Zang Fu Chapter 13 Review of the Five Zang

Zang Fu The Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Functions, Interrelationships and Patterns of Disharmony in Theory and Practice Author :Jeremy Ross Page 161-166 Chapter 13 Review of the Five Zang Functions Main Functions of the Five Zang Shen (Kidney 腎) Sores Jing Foundation of Yin & Yang Pi (Spleen 脾) Rules Transportation & Transformation Gan (Liver 肝) Rules Free-flowing of Qi Stores Xue Xin (Heart 心) Stores Shen Rules Xue & Xue Mai Fei (Lungs 肺) Rules Qi & Respiration Governs Dispersing &Descending Interrelationships of the Main Zang Functions Origins of Patterns of Disharmony Patterns of Disharmony of the Five Zang Shen Deficient Shen Jing Deficient Shen Yang Shen Qi not Firm Shen Fails to Recieve Qi Water Overflowing Deficient Shen Yin Pi Deficient Pi Qi Deficient Pi Yang Inability of Pi to Govern Xue Sinking of Pi Qi Invasion of Pi by Cold & Damp Damp Heat Accumulates in Pi Gan Depression of Gan Qi Deficient Gan Xue Hyperactive Gan Yang Blazing Gan Fire Stirring of Gan Wind Damp Heat in Gan & Dan Stagnation of Cold in Gan Jing Luo Xin Deficient Xin Qi Deficient Xin Yang Collapse of Xin Yang Stagnant Xin Xue Deficient Xin Yin Blazing Xin Fire Phlegm Fire Agitating Xin Cold Phlegm Misting Xin Fei Deficient Fei Qi Deficient Fei Yin Invasion of Fei by Wind Retention of Phlegm in Fei