinese medicine. The free circulation of qi through the meridians keeps the individual in balance, harmoniously promoting physical and mental health. (From: Glossary of Complementary Medicine Terms of the Social Health Insurance - ESSALUD, p. 27).
Preferred term Qi
Entry term(s) Ch'i
Energies, Vital (Philosophy)
Energy, Vital (Philosophy)
Life Breath (Philosophy)
Life-Breath (Philosophy)
Vital Energy (Philosophy)



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