Zang-fu
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The zangfu () are functional relationships stipulated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This concept did not primarily develop out of anatomical biological considerations, but from cosmological patterns and influences.
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It is catalogued under the topic Traditional Chinese medicine.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Subclass of
- organ
- Field of work
- traditional Chinese medicine
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- described by source
- Gujin Tushu Jicheng
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- Anatomical organ association
- Yin/yang and the Five Elements
- Details
- ''Zang organs''
- Heart
- Pericardium
- Spleen
- Liver
- Lung
- Kidney
- ''Fu organs''
- Small Intestine
- Triple Burner (San Jiao)
- Stomach
- Gall Bladder
- Large Intestine
- Bladder
- Criticism
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
The zangfu () are functional relationships stipulated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This concept did not primarily develop out of anatomical biological considerations, but from cosmological patterns and influences.
Each zang is paired with a fu, and each pair is assigned to one of the Wuxing (Five Elements). The zangfu are also connected to the twelve standard meridians – each zang organ is attached to a yin meridian, and each fu organ, to a yang meridian. They are five systems of Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Kidney.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zang-fu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.