Organ Functions and Relationships Flashcards
Dominates the Blood and Vessels
HT
Governs Blood and Controls Blood Vessels
HT
Motive force for blood circulation
HT
Vessels are the physical structures that circulate blood.
HT
Mainfests on the face
HT
Opens into the tongue
HT
Controls sweat
HT
Houses the mind
HT
If the ______ is weak, one dreams of fires.
HT
Dreams of volcanic eruptions
HT
If the _____ is in excess, one dreams of laughing
HT
If the _______ is deficient, one dreams of mountains, fire and smoke
HT
Stores the Blood and regulates the volume in circulation
LR
Maintains the free flow of Qi
LR
Controls the tendons/sinews and manifests in the nails
LR
Opens into the eyes
LR
Houses the Ethereal Soul
LR
Controls planning
LR
If the _____ is in excess, one dreams of being angry
LR
If the _____ is deficient, one dreams of fragrant mushrooms
LR
Dreams of lying under a tree without being able to get up
LR
Governs transportation and transformation
SP
Controls Blood
SP
Dominates muscles and limbs
SP
Opens into the mouth
SP
Mainfests on the lips
SP
Controls “raising of Qi”
SP
Houses thought
SP
Root of post-heaven Qi
SP
Origin of birth and development
SP
If the _____ is deficient, one dreams of being hungry
SP
Dreams of building a house
SP
If the _____ is in excess, one dreams of singing and being very heavy
SP
If the _____ is deficient, one dreams of abysses in the mountains and marshes
SP
The canopy
LU
Dominates Qi and controls respiration
LU
Governs Qi and respiration
LU
Regulates water passages
LU
Dominates dispersing and descending
LU
Dominates skin and hair
LU
Opens into the nose
LU
Controls channels and blood vessels
LU (aids HT)
Houses the Corporeal soul
LU
When _____ are in excess, one dreams of weeping
LU
If the ____ is deficient, one dreams of white objects
LU
If the ______ is deficient, one dreams of bloody killings
LU
Dreams of battles and war
LU
Center of the thorax
PC
Houses the Mind
PC (like the HT)
Uterus Vessel is related to the ______
PC
Coma, delirium, heat
PC
House of water and fire (yin and yang)
KI
Stores Essence
KI
Dominates human reproduction and development
KI
Produces marrow to fill brain
KI
Dominates water metabolism and reception of Qi
KI
Dominates bone
KI
Manufactures blood
KI
Mainfests in the hair
KI
Opens into the ear
KI
Dominates anterior and posterior orifices
KI
Houses will
KI
Gate of vitality
KI (ming men)
Root of Original Qi
KI
If the _____ is weak, one dreams of swimming after a shipwreck
KI
Dreams of plunging into water and being scared
KI
If the ____ is in excess, one dreams that the spine is detached from the body
KI
If the ____ is weak, one dreams of being immersed in water
KI
Stores bile and excretes to intestines
GB
Helps LR maintain free flow of Qi
GB
Does not receive water or food
GB
Controls judgement and decisions
GB
Feels alone in the world
GB
Controls sinews
LR provides Blood; GB provides Qi
When ____ is deficient, one dreams of fights, trials and suicide
GB
Upper outlet for cardia, lower pylorus
ST
Receives and decomposes food
ST
Rotting and ripening
ST
Transportation of food essences
ST
Controls descending Qi
ST
Origin of fluids
ST
When the _____ is deficient, one dreams of having a large meal
ST
Separates clear from turbid
SI
Separates fluids
SI
Controls receiving and transforming
SI
When one has small intestinal parasites, one will dream of crowds
SI
When one has long intestinal parasites, one will dream of fights and mutual destruction
SI
Receives waste from SI
LI
Absorbs fluids and forms feces
LI
When the ____ is deficient, one dreams of open fields
LI
Temporarily stores urine
BL
Removes water by Qi transformation
BL
When the ______ is deficient, one dreams of voyages
BL
Governs various forms of Qi
TE
Passage for the flow of Yuan Qi and body fluids
TE
Fog or Mist
Upper Jiao/TE
Froth of bubbles
Middle Jiao/TE
Drainage ditch
Lower Jiao/TE
Passage of water and food
TE
_____ dominates blood and ______ dominates Qi
HT, LU
_____ dominates blood and _____ controls blood
HT, SP
______ dominates blood and ______ stores and regulates blood
HT, LR
____ dominates fire and ____ dominates water, ascending and descending functions
HT, KI
____ Yang and ____ Yang descend together to warm ____ Yin and water
HT, KI, KI
____ Yin and ____ Yin ascend to moisten ____ Yang
HT, KI, HT
____ dominates blood and ____ stores Essence
HT, KI
____ dominates transformation and transportation; ____ dominates dispersing and descending
SP, LU
____ extracts refined essence of food and sends it to ____ to combine with air, forming ____ Qi
SP, LU, Gathering/Zong/Ancestral
____ Qi descends and ____ Qi ascends to maintain harmonious function of vital activities
LU, LR
____ governs Qi and ____ regulates and stores blood
LU, LR
____ dominates respiration and ____ dominates reception of Qi
LU, KI
____ dominates transformation and transportation and ____ regulates free flow of Qi and ensures smooth flow of bile
SP, LR
____ stores blood and ____ controls blood
LR, SP
____ is acquired/postnatal/post heaven Qi and ____ is congenital/prenatal/preheaven Qi
SP, KI
____ stores blood and ____ stores Essence
LR, KI
Excess fire of the ____ channel may transmit pathogenic heat to the ____
HT, SI
The ____ stores and excretes bile, which depends on the ____’s smooth flow of Qi
GB, LR
____ dominates transformation and transportation, while ____ dominates reception
SP, ST
____ Qi descends, but if ____ is obstructed by stasis, it prevents that Qi from descending
LU, LI
____ Qi assists ___ in metabolizing fluids
KI, BL
Stores pure fluid (bile), one of the Fu organs, does not recieve food or water
GB
Sea of Marrow
Brain
Relates to HT blood and KI essence
Brain
Controls touch, memory, concentration, sight, hearing, smelling, intelligence
Brain
Tissue related to KI
Bone
Stores marrow
Bone
Common matrix of bone marrow and brain
Marrow
Produced by KI essence
Marrow
Contain blood related to KI essence
Blood Vessels
Regulates menses, conception, pregnancy
Uterus
Role of Essence (4)
Growth, reproduction, development
Source of KI Qi
Produces Marrow
Source of constitutional strength
Years in women’s cycle
7
Years in men’s cycle
8
