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 tissue. It 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
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( 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)