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	Zang and Fu Organs
		The zang and fu organs are the internal visible organs of the body.
		The xin-heart, gan-liver, pi-spleen, fei-lung, shen-kidney and pericardium are the zang organs.
		The zang organs have a Chinese prefix because a direct translation from the Chinese might be misleading.
	www.healthphone.com /consump_english/encyclopedia/chinese_medicine_terminology_files/detail/zang_and_fu_organs.htm (1439 words)

	Zang Fu theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zang 臟 refers to the yin organs - heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, pericardium - whilst Fu 腑 refers to the yang organs - small intestine, large intestine, gall bladder, urinary bladder, stomach and san jiao.
		Each zang is paired with a fu, and each pair are assigned to one of the five elements.
		Zang organs are also known as yin organs, and each has a Fu partner, a yang organ (see Yin Yang).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zang_Fu (878 words)

	Spleen
		The spleen is a lymphatic organ interposed in the blood stream.
		The spleen is an organ that lies behind the stomach on the left side of the...
		The spleen is located on the left side of the abdomen and weighs around 200g in the average healthy adult.
	www.milelocation.info /liverlocation/spleen (921 words)

	Spleen - Differentiation of Syndromes @ Traditional Chinese Medicine Basics (TCMBasics.com) - Resources, Herbs ...
		The spleen is adverse to dampness, therefore excessive dampness is liable to affect spleen yang leading to a dysfunction of transportation and transformation, resulting in the symptoms of distension and fullness of the epigastrium and abdomen, and anorexia.
		Spleen yang deficiency causes the stagnation of cold in the middle jiao, obstructing the functions of qi.
		Deficiency of spleen yang leads to a dysfunction of transportation and transformation, thus the failure of spleen yang to warm the body surface and extremities, and the occurrence of anorenxia, and loose stool.
	tcmbasics.com /syndromes_zf_spleen.htm (624 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Zang Fu theory"
		Zang 臟 refers to the yin organs - heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, pericardium - whilst Fu 腑 refers to the yang organs - small intestine, large intestine, gall bladder, urinary bladder, stomach and san jiao.
		Each zang is paired with a fu, and each pair are assigned to one of the five elements.
		Zang organs are also known as yin organs, and each has a Fu partner, a yang organ (see Yin Yang).
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=zang_%46u_theory (839 words)

	Traditional Chinese Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The spleen is the source of transformation of essential substances and is associated with the earth element's characteristics of growth and transformation.
		The spleen and the stomach collectively are known as the "acquired foundation," that is, their proper nourishment establishes the foundation for a healthy life.
		The spleen and stomach must digest, absorb, and transfer the qi, blood, and body fluid transformed from the essential substances; a similar process to that of soaking in water to cause decomposition and dissolution.
	www.cure4cancer.com /tcm/tcmface.htm (12823 words)

	The 5 Organs Network of Chinese Medicine - Spleen/Stomach
		Since the spleen governs the flesh layer, all disorders such as a heavy and sore body, slow healing wounds, bed sores, emaciated arms and legs, the weak extremities of the chronically bed-ridden patient, and certain types of paralysis are results of spleen injury.
		As a general rule, spleen disorders are usually of a deficient nature, requiring the tonification of central qi and the stimulation of the ascending movement of clear yang qi.
		Spleen tonics are therefore often accompanied by herbs that smooth and emolliate the liver.
	www.itmonline.org /5organs/spleen.htm (4916 words)

	Chinese Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine : Basic Zang Fu Theory
		In traditional Chinese medicine the zang and fu organs are not simply anatomical substances, but more importantly represent the generalization of the physiology and pathology of certain systems of the human body.
		Zang and fu consist of the five zang and six fu organs.
		The five zang organs are the heart (including the pericardium), lung, spleen, liver, and kidney.
	www.chinese-symbols.com /chinese-medicine/basic-zang-fu-theory.html (4270 words)

	The Five Yin organs(zang organs)
		Since the spleen is the primary organ responsible for digestion, its main function is to transform food into essence used for qi and blood transformation.
		If the spleen's functions are in disharmony, the blood escapes from its normal pathways, leading to symptoms such as bloody vomit, blood in the stool, blood under the skin, blood in urine, or menorrhagia (excessive menstrual bleeding).
		When spleen qi is sufficient, the limbs and muscles are healthy and strong because they are nourished by the blood and qi.
	www.shen-nong.com /eng/principles/spleenfiveyinorgans.html (514 words)

	Acupuncture.com - Education - Theory - Zang Fu - Spleen
		The spleen transforms food to extract the energy from it and then transports the resulting food "energy" to various organs and parts of the body where the body's energy and blood are produced.
		A deficiency of spleen qi was thus found to correspond to an insufficiency of digestive enzymes and a reduction of enzyme activity, interfering with digestion of proteins.
		In deficient spleen qi patients with sallow complexions, pale lips, a flat taste in mouth, abdominal flatulence, shortness of breath, debilitated defecation and visceroptosis, the mitochondria are found to be decreased in number and many are damaged and swollen.
	www.acupuncture.com /education/zf/spleen1.htm (3547 words)

	Welcome to SZYY Pharmaceutical Limited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The channel of the spleen connects with the stomach, relating the spleen externally-internally to the stomach.
		The spleen has the function of digesting food, absorbing its essential substances with a part of the fluid supplied, and transmitting them to the heart and the lung from where they are sent to nourish the whole body.
		Normal functioning of the spleen in transportation and transformation enables the muscles to receive adequate nourishment from the food essentials and thus maintains muscle thickness and strength.
	www.szyy.net /enhybx_zangfu_17.htm (197 words)

	TCM basics
		Zang - fu is the general term for the organs of the human body, and includes the six zang organs, the six fu organs and the extraordinary fu organs.
		The heart, lung, spleen, liver, kidney and pericardium are known as the six zang organs.
		As the fundamental substances required in blood formation originate from food essence produced by the spleen and stomach, these two organs are regarded as the source of qi and blood.
	www.geocities.com /altmedd/tcm_basics.htm (603 words)

	Doctor GetWell Acupuncture Site
		Zang and fu consist of the five zang and six fu organs.
		In traditional Chinese medicine the zang and fu organs are not simply anatomical substances, but more importantly represent the generalization of the physiology and pathology of certain systems of the human body.
		Zang and Fu are classified by the different features of their functions.
	doctorgetwell.org /AcupunctureTraditional.asp?more=zangfu (825 words)

	THE ZANG-FU RELATIONSHIPS
		Although the zang and fu organs have different physiological functions, there is a very close relationship between them in maintaining the normal functions of the body.
		The heart and small intestine, spleen and stomach, liver and gallbladder and kidney and bladder are similarly closely related, physiologically and pathologically, by means of the yin and yang meridians.
		The mutual interconnections between the meridians, zang and fu organs mean that when a particular meridian is diseased due to invasion of pathogenic factors, there may be a transmission of pathological changes to other meridians, and related zang - fu organs, particularly externally - internally related ones.
	altmed.iatp.org.ua /acupuncture/zang_fu/zangfurel.htm (625 words)

	Cameron Clinic: Glossary of Terms for Chinese Medicine
		Zang organs - Are yin and considered to be deeper in the body.
		The spleen governs transformation and transportation - The spleen transports the pure parts from food to the lung and heart for transformation to qi and blood.
		When spleen is impaired it will lead to the formation of damp that leads to edema, obesity and phlegm related disorders such as allergies.
	www.camclinic.com /ArticlesBy/Glossary.htm (1323 words)

	The Cultural Heritage of China :: Health :: Traditional Chinese Medicine :: Zang- Fu Theory
		The spleen and the stomach collectively are known as the "acquired foundation," that is, their proper nourishment establishes the foundation for a healthy life.
		The spleen transports the clean essential substances to all parts of the body, and part of the water contained in food to the urinary bladder.
		The spleen and stomach must digest, absorb, and transfer the qi, blood, and body fluid transformed from the essential substances; a similar process to that of soaking in water to cause decomposition and dissolution.
	www.ibiblio.org /chineseculture/contents/heal/p-heal-c01s10.html (5019 words)

	Kidney (Zang)
		Kidney yin and yang are the primordial yin and yang, and the root of yin and yang to all the zang organs.
		Of the five zang organs, the Kidney is considered to be the water element.
		This replenishment is achieved through the Stomach’s and the Spleen’s transformation and transportation of food and water, and also through clear qi taken into the Lung from the air; both come together in the Kidney and interact with the Kidney jing to provide qi for the whole body.
	www.1bx.com /en/Kidney_%28Zang%29.htm (1499 words)

	Spleen - Five Zang Organs - Zang-Fu Theory @ Traditional Chinese Medicine Basics (TCMBasics.com) - Resources, Herbs ...
		From the spleen, water is also sent down to the kidney and excreted from the urinary bladder.
		The whole process of distribution and metabolism of water is jointly accomplished by the lung's dispersing and descending functions and the spleen's transportation and transformation functions.
		Since the spleen dominates the muscles and opens into the mouth, the strength or weakness of the transporting and transforming functions are reflected in the lips.
	www.tcmbasics.com /zangfu_5zang_spleen.htm (646 words)

	Acupuncture.com - Education - Theory - Zang Fu - Spleen & Stomach
		The spleen moves fluids and humors for the stomach, upbears the clear, downbears the turbid, and transports the finest essence of water and grains.
		The spleen and stomach are also capable of conducting and abducting, transporting and transforming the dregs and the bowel qi via the large intestine, thus transforming the turbidity within the bowels and discharging toxic heat.
		The spleen and stomach exist in a functional interrelationship vis a vis the dispersion and transformation [i.e., digestion] of water and grains and the assimilation and transporation of fluids and humors.
	www.acupuncture.com /education/zf/spst.htm (3359 words)

	Spleen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The spleen is located on the left side of the abdomen and weighs around 200g in the average healthy adult.
		The spleen is a lymphatic organ interposed in the blood stream.
		The spleen is an organ that lies behind the stomach on the left side of the...
	www.maceliver.com /spleen (913 words)

	East Bay Traditional Chinese Medicine
		It is in charge of "rotting and ripening" our food and drink before passing them to the Spleen, which extracts the refined essence of the mix, turns it into Food Qi, and transports it to all parts of the body.
		Spleen: Similar to the pancreas in western medicine, the Spleen's main function is transforming food and water into food essence and transporting these nutrients to all corners of the body.
		The clear substance is distributed by the Spleen (as Food Qi) to all corners of the body, while the turbid is sent to the Urinary Bladder and Large Intestine for further processing and excretion.
	www.mindspring.com /~eastbaytcm/chinese_medicine/organs.htm (1734 words)

	Spleen & Pancreas in Chinese Medicine
		The central theme of this article is a comparison between the characteristics attributed to the spleen in traditional Chinese literature, and modern anatomical knowledge of the spleen and pancreas.
		The spleen is situated behind the lower ribs on the left side of the body, between the stomach and the diaphragm.
		This is a condition characterised by insufficient spleen qi, severe cold entering the spleen, ulceration of the tongue, inability to taste food and drink, vomiting after eating, rumblings in the small intestine, frequent depression" and so on.
	www.hanacumoxa.com /spleen_pancreas.htm (4833 words)

	IBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The disharmony of the Spleen and Liver system causes irregular function of spleen and stomach and in turn result in diarrhea or constipation with abdominal pain due to emotional strain or stress, feeling of oppression in the chest and hypochondrium, reddened tongue with thin coating, taut pulse.
		The deficiency of the Spleen Qi results in persistent loose stools containing undigested food, frequent defecation after intake of greasy food, anorexia, feeling of oppression in the epigastric region, lassitude, pale tongue with white coating, thready and weak pulse.
		For the deficiency of the Spleen, the principle of treatment is to reinforce vital energy of the spleen.
	www.harryhong.com /index_files/Page1841.html (988 words)

	Zang Fu- Organ Function
		Each of the Zang is internally-externally connected to a Fu, and this pair corresponds to an element in the Sheng = nourishing cycle.
		The Stomach and Spleen act in co-operation and are the main organs carrying on the functions of digestion and absorption.
		(2) Middle jiao (portion) (representing the epigastrium) is a generalisation of the function of the Spleen and Stomach in digestion and absorption.
	www.innerpath.com.au /matmedno/Zangfu.html (2188 words)

	Spleen and stomach syndromes
		TCM regards the spleen and stomach as the "acquired foundation of life." The spleen is located in abdominal cavity.
		Its main physiological functions are governing transportation and transformation of nutrient essence and body fluid, controlling blood flow and supporting the muscles and four limbs.
		The important signs in spleen and stomach diseases are poor appetite, gastric pain, vomiting, belching, hiccups, abdominal distention and pain, diarrhea, loose stools, general swelling and bleeding disorders.
	www.shen-nong.com /eng/exam/diagnosis_spleen.html (655 words)

	Fu Qi Zheng www.tcm.hk -- Zang Fu Theory -- Alternative Cancer TCM
		Zang Fu is the name of organs in Western medicine but not equivalent to.
		Each Zang has some functions which Western medicine are not likey agree with, but it works through the Chinese medicine with clincal practices.
		Spleen: Transport and absorption of food and body fluid; ascending of food essence; control blood to flow in blood vessel and prevent internal bleeding.
	www.tcm.hk /index.cfm?20363&pageid=83 (421 words)

	Blood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Spleen and Stomach are considered the primary sources of Qi and Blood as they are the starting point of the transformation process which turns our food and water intake into blood.
		After the stomach receives the food, the spleen extracts the Qi from the food and sends it upward to the lung where it mixes with the Qi from the air and is then sent to the heart to be mixed with the Jing and the body's primary Qi to produce the end result: blood.
		Blood circulates throughout the body from the five zang and six fu in the interior to the skin, muscle, tendons, and bone at the exterior level.
	www.orientalmedicine.com /bt_blood.htm (160 words)

	NESA Continuing Education
		Forming the Middle Heater, the Spleen and Stomach are the center where the food is transformed in essences (jing) and qi for the whole body, and the center from where the ying qi are distributed.
		The Spleen masters the transportations and transformations through which the Five zang as well as all parts of the body are nourished, the body fluids regenerated and fruitfully present everywhere.
		The imagery of the characters describing the Spleen and Stomach and their functions as set forth in the medical classics will be explained, in order to provide a richer and deeper understanding of the theory and to enhance clinical effectiveness.
	www.nesa.edu /ce/spleenstomachfunction.htm (343 words)

	TCM Student: Zang Fu
		The Zang Fu Surrounding the core principles of yin and yang, the theory of the internal organs distinguishes TCM from all other forms of medicine.
		Zang and Fu are two words which are similarly translated as organ but are different in their composition.
		Zang can be associated with storage and yin, while Fu can be associated with governing and yang.
	www.tcmstudent.com /theory/Zang%20Fu.html (255 words)

	The Zang-Fu Organs
		minance of the zang organs The organ phenomenon theory divides the internal organs of the human body into two types: The heart, lung, spleen, liver and kiclney are termed the five zang organs; while the gallbladder, stomach, large and small intestines, bladder and triple energizer are termed the six fu organs.
		The heart and small intestine, the lung and large intestine, the spleen and stomach, the liver and gallbladder, the kidney and bladder are respectively related exteriorly and interiorly.
		grain assimilated by the spleen and stomach, that the blood is able to circulate constantly inside the vessels to supply nutrition to the whole body mainly belongs to the function of the heart.
	www.silkroadcn.com /chinese-medicine/m1.htm (2040 words)

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