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Zang Fu Organs Flashcards

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What are the Zang organs?

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Liver
Heart
Pericardium
Spleen
Lung
Kidney

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What are the Fu organs?

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Gall bladder
Small intestine
Triple heater
Stomach
Large intestine
Bladder

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What are the Extraordinary Fu Organs?

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Vessels
Gallbladder
Brain
Marrow
Bones
Uterus

(Hollow organs like regular Fu organs)

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What body function does the heart control?

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Sweating

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What does the heart dominate?

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Blood and blood vessels

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The Heart’s ability to maintain blood flow depends on what?

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Heart Qi

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How does the Heart “dominate the blood and vessels”?

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The Heart governs the circulations of Blood through the vessels, as well as the health of the vasculature

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Where is the heart opening?

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Tongue (or gingiva)

Controls color and appearance

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What does the heart house?

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The mind (Shen)

Mental activity, memory, sleep

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Abnormal sweating is a sign of what deficiency?

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Heart Yang/Qi deficiency - day time sweating
Heart Yin/Blood deficiency - night time sweating

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Describe tongue color and pulse for an animal with vigorous (normal) Heart Qi and ample Blood.

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Healthy peachy-pink colored tongue and gingiva
Regular, strong pulse

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Describe the Shen of an animal with Heart Blood deficiency.

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Restlessness and anxiety

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What part of the tongue represents the heart?

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The tip

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What are the signs of Heart Qi/Blood deficiency?

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Pale tongue
Weak, thready pulse

Dry tongue - blood deficiency
Wet tongue - Qi deficiency

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Describe the color of the tongue in an animal with Heart excess

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Dark red tongue
(heat accumulation)

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What is the function of the heart?

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Circulation of Qi and blood

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What is the function of the pericardium?

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Protects the heart

In practice considered the same as the heart and treated the same as the heart

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What are the (4) functions of the lung?

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Governs Qi for the entire body

Dominates movement of Qi and fluids

Regulates water balance in the body

Controls the skin and hair coat

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What is Zong Qi and how is it formed?

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Pectoral Qi

Inhale Qing/Cosmic Qi which combines with Gu Qi from the spleen

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What clinical signs are typically seen with Lung Qi Stagnation?

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Respiratory disorders

Cough and asthma

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What are the clinical signs of Lung Qi Deficiency?

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Weak respiratory function

Shortness of breath and generalized lethargy

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Where does the lung open?

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Nose

Lung is a canopy over the other organs and very delicate

Easily affected by pathogens (wind, heat, cold or dryness)

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How does the Lung dominate ascending movement of Qi and Body Fluid?

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It distributes Wei Qi and Body fluids to warm and nourish the body surface (called skin-hair and Pimao)

It distributes refined fluid from the Spleen to the skin, muscle, and other tissues

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What happens when the Lung Qi (Zong Qi) fails to ascend?

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STAGNATION!

Coughing and obstructed respiration

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How does the Lung dominate descending movement of Qi and Body Fluid?

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It distributes the Body Fluid to the Kidney, which vaporizes some of the fluids back up to the lung

Then the Lung and Kidney send the rest of the Body Fluids down to the Bladder to become urine

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Sweating, anhidrosis, dry skin, dry coat, or hair loss are clinical signs of what deficiency?

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Lung Qi deficiency

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How does the Lung control the body surface, skin, and hair?

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It controls the open-close mechanism of the sweat pores (Han-kong), which are the gate of Qi

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What are the (3) functions of the spleen?

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Governs transformation and transportation

Controls the blood

Dominates muscles and limb health

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What is the importance of transformation and transportation functions of the spleen?

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Metabolizing food and drink to create Food Essence (Gu Qi) and supervising water metabolism

These functions replenish energy int he body and nourish the Zang-fu organs, limbs, muscles, bones, and skin

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30
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Describe transformation and transportation of Food Essence.

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(controlling digestion, absorption, and nutrient transportation)

After the Spleen uses digestion and absorption to extract Gu Qi from food and drink, the Spleen transports the Food Essence to the Lung and heart. From there, the Food Qi travels via meridians to the entire body to nourish the tissues

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31
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Where does the spleen open?

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Mouth - lips

Chewing and appetite

(gums are stomach)

32
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What direction do the Spleen and Stomach Qi travel in a healthy animal?

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Spleen Qi ascending
Stomach Qi descending

33
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Describe the transformation and transportation of water-dampness.

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The Spleen transports water upward to the Lung for distribution to the skin and other parts of the body

The spleen ensures that the various body tissues are properly moistened without retaining too much water

34
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What keeps Blood circulation in vessels by preventing extravasation?

A

Spleen Qi

The Spleen controls Blood!

35
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What part of life does the spleen dominate?

A

Post-natal life

36
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What are the clinical signs of Spleen Qi deficiency?

A

Weakness

Muscle atrophy

Emaciation

Hematuria

37
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What are clinical signs of a Spleen (Qi or Blood) deficiency?

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Poor appetite

Poor digestion

Diarrhea

38
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What is the are the (4) functions of the liver?

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Stores the blood - regulates blood volume

Maintains the smooth flow of Qi

Maintains the health of tendons, ligaments, hooves, and nails

Supports SP/ST digestive function

39
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The Liver’s ability to store Blood is closely related to what?

A

Exercise tolerance levels

40
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What are the three functions of the Liver that maintain the smooth flow of Qi?

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  1. Ensuring that the SP/ST properly digest food
  2. Aiding the normal Water metabolism process
  3. Maintaining the vital activities of the whole body
41
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How does the Liver support the Spleen and Stomach digestive function?

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  1. By secreting bile which prepares dietary lipids for absorption
  2. The Liver’s control of Qi flow allows it to maintain the ascending and descending functions of the SP/ST
42
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What are the clinical signs of Liver Blood deficiency?

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Fatigue

Exercise intolerance

43
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What are the intestinal clinical signs of Liver Qi Stagnation?

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Poor appetite

Diarrhea

Abdominal fullness

44
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Where does the liver open?

A

Eyes

Meridian connection

45
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Dry eyes or KCS are common with which deficiencies?

A

LIV Yin and blood deficiency

46
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Red, swollen eyes are a sign of what?

A

LIV heat

Conjunctivitis and hepatitis

47
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Where does the kidney open?

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Ears

Associated with hearing and deafness

48
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What does the kidney dominate?

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Bones and marrow (bone and spinal)

TEETH!!! Brain and spinal cord, bone marrow (blood)

49
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What orifices does the kidney control?

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Urination, Defecation, Reproduction

50
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What are the functions of the Kidney?

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Stores Essences (Jing)

Governs water

Controls reception of Qi

Produces bone marrow

Dominates Bone

51
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What is congenital essence?

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An individual’s life force

Inherited from parents

52
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What does Congenital Essence control after birth?

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Development, growth, aging, and reproduction

53
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What is Acquired Essence?

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Gained Essence from life

Extracted from spleen and stored in kidney

54
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What is the function of Acquired essence?

A

Replenishes Congenital Essence

55
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How does Kidney control the reception of Qi?

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When a healthy animal inhales, the Lung sends Cosmic (Qing) Qi from the air to the kidney. The KID responds by “grasping” this Qi. By grasping the Cosmic Qi, the KID causes a downward flow of energy and helps the LU take a deep breath.

Without the KID the LU could begin the inhalation process, but would unable to sustain a deep breath

56
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How does the Kidney govern water?

A

Transportation and Transformation of water

The Lung’s descending function sends part of the fluid to the Kidney. The Kidney Qi further divides the fluid into clear and turbid parts. The clear part is transmitted back up to the lung while the turbot part flows down to the bladder

57
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What is the function of the Gallbladder?

A

Storing and secreting bile to assist digestion

58
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What are the clinical signs of a Gallbladder Qi stagnation?

59
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What are the clinical signs of Gallbladder Qi deficiency?

A

Inability to make a decision or judgment

60
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What is the function of the stomach?

A

Receives and digest food with a downward flow of Qi

The Stomach extracts nutrients from food and transports them to the Spleen.

After transformation in the Stomach, the food passes into the small intestine

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What are the functions of the small intestine?

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  1. Receiving food and drink from the SP/ST
  2. Digesting food
  3. Absorbing essential substance
  4. Separating ingest into clear and turbid parts
62
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What are the functions of the Large Intestine?

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Receives waste materials from the Small Intestine

Continues processing and absorbing some fluid

Forms the food remnants into feces for excretion

63
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What is the function of the bladder?

A

Stores and excretes urine

64
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Which Zang Fu organs are called “the acquired foundation”?

A

Spleen and Stomach

65
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Which Zang Fu organ controls ascending and descending movement of Qi?

66
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Which Zang Fu organ is “the root of post natal life”?

A

Spleen

“Mother of the Fiver Zang organs”

67
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What are clinical signs of Kidney Essence Deficiency?

A

Hind limb weakness, abnormal mental function, tooth decay, and loose teeth

68
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Which Zang Fu organ rules the Blood?

69
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Which Zang Fu organ governs Qi?

70
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Which Zang Fu organs are influenced by Zong Qi?

A

Lung and Heart

71
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Which Zang Fu organ generates and holds the Blood?

72
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Which Zang Fu organ stores and regulates Blood?

73
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Which Zang Fu organ grasps Qi?

74
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Which Zang Fu organ stores Jing?

75
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Which Zang Fu organ does not deal with food/drink and their subsequent waste products?

A

Gallbladder

76
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Which Zang Fu organ is never Qi deficient?

77
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Which Zang Fu organs are the origin of Qi and Blood?

A

Stomach and Spleen

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