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The Future Qi Podcast

The Future Qi Podcast

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Welcome to Future Qi. We are exploring the biggest revolution in healthcare: The digitization of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). 🚀 We Bridge Ancient Wisdom & AI: From tongue diagnosis algorithms to sensors mapping energy channels, we break down complex research into fun, actionable insights. 💡 Founder's Note: As a licensed acupuncturist, I found myself asking: What path will TCM walk in the AI era? While our job is considered "safe" due to the human touch, I didn't want to just stay safe. I wanted to see how technology could awaken stagnant ideas. Join us in bridging East & West.The Future Qi Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living
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  • Acupuncture Meridians Are REAL? The Primo Vascular System Discovery
    Feb 20 2026

    For 2,000 years, anatomists said acupuncture meridians didn't exist. In 1963, a North Korean surgeon found them — then vanished. In 2002, a physicist at Seoul National University turned on a fluorescent dye and lit them up again. In 2016, Auburn University independently confirmed it.This is the story of the Primo Vascular System (PVS) — a microscopic network of channels hiding inside your blood vessels, lymph vessels, and organs. It carries stem cells, biophotons, and immune cells simultaneously. And it may be the physical proof of what Chinese medicine has been describing for millennia.

    This is Episode 05 of The Future Qi — an investigative series bridging Traditional Chinese Medicine and modern science. Not pseudoscience cheerleading. Not dismissal. Just evidence.

    References & further reading1. Kim, Bong-Han (1963). On the Kyungrak System. The original "lost" paper from North Korea.2. Soh, K. S. (2009). Bonghan Circulatory System as an Extension of Acupuncture Meridians. Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies.3. Vodyanoy, V., et al. (2016). Auburn University. Primo Vascular System as a New Anatomical System.4. Yoo, J. S., et al. (2011). Evidence for an additional metastatic route in the primo-vascular system.5. An, P., et al. (2015). Primo vascular system involved in gastric cancer metastasis.6. Shin, H. S., et al. (2005). Undifferentiated stem cells found in Primo Nodes.7. Jing, X., et al. Primo Vascular System vs. Fibrin Threads.8. Langevin, H. M. Connective tissue response to acupuncture needle manipulation.9. Popp, F. A. Biophoton emission and its implications.10. High-throughput 3D Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging (bioRxiv 2025).11. The Primo Vascular System: Its Role in Cancer and Regeneration (Springer Book).12. Kim, Hoon-gi (2013). A Journey Through the Body's Qi with a Physicist. Documents Prof. Soh's research journey.13. Soh lab research on PVS electrophysiology: excitable cells capable of electrical signal transmission.14. Mast cells, eosinophils, macrophages found in primo fluid and nodes (reviewed in Springer PVS compendium).

    #PrimoVascularSystem #Acupuncture #TCM #TraditionalChineseMedicine #Meridians #BonghanKim #StemCells #FutureMedicine #Jing #SanJiao #DeQi #HuangdiNeijing #FasciaResearch #Biophotons #IntegrativeMedicine #AcupunctureScience #TheFutureQi

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    37 mins
  • Your Body’s Check Engine Light: The 2,000-Year-Old Secret Your Phone Knows
    Feb 18 2026

    Welcome to the end of the road trip through the human body. 🚗💨

    If your car’s check engine light came on, you’d know what to do. But what about your body?

    In this finale of our "Check Engine" series, we explore the "Grand Unification" of Ancient Wisdom and Future Tech. We reveal how Artificial Intelligence has mastered the final two frontiers of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): Listening (Auscultation) and Smelling (Olfaction).

    But this isn't just about ancient scrolls. It's about the phone in your pocket. 📱 Why can an AI diagnose heart disease from your voice? Why can an "E-Nose" smell diabetes on your breath? And what happens when the machine knows you're sick before you do?

    #TheFutureQi #CheckEngineSeries #VoiceBiomarkers #DigitalOlfaction #TCM #OrientalMedicine #AIHealth #MedicalAI #StarTrekTricorder #IntegrativeMedicine

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    37 mins
  • Your Ear is a USB Port to Your Brain (Hacking the Vagus Nerve)
    Feb 15 2026

    What if your headphones weren't just for music, but a direct line to your nervous system?

    In Part 3 of our "Check Engine" series, we discover the body’s hidden OBD Port: The Ear.

    We’re moving beyond just reading the dashboard (Tongue & Pulse). Today, we find the keyboard. We uncover the mind-blowing link between Ancient Chinese Medicine’s "Inverted Fetus" map and modern "Earable" technology. Whether you call it "Shen Men" or "Vagus Nerve Stimulation," the science is the same: your ear is a biological backdoor, and you can hack it to lower stress, stop pain, and reboot your brain.

    From US Air Force "Battlefield Acupuncture" that stops pain in minutes, to the "NADA Protocol" used in disaster zones, we enable you to hack your own stress response—right now.

    Join the experiment: Have you ever used your ear to hack your stress? Let us know in the comments!

    #VagusNerve #Biohacking #EarAcupuncture #FutureTech #AIHealth #Earables #MentalHealthHack #BattlefieldAcupuncture #ShenMen #CheckEngineSeries


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    44 mins
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