downbear

present singular third person downbears · participle present downbearing · past downbore · participle past downborne

1. transitiveTo bear, bring or carry down.

   Immediately from the downborne elements sprung forth The Word of The God to the pure creation of all Nature, …

   1882, Hermes (Trismegistus.), John David Chambers (1805-1893), The theological and philosophical works of Hermes Trismegistus

2. transitiveTo bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.

   Further, Caulis Bambusae downbears the stomach, thus downbearing upwardly counterflowing depressive heat.

   1997, Bob Flaws, Curing Insomnia Naturally with Chinese Medicine

   2 more examples

   Together, these points supplement the qi to help upbear the clear and downbear the turbid when needled with supplementing method.

   2000, Philippe Sionneau, Lü Gang, The Treatment of Disease in Tmc: General Symptoms

   When one relaxes physically as well as mentally, whatever qi should be upborne is upborne and whatever qi should be downborne is downborne.

   2007, Bruce H. Robinson, Biomedicine

3. transitiveTo lessen; reduce.

   The stomach channel's uniting point, Zu San Li, is chosen in order to drain the stomach and downbear counterflow.

   1998, Bob Flaws, Sticking to the Point