SPLEEN (Zang-Fu Pathomechanisms)

Question 1

Important SPLEEN functions (4):

Answer 1

1. Transportation & Transformation of grain and water.
2. Managing BLOOD: creates blood & contains blood.
3. Governing Flesh & Limbs (formed from Blood)
4. Holds things up* (prevents fall/prolapse - Ascending energy ↑, “governs upbearing”)

Question 2

“Spleen is the _____ of the body”

Answer 2

EARTH / “Soil”

• transforms nutrients for the growth of flesh & blood
• The foundation that holds up your abdominal organs
• Gets “muddy”/damp if food and water don’t move

Question 3

Stomach’s role =

Answer 3

“Rots and ripens”, decomposes

Question 4

SPLEEN’S primary role =

Answer 4

Transportation & Transformation

Extracts essence of food and liquid + dispatches nutrients to whole body

ie. Digestion, absorption, Catabolism/Anabolism

Question 5

SPLEEN QI Deficiency (symptoms):

Answer 5

• Indigestion
• Poor appetite
• Abdominal distention
• Loose stools
• Dampness (abnormal fluid accumulation)
• Low energy

“All dampness with swelling and fullness is ascribed to the Spleen” + “Spleen is the source of Phlegm formation.”

Question 6

“The SPLEEN manages the _____.”

Answer 6

BLOOD

• Creates new blood
• “Holds in” blood, preventing hemorrhage

Question 7

The SPLEEN creates (2):

Answer 7

1. QI (especially Wei Qi!)
2. BLOOD