Qualities of Herbal and traditional medicines

Chinese medicinal properties and actions are generalized extractions of the principles and traits of Chinese medicinal functions, commonly referred to as "medicinal nature." The five flavors, ascending and descending, floating and sinking (of qi movement or medicinal action), channel entry, toxicity, and the four qi (also known as the four natures) are among its contents

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Expressions & principles in Training

遛腿,就是踢腿,是武术的基本功之一。无论是初学者还是老练家,都必须坚持练习。因为腿是全身的支柱,务必根基牢固,根基不稳,重心不稳,武术就没有练到家。遛腿的作用很大,首先,将腿遛开,筋骨柔软,肌肉不僵,可减少韧带和关节的损伤。其次,腿功好利于表现技术动作。腿功好,武术功夫便好,腿功是表现技术的基础。第三,腿功好利于提高拳艺。

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White Lotus

The Bailianjiao 白蓮教 "White Lotus Sect" was a millenarian movement with Buddhist traditions that several times in history ignited large-scale popular uprisings against the ruling…

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