Functions of the Small Intestine The Small Intestine Controls Receiving and Transforming Small Intestine receives food and fluids from the Stomach, after the Stomach has “rotted and ripened” and after the Spleen has extracted the food essences. It communicates with the Bladder, which excretes the impure fluids, and with the Large Intestine, which excretes […]
Functions of the Large Intestine The Large Intestines main function is to receive food and fluids from the Small Intestine, re-absorb some of the fluids then excrete the remainder as feces. Many functions attributed to the Small Intestine in Western bio-medicine are attributed to the Spleen in Chinese medicine. The Spleen controls the transformation/transportation of […]
By Dr. Kenneth Wang Zang Fu (Internal Organs) Zang Organs (Yin) Lungs Spleen Heart Kidneys Pericardium Liver Fu Organs (Yang) Large Intestine Stomach Small Intestine Urinary Bladder San Jiao Gall Bladder The Internal Organ Relationships Heart and Lungs Heart and Liver Heart and Kidneys Liver and Lungs Liver and Spleen  Liver […]
Five Phases theory Five Phases (五行, pinyin: wu xÃng), sometimes also translated as the “Five Elements”  theory, presumes that all phenomena of the universe and nature can be broken down into five elemental qualities – represented by wood (木, pinyin: mù), fire (ç«pinyin: huÇ’), earth (土, pinyin: tÇ”), metal (金, pinyin: jÄ«n), and water (æ°´, pinyin: shuÇ).  In this way, lines of correspondence can be drawn: Phenomenon Wood […]
