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Great respiration

太息 〔太息〕tài xī

1. Periodic extended exhalation to relieve oppression in the chest. In normal people one inhalation and one exhalation forms one respiration equal to four beats of the pulse. When every fourth respiration is a deep inhalation equal to five beats of the pulse, this is called intermittent great respiration.

2. Sighing.

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