15 pages introduce TCM
Part Ten:BLOOD AND BODY FLUID-THE MATERIAL BASIS OF LIFE ACTIVITIES
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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...
Part Nine:THE ROOT OF LIFE-Qi
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In TCM books, qi is always mentioned in the same breath with blood and body fluid, for they are all the fundamental substances constituting the human body and maintaining its life activities. However, among them qi is particularly important for the human body. That is why TCM often explains the...
Part Eight: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ZANG-AND FU-ORGANS
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While the relationship among the zang-fu organs is quite a complicated matter--so much so that (so such an extent that )it deserves to be devoped a lot of pages, yet, thanks to TCM's concise and brilliant summarization, it may just as well be briefed in a broad outline. In TCM, the zang organs...
Part Seven: THE SIX FU-ORGANS AND THE EXTRAORDINARY FU-ORGANS
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TCM refers the gallbladder, the stomach, the large intestine, the small intestine, the urinary bladder and the triple energizer to the six fu-organs. it is not only that, besides the functions of their own, they are characterized by their common role ofdecomposing and digesting water and food, and...
Part Six: THE FIVE ZANG-ORGANTS-THE ORGANS OF PRODUCING AND STORING ESSENCE-QI
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The heart, Lungs, spleen, liver and kidneys are together known as the five zang-organs, whose common physiological function is preducing and storing essence-qi. They store but not eliminate essence-qi.
1. Heart
The heart is situated in the chest, above the Diaphragm, and is enveloped by...