Zang and Fu Organs Flashcards
What are the five Yin organs? The sixth?
Liver, Heart, Spleen, Lung, Kidney
Pericardium
What are the five Yang organs? The sixth?
Gallbladder, Small Intestine, Stomach, Large Intestine, Urinary Bladder
(Triple Warmer/Burner; San Jiao)
Name the organ pairings.
Liver - Gallbladder Heart - Small Intestine Spleen - Stomach Lung - Large Intestine Kidney - Urinary Bladder Pericardium - San Jiao
What basic functions are attributed to the Yin organs?
Heart, Liver –> Blood
Lung, Spleen –> Qi
Kidneys –> basis of body; fundamental Yin/Yang
Liver is the _____ aspect of Wood and moves _____ and _____ in all directions.
Yin; up; out
Liver is the _____
General
Liver _____ Blood
It regulates: _____; and _____ _____ in relation to rest/activity
It nourishes and moistens the _____, _____, and _____
Stores
menstruation; Blood volume
Eye, sinews, and nails
Liver governs the _____ flow of _____
This affects the _____ _____ and _____
Smooth; Qi
Emotional state and digestion
Liver governs the _____
sinews
Livers _____ in the nails and opens into the _____
flowers; eyes
Liver houses the _____ _____, which is _____ in nature
It will influence the capacity for _____ and _____ in life
Ethereal Soul; Yang
Planning and direction
The fluid associated with the Liver is _____; the subsets are _____ _____ and _____ _____
tears; basal tears and reflex tears
The emotion associate with the Liver is _____
anger
Heart is the _____ aspect of Fire and is _____ in all directions
Yin; expansive
The Heart is the _____
Emperor
The Heart governs the _____, _____, and _____
It has a major role in transformation of _____ into Blood and in _____ of the Blood
Blood, vessels, and pulse
Food Qi; circulation
The Heart manifests in the _____
complexion
Heart houses the _____
This includes the concepts of _____, _____, _____
spirit
consciousness, awareness, mind
Heart opens into _____, involving clarity of _____, which is reflected in the quality and _____ of the _____
tongue; speech; color; tongue
The fluid associated with Heart is _____
sweat
The emotion associated with the Heart is _____
This emotion stirs up _____ _____, which flows up and over-stimulates the Spirit/mind
joy
Ministerial Fire
Spleen is the Yin aspect of _____. It raises the _____ Qi, which moves _____.
Earth
Clear; upward
The Spleen is like the _____ Official from which the _____ _____ are derived.
Granary; 5 Tastes
The Spleen is the root of _____ _____.
Later Heaven