MUNGKALA

Terms which often heard in TCM

Functional systems:

• Kidneys
• Spleen
• Heart
• Lung
• Liver
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• Essential  substances:

• Qi or Chi
• Blood
• Water
• Essence

Yin Yang

Meridian or channel

Acupuncture

Moxibustion

Why we said the terms of Lung Heart Spleen Liver and Kidneys in Chinese Medicine are functional System.

Because these terms are not only one anatomical organ but they are include many physiological systems in the body.  Such as TCM Kidneys are not only responsible for urinary system but they relate to the brain and nerve, endocrine system, skeletal system, hematological system etc. 

The most important is that these functional systems are not separate from each other but they work together so when one system cannot normally work it would be effect to other one or various systems.

 The Term of Internal organs in TCM is the fundamental functional system of the body

Lungs Heart Spleen Liver and Kidneys are classified into the term of internal organs. In fact the term of internal organs in TCM is the fundamental functional system of the body. It represents a landscape of functional relationships which provide total integration of bodily functions, emotions, mental activities, tissues, sense organs and environmental influences.