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Internal Organs 臟腑 (è„腑）
heart (xin) 心
Governs Blood
Dominates the blood and vessels
Blood circulation propelled by Heart Qi
Vessels - Physical structure
Controls Sweat
Manifests in the face
complexion
Opens to the tongue
Houses the Mind - Shen
Connects with Small Intestines (xiao chang)
Located in abdomen
Reception and Digestion
Seperates the clear from the turbid
including liquid waste
Absorbs essential substance and water
Transmits food residue to Large Intestine
Transmits liquids to bladder
Located in Thorax
Monarch
pericardium (xin bao) 心包
outside of meridians identical to heart
Connects with Tripple Burner (san jiao)
three parts
upper
dominates
dispersion
distribution
i.e. combines with heart and lung
distribute essential food qi to body
to warm, nourish and moisturize
regulate skin and pores
like a "fog"
above diaphragm
middle
dominates
digestion of food and water
i.e. combines with stomach and spleen
digest food
absorb essential substance
evaporate body fluids
transforming nutrient substance to blood
like a "froth of bubbles"
between diaphragm and umbilicus
lower
dominates
the separation of the clear from the turbid
discharge of fluid and solid waste
ie. combines kidney and urinary bladder for liquid and large intestine for solid
like a "drainage ditch"
below umbilicus
located in the body but separate from the zang fu
govern various forms of qi
passage for flow of Yuan (Source) Qi from kidney
irrigation official - build waterways
passage way of food - part of digestive process
Surrounds heart
Liver (gan)Â è‚
Stores Blood
Stores Blood
Regulates volume
Dominates [Governs] the maintenance of free flow of Qi
Ascending/Descending of Spleen and Stomach Qi
Qi circulation to prevent stagnation of blood and Qi
Controls the Tendons/Sinews
Manifests in the nails
strength and thickness of nails
Opens to the eyes
Houses the Ethereal Soul - Hun
Connects with Gall Bladder (dan)
Attached to Liver
Store and Excretes Bile
Only fu to not receive food or water
Located in right hypochondriac region
General
Spleen (pi) 脾
Governs Food-Qi
transportation
transformation
Dominates [Governs] transportation and transformation
movement of essential substances
dampness
body water metabolsim
transport excess fluids
proper moisture of organs
food and water - nutrients
digestion and absorption of them
Manufacture of blood from nutrients
Ascending Qi = Spleen Qi
Controls blood
maintain blood in vessels
Dominates the Muscles and four limbs
Opens in to mouth
includes taste and apetite
Manifests in lips
Houses Thought - Yi
Connects with stomach (wei)
Located in epigastrium
Receive and decompose food
Transmit decomposed food to small intestines
Located in middle energizer (jiao)
Office of the Granary
Lungs (fei) 肺
Governs Qi
respiration
Canopy / Shower head to the Zang Fu for Qi and fluid
Dominates [Governs] Qi and Respiration
Qi of respiration
exchange of Qi with environment
Qi of body
via Zong (Pectoral) Qi = inhaled Qing (Clear) Qi + Food Qi
Dominates [Governs] dispersing and descending
distributes Wei (Defensive) Qi and body fluid to body
Regulate water passages
Opens to the nose
Communicates through throat
Manifests skin and body hair
pores
disperse Qi
regulate respiration
protective screen from exogenous pathogens
Houses the Corporeal Soul - Po
Connects with Large Intestine (da chang)
Located in abdomen
Receive waste from small intestine
absorb fluids
form waste
Located in thoraxÂ
Minister to the Monarch
Kidneys (shen) è…Ž
Stores Essence
Congenital
inherited
Acquired
created from essence of food and water by Spleen and Stomach
Dominates [Governs] Development and Reproduction
using Kidney Qi
Dominates [Governs] water metabolism
regulates distribution of body fluids
path of water
1. stomach - received
2. spleen - transmitted
3. lung - (disperses /) descends
4. kidney - divided (using kidney yang)
clear
to lung to disperse to zang fu and tissues
turbid
urinary bladder
Dominates Bone
Manufactures Marrow
Bone marrow
Spinal and Brain marrow
Teeth = surplus of bone
Abundant bone marrow
Bone health and hardness
Assists lung in the reception of Qi
Opens to the ears and two yin
Manifests in the hair
hair is surplus of blood
Houses will power - Zhi
Connects with Bladder (pang guang)
located in lower abdomen
temporary storage of urine discharged by Qi activity when full
Located on either side of lumbus
Root of Life (Ming Men)
Kidney Yin foundation of Yin fluids of the body
moisturizes and nourishes zang fu
Kidney Yang foundation of Yang Qi of the body
warms and promotes function of zang fu and tissues | 
