Functions Flashcards by Elissa McAlpine

Controls Sinews

Liver

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Stores Essence and Governs Birth, Growth, Reproduction and Development

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Controls Transport of Urine

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Feelings of Jealousy, Suspicion, long-standing grudges

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Ease of breathing and sense of smell

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Controls circulation of BLOOD

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Pain and Redness in the Eye

HT Fire

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Diffusing Body Fluid to the space between skin and muscles

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Keeps Blood in Vessel, holds thus preventing bleeding

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Opens into the Mouth

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Opens into Eyes

Liver

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Receives and Transforms

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Controls Speech

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Makes Blood from essence of Food

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Contraction and relaxation of Sinews Tendons Depends on the moisture of

LV Blood

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Extracts Gu Qi from from food to nourish tissues, especially motor muscles and four limbs

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Official in charge of irrigation

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The power for fluid transformation

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Protects the Heart

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Moistens Eyes and Sinews

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Turbid go t he

LI and UB

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Controls Transport of St. Fluid

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Origin of birth and development

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Other Organs that work with UB(5)

SI, HT, SJ, LV, LU

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Receives Food and Drink From the SI and extracts Water

Official in Charge of Passage and Conduction

Affects Emotional States (frustration, depression, anger, hypochondriac pain, plum pit, irritability, breast distention, PMS)

Controls the Descending of Qi

Influences short term memory (memory of recent events

Indicator of the State of SP

Lips

Gate of the ST

Root of Pre-Heaven Qi

Controls transportation and excretion of fluids from the body

Transform food and drink to produce Qi and Blood

Fu (yang)

Opens into Tongue

The transformative power of Qi in all Yang Fu Organs

SJ (Yuan Qi)

Smooth Flow of Qi

Liver

Monarch

Eyes Moistens and Nourished

LB Blood

Reproduction and Development

Points Invigorate Blood, Cool Blood, Calm Mind

Influences the anus (stool discharge, incontinence of stool)

Controls Blood

Mobilizes Yuan Qi emerging from Ming-Men to make it differential in its different forms in different parts of the body for function.

Opens into the Nose

Affects Digestion: Stagnation invades ST preventing movement of Qi, belching, sour regurgitation, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea

Official of Irrigation

Separates Fluids

The Unusual Yang Organ

Extraoridnary Yang Organ

a Thick Fluid at the back of the throat and Tongue

Spittle

Loathe Cold

Separates clear and Turbid

Official in Charge of Receiving

Causes Convulsions

Receives food and drink and holds them down

Governs Transformation and Transportation

Provides Qi to the Sinews

Governs the Voice

Army's General

LV - Derives Strategy

Blood at Rest goes to

The Five Energetic Layers

1. Skin 2. Muscles 3. Sinews 4. Blood Vessels 5. Bones

Collects Water through the body and send down to KD and UB

loathes Dampness

Chronic Eye Disease

KD Essence

Transports qi of food all over the body, particularly to the limbs

Only organ that does not deal with food, drink and waste products

Controls Dispersing and Descending

May affect Menstruation because it is related to Uterus Vessel (Dao Man)

Grasps or Receive the Qi from the LU

Loathes Heat

Clear fluids go to the

Stores and Excretes Urine

The Delicate Organ

Regulates Menstruation

Avenue of Original Qi - Carries Yuan Source Qi throughout the whole Body

Controls the Reception of Qi

Sea of Food and Drink

Root of Post-Heaven Qi

3 officials responsible for memory

HT, KD, SP

Concentrating, Studying, Memorizing, Schoolwork

Spleen

Governs 4 limbs

Influences the Urethra (Urethral discharge, urethritis, urinary incontinence)

Controls the Raising of Qi

Diffuse fluids to moisten skin and muscles

Regulates Water Passages

Receive, Move, Transform, Digest and Excrete

Relationship Problems can Cause Problems with the

Controls the 100 Vessels

Controlling the ascending-descending and entering-exiting of Qi (Qi-mechanism)

Responsibility for Discernment: ability to distinguish relevant issues with clarity before making a decision

Regulating, Balancing and Harmonizing Organ

Affects Secretion of Bile: Stagnation obstructs bile flow -->bitter taste, jaundice

Regulates Blood Volume in Relation to rest and activity

Opens into the Ears and the 2 Lower Orifices

Controls Judgment

Influences Zong Qi

District Capital

UB, stores fluids with are then excreted by the power of Qi transformation

Controls Sweat

Controls Strength and Skill

Arises from the Left Side

Transforms fluids for ST

Manifests in the Lips

Clear Thinking and long term memory (memory of distant events)

Controls Spittle

Likes Dryness

Manifests as Nails

Liver

Loathes Dryness

Solid and Store without discharging

Zang

Related to Basal Tears (lubricates eyes) and Reflex Tears (occur when foreign body enters eye)

Easily Suffers from Fire and Plegm-Fire

The Resolute Organ

Five Tastes are derived from the

How is Qi made?

air + food=Zhon Qi and Yuan Qi=Zhen Qi (True Qi)

Raises the Clear Yang Upwards

Controls Muscles and Four Limbs

Food Qi is transformed into Blood in the

Only Organ that does not communicate with the Exterior (mouth, anus, urethra)

Receives Food and Drink from ST

Controlling all channels and Blood Vessels

Yin Stage of Wenbig

PC Heat (Invigorate Blood, cool Blood, Calm Mind

Controls Certain Emotions

Stores Blood

Liver

Controls Receiving and Transforming

Receives Clear Fluids from SI

Controls the Blood Vessels

Manifests in Body Hair

Hollow and discharge without Storing

Dominates Qi and Controls Respiration

Produces Marrow, Fills Up the Brain, Controls the Bones

Manifests as Complexion

Controls Opening and losing

Influences the Spermatic Duct (sperm discharge, Spermatorrhea)

Official in Charge of Irrigation

SJ, controls the Water Passages

Upright Official

GB, makes the decisions

Circulates Blood

Controls Skin

Mobilizes Yuan Qi

Granary Official

Controls Breath

Controls the Body Fluids in the LJ

Store fundamental Substances

Zang (Yin)

Controls Ascending-Descending and Entering-Exiting of Qi in all Zang Fu

Influences Menstruation Indirectly

HT Blood

Manifests as Hair

Governs Water

Glucose covert to gylcogen and stored in the

Controls transportation of Sweat

Only Yang organ that stores

GB (bile)

Controls Transportation of Food Essence

Gathering Point (Hui) for sinews

GB 34

Houses Mind

Controls Secretion of Bile

Abassador

PC - Joy and Happiness Derives

These 3 organs also help circulate BLood

LU, SP, LV

Transforms Food and Drink to Make Qi and Blood

The Great Granary

Is the Origin of Fluids

Failing Eyesight and Dryness of the eyes

KD Yin Deficiency

Controls Open/Closing of pores, providing a normal resistance to pathogens

Wei Qi

Origin of Gui Qi

Rotting and Ripening

Diffuse qi and fluids to the skin and body hair

Govern Qi

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