Essence,Qi Blood and Body Fluids

8/11/2019 Essence,Qi Blood and Body Fluids

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EssenceQi Blood and

body fluids

Lecturer: QU Hongyan


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Objects

Basic concepts

Generation, functions and movement of qi

Production, distribution and functions ofblood

Relationships among qi, blood, essence

and body fluids


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Essence

In a broad sense,it refers to the basic material to

form and sustain life activities of the human body.

In a narrow sense,it refers to the kidney essence

which is the basic material to promote the growth,

development and reproductive function of the human body.


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Reproductiveessence

General term forinnate essence andacquired essence

Visceral essence


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Generation of essence

Essence

From parents The embryo Innateessence

From food The spleen and stomachAcquiredessence


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Functions of essence

Reproduction

Growth and development

Generating marrow and blood

Nourishing the body


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Metabolism of essence

Innate

essence

Acquired

essence

Essence Visceralessence

reproductionSupporting

life

Moistening

and nourishing

viscera

Transform qi,

blood and

spiritgeneration storing discharging


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Concept of qi

Qiis the vigorous and refined material and themost basic material to form and sustain life

activities of the human body.

concrete material

Functional activities

Qi


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Geneation of qi

innate qi

Qi food essence

clear qi


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Movement of qi

Ascending e.g. spleen qi)

Descending e.g. stomach qi)

Exiting

Entering


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Imbalance ofqi movement

Reversedflow of qi

Qi sinking

Qi prostrationQi blockage

Qistagnation


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Functions of qi

Promot ing

Warm ing

Defend ing Consol idat ing

Qi trans form at ion


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Classification and distribution of qi

Qi of the

whole body

Innate qi

Inherited from

parents generated by

Kidney essence

Originalqi

Acquired qiClear qi

Food essence

Nutritive qi

Defensive qi

Pectoral qi Visceralqi

Meridianqi


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Original qi

Also known as primitive qi it is the

primary force of life activities.

[Generation]

Inherited from parents stored in kidneys

and nourished by acquired essence.

[Functions]

Promote growth and development of the human

body warming and stimulating viscera meridians

and constituents


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Pectoral qi

It is the qi accumulated inside the chest.

[Generation]

It is transformed from the food essence

generated by the spleen and stomach and clear qi

inhaled by the lung.

[Functions]

It governs the heart and lung and governs

respiration and circulating blood and qi.


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Blood

Blood is the red fluid circulating inside vessels with

functions of nourishing and moistening, and also the

basic material to form and sustain life activities.


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Generation of blood

Blood is consist of nutritive qi and body

fluid.

The two sources of blood are food essenceandkidney essence.


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FoodFood

essence

Qi of spleen

and stomach Nutritive

qi

Body

fluid

Kidney

essence Liver

Heart and

vessels

Blood

Clear

qi

Lung qi

Kidney

qi

marrow

Heart

qi


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Circulation of blood

Blood circulate spread the whole body ceaselessly

like an endless ring.

There are two factors to ensure the circulation of

blood.

Integrated andsmooth

vasculature

Viscera especiallyheart, liver, spleen,

lung functionnormally


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Functions of blood

1

Nourishing the whole body

blood deficiency sallow complexion,

dizziness, lusterless skin and hair, numb limbs,emaciation, etc.

2Nourishing the mental activities

blood deficiency palpitation, insomnia,dream-disturbed sleep, fidget and even coma.


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Body fluids

Body fluids are the general terms for all the

normal water inside the human body.

Jin (the clearpart) Ye( the

turbid part)


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Relationship and differences between Jin and Ye

Both generated from food by the spleen and stomach, iner-transformation

Jin Ye

Diluted, highly fluid

In the skin, muscles and orifices

mositening

Dense, lower fluid

Perfusing into viscera, joints

and marrow

Nourishing and lubricating


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Metabolism of body fluids

It refers to the complicated physiological

process including generation, distribution of

body fluids and discharge of left fluid and waste,

which involves coordination of various visceralfunctions( especially spleen, lung and kidney.)


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Generation

FoodSpleen andStomachs

digesting

Small

intestine

Accepting anddigesting foodto separate theclear from the

turbid

Transportingand transforming,

absorb water

Large

intestine

Body

fluid

s


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Distribution

After generation, body fluids distribute insidethe human body through cooperation amongthe spleen, lung, kidneys, liver and tripleenergizer.


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Spleen qisend up the body

fluids to the lung

Lunggoverns dispersing

and descending

Transformation function ofKidney qi

Triple energizer is thepassage and liver

regulates qimovement


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Relationships among essence, qi,

blood and body fluids


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Relationship between essence and qi

Essence generating qiInnate essence and acquired essence combine and distribute

to viscera to nourish qi of viscera and promote generation of qi.

Sufficient qi of

Spleen and stomach

Qi promoting essence generationEssence generation depends on transforming function of viscera.

Normal and active

digestion and

absorption

Food can transform

into essence

Qi consolidating essence


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Relationship between essence and blood

Essence can generate blood and blood generating

essence, so it is said that homogeny of blood and essence.

Blood Essencegenerates

generates


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Relationship between qi and blood

Qi pertains to yang, active, with functions of warming andpromoting

Bloodpertains to yin, still, with functions of nourishing andmoistening

Both originated from the food essencegenerated by

spleen and stomach and essence stored in kidneys

differences

same points

the relationship usually generalized as qi being the

general of blood and blood being the mother of qi


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Affection of qi on blood

Qi transformation is the promotive force for blood generation

Food and

water

Food essence Nutritive qiand body fluids

Blood

Movement and change of qi

Qi generating blood

Qi circulating blood

Qi consolidating blood


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Affection of blood on qi

Blood generating qi

Blood transporting qi

It means that blood can supplement qi of the human body,

blood circulates in the whole body to supplement nutrition to

visceral qi to maintain it in a vigorous state.

It means that qi is inside blood and circulates inside human body

depending on blood. Blood is the vehicle of qi.


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It means that qi transformation can promote generation of body

fluids.

Promoting of qi and

qi transformation

Food essence Body fluids

Spleen and

stomach

Relationship between qi and body fluids

Qi generating body fluids

Qi circulating body fluids

Qi consolidating body fluids


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Relationship between blood and body fluids

Body fluids and blood share the same source.

BloodBody

fluids

Permeatesout vessels

Permeate into

tertiary vessels


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