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Seven gates

七冲门 〔七衝門〕 qī chōng mén

Seven points between the mouth and anus:

  1. flying gates (lips);
  2. door gates (teeth);
  3. respiration gate (epiglottis);
  4. rushing gate (cardia, the upper mouth of the stomach);
  5. dark gate (pylorus, lower mouth of the stomach);
  6. screen gate (ileocecal valve);
  7. corporeal soul gate (anus).

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