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Qi 氣
Published in Vivienne Lo, Michael Stanley-Baker, Dolly Yang, Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine, 2022
Five agents theory is presented early on in these textbooks as a general theory without reference to the cosmological framing of classical works, and quickly passed over in favour of discussion of the organs (zangfu 臟腑). These are treated as material objects and processes, ‘materialist entities within a body-enveloped-by-skin’ (Hsu 2007: 98). Discussion of ‘Organ qi’ in Chen is subsumed under the section of general pathologies, and not treated as a distinct category of qi, whereas Kaptchuk and Maciocia emphasises zangfu qi as spatially local to, and characteristic of, the zangfu organs. This may well be due to the fact that it is more intuitive in Chinese than in English to assume that qi takes on the qualities of the time and space in which it is located, and the categorical boundaries between some qi are porous to the fluidity of qi itself.
Naturopathy
Published in Anil K. Sharma, Raj K. Keservani, Surya Prakash Gautam, Herbal Product Development, 2020
Bhushan R. Rane, Sandip A. Tadavi, Raj K. Keserwani
Conventional Chinese medicine regards the constitution as a whole that includes many “frameworks of capacity” for the most part named after anatomical organs anyway in a roundabout way identified with them. The Chinese expression for this framework is Zang Fu (i.e., organs of the body are partitioned into sets comprising of one organ with a Yin nature and one with Yang nature, so as to have separate frameworks to perform various tasks from physical organs; Zang Fu are promoted in English, in this manner Lung, Heart, Kidney, and so on.)
Drug Products with Multiple Components—Development of TCM
Published in Shein-Chung Chow, Innovative Statistics in Regulatory Science, 2019
Five Zang (or Yin organs) includes heart (including the pericardium), lung, spleen, liver, and kidney, while six Fu (or Yang organs) includes gall bladder, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, urinary bladder, and three cavities (i.e., chest, epiastrium, and hypogastrium). Zang organs can manufacture and store fundamental substances. These substances are then transformed and transported by Fu organs. TCM treatments involve a thorough understanding of the clinical manifestations of Zang-Fu organ imbalance and knowledge of appropriate acupuncture points and herbal therapy to rebalance the organs. The channels and collaterals are the representation of the organs of the body. They are responsible for conducting the flow of energy and blood through the entire body.
Acupuncture combined with moxibustion promote the recovery of spinal cord injury in correlation with Shh/Gli-1 signaling pathway
Published in The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2022
Li-Li-Qiang Ding, Song-Feng Hu, Xing-Wei He, Peng Zhang, Fen-Fen Zhao, Ting-Ping Liu, Qin Zhang, Fan He, Ying Yu, Peng Xiong, Chang-Kang Wang
Acupuncture and moxibustion have been widely used in clinical practice as an alternative complementary medicine. According to the traditional Chinese medicine theory of Zang-fu organs and meridians, the pathological change of SCI could be explained by “Governor Vessel” injury.12 “Governor Vessel” is a circulation meridian in the back that position is coincides with spinal cord. Therefore we chose the acupoints located in “Governor Vessel” such as Dazhui (GV14) and Jiaji points (T7-T12) and Yaoyangguan (GV3) to promote the recovery of meridian function. Zusanli (ST36) and Ciliao (BL32) could promote the blood circulation and muscle function recovery. Acupuncture is the use of needle stab into skin to stimulate the acupoints, while moxibustion is the use of infrared light and heat generated by combustion of folium artemisiae argyi to stimulate the acupoints. Acupuncture and moxibustion can enhance the stimulation effect of each other. Generally, acupuncture and moxibustion are used together in clinic to obtain better curative effect.
Acupuncture for menopausal symptoms in Chinese women: a systematic review
Published in Climacteric, 2021
Y. Qin, X. Ruan, R. Ju, J. Pang, G. Zhao, X. Hu
TCM classifies climacteric syndrome into ‘Zang-dryness’, ‘lily disease’, ‘perimenopausal and postmenopausal diseases’, and other diseases. Chapter one of Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen says: ‘the Ren and Chong meridians are completely empty at forty-nine years, and the Tiangui has dried up. Hence, the flow of the menses ceases and the woman is no longer able to conceive’. The function of ‘heart and kidney-Chong and Ren meridians-Tiangui axis’ is similar to the ‘hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary axis’ in modern medicine, and the rise and fall of Tiangui is closely related to Chong and Ren meridians44. In the Ming Dynasty, it was discussed in Jingyue Quanshu that the rise and fall of Qi and Blood in the two meridians of Chong and Ren originated from the transport function of the spleen and stomach, the regulating function of Qi and Blood in the heart and spleen. Therefore, according to the theory of syndrome differentiation of Zang-fu organs in TCM, the syndrome differentiation of climacteric syndromes is mainly based on kidney deficiency, which is closely related to the liver, spleen, and heart45. In the treatment, the commonly selected acupoints are Sanyinjiao (SP6), Shenshu (BL23), Shenmen (HT7), Taichong (LR3), Taixi (KI3), Guanyuan (CV4), Baihui (GV20), Pishu (BL20), Ganshu (BL18), Neiguan (PC6), Zusanli (ST36), etc. (Table 1). The main meridians are mainly concentrated in Pangguangjing (bladder meridian), Renmai, Dumai, and Pijing (spleen meridian)46. Xuemin Shi, a famous acupuncturist in China, whose team has made a series of research studies using the acupuncture method to regulate the nerves and benefits of the kidney47, chose Fengfu (GV16), Baihui (GV20), Qihai (CV6), and Shenshu (BL23) as the main acupoints, which can play a positive role in regulating the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis48; the clinical effective rate was 97.14%49. The acupoints recommended by the World Health Organization in the western Pacific region are Zusanli (ST36), Hegu (LI4), Taixi (KI3), and Taichong (LR3), which are consistent with the TCM theory.