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MeSH Heading: Qi
Tree Number(s): I01.076.201.450.654.558.520.300; K01.752.730
Unique ID: D019413
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019413
Annotation: Qi defic goes here
Scope Note: The vital life force in the body, supposedly able to be regulated by acupuncture. It corresponds roughly to the Greek pneuma, the Latin spiritus, and the ancient Indian prana. The concept of life-breath or vital energy was formulated as an indication of the awareness of man, originally directed externally toward nature or society but later turned inward to the self or life within. (From 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)
Entry Term(s): Ch'i; Life-Breath (Philosophy); Vital Energy (Philosophy)
See Also: Yang Deficiency; Yin Deficiency; Yin-Yang
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see CH'I 1997-2002
History Note: 2002(1997)
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

Concept UI: M0028884
Scope Note: The vital life force in the body, supposedly able to be regulated by acupuncture. It corresponds roughly to the Greek pneuma, the Latin spiritus, and the ancient Indian prana. The concept of life-breath or vital energy was formulated as an indication of the awareness of man, originally directed externally toward nature or society but later turned inward to the self or life within. (From 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)
Terms: Qi Preferred Term
Term UI T057900
Date02/26/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Life-Breath (Philosophy)
Term UI T057897
Date02/26/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Ch'i
Term UI T057898
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Vital Energy (Philosophy)
Term UI T057899
Date02/26/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997)

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