The Conception and Physiological Functions of Body Fluid Part TWO

The clinical manifestations of insufficiency of body fluid are dry mouth and throat, dry and chapped lips, dry and lusterless skin, scanty urine, dry feces, reddish tongue with scanty fluid, and thin and rapid pulse.

Retention of body fluid may be caused by attack of six exogenous Read More

The Conception and Physiological Functions of Body Fluid Part one

Body fluid, known as Jin and Ye in traditional Chinese medicine, is a collective term for all kinds of normal liquids inside the body, including secreta from various organs and tissues, such as gastric juice, intestinal juice, nasal discharge, tears, sweat and urine, etc. Just like qi and blood, Read More

Transporting qi and blood through the body, nourishing the viscera and tissues

Qi and blood are the essentials and vital energy for life activities. Meridians serve as the path, the ways for transporting qi and blood, which enables qi and blood to circulate through the whole body, nourish the viscera and tissues, and protect the body against the invasion of txogenous Read More

Functions of qi-Qi transformation

Qi transformation refers to various changes caused by qi’s movement. Metabolism of essence, qi, blood and body fluids, and inter-transformations among them, all are the result a of qi transformation. For example, dlgestion Of food and absorption Of food essence, generation, circulation Read More

Functions of qi-Consolidating

Qi’s consolidating means qi can consolidate and govern the fluid material such as blood, body fluids and sperm to avoid the abnormal loss. For example, spleen qi can consolidate blood to ensure blood circulating inside vessels to avoid bleeding lung qi can consolidate Sweat spleen and Read More

Functions of qi-Defending

Qi has the Junction to defend the human body and drive the pathogenic factors out manifesting in two aspects: first, under healthy condition, abundant defensive qi can warm up the Skin and surface of the whole body and consolidate interstices to defend the invasion of exogenous pathogenic factors Read More

Functions of qi-Warming

Qi is the source of body heat with the function to warm up. The warming function mainly manifests on three aspects: firsts it can generate heat to maintain constant body temperature Second ,it can warm up viscera, meridians, body constituents, sense organs and orifices to maintain normal Read More

Functions of qi-Promoting

1. Qi is vigorous, and the primary promoting force for life activities with the Junction to promote and stimulate viscera and meridians function. For example, kidney qi stimulates and promotes the growth, development and reproduction, heart qi promotes blood circulation, spleen and stomach qi Read More