Class 5 Flashcards

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Lungs; Fei

Element:

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Lungs; Fei

Element: Metal

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Lungs; Fei

Nickname:

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Lungs; Fei

Nickname: The Prime Minister

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Lungs; Fei

Function:

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Lungs; Fei

Function: The lungs govern the qi of the whole body. They are in charge of orderly flow. This includes respiration as qi also means air and breath.

Regulation and restraint come out from them

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Gathering Qi or Ancestral Qi; Zong Qi

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Gathering Qi or Ancestral Qi; Zong Qi

Definition: Gathering Qi is a combination of grain qi (food qi or gu qi) and great qi (air qi or da qi).

It gathers in the chest; it is the ancestor of true qi (zhen qi) and blood.

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Lungs; Fei

The lungs are in charge or descending and dispersing qi and fluids.

(Descending):

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Lungs; Fei

The lungs are in charge or descending and dispersing qi and fluids.

(Descending): the lungs descend great (air) qi upon inhalation. They also push the body’s waste down through the large intestine.

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Lungs; Fei

The lungs are in charge or descending and dispersing qi and fluids.

(Dispersing):

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Lungs; Fei

The lungs are in charge or descending and dispersing qi and fluids.

(Dispersing): the lungs are in charge of the outward movement of qi, and thus connect with the skin and body hair. They disperse defense qiwhich manages the opening and closing of pores and protects against invasion of evil spirits.

The lungs manage the exterior of the whole body, controlling the skin, body hair, and pores.

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Lungs; Fei

Defense Qi (Function):

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Lungs; Fei

Defense Qi (Function): warms the divisions of the flesh, fills the skin, fattens the interstices, and manages their opening and closing.

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Lungs; Fei

The lungs are in charge or descending and dispersing qi and fluids.

(Fluids):

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Lungs; Fei

The lungs are in charge or descending and dispersing qi and fluids.

(Fluids): the lungs are the upper source of water. Lungs descend fluids to the kidneys and urinary bladder and help in the urinary function.

The lungs open and regulate the water passages.

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Lungs; Fei

As a lid or canopy:

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Lungs; Fei

As a lid or canopy: they protect the other organs by being on top and sending down qi and fluids to the organs below

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Lungs; Fei

The lungs open into…

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Lungs; Fei

The lungs open into the nose and connect with the throat.

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Lungs; Fei

The lungs are the receptacle…

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Lungs; Fei

The lungs are the receptacle that holds phlegm (the spleen makes phlegm).

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Lungs; Fei

Affected by heat and cold:

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Lungs; Fei

Affected by heat and cold: the lungs are delicate and cannot endure heat or cold.

The lungs are the most external zang organ, easily attacked by external evils.

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Lungs; Fei

(Store):

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Lungs; Fei

(Store): the lungs store the corporeal (animal) soul, po.

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Lungs; Fei

(Emotions):

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Lungs; Fei

(Emotions): breathing, sighing, and crying

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Lungs; Fei

Liver and Lungs:

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Lungs; Fei

Liver and Lungs: the liver controls the smooth flow of qi and the lungs govern qi.

The liver upbears while the lungs downbear.

These contain the ethereal soul (hun) and the corporeal soul (po).

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Lungs; Fei

Heart and Lungs:

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Lungs; Fei

Heart and Lungs: both are in the upper jiao – a high place for officials.

They are the emperor (governing blood) and the prime minister (governing qi).

The pulse consist of heart blood and lung qi pushing it.

Sweat is the fluid of the heart. Defense qi from the lungs moves the sweat tot he surface and opens and closes the pores.

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Lungs; Fei

Spleen and Lungs:

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Lungs; Fei

Spleen and Lungs: the spleen send food qi up to the lungs, where it combines with air qi to make gathering or ancestral qi (zong qi).

Both contribute to fluid metabolism. The spleen makes phlegm and the lungs store phlegm.

Both are tai yin (greater yin) channels.

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Large Intestine; Da Chang

Element:

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Large Intestine; Da Chang

Element: Metal

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Large Intestine; Da Chang

Paired with (organ):

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Large Intestine; Da Chang

Paired with (organ): lungs

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Lungs; Fei

Paired with (organ):

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Lungs; Fei

Paired with (organ): large intestine

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Large Intestine; Da Chang

Nickname:

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Large Intestine; Da Chang

Nickname: the official who conducts through the pathways.

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Large Intestine; Da Chang

Function:

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Large Intestine; Da Chang

Function: the large intestine manages conduction and conveyance of waste. It receives the leftovers (turbid part) of food and drink from the small intestine, reabsorbs some fluid and excrete stool.

Mutation and transformation come out of it.

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Kidneys; Shen

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Kidneys; Shen

Element: water

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Kidneys; Shen

Function:

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Kidneys; Shen

Function: the kidneys store essence and manage birth, growth, reproduction, development, and aging.

The kidneys manage the water of the whole body; they cooperate with the triple burner and transform qi and move water.

The kidneys engender marrow, fill up the brain, and host the bones; t

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Kidneys; Shen

(Excess and Deficiency):

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Kidneys; Shen

(Excess and Deficiency): kidneys cannot have excess, they can only have deficiency.

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Kidneys; Shen

(Physical Manifestation):

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Kidneys; Shen

(Physical Manifestation): hair

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Kidneys; Shen

Kidney Yin:

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Kidneys; Shen

Kidney Yin: original yin or original water. It is the fundamental substance for birth, growth, reproduction.

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Kidneys; Shen

Kidney Yang:

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Kidneys; Shen

Kidney Yang: original yang or original fire. It is the heat and moving force of all physiological processes.

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Kidneys; Shen

Nickname:

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Kidneys; Shen

Nickname: the kidneys are the official who makes strength.

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Kidneys; Shen

(Store):

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Kidneys; Shen

(Store): the kidneys store the zhi will or mind. The mind as it is focused on goals and ability to pursue them. Will, purpose, ambition, or determination.

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Kidneys; Shen

The kidneys manage the water of the whole body.

(Excretion):

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Kidneys; Shen

The kidneys manage the water of the whole body.

(Excretion): kidney qi manages the excretion of turbid fluids through the urinary bladder.

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Kidneys; Shen

The kidneys manage the water of the whole body.

(Fluids):

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Kidneys; Shen

The kidneys manage the water of the whole body.

(Fluids): fluids enter through the stomach and are sent up by the spleen, descended and dispersed by the lungs, eventually to the kidneys.

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Kidneys; Shen

The kidneys manage the water of the whole body.

(Heat):

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Kidneys; Shen

The kidneys manage the water of the whole body.

(Heat): kidney yang and the san jiao warm and transform fluids, managing fluid metabolism as a whole.

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Kidneys; Shen

The kidneys open…

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Kidneys; Shen

The kidneys open into the ears and also the lower (yin) orifices and control their opening and closing.

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Kidneys; Shen

Kidneys and Qi:

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Kidneys; Shen

Kidneys and Qi: the kidneys absorb qi, control the reception of qi, grasp qi, or contain qi.

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Ming Men; Life Gate

(Description):

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Ming Men; Life Gate

(Function): life gate fire is the basic fire of life, kidney yang, original or true yang. It is the moving force of all physiological activity of the body, the source of fire or heat for all bodily functions.

It has a pre-heaven connotation to it.

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Ming Men; Life Gate

(Function):

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Ming Men; Life Gate

(Function): It warms the lower burner and the urinary bladder.

It harmonizes sexual function and warms the essence and the uterus.

It assists the kidney function of reception of qi.

It warms the spleen and stomach to aid digestion.

It assists the heart function of housing the mind.

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Kidneys; Shen

Pre-heaven functions:

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Kidneys; Shen

Pre-heaven functions: essence, marrow, bone, brain, teeth, ears, head hair, constitution.

Birth, growth, development, aging.

Sexuality, fertility.

Original yin, original yang.

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Kidneys; Shen

Post-heaven functions:

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Kidneys; Shen

Post-heaven functions: grasping qi from the lungs.

Managing the two lower orifices.

Waterways, urination, fluids.

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Kidneys; Shen

Liver and Kidneys:

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Kidneys; Shen

Liver and Kidneys: the liver stores blood and the kidneys store essence.

Both are in the lower jiao (functionally). “Liver and kidneys have a common source.” “Essence and blood have a common source.”

Kidney yin nourishes liver yin. Kidney yang gives the liver its ascending function.

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Kidneys; Shen

Heart and Kidneys:

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Kidneys; Shen

Heart and Kidneys: mutual assistance of fire and water. Must be balanced and communicate with each other.

Common root of spirit and essence (jing-shen), The Heart stores the spirit and the kidneys store essence and will. Spirit is the external manifestation of essence.

Both are shao yin (lesser yin) channels.

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Essence-Spirit; Jing-Shen

Describe:

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Essence-Spirit; Jing-Shen

Describe: physical vitality (jing) and mental clarity (shen) together.

Today this phrase means vigor, vitality, drive, lively spirited.

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Kidneys; Shen

Spleen and Kidneys:

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Kidneys; Shen

Spleen and Kidneys: the spleen is the root of post-heaven qi and the kidneys are the root of pre-heaven qi.

Kidney yang (life gate fire) is the moving force in the digestion, supporting spleen yang.

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Kidneys; Shen

Lungs and Kidneys:

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Kidneys; Shen

Lungs and Kidneys: the lungs manage qi and the kidneys are the root of qi.

The lungs descend qi and fluids, and the kidneys absorb and receive them.

The lungs have gathering (zong) qi and the kidneys have source (yuan) qi. Source qi transforms gathering qi into true qi.

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Urinary Bladder; Pang Guang

Element:

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Urinary Bladder; Pang Guang

Element: Water

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Urinary Bladder; Pang Guang

Paired with (organ):

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Urinary Bladder; Pang Guang

Paired with (organ): kidneys

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Urinary Bladder; Pang Guang

Function:

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Urinary Bladder; Pang Guang

Function: the urinary bladder manages the (temporary) storage of fluids and humors; the urinary bladder removes water by qi transformation.

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Urinary Bladder; Pang Guang

Nickname:

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Urinary Bladder; Pang Guang

Nickname: the official of the municipal waterworks.

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Minister Fire:

Minister fire is…

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Minister Fire:

Minister fire is secondary fire in the body, inhabiting life gate, pericardium, and/or various other organs.

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Fire has two aspects:

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Fire has two aspects:

Light: Emperor fire (heart) is light.
Heat: Minister fire (ming men, kidney yang) is heat