Dantian

Dantian (丹田; Pinyin: dāntián, Romaji: tanden) in traditional Chinese medicine is a center of qi, the vital life force.

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Chinese.pic: 性命圭旨嬰兒現形圖.png
Chinese.piccap: 1615 illustration of the neidan meditation ''Ying'er xianxing'' (嬰兒現形, Generating the [Inner] Infant) in the Lower Dantian
Chinese.c: 丹田
Chinese.l: elixir-of-life field
Chinese.p: dāntián
Chinese.w: tan t'ian
Chinese.hangul: 단전
Chinese.hanja: 丹田
Chinese.rr: danjeon
Chinese.kanji: 丹田
Chinese.hiragana: たんでん
Chinese.revhep: tanden
Chinese.tha: ตันเถียน
Chinese.rtgs: dantian
Chinese.vie: Đan điền
Chinese.chuhan: 丹田

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Etymology
Three dantians and the elixir-of-life
The lower dantian or ''hara''
Lower dantian in Eastern body-mind therapies
''Hara'' in the martial arts
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Dantian (丹田; Pinyin: dāntián, Romaji: tanden) in traditional Chinese medicine is a center of qi, the vital life force.

Three main dantian are typically emphasized: the lower dantian, situated at the lower belly, called hara in Japanese; the middle dantian, at the level of the heart; and the upper dantian, at the forehead between the eyebrows or third eye. Jing (essence) is purified into qi (vitality) in the lower dantiam; qi is refined into shen or spirit in the middle dantium; and shen is transmuted into wu wei or emptiness in the upper dantium.