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Physiological functions of five zang organs and their relations with the orifices

Five zang		Heart	Lung	Spleen	Liver	Kidney
Physiological  functions	Essence					Storing essence
	Qi		Dominating qi and respiration, dispersing defensive qi	Elevating the lucid	Dredging and regulating	Governing reception of qi
	Spirit	Mind
	Blood	Blood and vessels	Connecting with all the vessels	Commanding blood	Storing blood	Governing water
	Body fluid		Regulating water passage	Transporting and transforming water
	Digestion			Transporting and transforming food
Related orifices	Constituents	Pulse	Skin	Muscle	Tendon	Bone
	Sensory organs	Tongue	Nose	Mouth	Eye	Ear, external genitals and anus
	External manifestations	Face	Body hair	Nails	Lips	Hair
	Liquids	Sweating	Snivel	Saliva	Tear	Spittle
	Emotions	Joy	Grief	Contemplation	Anger	Fear
Relationship		Blood--emotions	Dispersion--descent	Transporting and transforming food nutrients --water	Storing--dredging and regulating	Essence—Qi (transformation to each other)
Characteristics		Yang zang organ, Pathogenic factors attaking pericardium first	Delicate zang organ. Preference for moistening, aversion to dryness	The acquired base of life, Preference for dryness, aversion to dampness	Yin in entity and yang in function, Preference for extended, aversion to depression	The prenatal base of life, kidney yin and yang are water and fire of Mingmen

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