Qi Flashcards
Which organ helps heart circulate blood ?
lung
what makes gathering qi?
gu qi (food) and qing qi (clean air qi)
what is essence called? where stored? what function?
jing, kidney, from parents and help grow, delevop and reproduce
Original qi also called?
quan qi
what does gathering qi produce
nutritive qi (ying) and defensive qi (wei)
original qi depleted by?
poor diet, prolonged illness, ejac/preg
gathering qi also called?
zong/zhong qi
nutritive qi also called ?
ying qi
clean air qi also called?
qing chi
functions of gathering/zong qi?
helps heart circulate blood, maintain health of BV, keeps limbs warm and motor functioning, helps lung in role of respiration and circulate energy,
Low gathering/zong qi result in?
weak voice, low energy, poor circulation = cold limbs,
Main function of ying/nutritive qi are?
help produce blood, circulate with blood in the main meridian within BV, nourishes the organ.
Main function of defensive/wei qi are? Defciency leads to?
controls temperature by open/close pores, protects from body from EPI, circulated by lung, warms and moistens the surface of body. Leads to cold/flu and makes it difficult to regulate temperature.
What are the functions of blood?
It nourishes and moistens for eyes and limbs, nourishes hairs, bones, bowel, and sinews, provides material basis for shen (mind), nutrition.
which organ move, store and contain
moved by heart, stored in liver, contained within BV by spleen
