S2E16 - Shorts | Chinese Herbs: Qi Effect or Chemical Effect?
Published: February 24, 2026
Duration: 7:49
Are Chinese herbs working because of chemistry… or because of Qi?
In this episode of Living the Tao Shorts, Daoist Master Mikel Steenrod explores the difference between nutritional value and essence value — and why two foods that look identical on a label may affect your energy very differently.
You’ll hear:
How Qi is absorbed from both food and environment
Why some herbs function biochemically like natural drugs
What “essence” means in Taoist herbal theory
Why heavily processed foods may leave you energetically depleted
A revealing...