Liver, Kidney, Ming Men, San Jiao

Question 1

Liver Statements

Answer 1

Liver governs free coursing (qi, emotions, bile). Liver stores blood. Liver governs sinews and manifests in the nails. Liver opens to the eyes,

Question 2

Liver Qi condensed into something tangible is called…?

Answer 2

bile

Question 3

Organ relationships: Liver and Gall Bladder

Answer 3

Liver free coursed the bile. Gall bladder stores the bile. Liver/gall bladder internal/external relationship. Liver governs planning, gall bladder governs decisions “liver makes the plans, gallbladder makes the decisions”

Question 4

Organ relationships: liver and heart

Answer 4

Liver stores the blood. Heart Governs the blood.

Question 5

organ relationships: liver and kidney

Answer 5

Liver stores the blood. Kidney stores the essence. Blood and essence are closely related. Liver governs free coursing. Kidney governs storage.

Question 6

Organ relationships: liver and lung

Answer 6

liver governs upbearing. Lung governs downbearing.

Question 7

liver pathologies

Answer 7

wind - ticks, Parkinson’s, tremors, convulsions, real vertigo, flowery vision (insufficiency of liver to nourish the eye), floaters (blood insufficiency of liver), pale dry tongue (liver blood deficiency) qi stagnation- pain, distended, swollen, comes and goes

Question 8

liver qi depression

Answer 8

refers to liver qi that is not free coursing - does not mean psychological depression

Question 9

sighing is the sound of…?

Answer 9

liver qi moving - not necessarily pathological but could be symptom of liver qi constraint

Question 10

yin and yang of liver

Answer 10

yin organ but yang in nature: liver is smooth calm yin but it moves blood up and out and that is yang. only yin organ with a lot of replete conditions

Question 11

what are the odds and ends of the liver?

Answer 11

The nails. an indication of liver blood

Question 12

Kidney statements

Answer 12

kidney stores essential qi and is responsible for growth, development and reproduction. Kidney governs bone and engenders marrow. Kidney governs water. Kidney opens to the ears. Kidney opens to the two yin. kidney yin is the root Yin of all the organs. kidney yang is the root yang of all the organs

Question 13

what is the mane of the kidney?

Answer 13

the hair. kidney bloom i the hair of the head.

Question 14

why is kidney the root yang of all the organs?

Answer 14

because it stores essence and source qi.

Question 15

upper yin refers to?

Answer 15

facial orifices. sometimes called the 7 yin.

Question 16

lower yin or two yin refers to?

Answer 16

anus and urethra

Question 17

organ relationships: kidney and bladder

Answer 17

kidney channel homes to the kidney and nets the bladder

Question 18

organ relationships: kidney and heart

Answer 18

heart and kidneys interact. the fire and the water. kidney yin has to rise to regulate the heart yang.

Question 19

organ relationships: kidney and lung

Answer 19

lung governs qi and kidney is the root of qi. lung is the upper source of water and kidney governs water.

Question 20

organ relationships: kidney and spleen

Answer 20

kidney yang root of spleen yang.

Question 21

organ relationships: kidney and liver

Answer 21

liver governs free coursing and kidney governs storage

Question 22

kidney pathology

Answer 22

any jing pathology - long term illness, losing sensory perception due to age, childbirth, excessive emissions.

Question 23

Ming Men is

Answer 23

the gate of vitality, life gate fire

Question 24

how do you treat the ming men?

Answer 24

through treating the kidney yang

Question 25

classical location of ming men?

Answer 25

in between the two kidneys

Question 26

classical explanation of the two kidneys separately?

Answer 26

left kidney called “one true kidney” , regulate fluids, yin kidney. Right kidney root of kidney fire and yang.

Question 27

western equivalent of ming men?

Answer 27

adrenal glands which sit atop the kidneys

Question 28

Ming Dynasty ming men statements

Answer 28

origin of water and fire. residence of yin and yang, sea of essence. determines life and death

Question 29

TCM ming men statements

Answer 29

root of original qi. source of fire for all organs.

Question 30

organ function: ming men and lower burner

Answer 30

warms the lower burner and bladder.

Question 31

organ function: ming men and stomach/spleen

Answer 31

warms the stomach and spleen to aid digestions.

Question 32

organ function: ming men and sexual function

Answer 32

harmonizes the sexual function and warms the essence and uterus.

Question 33

organ relationships: ming men and heart

Answer 33

assists the heart function of housing the mind.

Question 34

organ relationships: ming men and kidney

Answer 34

assists the kidney function of reception of qi.

Question 35

in zang fu visceral manifestation theory which organs are dominant?

Answer 35

the yin organs. in channel theory, both the yin and yang organs are equal

Question 36

Fu organ function: stomach

Answer 36

controls rotting and ripening (treated through spleen)

Question 37

Fu organ function: small intestine

Answer 37

controls receiving and transforming and separates fluids “separates clear from turbid” (treated through spleen)

Question 38

Fu organ function: large intestine

Answer 38

recieves waste, absorbs remaining fluid and escretes (treated through spleen)

Question 39

which yang/fu organs are treated through the spleen?

Answer 39

stomach, small intestine, large intestine

Question 40

Fu organ function: urinary bladder

Answer 40

removes water through qi transformation (qi hua) and assistance of kidney qi (treated through kidney or lungs)

Question 41

Fu organ function: gall bladder

Answer 41

stores and excretes bile and controls judgment. gall bladder is also an EXTRAORDINARY FU (curious organ) it stores bile and does not receive water or food

Question 42

san jiao

Answer 42

IS the waterways. an organ that has function but no form. Qi Hua happens here. also moves the source qi (activated essence) to the transporting point. to be put into circulation.

Question 43

upper jiao contains

Answer 43

head, chest, heart and lungs (above diaphragm)

Question 44

middle jiao

Answer 44

spleen, stomach, gall bladder (from umbilicus to diaphragm) Liver sometimes here since it harmonizes here, but is usually lower because of reproductive function

Question 45

lower jiao

Answer 45

kidney, liver, intestines, bladder (below umbilicus)