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Internal Organs 臟腑 (脏腑） 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)  肝 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 thorax  Minister to the Monarch Kidneys (shen) 腎 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

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