Click the blue text to follow us! Five Spiritual Organs In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) In TCM culture, the Five Organs refer to the Heart (Xin), Liver (Gan), Spleen (Pi), Lungs (Fei), and Kidneys (Shen) These five internal organs of the human body The main physiological functions of the Five Organs are to transform and … Read more
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and vessels are referred to as the “Five Bodies”. They are structurally inseparable and functionally interdependent, much like a building constructed layer by layer to form our body. At the same time, the “Five Bodies” correspond to different organs: the lungs govern the skin, the … Read more
Five Organs: The heart (xin), liver (gan), spleen (pi), lungs (fei), and kidneys (shen). Six Bowels: The gallbladder (dan), stomach (wei), small intestine (xiao chang), large intestine (da chang), bladder (pang guang), and san jiao (triple burner). The organs and bowels are both internal organs, but their distinctions are: The five organs store essence and … Read more
1. The Concept of Body Fluids Body fluids refer to all normal fluids in the human body. They include the normal bodily fluids and secretions of various organs, such as gastric juice, intestinal fluid, saliva, and synovial fluid. Habitually, they also include metabolic byproducts like urine, sweat, and tears. Thus, it is said: “Sweat and … Read more