腑 Fu Organs

Question 1

GB: Stores and Excretes Bile

Answer 1

Receives bile from liver, stores it and excretes it; Extraordinary yang organ: Only yang organ that doesn’t open to exterior, deal with food water or waste, and stores.

Question 2

GB： Controls Decisiveness

Answer 2

• GB makes decisions, controls courage and initiative • GB’s ‘decision making’ helps all other 11 internal Organs • Deficiency: timid or fearful, no drive.

Question 3

GB: Controls the Sinews

Answer 3

GB provides Qi to the sinews to ensure their proper movement and agility • The Gathering (Hui) point for sinews is on the GB channels (GB34)

Question 4

GB: Mental Aspect

Answer 4

Psychological level: initiation, courage, makes decisions, makes changes m • GB deficiency: indecision, timidity, easily discouraged • The ascending of GB Qi stimulate LV Qi (HUN) to ascend • Deficiency: depression • Excess: slightly manic • GB has an influence on the quality and length of sleep • Deficiency: awakens early in the morning, unable to fall asleep again

Question 5

SI: Controls receiving and transforming

Answer 5

Sl receives food and drink from ST and separates clear and turbid • Clear goes to SP ; Turbid goes to Ll and UB

Question 6

SI: Separates Fluids

Answer 6

ST impure to SI, SI separates pure and impure, pure goes to UB, impure goes to LI;

Question 7

SI: Mental Aspect

Answer 7

Discernment: ability to distinguish relevant issues with clarity before making a decision

Question 8

SJ: Mobilizes Yuan QI

Answer 8

Its the transformation power Qi in all zangfu, and differentiates for all channels

Question 9

SJ: Controls the Transformation and Penetration of Qi

Answer 9

controls the entering-exiting, ascending, descending of qi in all zangfu (channel)

Question 10

SJ: Controls the water passages and excretion of fluids

Answer 10

the official in charge of irrigation: Upper - Sweat; Middle: ST fluids; Lower- Urine

Question 11

SJ: As one of the six yang organs (has form)

Answer 11

SJ has the function of maintaining free passage and of ‘letting out’ or excreting. U-Defensive Qi; M-Nutritive Qi; L-Fluids

Question 12

SJ: As a mobilizer of yuan qi (formless)

Answer 12

mobilizes yuan qi emerging from the ming men to differentiate

Question 13

SJ: As three divisions of the body

Answer 13

Upper: HT LU PC; Middle: ST SP GB; Lower: KD SI LI UB LV

Question 14

SJ: Mental Aspects

Answer 14

Fire nature (with PC): SJ assists the Mind (Shen) and Hun (Ethereal Soul) • Wood nature (with GB): SJ assists the LV in ensuring the smooth flow of emotions

Question 15

ST: Controls Receiving

Answer 15

ST receives food and drink and holds them down • ‘Receiving’ also has a relationship with the appetite • ST is called the ‘Great Granary’ and the ‘Sea of Food and Drink”

Question 16

ST: Controls Rotting and Ripening of Food

Answer 16

ST macerates food to break it down • ST prepares for SP to separate and extract essence from food • ST is the origin of Qi and Blood as Food-Qi (Gu Qi) is extracted from the ST • Strong ST-Qi: good prognosis • Weak ST-Qi: poor prognosis

Question 17

ST: Controls Transportation of Food Essences

Answer 17

ST transports the Qi of Food to the pulse • Tongue coating: ST transports ‘dirty damp’ to tongue, producing a normal coating

Question 18

ST: Controls the descending of QI

Answer 18

ST descends transformed food down to Sl • Rebellious: sour regurgitation, belching, hiccup, nausea and vomiting • ST is in the center and the descending of its Qi is essential • LV Qi helps the descending of ST Qi

Question 19

ST: Is the origin of fluids

Answer 19

ST is in the origin of fluids through its process of maceration of food and drink • ST fluid deficiency: leading to Yin deficiency • In relation to fluids: ST is the Gate to KD • To R&R, ST needs lots of fluids • Liquid part of food and drink condenses to form Jin-Ye

Question 20

ST: Mental Aspects

Answer 20

ST easily suffers from Fire or Phlegm-Fire • Fire easily agitates Mind and causes mental symptoms

Question 21

LI: Controls Passage and Conduction

Answer 21

Receives food and drink from Sl and extracts water from food • Excretes Stools

Question 22

LI: Transforms Stools and Reabsorbs Fluids

Answer 22

Transforms digested food to form stools • Reabsorbs some of the fluids

Question 23

LI: Mental Aspect

Answer 23

Ll influences our capacity for ‘letting go’ and for not dwelling in the past

Question 24

UB: Removes water by Qi transformation

Answer 24

UB receives clear fluids from Sl, and transforms these into urine, which is excreted • Qi transformation: The power for fluids transformation TRANSFORMATION • Other organs that work with UB: Sl, HT, SJ, LV, LU

Question 25

UB: Mental Aspect

Answer 25

In adults: feeling of jealousy, suspicion, long-standing grudges Cl • In children: fears, anxieties or insecurities which leads to a sinking of UB Qi