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How Excessive Heat, Dampness, and Stimulation Are Impacting Health and Vitality Within Chinese Medicine, the balance and flow of qi (vital energy; qì; 气) and the preservation of yuan qi (original qi; yuán qì; 元气) and jing (essence; jīng; 精) are fundamental to maintaining health and vitality. Maintaining, preserving, and even restoring these fundamental reserves is a daily practice, and paramount to that is understanding how the choices we make on a daily basis—from lifestyle to diet—impact the …