More on San Jiao, Yuan Qi, & Fluid Pathology

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" San Jiao, as the organ responsible for the differentiation of yuan qi into

its various functions, and the movement of yuan qi around the body, and

again as the pathway for fluids, is the next to suffer from a lack of Kidney

yang: Zhou Xue-Hai points out (in the essay concluding this chapter) that

Kidney yang (as 'yuan qi') first must pass the Unrinary Bladder, and then

circulate in the San Jiao, ensuring both the movement of fluids and the

warming ability to transform them. If the San Jiao is obstructed, normal

ascent and descent of qi become chaotic, and fluids can flood and produce

edema. As the Zhong Zang Jing ('Treasury Classic') says: 'If San Fiao is

obstructed, nutritive and protective qi become blocked, qi and blood do not

flow properly together, excess and deficiency intermix, water follows the

flow of qi, and thus results in a water disease.' (Fluid Physiology and

Pathology in Traditional , Steven Clavey, p. 125.)

 

The important thing for readers who are new to TCM to remember is that the

San Jiao is another name for the Triple Heater, aka Triple Warmer, aka

Triple Burner. It's an " Organ " which does not exist in form but in

function. It plays a key role in Fluid physiology in the body.

 

Victoria

 

 

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