Formation of blood: Blood is the one of the fundamental substances to constitute the human body and maintain the activities of the life. It is chiefly composed of nutritional qi and jinye (body fluids) which are the refined essence of foods and are transported into red fluids, i.e., blood,...

Despite their differences in nature, form and function, qi, blood and body fluid have something in common with each other. They are the basic materials that constitute the human body and maintain life activities; they all derive from cereal essence; they, physiologically, depend on each other for...

Blood, circulating in the vessels, is a red liquid substance rich in nutrients. It is one of the indispensable substances that constitute the human body and maintain its life activities. Blood originates from cereal essence transformed by the spleen and stomach, and has the functions of nourishing...