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The research of the phrases related with physiology of stomach and spleen in the contents of Huang Di Nei Jing(üÜð¨Ò®Ìè) known as the Bible of oriental medicine will make a contribution to a deep understanding of disease of stomach and spleen and a proper clinical diagnosis and treatment of them. In this research of the most appropriate glosses recorded nine kinds of representative medical books including Huang Di Nei Jing Somoon(üÜð¨Ò®ÌèáÈÙý) of Wang Bing(èÝÞ¼) were picked out: The summaries of the selected contents are as follows: 1. The word ¡¯¡¯saliva(æÎ)¡¯¡¯ in ¡¯¡¯the spleen controls saliva(Þ¡êÓæÎ)¡¯¡¯ can be viewed as a generic term referring to oral cavity secretion gland as well as the secretion fluid of salivary gland. 2. The phases ¡¯¡¯a large reservoir(÷¼óÚ)¡¯¡¯, barn organs¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯a reserboir of food stuff¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯a stomach as the market(êÖêÓñýã¼)¡¯¡¯, etc mean the function of stomach to receive food(êÖñ«áôÒ¡). 3. The phase ¡¯¡¯generation of five tastes(çéÚ«õóåê)¡¯¡¯ means both ¡¯¡¯the function of stomach to transform food into chyme(êÖñ«Ý¯âÙ)¡¯¡¯ and ¡¯¡¯the channelling function of spleen.(Þ¡ñ«ê¡ûù)¡¯¡¯ 4. The flowing of the food-Qi(ãÝѨ) into stomach brings about spreading Jung(ïñ) into liver and then percolating Jung(ïñ) flow into channel. The channel-Qi(ØæѨ) flows into lung through channel. As a result, all kinds of channels gather together in lung and Jung(ïñ) is sent into skin and hair. The assembly of Jung(ïñ) with skins and channels moves Qi(Ѩ) into fu-organ and so jung(ïñ) and mental activity(ãêÙ¥) in fu-organ(ݤ) come to be in four organs(ÞÌíô). Then if Qi(Ѩ) comes back to power balance unit(Ïíû¬) being in the state of equilibrium(Ïíû¬ì¤øÁ), the hole of Qi(ѨϢ) comes to determine the matter of life and death through achieving Chun-quan-chi(-õ»-μ-ô©). The above mentioned phrases means the digestion, asorption and transmission of food. When food is taken in stomach, Jung-Qi(ïñѨ) comes to be over flowed upward into spleen, back into lung, finally downward into bladders through water-conduit(â©Ô³) controlled by lung. When water- Jung(â©ïñ) radiates into whole body with channels of five organs(çéíô), both of them fit together with and yin-yang(ëä-åÕ). Therefore, the grasping of the rise and decline of yin-yang(ëäC-åÕ) is necessary to consult patients. The above mentioned phrases is properly viewed to designate the asorption, transmission and excretion of food. 5. Spleen controls flesh(Þ¡ñýùêë¿å¥), the state of spleen is known by human lips, and what this means is that liver plays functions of spread and expansion(ÊÜñ«áÂàÜ). 6. The phrase ¡¯¡¯Jung Jung¡¯¡¯((ñéïñ)) in ¡¯¡¯gallbladder dominates Jung jung(ÓÅñ«ñéïñ)¡¯¡¯, which in one of the specific expression of ¡¯¡¯liver plays functions of spread and expansion(ÊÜñ«áÂàÜ). 7. It is right that the phase ¡¯¡¯The eleven organs in all are determined by gallbladder¡¯¡¯(Ûíä¨,ìéíôö¢Ì½åÚÓÅå¥) is correctly paraphrased as ¡¯¡¯only one of ten organs, spleen, is determined by gallbladder¡¯¡¯.(Ûíä¨,ìéíôö¢Ì½åÚÓÅå¥), 8. The small intestine is an organ. which receives the materials digested and sends them out. This means that the function of transforming materials(ûùÚª) factually refers to that of separating clearity and blur(ù²Ü¬ôèöú). And it is also thought to have the function of ascending clearity and descending blur(ã®ôè˽öú), 9. A large intestine is a transmitting organ(îîÓôñýί) from which a change comes out(ܨûùõóåê). the phrase ¡¯¡¯change¡¯¡¯(ܨûù) in this sentence means both the intake of water and nutrition and the formation procedure of stool through excretion of mucocele.
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