The Organs

What does the Spleen organ do?

Posted in The Organs on July 7th, 2009 by Ping Ming Health – Be the first to comment

Chinese medicine considers the Spleen’s main function to be assisting the Stomach’s function of digestion, by transporting and transforming food essences, absorbing the nourishment from food and separating the usable from the unusable part of food. The Spleen organ is central in the production of Qi (energy). It extracts Food-Qi from food and drink and this is the basis for the formation of Qi and blood. read more »

Disharmonies of the Liver and associated symptoms

Posted in The Organs on July 7th, 2009 by Ping Ming Health – Be the first to comment

The main Liver disharmonies are Liver Qi stagnation, stasis of Liver blood, Liver Fire blazing upwards, Liver Wind agitating within, Damp-heat in the Liver and Gall bladder, stagnation of cold in the liver channel, deficiency of Liver-blood, Liver Yang rising. read more »

Disharmonies of the Heart and associated symptoms

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The main Heart disharmonies are Heart Qi deficiency, Heart Yang deficiency, Heart Yang collapse, Heart-blood deficiency, Heart-Yin deficiency, Heart-Fire blazing, Phlegm-Fire harassing the Heart, Phlegm misting the mind, Heart-blood stagnation. read more »