Vitamin Glossary "Q"

• qi- (also spelled chi), referred to in alternative medicine as the vital life energy which runs throughout the body.

   

• qi stagnation- any blockage of energy in the body that interrupts the body's natural functions or the healing process.

   

• quench-to terminate a chemical reaction, as in quenching a fire, or to return an excited energetic reactive molecule to it most stable lowest energy state.