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What are the Functions of the Liver?
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ZangFu Theory, Officials; Yin Organ Rel; 7 Emotions, 6 Clima
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the Functions of the Liver? What does the Liver control? Where does the liver manifest? Where does the liver open into? What emotion is the liver responsible for? | Smooth flow of Qi. Stores Blood. Sinews. Nails. Eyes. Anger. |
| What are the Functions of the Heart? What does the Heart control? Where does the Heart manifest? Where does the Heart open into? What emotion is the Heart responsible for? | Circulates Blood. Houses the Mind. Controls Sweat. PC: Protects the Heart. Blood Vessels. Complexion. Tongue. Joy. |
| What are the Functions of the Spleen? What does the Spleen control? Where does the Spleen manifest? Where does the Spleen open into? What emotion is the Spleen responsible for? | Governs Transportation & Transformation. Controls the Raising of Qi. Controls Blood. Muscles & the four limbs. Lips. Mouth. Worry. |
| What are the Functions of the Lungs? What do the Lungs control? Where do the Lungs manifest? Where do the Lungs open into? What emotion are the Lungs responsible for? | Dominates Qi and controls Respiration. Controls Dispersing & Descending. Regulates Water Passages. Skin. Body Hair. Nose. Sadness. |
| What are the Functions of the Kidneys? What do the Kidneys control? Where do the Kidneys manifest? Where do the Kidneys open into? What emotion are the Kidneys responsible for? | Stores Essence & Governs Birth, Reproduction & Development. Governs Water. Controls the Reception of Qi. Produces Marrow, Fills the Brain, Controls the Bones. Hair. Ears & 2 Lower Orifices. Fear. |
| What organ Stores Blood? Circulates Blood? Controls Blood? | Liver. Heart. Spleen. |
| What organ Smooths the flow of Qi? Controls the raising of Qi? Dominates Qi? Controls the Reception of Qi? | Liver. Spleen. Lungs. Kidneys. |
| What organ Controls Sweat? Controls Respiration and Regulates Water Passages? Governs Water? | Heart. Lungs. Kidneys. |
| What organ Governs Transportation & Transformation? | Spleen. |
| What organ Controls Dispersing & Descending? | Lungs. |
| What are the functions of the Gallbladder? | Unusual Yang Organ. Controls secretion of bile. Controls judgement. |
| What are the functions of the Small Intestine? | Controls Receiving & Transforming. Separates the Pure from the Impure fluids. |
| What are the functions of the San Jiao? | *Official of Irrigation. Avenue for Original Qi, carries Yuan Source Qi throughout the body. |
| What are the functions of the Stomach? | Rotting & Ripening. Controls transportation of Food Essence. Controls the Descending of Qi. Is the Organ of Fluids (1st source) |
| What is the function of the Large Intestines? | Receives & Transforms. |
| What are the functions of the Urinary Bladder? | Stores & Excretes Urine. *Controls Certain Emotions. |
| What are the Yin aspects of the Liver? | Regulates Blood volume in relation to rest and activity. Regulates Menstruation. |
| Where does blood reside when a body is in motion? At rest? | Channels. Returns to the Liver. |
| What does the Liver have to do with glucose? | Glucose is converted to glycogen and stored in the Liver. |
| How does a deficiency of Liver Blood affect the menses? | Scanty periods or amenorrhea. |
| How does Liver Blood Stasis affect the menses? | Painful periods. |
| How does Liver Blood Heat affect the menses? | Heavy periods? |
| What are the Yang aspects of the Liver? | Affects emotional state, digestion, and the secretion of bile. |
| When the flow of Liver Qi is not smooth, how does it affect the emotional state? | Causes frustration, depression, anger w/hypochondriac pain, plum pit qi, irritability, breast distention, and PMS. |
| When the flow of Liver Qi is not smooth, how does it affect digestion? | Stagnation invades St preventing movement of Qi, belching, sour regurgitation, nausea & vomiting, and diarrhea. |
| When the flow of Liver Qi is not smooth, how does it affect secretion of bile? | Stagnation obstructs bile flow --> bitter taste and jaundice. |
| When Liver Blood is Deficient how does it affect the sinews? | Cramps, numbness, and and tingling. |
| When Liver Blood is Stagnant how does it affect the sinews? | Stiffness of sinews, rigidity, and pain. |
| When Liver Wind occurs how does it affect the sinews? | Convulsions, and tremors. |
| How does Liver Yang Rising affect the eyes? | Makes them watery. |
| When there is anger, what pathology do we see in the liver? | Liver Qi Stagnation, Liver Yang Rising, ang Liver Fire. |
| How does the Heart Govern Blood? | Food Qi (Gu Qi) is transformed into Blood in the Heart. The Heart controls the circulation of blood. The Heart Blood influences menstruation indirectly. Heart Blood houses the mind/shen. |
| What pathology do we see when the Heart Blood is Stagnant in the vessels? | Hardening of the vessels or arteriosclerosis. |
| What pathology do we see when the Heart Blood is Deficient? | The Pulse becomes weak or the Heart Beat becomes irregular. |
| In Heart Blood Deficiency how does it manifest in the complection? How about in Heart Yang Deficiency? And Heart Blood Stasis? Or Heart Heat? | Dull. Bright White. Purplish or Dark. Red. |
| When the Heart is weak, and the Heart Blood Deficient, how does it affect the mind/shen? | Mental emotional problems, such as depression; poor memory; dull thinking; insomnia or somnolence and in extreme cases, unconsciousness. |
| How does excessive joy affect the Heart? Sudden Joy? Cravings of Joy? Joy as excessive excitement & mental stimulation? | Overstimulates the Heart and makes it larger. Pulse becomes slow and slightly overflowing but empty. Stirs up the Minister Fire, overstimulates the Mind/Shen. Can injure the Heart. |
| Pathology of the Heart appears on the tongue as? Affects speech? | Tongue ulcers or soreness. Talking a lot, speech difficulty, stuttering, aphasia. |
| What kind of sweating does Heart Qi or Heart Yang Deficiency cause? Heart Yin Deficiency? Why does the Heart affect sweating? | Spontaneous Sweating. Night Sweating. Heart Blood and Body Fluids have a common origin. |
| How does the Pericardium function as an organ function? | It is a membrane wrapping around the Heart to protect it. Governs Blood, Houses the Mind/Shen. Points invigorate Blood, cool Blood, and Calm the Mind/Shen. |
| How does the Pericardium function as a channel? | Influences the Zong Qi/Gathering Qi. Related to the San Jiao Channel. |
| In normal activity the Minister Fire Flares upward to the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pericardium; which way does it flow from the Pericardium when there is pathology? | Downward. |
| Pertaining to the organs, how does the Spleen hold them in place? | It has a lifting effect. |
| Which organ controls saliva? Spittle? | Spleen. Kidney. |
| How do the Lungs Govern Qi and Respiration? | They inhale "pure Qi" and exhale "dirty Qi". Qing Qi/Air Qi + Gu Qi/Food Qi = Zong Qi/Gathering Qi + Yuan Qi/Parents = Zhen Qi and th Lungs spread this Qi down. |
| How do the Lungs Control the Channels and Blood Vessels? | The Lungs Govern Qi and in turn control all acupuncture channels. Qi is the commander of Blood so the Lungs influence all Blood Vessels (LU 9). |
| How do the Lungs Diffuse, Disperse, and Descend Qi and Body Fluids? | Wei Qi and Body Fluids are dispersed over the entire body between the skin and the muscles. Jin & Ye are dispersed to moisten skin and regulate pores/sweat. Fluids descend to the Kidneys & Urinary Bladder. |
| In Pathology how is the Diffuse, Disperse, and Descend functions appear? | Wei Qi Def. allows the entry of EPF's. Lung Def. causes Spontaneous Sweating or inhibits fluids not to descend and become congested in the chest, causing chest congestion, SOB, cough, and urine retention. Lung Excess causes lack of Sweating and Edema. |
| How do the Lungs regulate physiological activities? | Governing Qi. Controlling Breathing. Controlling all the channels & blood vessels. Controlling the ascending/descending & entering/exiting of Qi (Qi mechanism). |
| How do the Lungs regulate the water passages? What happens when there is dysfunction? | The Lungs diffuse Body Fluids to the space between the skin and the muscles, to collect water throughout the body and send the fluids down to the Kidneys and Urinary Bladder. Edema. |
| What do the Lungs hate? What do the Lungs moisten? and? Pathology in the process leads to? | Dryness. Skin & Hair. Dry & Scaly Skin. Brittle & Dry Hair. |
| What is the function of Wei Qi? | Controls the opening and closing of pores to provide a defensive mechanism to guard against EPF's. |
| If you have a Deficiency in the Lungs, how does it affect the nose? Heat? | Stuffy nose, loss of sense of smell & sneezing. Bleeding/epistaxis. |
| If the Lungs D & D action is impaired how does it affect the nasal mucous? What if there is Lung Heat or Phlegm Heat? Or Lung Dryness? | Nasal discharge or a stuffed nose. Thick Yellow nasal mucous. Nasal mucous is insufficient and the nasal mucosa is too dry. |
| What is the Po? What emotions affect the Po? What is it responsible for? What is the birth and death of the Po? | Corporeal Soul/Physical soul in charge of all physical processes. Worry, Sadness, and Grief. Feelings and sensations. Conception and dies with the body. (The Hun survives death.) |
| What happens to the Lungs Qi during worry? Where? What happens to the Lung Qi during sadness or grief? Resulting in? What happens during worry, sadness, and grief? | Knots Qi. Shoulders, Breast area tension. Depletes Qi. Tiredness, fine pulse, feeble weepy voice. Chest tightness, slight breathlessness. |
| What is the Yin aspect of the Kidneys? And the Yang aspect? | Essence. Minister Fire. |
| What is Tian Kui? | 7 year life cycle for women, 8 year life cycle for men. |
| What does the Kidney Yang provide to the Spleen. | Heat. |
| What two lower orifices do the Kidneys control? | Urethra/Spermatic Duct, Anus. |
| When it is said that the Kidneys Control the Gate of Life, what is being referred to? | Root of Original Qi. Source of Fire for all Zang Fu. Warms the Lower Jiao & the Bladder. Warms the SP/ST to aid digestion. Harmonizes the sexual function & warms Essence & Uterus. Assists Kidney reception of Qi. Assists Heart in housing the Mind. |
| The Pericardium is known as what official? And the Lungs? | Ambassador. Prime Minister. |
| What Fu organ is known as the Extraordinary Yang organ? Why is it designated as that? | Gallbladder. Does Not deal with food, drink & waste products. Does Not communicate with the exterior (mouth, anus, or urethra. Stores Bile. |
| Where does Bile come from? Where is Bile stored?What does it do? What warms the Gallbladder? What does the flow of Bile depend on? What happens if there is a dysfunction of Bile? | The Liver, and the Gallbladder stores & excretes it to aid in digestion.. Minister Fire. Free Flow of Liver Qi. Nausea & Vomiting, Belching. |
| How does the Gallbladder Control the Sinews? What is the Gathering (Hui) Point? | It provides Qi. GB 34 |
| How does the Gallbladder affect the Hun? What happens if it is deficient? What happens if it is excess? | Stimulates the Hun to ascend. Depression. Slightly Manic. |
| How does the Gallbladder influence sleep? If Deficient what happens? | Affects Quality and Length of sleep. Awakens early in the morning, unable to fall asleep again. |
| What does the mental aspect of the Small Intestines do? How is this different from the Gallbladder? | Gives ability to distinguish relevant Issues with clarity before making a decision. SI: Discrimination & Judgement GB: Courage to make decisions |
| How does the San Jiao control the water passages? | It is the Official of Irrigation. Controls the transportation and excretion of fluids from the body. UJ: Sweat; MJ: ST fluid; LJ: urine |
| The San Jiao has three divisions of the body, what are they and which organs go to each division? What are the three divisions called, and what Qi pertains to them? | UJ: LU, HT, PC (sweat/fog; Zong Qi) MJ: SP, ST, GB (ST fluids/froth; Ying Qi) LJ: LV, KD, UB, SI, LI (urine/ditch; Yuan Qi) |
| What are the two natures of the San Jiao? And how do they assist the corresponding organs? | Fire w/PC assists the Mind/Shen & Hun/Ethereal Soul. Wood w/GB assists the LV in ensuring the smooth flow of emotions. |
| What are the three ways the Stomach controls receiving? | Receives food & drink and holds them down. Has a relationship with the appetite. Called the Great Granary and the Sea of Food & Drink. |
| What is the process of the Stomach's Rotting and Ripening? | Maceration to break food down. Prepare for the Spleen to separate and extract essence from food. The origin of Qi & Blood as Gu Qi/Food Qi is extracted from the ST. |
| What does the Stomach Transport? Where? What organ assists the Stomach? What are the symptoms of impairment? What does the Stomach do for the pulse? What is transported to the tongue coating? | Food Essence. All over the body and particularly to the limbs. Spleen. Person feels tired and the limbs feel weak. Transports the Qi of food to the pulse. Dirty Damp. |
| What are the two pathogens that affect the mental aspect of the Stomach? What are the symptoms of a serious infliction? | Fire, or Phlegm Fire. Shutting oneself in the house, closing all doors and windows, wanting to be by oneself, uncontrolled talking, laughing, or singing, violent behavior and taking off one's clothing (manic behavior) |
| What does the Large Intestine do? | Receives food & drink from SI and extracts water and reabsorbs it, also excretes stools by transforming digested food. |
| What is the mental aspect of the Large Intestines. | Influences our capacity for letting go and not dwelling on the past. |
| Deficiency of the Large Intestine leads to what type of dreams? | Dreams of open fields. |
| What does the Urinary bladder do? What other organs does it work with? | Qi transformation allows the Urinary Bladder to receives clear fluids from the SI and transforms them into urine to excrete. SI, HT, SJ, LV, LU. |
| What is the mental aspect of the Urinary Bladder in Adults? In Children? | Feeling of jealousy, suspicion, long-standing grudges. Fears, anxieties or insecurities which lead to a sinking of UB Qi. |
| What are the six Extraordinary Organs? They are all related to Kidney Essence except which one? | Uterus - Brain - Marrow - Bones - Blood Vessels - Gallbladder. Gallbladder. |
| What are the six emotions and what do they do to the Qi mechanism? | Directional - Anger: Rise Up/Ascend Fear: Decline/Descend Speed - Joy: Slow Down/Relax Worry & Pensiveness: Stagnate/Knot Amount - Sadness: Consumes/Dissolve Shock: Derange/Scatter |
| What organ is affected by Pensiveness? Worry? | Spleen. Spleen & Lungs. |
| Rules of what to treat first, the root/Ben or the branch/Biao? | If Biao/branch is urgent treat the Biao/branch first. (Points or herbs could be added to tonify the the Ben/root.) If the Biao/branch is mild, treat the Ben/root first. |
| What are the rules of treatment order of Zheng Qi/Upright Qi vs. Xie Qi/Pathogenic Factors? | If deficiency treat the Zheng Qi/Upright Qi. If strictly EPF/Shi then expel the EPF. IF Interior Deficiency is greater, tonify first. IF EPF/Shi is greater, expel first. When the Interior Deficiency/Xu and the EPF/Shi are equal,tonify and expel. |
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