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Small Intestine (TCM)
In traditional Chinese medicine the Small Intestine () is a fu organ in the Zang-fu concept. The small intestine governs the separation of the clear from the turbid. The small intestine further digests food decomposed initially by the stomach. The clear, referring to the essence of water and grain and to the large amount of fluid, is absorbed by the spleen and distributed to the whole body. The turbid is sent downwards to the large intestine, while the useless water is infused to the bladder. The disorders of the small intestine are attributable to failure to separate the clear from the turbid dirt in the digesting process, manifesting stool and urinary disturbance, such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, scanty urine, etc.The Zang-fu OrganSilk Road China Retrieved 19 January 2008 The Small intestine and its paired organ, the Heart, are associated with the element of fire and the emotions of joy or agitation. Transporting point of SI: Urinary Bladder 27. Conception vessel – anter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of action. Medicine in traditional China encompassed a range of sometimes competing health and healing practices, folk beliefs, literati theory and Confucian philosophy, herbal remedies, food, diet, exercise, medical specializations, and schools of thought. In the early twentieth century, Chinese cultural and political modernizers worked to eliminate traditional practices as backward and unscientific. Traditional practitioners then selected elements of philosophy and practice and organized them into what they called "Chinese medicine" (''Zhongyi''). In the 1950s, the Chinese government sponsored the integration of Chinese and Western medicine, and in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, promoted Chinese medicine as inexpensive a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organ (anatomy)
In biology, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function. In the hierarchy of life, an organ lies between tissue and an organ system. Tissues are formed from same type cells to act together in a function. Tissues of different types combine to form an organ which has a specific function. The intestinal wall for example is formed by epithelial tissue and smooth muscle tissue. Two or more organs working together in the execution of a specific body function form an organ system, also called a biological system or body system. An organ's tissues can be broadly categorized as parenchyma, the functional tissue, and stroma, the structural tissue with supportive, connective, or ancillary functions. For example, the gland's tissue that makes the hormones is the parenchyma, whereas the stroma includes the nerves that innervate the parenchyma, the blood vessels that oxygenate and nourish it and carry away its metabolic wastes, and the con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zang-fu
The zàng-fǔ () organs are functional entities stipulated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). They constitute the centrepiece of TCM's general concept of how the human body works. The term ''zàng'' () refers to the organs considered to be yin in nature – Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Kidney – while ''fǔ'' () refers to the yang organs – Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Gall Bladder, Urinary Bladder, Stomach and Sānjiaō. Each zàng is paired with a fǔ, and each pair is assigned to one of the Wǔ Xíng. The zàng-fǔ are also connected to the twelve standard meridians – each yang meridian is attached to a fǔ organ and each yin meridian is attached to a zàng. They are five systems of Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Kidney. To highlight the fact that the zàng-fǔ are not equivalent to the anatomical organs, their names are often capitalized. Anatomical organs To understand the zàng-fǔ it is important to realize that their concept did not primarily develop out of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbid
Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air. The measurement of turbidity is a key test of water quality. Fluids can contain suspended solid matter consisting of particles of many different sizes. While some suspended material will be large enough and heavy enough to settle rapidly to the bottom of the container if a liquid sample is left to stand (the settable solids), very small particles will settle only very slowly or not at all if the sample is regularly agitated or the particles are colloidal. These small solid particles cause the liquid to appear turbid. Turbidity (or haze) is also applied to transparent solids such as glass or plastic. In plastic production, haze is defined as the percentage of light that is deflected more than 2.5° from the incoming light direction. Causes and effects Turbidity in open water may be caused by growth of phyto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart (Chinese Medicine)
The Heart ( 心, ) is one of the zàng organs stipulated by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is a functionally defined entity and not equivalent to the anatomical organ of the same name. In the context of the zang-fu concept As a zàng, the Heart is considered to be a yin organ. Its associated yang organ is the Small Intestine The small intestine or small bowel is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract where most of the absorption of nutrients from food takes place. It lies between the stomach and large intestine, and receives bile and pancreatic juice through the p .... Both Heart and Small Intestine are attributed to the Fire element. Regarding its stipulated functions, the Heart *‘’stores‘’ (藏, ) the '' shén'' (神, ‘’Aggregate Soul‘’, usually translated as ''mind'') *governs xuě (blood) and vessels/ meridians *opens into the tongue *reflects in facial complexion *governs joy (喜, ) The Heart's function is said to be strongest between 11am a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Stages
Ye Tianshi (1667–1747) was a Chinese medical scholar who was the major proponent of the "school of warm diseases". His major work, ''Wen-re Lun'' (Discussion of Warm Diseases) published in 1746, divided the manifestations of diseases into four stages: ''wei'' (defensive phase), ''qi'' (''qi''-phase), ''ying'' (nutrient-phase), and ''xue'' (blood-phase). Life Ye Tianshi was born in 1666. His father as well as his grandfather, Ye Shi, were also physicians. He learned medicine from his father and, following his father's death, from his father's pupil of the surname Zhu. Work Ye Tianshi wrote little and most works attributed to him were compiled by his followers after his death. He is best known for proposing that feverish diseases progressed along four stages, a theory he laid out in his book ''Discussion of Warm Diseases''. Those stages are ''wei'' (defensive phase), ''qi'' (''qi''-phase or active ''qian'' phase), ''ying'' (nutrient-phase), and ''xue'' (blood-phase). The character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Levels
In Traditional Chinese medicine, the Six Levels or Six Stages is a theory that originated from Shang Han Lun (translated into "On Cold Damage") by Zhang Zhongjing Zhang Zhongjing (; 150–219), formal name Zhang Ji (), was a Chinese pharmacologist, physician, inventor, and writer of the Eastern Han dynasty and one of the most eminent Chinese physicians during the later years of the Han dynasty. He estab ... in 220 CE or about 1800 years ago. The Six Stages The six stages are * Tai Yang or Greater Yang * Yang Ming or Bright Yang * Shao Yang or Lesser Yang * Tai Yin or Greater Yin * Shao Yin or Lesser Yin * Jue Yin or Terminal Yin As can be seen the names of the levels are the same as the names of the head and foot pairs of acupuncture meridians. The order is roughly the order that a disease takes as you go from health to death. In some disease levels are skipped or the order can change. Tai Yang stage (related to Urinary bladder/Small intestine channels) is started when a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Jiaos
San Jiao ("triple burner", or "triple energizer") is a concept in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and acupuncture. It is the sixth organ of Fu, which is the hollow space inside the trunk of the body. In TCM, there are five solid organs and each solid organ has its counterpart in a hollow organ. For instance, the heart is considered a solid organ, and the small intestine its hollow counterpart, or Fu organ. San Jiao is believed to be a body cavity of some kind which has the ability to influence other organs, and overall health, mainly through the free movement of Qi, the fundamental energy or life force. San Jiao means "triple burner". The upper burner relates to organs in the thorax and the breathing function. The middle burner relates to the organs top of the stomach and the digesting function. The lower burner relates to the organs below the abdomen and the urogenital functions. If the three burners function well, then the organs are in synergy. According to traditional Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
