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To promote fluency, movement, or activity, i.e., to treat inhibited flow of qì, blood or fluids, or inhibited physical movement.

Etymology

Chinese: The Chinese ideogram was originally a pictorial representation. The left-hand portion, 禾 hé represents a grain stock heavy with seed, and right side is a variant form of 刀 dāo, a knife. A sharp knife cutting down ripe grain stock, speedily bringing the benefit of the harvest. In its modern usage, the character retains the meaning of sharpness, favorability, profit, and benefit. In Chinese medicine, the meaning is to promote favorable movement, which we render as disinhibit. English: from Latin dis, not inhibire, inhibit.

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