The location and function of the Sanjiao

Lifang, Q; Garvey, M

The location and function of the Sanjiao

Lifang, Q Garvey, M

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Citation:: Journal of Chinese Medicine, 2001, (65), pp. 26 - 32
Issue Date:: 2001-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lifang, Q	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Garvey, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4281-331X	en_US
dc.date.issued	2001-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Chinese Medicine, 2001, (65), pp. 26 - 32	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0143-8042	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/18665
dc.description.abstract	Chinese medical classic describe the location and function of the Sanjiao (the Trple Energiser). Chinese medicine's conception of the Sanjiao is examined in this paper using references in the classical texts. Classical material presents the Sanjiao as the "unique fu": a hollow organ whose unusual structure includes all kinds of cavities and spaces in the body. The tree biggest cavities in the trunk - the chest, abnominal and pelvic cavities - are associated with the upper, middle and lower jiao (the "three burning spaces"). Other spaces in the extremities and muscles are called cou in the Neijing and these are as important as the "three burning spaces" in understanding the Sanjiao's physiology and pathology. Part 1 of this paper expores classical medical sources concerning the Sanjiao's location, shape and structure. Part2 extents this discussion to include the Sanjiao's location, shape in Chinese medical physiology. The cavities and spaces that comprise the structure and location of the Sanjiao form a network of fluid and qi passageways extending in all directions thoughout the body. The cavities and spaces are a point of juncture and passageway for the qi, the body fluids, and their transformations. The Sanjiao's network of spaces therefore provides a site and a thoroughfare, enabling the ascending and descending movement of qi and fluids, and the movement between interior and exterior - the coming in and going out of yin and yang. Chinese medicine's classical sources describe the Sanjiao's locations and functions in detail: they support traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)'s viscera-based concept of the Sanjiao, and explain less well-understood aspects of its nature and physiology.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Chinese Medicine	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	en_US
dc.title	The location and function of the Sanjiao	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	65	en_US
utslib.for	110404 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Treatments	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

Chinese medical classic describe the location and function of the Sanjiao (the Trple Energiser). Chinese medicine's conception of the Sanjiao is examined in this paper using references in the classical texts. Classical material presents the Sanjiao as the "unique fu": a hollow organ whose unusual structure includes all kinds of cavities and spaces in the body. The tree biggest cavities in the trunk - the chest, abnominal and pelvic cavities - are associated with the upper, middle and lower jiao (the "three burning spaces"). Other spaces in the extremities and muscles are called cou in the Neijing and these are as important as the "three burning spaces" in understanding the Sanjiao's physiology and pathology. Part 1 of this paper expores classical medical sources concerning the Sanjiao's location, shape and structure. Part2 extents this discussion to include the Sanjiao's location, shape in Chinese medical physiology. The cavities and spaces that comprise the structure and location of the Sanjiao form a network of fluid and qi passageways extending in all directions thoughout the body. The cavities and spaces are a point of juncture and passageway for the qi, the body fluids, and their transformations. The Sanjiao's network of spaces therefore provides a site and a thoroughfare, enabling the ascending and descending movement of qi and fluids, and the movement between interior and exterior - the coming in and going out of yin and yang. Chinese medicine's classical sources describe the Sanjiao's locations and functions in detail: they support traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)'s viscera-based concept of the Sanjiao, and explain less well-understood aspects of its nature and physiology.

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