The physiological functions of the @heart are mainly to govern the #blood and control the #mind, and sometimes to control #emotions and #feelings

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The function of the @lung mainly depends on the propelling and #fixate functions of lung - #qi and on the #moisten function of lung- #yin.

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The @lung may dominate the #qi and manage the regulation of #water passage and govern the #skin.

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The @heart governs the #vessels, opens into the #tongue, with external manifestation on the #face.

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@Pericardium #heart

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The main task of the @skin is to protect the #body, #excrete sweat, and #adjust the body #temperature.

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The @lung governs the #hair, i.e. the lung has its external manifestation on the hair. The lung opens into the #nose for #smelling.

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The @liver stores #yin - #blood and has a function as #yang because #yang - #qi in the liver is very active and resolute, tending to disperse.

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The @liver possesses 2 physiological functions: the first is to #govern dredging and #regulate materials (including #blood, #metabolism, #yin, #yang, and #qi, etc.) of the body (it is called shu-xie function in TCM), and the second is to #store #blood.

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@liver can also assist the #spleen and the #stomach to digest food by modifying the spleen- #qi and the stomach- #qi with its #dredge and #regulate functions

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the @liver can #control #mental activity such as #joy, #anger, #anxiety, and #contemplation

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the @liver can regulate #menstruation in women.

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The @liver governs the #tendons and opens into the #eyes. The external manifestation of the liver is on the #nails.

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The @spleen is loc#ated in the #abdomen #and governs #digestion #and #absorption. As the source of #qi, #blood, #and body #fluid, the spleen plays a vital role in maintaining life activities.

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The @spleen governs #transportation and #transformation, it means the spleen can #digest food, #absorb nutrients of food and water, and then #transport them to the #heart and the #lung.

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The @spleen can command #blood as to control the blood #circulation inside the #vessels and prevent it from flowing out of the vessels and govern the #muscles and the 4 #limbs. The spleen opens into the #mouth, and its external manifestation is on the #lips.

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The @kidney #stores essence and the essence transforms #qi and produces #blood. It is the source of genuine #yin and genuine #yang, and it is related with the #essence, #qi, #blood, #yin, and #yang.

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The physiological functions of the @kidney are composed of 6 parts: to #govern #growth and #development, to govern #reproduction, to govern #water (modify and maintain all fluid of the body), to govern #reception of #qi, to produce #marrow to enrich the #brain and transform #blood, and to #nourish and #warm the internal #organs.

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The @bones (including the growth of teeth) are governed by the @kidney. It opens into the #ears, the external #genitals, and the #anus, and their external manifestation is on the #hair.

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#small_intestine #heart

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#large_intestine #lung

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#stomach #spleen

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#bladder #kidney

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#gallbladder #liver

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#liver (wood) promotes the function of #heart (fire)

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#heart promotes the function of the #spleen (earth)

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#spleen promotes the function of the #lung (metal)

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#lung promotes the function of the #kidney (water)

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#kidney promotes the function of the #liver

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#gallbladder is paired with #liver and absorbs its excess

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#bladder regulates the output of #kidney

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#small_intestine - absorbs nutrients which are then sent to and pumped through the body by the #heart

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#stomach #spleen

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#large_intestine #lung

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#liver (wood) restrains the #spleen (earth)

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#spleen (earth) restraining #kidney (water)

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#kidney (water) restraining #heart (fire)

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#heart (fire) restraining #lung (metal)

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#lung (metal) restraining #liver (wood)

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the source of this material is the study by Liao W. · Dang C. · Pan W. (2017) — The Brief Theory of Viscus and Its Manifestations in Traditional Chinese Medicine https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/455853

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the source of this material is the study by Dr. Weidong Pan — The Brief Theory of Viscus and Its Manifestations in Traditional Chinese Medicine https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/455853

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