How to link the TCM Fundamentals of the 4th Yin Organ - The Liver with The Integumentary System

Hey, I'm back to show you How to link the TCM Fundamentals of the 4th Yin Organ - The Liver with The Integumentary System.  Nevertheless, do you remember (I did mention) about the Yin mortal soul that resides in the Lung and it's then divided into 7 parts, called     

• Happiness
• Anger
• Sadness
• Fear
• Love
• Carnage and
• Evil

Today, we are having a permanent resident in the Liver which is the smaller Yang immortal soul, noted as:

• Awareness
• Feeling and 
• Living, three in one body.  

I'll discuss this when necessary.

OVER HERE, I MUST EMPHASIZE ONE VERY IMPORTANT WORD --(HEPAR) -- A LATIN WORD MEANING LIVER.  This word will make you understand more about the Liver as I explain further in my blog.

TCM FUNDAMENTALS

The original pronunciation of the Yang immortal soul is termed as (Hun) in the TCM perspective.  These 2 words are read as (HUN PO) meaning the whole Soul.

4th Yin Organ - Liver

Permanent Resident:  Yang Immortal Soul (HUN)

Master of:  Ascending Movement (that of a tree)

Clan: Ligament

Grouping to 5 Elements:  Wood

Physiological Functions:  Post later

Orifice:  The Eye

Bodily Association:  Ligament

State of Conditions:  Manifest on the Nail

Emotion Classification:  Anger

Liquidity State:  in the form of Tears

Correlation Match:  Gall Bladder

My Nails on close-up observation 

Permanent Resident:  Yang Immortal Soul (HUN)

Just like the Lung, The Yang Immortal Soul (HUN) resides in the Liver and I'll discuss the Feeling aspect of this (HUN) in clinical studies on Hallucination, Paranoia, Depression and Anxiety resulting from Hypertension and Tense Muscles.

Master of:  Ascending Movement (that of the tree)

The Liver is noted and classified as a bold and firm viscera among the 5 Yin Organs.  In other words, it's very aggressive and rebellious to being pressurised, on the contrary, the Liver loves to reach out and spread out its 'Qi' like a tree.  It's Yin by nature but spread out like a Yang function. So to achieve a good Liver functioning in the body, the Yin Yang Elements must be in equilibrium.

Clan:  Ligament

This is a very interesting point to discuss in some depth.  Let's go back to the Latin word Hepar and here are some words to share:

• Hepatogastric Ligament means Liver to Stomach
• Hepatoduodenal Ligament means Liver to Duodenum
• Hepatorenal Ligament means Liver to Kidney
• Ligamentum Teres Hepatitis means Liver to the remnant of the left umbilical vein of the fetus.

Is it simple enough, I am sure you did nod head to agree so far.

So, the Liver is covered by Ligament biologically and somewhat similar to TCM  Fundamentals in this perspective.  Therefore Clan of the Liver is Ligament since it was used to carry blood as vessel or vein from the placenta to the fetus.  Off course it's not the Tendon which is the controversial issue between the two.  By the way, there is one other word that causes confusion between Tendon and Ligament called sinews.  Please erase the word from your mind as it is not a medical term to be used both in the Western Medical and TCM Fundamentals.

Grouping to 5 Elements:  Wood

The Liver belongs to the Wood element.   Let's leave it as of now and I'll discuss it as when necessary. 

Physiological Functions:

The TCM Liver performs 2 basic functions:

• Reach out and spread out like a dredger
• Store blood(13% the of body's blood supply at any given time)

The TCM Liver regulates the flow of the Qi, Blood and Fluid to optimise the physiological function of the whole body so that:

• There is No stagnation of Qi in its path
• Happy Emotional and Healthy Mental Mood is formed
• Maintain a Good Digestive and Water Metabolic environment with the TCM Spleen
• Achieve a balance in the blood storage between rest and labour so that blood supply is adequate to nourish the muscle and the eye as its orifice.

Orifice:  The Eye

The Liver has its opening at The Eye.  The Eye has a very close relationship with the Liver both biologically as well as in TCM Fundamentals.

TCM Fundamentals:

• The Liver Meridian path starts from the toe travels up the body to connect behind the eyeball as to fuse with the eye system.  

Biologically:

•  As mentioned earlier, the blood supply must be adequate to nourish the Eye so that conditions like 

1. Floater
2. Dry eye
3. Yellow Eye (Jaundice Due to bilirubin)
4. Blurred vision can be avoided

Bodily Association:  The Ligament

The Liver, as mentioned is greatly associated with Ligament.

It is through here the Liver is connected to the vital organs and joints holding them in place.

State of Conditions:  Manifest in the Nail.

The Nail is part of the Integumentary System and is made of the harden keratin similar to the hair.  So the condition of the Liver is shown using the Nail appearance.  It's also a telltale sign on how good is the Liver able to function on the blood flow nourishing the Growth of the Nail.

The usual type of nail conditions are:

• Pale or pink 
• Dry or moist
• Cracked or smooth
• Corrugated like zinc roof sheet or uneven 

Emotion Classification:  Anger

Over here, I just want to illustrate some linkage of all that I had discussed so far, enabling you to realise why TCM Fundamentals is so important. 

The innate emotional foundation is originated within the Liver because it houses the (HUN) Soul called the Feeling.  It is this- (Feeling) that generate the Anger and thus making the Liver in charge of Anger in that sense.  The underlying condition is there must be an abundant supply of blood to control the flow supply to contain this Anger from erupting.  The same applies to the 5 Elements Theory briefly in such a way Wood supplement Fire so that Liver Blood is adequate to assist the Heart to feed the Shen reaching the equilibrium linkage between the Heart and Liver.  Therefore the equilibrium is achieved and the Anger is sustained and the Liver can function to its best.

Simple enough.

Liquidity State:  in form of Tears

The Liver has changed into Tears in its liquidity state.  Under normal circumstances, the secretion of the tear by the lacrimal glands located above each eyeball continuously supply tear fluid that's wiped across the eye surface each time you blink your eyes.  So it only lubricates and never overflows.  (INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM) 

As can be seen in deficiency of the Liver Blood, tears secretion will be greatly reduced resulting in

• Dry eye and 
• A bloodshot eye for example.

Correlation Match:  Gall Bladder

The Liver produces bile which is stored in the Gall Bladder for secreting into the small intestine to break down fat from food for easy absorption into the bloodstream.

Then Liver store blood due to its biological nature.

***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

October 16, 2020 Tags : Adult Health

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