Differences Between Qi And Qi

1. What are some differences between Qi and Blood deficiencies?

Blood and Qi are separate entity's in the body with a very intament relationship hence the adage "Blood is the mother of Qi and Qi is the commander of Blood." Blood is a more solid, dense and fluid material and is considered the yin aspect of the relationship of the two compared to warm, subtle and mobile Qi aspect which is considered yang in nature. Blood carries nutritive substance to the organs ,muscles and tissues of the body as well aso mostining skin, tounge ando eyes. QI is said to have functions of transporting , holding , warming , protecting, raiseing up and transforming in the body.Qi is deavided into several aspects the most important to the formation of blood are
This nourished Blood being pumped out of the heart is then Related to Ying or nurturing Qi which nourishes the body and provides grounds for other forms of Qi (Wei,Zhen and Zong last of which is associated to the lungs and there function of oxygenation and dispersion of blood). Organs receiveing ample healthy blood will have the capability of having more Qi and strong Yuan and Gu Qi will make nutrients available to nourish the blood and because these two aspects are so teatherd together but they are in fact different the symptoms of each my be similar but are also different,furthermore a deficiency of either Qi or Blood will lend itself to some level of deficiency of the other and often formulas will use a strategy of promoting Spleen Qi to nourish Blood or promotion of
Not only is the continued liniage of TCM less fragmented than that of western herbalism but I think western herbalists have a tendency to learn the merit of an herb very well and put it in whear it seems indicated as opposed to having a better bodily energetics system and what herb to use based on that system. While this is not entirely True as some western herbalists i,ve studied such as Matthew Wood make use of tissue states and blood and thermal related related signs. (Although he dose have some TCM training and as I belive is trying to resythinisise our western herb knowledge into a system as fluid and comprehensive as the Chinese.) To give a hypothetical example I imagine a western herbalist would see signs of bleeding and give Shepard purse (Capella bursa-pasroris) as a hemeostatic, a Chinese herbalist may observe the heat in the blood probably having to do with heat in the liver and give (Ya Xing Cao) - Shepherds purse because it enters the Liver meridian and clears Liver heat and helps slightly regulate blood and stops bleeding. Prehaps the western herbalist sees bleeding and so uses a hemeostatic that cools and slightly regulates blood while an eastern herbalist sees liver heat in a comprehensive energetics system that is the cause of bleeding and so uses an herb that cools and slightly regulates liver blood and stops bleeding. All this and of course we were talking about the same herb the whole