Very early on, there was no distinction between blood vessels and Qi vessels, even in the Nei Jing.
For example, the "pulse" of traditional Chinese medicine actually touches the blood vessels, while some of the "nine needles" used in acupuncture are also specifically targeted at the blood vessels or blood vessels.
The true establishment of Qi meridians is the "twelve regular meridians".
In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen, who compiled the "Compendium of Materia Medica", also specifically collected and listed those "odd classics" that did not belong to the "Twelve Official Classics" based on some previous medical records. Collected into "A Study of the Eight Meridians of Strange Meridians".
In this way, the framework of Qi meridians is generally established, one is the twelve regular meridians, and the other is the eight extraordinary meridians.
However, the two do not belong to each other.
It can't be said that they are in opposite directions, but it can definitely be said that the road faces the sky and everyone goes to one side.
In other words, there is no theory that can truly integrate the two.
Mr. Zhang calls himself the "first miracle doctor in a thousand years" and has been exploring this problem for almost half his life.
"Dr. Chen", who is almost inhumanly erudite, studied astronomy and geography. He also studied this problem for himself and his old friends, and tried to find the answer from the Western modern life research system. I have learned a lot of messy things.
But in the end, neither of them found the answer.
The existence of meridians was confirmed by them using secular means.
But just because it was confirmed, it brought them more confusion.
Because the meridian reactions of different people are very different! And even for the same person, the meridian reactions of different time periods are also very different!
In short, there is a lot of fog!
Given the height at which the two old men stood, they would naturally not be satisfied with the presence or absence of meridians, so there was no need for verification at all for them.
Their real confusion lies in meridians, what is their essence?
In the Nei Jing, there is no answer.
All Taoist and medical books written over thousands of years also have no answer.
Among those records, "knowing what happened" is already quite remarkable, but most of them are simply based on false rumors or pure speculation without even the most basic own empirical evidence.
This question was left to their proud disciple Xu Guangling by the two old men.
Xu Guangling didn't know either.
Although he had opened up all the energy channels in his body long ago.
In his previous life, Xu Guangling practiced the "Guiyuan Xiji Fundamental Aperture Technique" as his main practice. There were three fundamental apertures, namely, the life aperture, the consciousness aperture, and the heaven and earth aperture.
After he achieved the Life Aperture and became a "Grand Master" from a basic level, he was unable to solve this problem.
When he achieved consciousness and obtained two of the three great powers of the Grand Master, he still could not solve this problem.
When he achieved the aperture of heaven and earth, and his body and mind blended with heaven and earth, at that moment, he suddenly looked back and suddenly realized, "That man was in the dim light."
They have been with him all the way!
It’s just that all the time, he didn’t know it!
What are meridians?
That day, under the "Little Tongtian Tree" at the core of the dream city, the original version, the elementary version, and the low-level version, Xu Guangling looked at the two old people, and said this with a faint smile:
"The human body has hundreds of thousands of orifices, from head to toe, from the inside to the outside."
"The orifice is like stars."
"Adjacent stars are all connected, and the lines of star power are called meridians."
It’s not like there are meridians first and then acupoints.
Rather, there are acupuncture points first, and reactions occur later. The pathways of the reactions and the phenomena of the reactions are called meridians!
The human body has no meridians.
It’s just that there are connected reactions between different acupoints, resulting in a phenomenon called meridians!
It is not a whole strip from head to toe, or from here to there. In essence, it is a small section, and many "small sections" are combined together without interruption to form the so-called twelve
The eight main meridians and extraordinary meridians.
Within the same "one" meridian, different areas have different meridian reactions!
The fundamental difference is that it is not "one" at all!
Flesh, flesh, and acupoints coexist in one body, just like the yin and yang of the Pisces in Chinese Taoist theory. They are completely distinct and independent of each other, but at the same time, they are connected to each other at the core.
The connection between them is the key to practice.
If one is weak, the other is also weak; if one is strong, the other is also strong. If you pull one, you can control the other; if you pull the other, you can control this.
Therefore, you can completely start with the way of eating and drinking to strengthen the body, make the body prosperous, and the acupoints will also be nourished. Those who understand this method can gather thousands of people into one point, thus "lighting up" a "star".
From one to ten thousand.
From here to there, and from there to here, there is a two-way interaction, complementing and improving each other, and stepping into creation.
The reason why the "Small Five Elements Internal Refining True Shape Diagram" was rated as a "complete method" by Jian Tian Jing is that the first is the flow of the five elements in the viscera, the second is the internal and external flow of bones, viscera, and limbs, and the third is
It lies in the flow of yin and yang between flesh and blood and orifices.
The combination of these three is the complete "true form of internal refining" and the true "perfect method" that can truly reach the ultimate goal.
The reason why Xu Guangling named it "Little Five Elements" was just to commemorate it.
First, in his previous life, he started practicing from the Five Colored Flowers, and the True Shape Diagram partly drew on or referred to that experience.
Both, the flow of the five elements is a very simple and classic idea of the change of all things in China in the past life. Naming it after this can be regarded as Xu Guangling's nostalgia for the civilization of the past life.
As for whether the naming is "unworthy of its name" in a strict sense, that's just a small detail and doesn't matter.
The "Small Five Elements Internal Refining True Shape Diagram" can also be preliminarily divided into three levels of practice:
The first level, the circulation of the internal organs, completes the first step, or foundation, of "shape refining".
The second level is the internal and external circulation between bones, organs, and limbs. On the basis of the completion of the refining of the internal organs, the bones are connected internally and the limbs are involved externally to completely complete the entire refining of the body. This is the second step.
The third level, based on the complete body refining, involves the final step of yin and yang circulation from flesh and blood to the acupoints, completely completing the "creation" of the body.
A piece of Qi Condensing Powder allowed Xiao Xiuer to complete the first level in a few days.
At the second level, Xu Guangling originally thought it would take a while, possibly from a few months to a few years, but what he didn't expect was that Xiao Xiuer's talent was so good, and even more so due to her age.
There were very few defilements in the body, and he actually completed this step in one breath, with the help of the remaining energy of the Qi Condensation Powder!
This is actually because Xu Guangling slightly underestimated the efficacy and power of Ningqi Powder, even though he had already had a high opinion of it before.
The first level is overwhelming.
At the second level, everything comes naturally.
So, should we go one step further and directly let Xiao Xiuer enter the third level?
When he thought of this, even Xu Guangling was a little hesitant, because he really didn't know what kind of "monster" he would create if he went all out this time.
Xiao Xiuer's current situation cannot be copied mechanically by the practice system of this world.
Condensing Qi, this level is a bit reluctant, Xiao Xiuer has not actually experienced Condensing Qi.
The level of "opening meridians" is out of the question. There is no such level as "opening meridians" in the "Small Five Elements Internal Refining True Shape Diagram".
After completing the second level of the True Form Diagram, you have actually arrived at the "Refining Realm" in this world. However, after entering the third level, you will sequentially come to the Qi Entraining Realm and the Awakening in the world's practice system.
territory.
Moreover, the Qi is introduced first, and then the Qi is awakened!
But no matter how these levels are reversed, once Xiao Xiuer completes the third level, she will completely complete the human level and the earth level of this world, and reach the third level of the earth level, the "realm of restoration".
And it’s the ultimate achievement of the true state of truth in the true sense!
That kind of "great success" without any flaws at the level of creation!
If Xiao Xiuer were allowed to take this step by herself, it might take many years.
but……
In this life, Xu Guangling cared about almost everything. For the first time, he really weighed one thing and couldn't make a decision.