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How to link the 6th Yang Organ-The San Jiao to the Yin Organs

 

Hey, I am back to the pageant of How to link the 6th Yang Organ-The San Jiao to the Yin Organs.  As I mentioned in the previous blogs, the best correlated Yin organ match for the imaginary organ, San Jiao, is the Pericardium  However, 

  • what is San Jiao means and very importantly 
  • how does San Jiao come into being
  • where and
  • when

does the San Jiao commence or be generated?  These answers would provide you with a better understanding of what is San Jiao all about.



A picture to show the acupuncture point of the San Jiao

TCM FUNDAMENTALS

1) Clear Passage for Smooth Sailing of the Yang Qi

The San Jiao is the ambassador of the Yuan or Yang Qi which is the clear energy as a result of digestion from Yang Ming and Tai Yin. This Yuan Qi will have to pass through the 6 Yin organs and the 5 Yang Organs to complete the physiological function in these organs in its voyage. 
Due to this long voyage, this Yuan Qi is renamed as:
  • Zong Qi, in the upper voyage 
  • Zhong Qi, in the mid-voyage
  • Yuan Qi, in the lower voyage
So it means this ambassador, the San Jiao, enable the free flow of this innate Yuan Qi in the 11 Yin Yang Organs including the chest and abdominal cavities resembling the tubular characteristics.  Finally, it forms the 6th Yang organ which is the largest among the rest.

2) Dredge and Unblock the Water Path

I quote from the  Emperor's Interior Sutra:

The San Jiao is {the officer in charge of opening the water dam to irrigate the water path and ensure the smooth passage of the water flow}  Unquote.

The San Jiao regulates the in vivo water metabolism from the upper stream to the gasification from the mid and lower stream.  It makes use of all functions of the related organs to ensure no excessive water absorption or abnormal water retention in the tissueIt doesn't store and passes on the function to the next organ.

The San Jiao, the largest Yang organ is divided into 3 portions, namely: 

Upper portion comprising Yin and Yang organs from the diaphragm upwards to the facial organs: 

  • Heart  
  • Lung

Mid portion starts from the diaphragm to the tummy button comprising of:

  • Spleen
  • Stomach and 
  • Gall Bladder

Lower portion starts from the tummy button to the 2 lower orifices; the Urethra end and Anus, comprising Yin Yang organs such as:

  • Liver  (categorised here because of a closed relationship with the kidneys in the TCM perspective)
  • Kidneys 
  • Small intestine 
  • Large Intestine
  • Bladder 
  • Reproductive organs

3) Transportation of Nutrients

The San Jiao transports the clear nutrients from 
  • the upper portion to assist in the nourishment of the various vital functions of the human body such as the integumentary system
  • Aids in administrating the digestion process and excretion of the turbidity in the mid and lower portion.


The San Jiao complies strictly to the:

  • tubular configuration and 
  • TCM Fundamentals
Therefore the San Jiao is the 6th largest Yang Organ and back up the Pericardium exterior-interiorly.








Best of all,



Xiong

***Reference:

Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)
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How to link the 5th Yang Organ-The Bladder to the Yin Organs

Hey, I am back to the pageant of How to link the 5th Yang Organ-The Bladder to the Yin Organs. Today I'm going straight into the TCM perspective of the bladder because of the following reasons:

  • Backing up closely exterior-interiorly
  • Transfer and never store
  • Congested but not filled thoroughly
with the TCM kidneys.  The Bladder is also a Yang Organ with tubular characteristics.  The TCM Kidneys and Bladder are correlated biologically as the Kidneys are linked with the urinary bladder by the 2 ureters (Muscular tubes) forming the urinary system.
As such, the urinary bladder is a muscular sac, situated in front of the large intestine right in the pelvis with a direct opening to the urethra controlled by 2 sphincters to excrete the turbid urine out of the body.  There is a little difference between the male bladder to that of the female one.  There are 2 urethral sphincters in the male bladder, one called the: 
  • Internal Urethral Sphincter
and other : 
  • External Urethral Sphincter
Let's talk a little on the External Urethral Sphincter because it's this sphincter that you and your central nervous system can relax it and let the urine goes out of the body.  Or likewise, you just say "Hey, hold it until I'm convenient to pass out the urine at my convenient place and time."
However, there is only one external sphincter in the female bladder because they don't need the other internal sphincter biologically.  We will discuss further on this sphincters as when necessary.

The Bladder Anatomy

Biological Function


1) In the TCM perspective, the water metabolisation can only effectively lubricate the entire system after complete utilisation by the 3 Yin organs :
  • TCM LUNG
  • TCM SPLEEN
  • TCM KIDNEYS
to raise the CLEAR nutrients and finally return to the TCM Kidneys.
Next, this remaining fluid would further gasify by the TCM Kidney's Qi for water re-absorption into the body and the turbid fluid would then flow downward via the ureters to the Bladder as urine.
So this is a very important point in proving the 4 necessary vital materials of the human body constitution to achieve Yin Yang equilibrium in that sense, namely:
  • Blood
  • Fluid
  • Qi 
  • Essence
in the TCM perspective.
So this is the direct and inverse proportion relationship between the urine quantity as well as quality with the body fluid.  
  • When the body fluid is insufficient, then urine quantity is proportionally lesser.  
  • On the contrary, when urine quantity is more, then it would lose the body fluid equilibrium pathologically.
2) After the water re-absorption in the Kidneys, the turbid urine would be lower via the ureters to be stored in the bladder till the normal capacity.  Then the 2 sphincters would open to allow urine to flow out through the urethra.  All these are achieved as a result of the proper gasification by the TCM Kidneys Qi
I quote from the Emperor's Interior Sutra:
{Whenever the TCM Bladder is blocked, it leads to acute urinary retention. On the contrary, when it becomes uncontrollable, it will lead to incontinence} Unquote. 

Therefore the condition of the TCM Bladder is closely associated with TCM Kidneys as they back up each other exterior-interiorly.  And very often,  by strengthening the TCM Kidneys would solve many urinary related problems with the Bladder.





Best of all,





Xiong



***Reference:

Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)




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How to link the 4th Yang Organ-The Gall Bladder to the Yin Organs

Hey, I am back to the pageant of How to link the 4th Yang Organ-The Gall Bladder to the Yin Organs.  Just before I bring up the TCM Fundamentals on the subject, the TCM Gall Bladder has 
Identical Characteristics 
to of the testicles.

The Gall Bladder

The liver constantly produces bile besides the other 500 plus functions passes:

  • the bile compound consisting of the conjugated Bilirubin via the bile ducts into the Gall Bladder to be stored and secreted into the Duodenum to emulsify the fats

The whole picture looks like a tree and so-called biliary tract or biliary tree So here is the important point, the peptide hormone called the Cholecystokinin from the Duodenum stimulate the veins and muscles surrounding the Gall Bladder to contract and squeeze to:

  • create peristaltic waves that push out the higher concentrations of bile into the Duodenum.  
This hormone, Cholecystokinin is better known as CCK in short.

The Testicles

Similarly, the Testicles also called the testes are the male sex glands. They have pocketed in the pouch of skin called the Scrotum behind the penis.  

  • So they produce and store the sperm

Next, there is a tiny muscular tube that carries sperm to the ejaculatory duct called Vas Deferens.  So during sexual stimulation, friction on the glans penis send signals to the central nervous system that result in ejaculation. 

  • Interestingly, the walls of the epididymis contract to create similar peristaltic waves that send the sperms into the Vas Deferens,

then pass through the prostate gland and these sperms mixed up well in the milky semen produced.  The surrounding nerves also stimulate the seminal vesicles and prostate gland which forces the semen into the urethra to be propelled out of the penis in just a few seconds.

As regards to the peristaltic movement, you need to see how a little white worm move by humpback the back portion and shoot forward swiftly.  That's mapped in the same way as food bolus passed down the oesophagus as well as the ejaculation of the bile and sperm.


TCM FUNDAMENTALS 


Gall Bladder and biliary tree


The TCM Gall Bladder is positioned as the leader or chief among the 6 Yang Organs. It is dedicated as a Yang Organs because the Gall Bladder has with the characteristics of the tubular structure, note as:
  • Transfer and never store
  • Congested but not filled thoroughly
The prime difference here is the Gall Bladder participated in the digestion process by emulsifying the fats through bile secretion at the duodenum.  
  • Hence it is a Yang Organ as well as an extraordinary organ similar to the testicles.  
  • It's linked to the best correlated Yin Organ, the Liver, backing up each other exterior-interiorly.  
Also, take note that by now, you should have a better interpretation of the Yin Yang Classification.  So the Liver possesses the wood characteristics and termed 
  • Yin Wood, 
therefore the Gall Bladder naturally becomes the 
  • Yang Wood.  
As mentioned earlier, the Gall Bladder is the leader of the 6 Yang Organ, is in charge of 
  • Decision making and
  • Regulates inter-organ Qi.

Physiological Function


Since the TCM Gall Bladder backup the TCM Liver 

(1)exterior-interiorly

the proper secretion of the concentrated bile is closely associated with the Liver's secretion of diluted bile via the common hepatic and common bile duct into the duodenum.  In the case of Gall Bladder Stone 

(2)obstructing 

the concentrated bile to be secreted, the diluted bile still flow out from the Liver to emulsify the fats in the duodenum to a lesser degree causing 

(3)obvious indigestion.

However, if the Gallstone is causing prolong blockage of the Gall bile excretion, the concentrated bilirubin would cause a higher concentration in the Gall Bladder creating 
  • acute jaundice and 
  • yellowing of the eye white which need immediate medical attention.
  • Anorexia
  • Bloating
  • Diarrhoea 
A common procedure called the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is used to open up the bottleneck of the Gall Bladder at the junction with the cystic duct just to release the Gallstone into the Duodenum to be dissolved.
In this way, the Gall Bladder will be able to secrete sufficient bile to emulsify the fats so that the smooth sailing of the transfer channel can return to its course.
In the TCM perspective, the causes of the above aforesaid paragraph would be the:
  • Damp-heat(heat generated with accumulated wetness)Accumulation within the Liver and Gall Bladder.
  • Descending Smooth Sailing for the Gall Bladder Qi is essential, 
likewise, if the Gall Bladder Qi ascends, then the usual consequences would be 
  • bitter taste at the mouth  
  • vomiting greenish-yellow liquid 
which is the effect of gall bile reflux upwards.

In charge of decision making and regulates inter-organ Qi

The TCM Gall Bladder is the leader among the 6 Yang Organs and is in charge of every decisive action to be carried out in the body especially in regulating the flow of blood and Qi around the body.  In this way that TCM Gall Bladder is also linked with all the Yin Organs as to regulate blood and Qi in all the Yin Organs as one complete entity in that sense.

I quote from the Emperor's Interior Sutra:

{Whatever the 11 Yin Yang Organs are concerned, all their functions have to be decided by the Gall Bladder} unquote.

So, when the Gall Bladder is unable to function in its normal course in the case of Gall Stone, the most likely consequences would be:

  • Insomnia
  • Anxiety
  • Emotional

In another word, the human body would not able to decide on the correct action and get very messed up in that sense if the Gall Bladder is not functioning properly.  The TCM Liver is:

  •  a bold and firm viscus equipped with all the 'plans and strategies 

will back up the Gall Bladder who will decide on what actions to be taken.  Together they pay due respect to the:

  •  The heart is the chief of the Yin Organs,
regardless of whether blood is still necessary to be made in the digestion as a result of Yin Liver backing up the Gall Bladder in the process. Yin Yang Pair in equilibrium. (Yin Wood and Yang Wood)

Emotional Classification: Fond of Tranquility

Last and not least, I would like to inject you with some TCM ideology to make this topic more lively.

Why is our ancient physician so intelligent that the quotation above using Gall Bladder as a decisionmaker and not the TCM Liver.  The reason is as follows:

  • Yang as part of Yin base
  • however, Yin is governed by Yang
  • Yang leads Yin follows.
  • TCM Gall Bladder as Yang Wood
  • And TCM Liver as Yin Wood
  • Therefore TCM Gall Bladder leads
  • And TCM Liver follows


Best of all, 




Xiong


***Reference:

Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)





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How to link the 3rd Yang Organ-The Stomach to the Yin Organs


Hey, I'm back to the pageant of How to link the 3rd Yang Organ-The Stomach to the Yin Organs.  By and large, the very first idea to strike the mind when talking about the Stomach is:

by the secreted acid (HCL) and digestive enzymes.  And this is what the TCM Fundamentals always stress on using these denaturing and cooking abilities to complete the primary digestion process.  However, the original text is only using two words to represent all the explanation in the aforesaid paragraph. 


TCM FUNDAMENTALS


So, this is it and formed the basic Fundamental:

And upon fulfilling these criteria, the new energy is formed and called Stomach Qi.

Am I going too fast?

I shall continue what is going on at the digestion process, the denaturing and cooking up would convert the digested food into a semi-liquid compound called Chyme.  In the TCM perspective, there is a certain amount of absorption of the clear nutrients at this stage *.

  • The TCM Stomach will absorb the clear nutrients and make use of the TCM Spleen to raise the CLEAR to feed all parts of the body.
  • So this is also the way how the TCM Stomach links up with The TCM Yin Spleen as they backup each other exterior-interiorly.
So, whatever that is not absorbed will be transferred into the Small Intestine for further digestion and absorption.  Please read my last blog on Small Intestine for your revision.
As I have mentioned, I am concerned more about the TCM aspects and if you do have any question about the biological aspects of the stomach please feel free to comment at the Contact Us below.
At this point, it is necessary to highlight the 4 basic methods of TCM diagnosis:
So that learning TCM would be easier to adapt and progress as time goes by.  The Stomach Qi is not only of prime importance about the 5 Yin Organs in the TCM perspective. 
As part of the principles, the TCM Stomach Qi is directly related to the supply of nutrient resources for the whole system by playing its part in complying with the Fundamentals. Therefore it's always a good practice to sustain and strengthen this Stomach Qi during treatment in clinical practice. The vitality of the Stomach Qi is reflected in the pulse palpation and tongue coating observation
During Pulse palpation, the Stomach Qi should be:
During Observation, the Tongue coating should be:
And the Overall facial appearance is bright and lively.
The conclusion is Stomach Qi is strong and vibrant used as a guide for prognosis on treatment and prescription orientation.




My topic today is How to link the 3rd Yang Organ-The Stomach to the Yin Organs.  This is how:
Biological Characteristics
 
The TCM Stomach has the properties:
There's a school of thought (Qi Transportation Theory)stated that there are 6 types of Qi, namely:
  • Wind
  • Cold
  • Heat
  • Fire
  • Wetness
  • Dryness
The 6 Qi theory domineers over how illness can transfer from one stage to another.  This will be discussed when I move into 6 Qi analytical studies in pathology.
Concurrently they are reclassified into 2 main groups,
  • 3 Yin and 
  • 3 Yang
With the
  • wind as superior domineering over (Ju Yin)
  • Heat as superior domineering over (Shao Yin)
  • Wetness as superior domineering over(Tai Yin)
  • Fire as superior domineering over (Shao Yang)
  • Dryness as superior domineering over (Yang Ming)
  • Cold as superior domineering over ( Tai Yang
Forming 6 meridian groups
And from here as described in the Emperor's Interior Sutra ***, Heat section, these 6 meridian groups are then rearranged according to the way how the sickness was detected and transfer to the next stage due to subject (Heat) element.  Therefore these 6 meridian groups are arranged as follow:
  • Tai Yang
  • Yang Ming
  • Shao Yang
  • Tai Yin
  • Shao Yin
  • Ju Yin
The initial transfer will be from Tai Yang to Yang Ming then to Shao Yang and so on, that is stage by stage.
It is getting more interesting because these 6 meridian groups are further divided into 2 branches each forming the arm and limb pairs of the same meridian group.  I will list them out so that interpretation is clearer, as follow:
  • Tai Yang (arm) small intestine
  • Tai Yang(limb) bladder
  • Yang Ming(arm) large intestine
  • Yang Ming(limb) stomach
  • Shao Yang (arm) San jiao
  • Shao Yang (limb) gall bladder
  • Tai Yin(arm) lung
  • Tai Yin(limb) spleen
  • Shao Yin(arm) heart  
  • Shao Yin(limb) kidney
  • Ju Yin(arm) pericardium
  • Ju Yin(limb) liver
Next, as you can see from here, the 12 Meridian Channels are formed, each having their respective acupuncture points and linking to back up each other exterior-interiorly. They are also connected forming the 12 meridian paths throughout the human body.
To summarise, the TCM Stomach and Large Intestine(both are sharing the same central Earth and belong to Yang Ming meridian group as well) received the innate dryness when fire 'heat' up the water causing the effect in the central Earth. However, this dryness requires the water to moist this phenomena as a normal course.  As explained earlier, besides the necessary Stomach Yang's  'steam'  reaction, a large amount of mucous secretion and HCL is needed to denature and further cook the digested food and turn it into a semi-liquid substance called chyme.
Therefore, the greater the liquidity, the better is the digestion and the result is a better transfer and smooth sailing to the next stage, that is emptying the stomach and fill up the small intestine as complying with the tubular TCM Fundamentals.
Am I going too fast?
I quote the write up from the Emperor's Interior Sutra:
{The Earth from Yang Ming is dry,  need the moist Yin to calm this turbulence.} Unquote.
Therefore the TCM Stomach being the Yang property of (heat up) Earth, possessing the effects of heat and dryness which would hurt the TCM Stomach Yin eventually.
So the best and nearest Yin will be the Tai Yin which would moist the dryness to form what is known as Zhong Qi.
This is Yin Yang in Equilibrium.  The clear nutrients will be raised and rise to feed all parts of the body by means the TCM Spleen meridian path and lower the turbidity via transfer channels through the urinary tract and the large intestine.
At the same time, the TCM Spleen and Stomach (both located in the central Earth) form the perfect Yin Yang match backing up each other exterior-interiorly.
Finally, the descent of Stomach Qi as required is dependent heavily on how effective can the Stomach Yin nourished the TCM Stomach Qi in return.  Hence, when in treating acute illness, it is rather important not to overdose the strength of the TCM decoction to prevent diminishing the TCM Stomach Yin.
I like to present(to you), this perfect opposite physiological characteristics of the twin organs to ensure smooth sailing of the TCM Stomach and raise CLEAR and lower turbidity of the TCM Spleen to achieve complete effective digestion.
  • Fond of lubrication but repel dryness of the TCM Stomach
  • Fond of dryness but repel wetness of the TCM Spleen








***Reference:

Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)



Best of all,  








Xiong


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How to link the 2nd Yang Organ - the Large Intestine with the Yin Organs

Hey, today I'm going to write on the TCM Large Intestine, pretty much similar to the Small Intestine in term of the structure.  And I'll show you How to link the 2nd Yang Organ - the Large Intestine with the Yin Organs which is more interesting.  The TCM Large Intestine is the best-correlated match to the TCM Lung.  As I've mentioned previously, all 6 Yang Organs comply strictly to the:

Under normal condition.  The unwanted residue being transferred over to the Large Intestine is no longer called digested food because all the CLEAR nutrient has been absorbed by the Small Intestine in feeding all parts of the body.  Moreover, the smooth sailing of the transfer characteristics at the large intestine is greatly dependent on :

  1. the clear passage and smooth sailing from the stomach and 
  2. closely associated with TCM spleen transportation
  3. TCM Lung's Qi descending movement and
  4. sealed storage characteristics of the TCM Kidney


TCM FUNDAMENTALS


So, what are the physiological functions of the Large Intestine? On the whole, they are 3 of them, namely:

Therefore, I'll start from the transfer of the unwanted residue from the ileum through the ileocecal valve into the cecum.  I have to inject some knowledge into the explanation to make the subject more lively and vivid.


A diagram to illustrate the position of the large intestine 

Water Reabsorption


Hence, the Cecum which is a small portion like a 'sac' or pouch, of the ascending colon.  So over here thick mucous membranes are secreting a large amount of mucus to mix up with solid residue transfer over from the Small Intestine.  It acts more like lubricating the solid waste and pushes upward the ascending colon in the effect of churning 'milk cream to make butter'.  So this churning extracts salts and electrolytes such as sodium and potassium to be absorbed back into the body.  There is only one way upward slowly through the ascending colon and no reflux is allowed because of the ILEOCECAL valve.  In another word,  the churned cream cannot reflow into the Small Intestine due to one-way traffic from the ileocecal valve.
The large intestine can more or less regulate the water metabolism of the whole body by reabsorbing the water into the system.  So when the large intestine is weak and cold in the TCM perspective, there will be a lack of power to drive the absorption resulting in more water retention in the faeces which upset the normal function of the large intestine.   And this would result in a change:
  1. in the quality and 
  2. quantity of the faeces and also 
  3. the number of time of defecation in one day. 
This means that water will have to flow in its water path in the TCM perspective.
So now water didn't flow in its waterway in that sense causing the faeces to be too wet.   On the contrary, 
when there is over absorption, constipation can take place.  So there are many TCM Physicians practise fortifying the Stomach Qi deficiency in the effort to treat the irregular dry or loose stool using herbs, acupuncture and moxibustion.   I would say if the procedure is in order then it really can regulate the water reabsorption in the large intestine.

Defecation


The completed action of Defecation is brought about by the waves of intestinal muscular contraction in the wall of the colon.   So there is also the compaction of the loose 'stuff' carried out through the Large Intestine into solid faeces, especially in ascending and transverse colon.  The pushing force which is mass muscular contraction would push the faeces towards the rectum one to three times per day causing the urge to release them through the Anus.
Over here I have a few TCM terminologies to explain about defecation so that it would be easier to understand in clinical studies in my later blogs.  They are namely: 
For example, if there is a Qi Stagnation coupled with damp-heat from the stomach, then the likely consequences would a bad abdominal pain and diarrhoea with frequent urge but an unfinished feeling.

Production of Vitamin K


Our body starts to produce Vitamin K from the intestinal bacteria once external food begins to ingest through the mouth.  These intestinal bacteria are largely found on the wall of the colon called microflora.  This is a rather important product of the Large Intestine because Vitamin K plays a key role in: 
Hence, newborn babies are given Vitamin K inoculation in the first 3 days to prevent accidental haemorrhage.  This is because the neonates don't possess any bacteria in their large intestine and Vitamin K is not transferred from the mother's placenta.

The Appendix

Last and not least, the Appendix is the small portion of the Large Intestine which looks like a little 'worm' believed to be just a useless remnant from our evolutionary past.  However, modern science has proved it to be a re-depository store for good bacteria and restore the good bacteria into the digestive system especially during recovery from a major illness.  It is situated at the junction between the large and small intestine right at the bottom of the cecum.



***Reference:

Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)





Best of all 




Xiong
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How to link the 1st Yang Organ - The Small Intestine with the TCM Yin Organ

Hey,  how is everything going on?  As mentioned earlier, the correlated match for The Heart is The TCM Small Intestine.  I'm back to show you How to link the 1st Yang Organ - The Small Intestine with the TCM Yin Organ.  However, there are some new

TCM FUNDAMENTALS

to be listed out now so that interpretation and comprehension would be so much easier.  The 6 Yang Organs will take charge of: 

  1. Digestion
  2. Transformation
  3. Absorption of CLEAR nourishment and 
  4. Excretion of the faeces
As a result, they formed the Transfer tubular channel for the nutrient strictly complying to these 2 rules as: 
For example, although it may be congested in the stomach after the mealtime, the small intestine is empty waiting for the transfer from the stomach.  In other words, they only transfer and do not store as their prime physiological purposes.  At the same time, they(as the tubular vessels) maintain this channel passage free and clear to achieve the effect of usability and lower the turbidity as smooth sailing in the TCM pathological perspective. 
On the contrary, the 5 Yin Organs would comply to as:
One good example is the pulse when the heart pumps the blood through the arteries and capillaries, the vessels are filled without spillover yet not congested under normal condition in that sense. They are stored and the pulse is felt.
Now, how does the Pericardium comes into the limelight to act as the 6th Yin Organ to backup the triple burner(San Jiao)?  The answer lies in the Pericardium Meridian path linking up with San Jiao Meridian path right at the Pericardium.  They backup each other exterior-interiorly as well as to form the Yin Yang pair, using the Heart as the dominating centre to regulate the whole body as one complete entity.
Ok, I've only listed out the outlines on the 12 Yin Yang organs so that the illustration would be easier.

  • Yin -------------------- Yang
  • Heart------------------Small Intestine
  • Lung-------------------Big Intestine
  • Spleen----------------Stomach
  • Liver-------------------Gall Bladder
  • Kidney----------------Bladder
  • Pericardium-------Triple Burner(San Jiao)
And that's not all because the human body cannot complete the lifecycle and its structure with only 12 Yin Yang organs.  
It is necessary to include: 
Ok, it is important to start with a new paragraph to separate the 12 Yin Yang organs from these remaining organs.  Am I going too fast?
So how are you going to remember the brain, bones, bone marrow, pulse, gall bladder and uterus?  First of all, they are neither Yin nor Yang in nature except the Gall Bladder.
Although the Gall Bladder takes part in the digestion process it does not store and only transfers the digested food.  Therefore the Gall Bladder which is a Yang Organ, due to its resemblance to the testicle physiological function, is uniquely classified into a special grouping called the extraordinary organs. Why is it called extraordinary organs and not something else?  The reason is very simple, it is for easy memorising.  The actual classification for Yang Organs is the nature of the tubular vessel, however, it is so much easier to remember Yin, Yang and Extraordinary organs than other names.  Only terminology and nothing else.
I just leave it as of now and would discuss the reasons and so on why ordinary and yet extra in 3 blogs later.
Therefore the Extraordinary organ is the special tubular vessel conforming to tubular characteristic except that it is special in that sense.

The Small Intestine


You may wonder what is Hepatoduodenal Ligament when I first introduce this in the Liver's clan.  This is the ligament linking the Liver to the Duodenum which is the first segment of the Small Intestine from the Pylorus of the Stomach. 


A diagram showing the position of the Duodenum


The reason why the Small intestine and Heart are correlated match is that the link-up of these 2 pertaining meridian paths to function as the 

This is applied across all the other organs and why they are best-correlated match using the same TCM principle by the specific meridian path link up.  They back up each other in the TCM perspective in that sense.  


Physiological Functions:

1) serve as Collection Centre and further Digestion 

The TCM Small Intestine collect and further digests especially at the duodenum, where the bile and pancreatic secretion are injected into the digested food from the stomach.  Over here, I'm only concerned about the TCM aspects of the absorption process.  So after a specific time allowed for the further digestion,  the TCM small intestine would tie-up with Spleen Qi to converts the digested food into useful nourishment for

  •  the uprise of 'clear' material and 
  •  lower the 'turbid' faeces into the big intestine.

So in terms of pathological studies, once the transformation stops which means gasification of Qi is affected, and the most probable consequence will be abdominal pain as a result of Qi stagnation occurrence in the process.

Since gasification had stopped, further absorption in the small intestine will be baffled and would lead to a bloated effect or even prolonged daily watery stool or short term diarrhoea.

2) raise Clear and excrete Turbidity

It is very important that the TCM Small Intestine can carry out the physiological function of:

Here is where the Emperor's Interior Sutra stipulated: (To irrigate all surrounding areas from the central Earth) unquoted.  This means the small intestines will absorb and distribute the clear nourishment via the effective path of the Spleen Qi to all parts of the body.  
The remaining balances consisting of (faeces and some portion of the fluid) will be transferred to the Large Intestine via the ILEOCECAL valve for water re-absorption and excretion through the Anus.











***Reference:

Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)





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