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Fundamentals of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Five Organs and Six Bowels

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Fundamentals of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Five Organs and Six Bowels

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

The Concept and Functions of Body Fluids in Traditional Chinese Medicine

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The Concept and Functions of Body Fluids in Traditional Chinese Medicine

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