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TCM Review: Foundations > 脏：Zang Organs > Flashcards

脏：Zang Organs Flashcards

master the organs and their functions

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Liver Function： Stores Blood

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1: Regulates Blood Volume 2: Regulates Menstruation 3: Moistens Sinews, Eyes,

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Liver Function: Smooth Flow of Qi

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1: Affects Emotions; 2: Affects Digestions 3: Affects secretion of bile

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Liver Function: Controls Sinews

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Contraction and relaxation of Sinews ( based on blood regulation and storage)

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Liver Function: Manifests in the Nails

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by product of sinews: deficiency= brittle; blood stasis: dark purple

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Liver Function: Opens into the Eyes

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1: Nourished and moistened by LV blood; 2: not only organ related to eyes

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Liver Function: Controls Tears

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Related to Basal tears (which lubricates the eyes) and Reflex tears (which occur when a foreign body enters the eye) • LV Blood/Yin Deficiency: dryness • LV Yang Rising: watery eyes

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Liver Function: Houses the Ethereal Soul

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HUN (Ethereal Soul): source of life dreams, vision, aims, projects, inspiration, creativity, ideas; coming and going of SHEN.
LV Blood Normal: HUN is firmly rooted and can help with a sense of direction in life (HUN) .
LV Blood Weak: HUN is not rooted and cannot give us a sense of direction in life .
LV Blood/Yin Very Weak: HUN may even leave the body temporarily at night during sleep or just before going to sleep.

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Liver Affected by Anger

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Includes frustration, resentment, suppressed rage or anger; causes Qi stagnation, LV fire, LV Yang rising; relationship between organ and emotion are mutual.

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Heart function: Governs Blood

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Food Qi is transformed into blood by HT; directly affects menstruation; Controls Blood Flow; Houses the Mind

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Heart function: Controls the Blood Vessels

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influences the state of blood vessels; one of five layers

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Heart function: manifests in complexion

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HT is reflected in the face

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Heart function: Houses the Mind ( SHEN)

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mental activity, conciseness, emotional state, memory, thinking

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Heart function: Controls Sweat

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Blood (HT) and body fluids (sweat) have a common origin (

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Heart function： Opens into the tongue

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HT influences the tongue itself: tongue ulcers, tongue soreness • HT influences talking and speech: talking a lot, speech difficulty, stuttering, aphasia

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Pericardium Function As an Organ:

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Surrounds the heart and governs blood houses mind (like HT); points are used in invigorate blood, cool blood and calm mind;

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Pericardium Function As a Channel:

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Influences Zong Qi and connects with San Jiao

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Pericardium and Minister Fire

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Minister Fire pathology flares upward to harass PC

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Pericardium and Uterus

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could affect menstruation PC is connected to Bao Mai;

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Spleen Function: Controls Transformation and Transportation

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Transforms food and drink into Qi and Blood; Separates usable from unusable. ( Pure goes to LU, impure goes to intestine)

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Spleen Function: Controls the ascending of Qi

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ascends Qi, Food Qi and Fluids to LU; Ascends clear Yang and descends Turbid yin;

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Spleen Function: Controls Blood

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Keeps Blood in vessels, makes blood from essence of food.

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Spleen Function: Controls Muscles and Four Limbs

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SP extracts Gu Qi from food to nourish tissues

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Spleen Function: Opens into mouth reflects in lips

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enable chewing, lips show state of SP

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Spleen Function: Controls Saliva ( 涎）

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thin and clear, parotid gland, promotes digestion

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Spleen Function: Houses Intellect

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capacity for thinking, memory, concentration; Memory

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Spleen is Affected by Pensiveness :

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thinking too much, brooding etc. ; SP Deficiency– includes pensiveness I Pensiveness –injures SP

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Lung Function: Governs Qi and Respiration

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Inhale clean QI, exhale dirty Qi

Form Qi: QING Ql (air) + GU Ql (food) = ZONG Ql (Gathering Qi) + YUAN Ql (parents) ZHEN and LU this Qi down

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Lung Function: Controls Channels and Blood Vessels

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LU governs QI— affects all channels; Qi is commander of Blood– influences all blood vessels.

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Lung Function: Controls diffusing and descending of QI and body fluids

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descends Qi to KD; descends body fluids to KD/ UB;
disperses Wei QI and body fluids all over body to space between skin and muscles. disperses Jin Ye to moisten skin and regulate pores.

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Lung Function: Regulates all physiological activities

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by governing qi, controlling breathing, controlling channels and blood vessels, controlling ascending descending entering and exiting of Qi Mechanism.

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Lung Function: Regulates water passages

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Diffuses body fluids all over the body to space between skin and muscles; collects fluids and descends down to KD/UB

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Lung Function: manifests in body hair

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LU diffuse Qi and fluids to the skin and body hair

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Lung Function: opens to nose, nasal mucus

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LU open into the nose for respiration (Ease of breathing and sense of smell depend on the state of the LU)
The nose is properly moistened by LU’s diffusing of Qi and fluids

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Lung Function: houses Corporeal Soul

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‘Physical soul’ in charge of all physiological processes • Responsible for feelings, sensations and is affected by worry, sadness, grief; formed at conception and dies with the body;

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Lung Affected by worry, grief and sadness

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worry knots Qi in shoulder and breast area; grief and sadness deplete Qi; all cause chest tightness and breathlessness

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Kidney Function: Store Essence

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Pre-natal essence inherited from parents . Store post-natal essence replenished by Gu Qi + Qing Qi; Tian Kui life cycles male 8 female 7;

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Kidney Function: Produce Marrow

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generates spinal cord and brain; transformed into bone marrow; produces bones;

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Kidney Function: Govern Water

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controls body fluids in lower jiao; KD provides yang heat for SP transforming and transportation

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Kidney Function: Control Reception of Qi

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KD grasps or recieves Qi from LU (Deficiency: breathlessness, easy exhalation but difficult inhalation)

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Kidney Function: Opens into Ears/ Manifests on Hair

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KD nourishes the hair and ears

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Kidney Function: Control Spittle

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（唾）thick fluid at back of tongue and throat

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Kidney Function: Control Lower Two Orifices

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Urethra: e.g. urethral discharge; urethritis, urinary incontinence
Spermatic duct: e.g. sperm discharge; spermatorrhea . Anus: e.g. stool discharge; incontinence of stool

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Kidney Function: Houses Will Power

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will power, single mindedness; tenacity; short term memory

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Kidney Function: Controls Gate of Life (Minister Fire)

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Root of the Original Qi . Source of Fire for all Zang Fu. Warms Lower Jiao and Bladder. Warms SP/ST to aid digestion . Harmonizes the sexual function and warms Essence and Uterus . Assists KD reception of Qi . Assists HT in housing Mind

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Zang Officials:

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Liver: General
Heart: Monarch
Pericardium: Ambassador
Spleen: Granary Official
Lungs: Prime Minister
Kidney: Strong Official

TCM Review: Foundations (29 decks)

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