Liver, Kidney, Ming Men, San Jiao Flashcards
Liver Statements
Liver governs free coursing (qi, emotions, bile). Liver stores blood. Liver governs sinews and manifests in the nails. Liver opens to the eyes,
Liver Qi condensed into something tangible is called…?
bile
Organ relationships: Liver and Gall Bladder
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”
Organ relationships: liver and heart
Liver stores the blood. Heart Governs the blood.
organ relationships: liver and kidney
Liver stores the blood. Kidney stores the essence. Blood and essence are closely related. Liver governs free coursing. Kidney governs storage.
Organ relationships: liver and lung
liver governs upbearing. Lung governs downbearing.
liver pathologies
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
liver qi depression
refers to liver qi that is not free coursing - does not mean psychological depression
sighing is the sound of…?
liver qi moving - not necessarily pathological but could be symptom of liver qi constraint
yin and yang of liver
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
what are the odds and ends of the liver?
The nails. an indication of liver blood
Kidney statements
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
what is the mane of the kidney?
the hair. kidney bloom i the hair of the head.
why is kidney the root yang of all the organs?
because it stores essence and source qi.
upper yin refers to?
facial orifices. sometimes called the 7 yin.
lower yin or two yin refers to?
anus and urethra
organ relationships: kidney and bladder
kidney channel homes to the kidney and nets the bladder
organ relationships: kidney and heart
heart and kidneys interact. the fire and the water. kidney yin has to rise to regulate the heart yang.
organ relationships: kidney and lung
lung governs qi and kidney is the root of qi. lung is the upper source of water and kidney governs water.
organ relationships: kidney and spleen
kidney yang root of spleen yang.
organ relationships: kidney and liver
liver governs free coursing and kidney governs storage
kidney pathology
any jing pathology - long term illness, losing sensory perception due to age, childbirth, excessive emissions.
Ming Men is
the gate of vitality, life gate fire
how do you treat the ming men?
through treating the kidney yang
classical location of ming men?
in between the two kidneys
classical explanation of the two kidneys separately?
left kidney called “one true kidney” , regulate fluids, yin kidney. Right kidney root of kidney fire and yang.
western equivalent of ming men?
adrenal glands which sit atop the kidneys
Ming Dynasty ming men statements
origin of water and fire. residence of yin and yang, sea of essence. determines life and death
TCM ming men statements
root of original qi. source of fire for all organs.
organ function: ming men and lower burner
warms the lower burner and bladder.
organ function: ming men and stomach/spleen
warms the stomach and spleen to aid digestions.
organ function: ming men and sexual function
harmonizes the sexual function and warms the essence and uterus.
organ relationships: ming men and heart
assists the heart function of housing the mind.
organ relationships: ming men and kidney
assists the kidney function of reception of qi.
in zang fu visceral manifestation theory which organs are dominant?
the yin organs. in channel theory, both the yin and yang organs are equal
Fu organ function: stomach
controls rotting and ripening (treated through spleen)
Fu organ function: small intestine
controls receiving and transforming and separates fluids “separates clear from turbid” (treated through spleen)
Fu organ function: large intestine
recieves waste, absorbs remaining fluid and escretes (treated through spleen)
which yang/fu organs are treated through the spleen?
stomach, small intestine, large intestine
Fu organ function: urinary bladder
removes water through qi transformation (qi hua) and assistance of kidney qi (treated through kidney or lungs)
Fu organ function: gall bladder
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
san jiao
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.
upper jiao contains
head, chest, heart and lungs (above diaphragm)
middle jiao
spleen, stomach, gall bladder (from umbilicus to diaphragm) Liver sometimes here since it harmonizes here, but is usually lower because of reproductive function
lower jiao
kidney, liver, intestines, bladder (below umbilicus)
