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The Complete Book of Principal Contents of Human Life and Temperament, About Large, and Small Tripod and Furnace
Identifier
016636
Type of Spiritual Experience
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Background
An interesting observation showing how alchemy and TCM were connected
A description of the experience
Translated in Qigong Meditation Embryononic Breathing by Dr Yang, Jwing-Ming
The Complete Book of Principal Contents of Human Life and Temperament, About Large, and Small Tripod and Furnace
Huang Ting is the tripod, Qi Xue is the furnace. Huang Ting is just on the top of the Qi Xue, mutually connected with numerous Luo (secondary Qi channels), and is the meeting place of hundreds of Qi vessels (and channels) in a human body. The Original Qi is dense between these two cavities (between Huang Ting and Qi Xue) and is called 'Small Tripod Furnace' (Xiao Ding Lu). If the position of Qian (the mind) is the tripod and the position of the Kun (the abdomen) is the furnace, then it means that the Ni Wan (Upper Dan Tian) is the tripod and the Lower Dan Tian is the furnace.
This is called 'Big Tripod Furnace' (Da Ding Lu).