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Question: I have quite fragile capillaries in my hands and forearms.
If I consciously direct Qi to the area, will the increased Qi help the problem? Or will the increased flow of blood make it worse?
Expert help would be appreciated


Answers: I have quite fragile capillaries in my hands and forearms.
If I consciously direct Qi to the area, will the increased Qi help the problem? Or will the increased flow of blood make it worse?
Expert help would be appreciated

Technically it shouldn't. I've never heard of that being a problem, but it's quite plausible that I just don't have enough experience. My guess is that it would actually gradually strengthen the blood vessels so they could accommodate the extra influx of blood flow, but that's speculation.

However the bigger question isn't "will chi going to ___ cause problems" it's "how did you make the chi go there."
I don't know what method you are using, but in most of the better schools, they teach a 70% rule which basically says "never do any practice that feels like you're pushing yourself beyond 70% of what your body wants to do, or if something hurts and feels like it's pushing too far, don't push" (which paradoxically, beyond making you not get injured, also makes you learn and progress faster).
With a lot of chi gung practices, they can actually "mess you up quite severely, if you go beyond the 70% mark," and it's quite common to happen with students of less experienced teachers (ie. I know quite a few people who studied under Mantak Chia and got fairly messed up).
Bringing chi to your arms is about as softcore as you can go in chi gung practices, so it's really unlikely anything bad couldn't happen, but on the off chance your body is the one unusual exception (b/c of the weak blood vessels), or you use an excessively forceful method to bring the chi to the arm, you really have nothing to lose by following the 70% rule.

If there's anything else you want to know, feel free to ask.
Hope that helps!

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