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13 Cards in this Set
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Functions of Liver |
1. Storing blood (regulating blood volume)
2. Maintaining free flow of qi
3. Controlling tendons
4. Manifesting in nails
5. Opening into the eyes |
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Functions of Heart |
1. Governs (pumps) blood
2. Controls vessels
3. Manifests on the face
4. Houses the mind (shen)
5. Opens into the tongue |
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Functions of Kidney |
1. Stores essence
2. Governs/dominates human reproduction & development--(birth, growth, reproduction, development, sexual maturation, conception, pregnancy, menopause & aging)
3. Governs/dominates water metabolism
4. Receives qi
5. Produces marrow to fill brain & bones
6. Controls/dominates bones
7. Manufactures blood
8. Manifesting in hair
9. Opening into the ear
10. Dominating anterior and posterior orifices |
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Functions of Lung |
1. Governs qi and respiration
2. Controls channels and blood vessels
3. Controls/dominates diffusion (dispersion) and descending of qi and body fluids
4. Regulates water passages
5. Dominates skin/body hair |
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Functions of Spleen |
1. Governs ascending qi
2. Governs transportation & transformation
3. Controls blood
4. Controls muscles and limbs
5. Opens into the mouth
6. Manifests on the lips |
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Functions of Gallbladder |
1. Stores vile
2. Controls decisiveness |
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Functions of Stomach |
1. Controls receiving
2. Controls rotting & ripening (breaking down food into small pieces)
3. Controls descending of qi (down and out of the body) |
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Functions of Small Intestine |
1. Reception of food from stomach
2. Digestion (clear part="essential substance")
3. Separation (clear part from turbid part |
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Functions of large intestine |
1. Receive waste material
2. Absorb fluid content
3. Form remainder into stool |
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Functions of bladder |
1. Store and excrete fluid |
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Functions of San jiao |
1. Governs various forms of Qi and serves as passage for flow of Yuan qi and body fluid |
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Extra fu organs |
1. Brain – kidney produces essence which creates bone and brain marrow
2. Uterus – related to kidney and liver
3. Bone – connected to kidney
4. Vessel – connected to heart
5. Gallbladder – connected to liver
6. Marrow – brain or bone marrow |
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Why are organs separated into 3 categories and what are the characteristics of each? |
They differ based on structure and function.
Zang organs are solid and related to storage. They must be in a constant state of fullness of vital substances
Fu organs are hollow and transmit fluids, wastes, etc. They are in a constant state of transformation of being empty and full.
Extra fu organs are structurally like fu organs, but functionally like zang organs.
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