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The Liver function is regarded to be strongest between 1–3 am. Its blood is responsible for the repetitive cycles of human life, for example menstruation. The Huang Di Nei Jing describes the Liver as "the general of an army". It secretes bile, which is stored in the Gallbladder. A properly functioning Liver organ will ensure that the tendons ...
Muscle spasms, numbness, tremors, eye diseases, hypertension, allergies, arthritis, and multiple sclerosis are also a result of Liver imbalances. The Liver Meridian begins on the big toe, runs along the inner leg through the genitals and ends on the chest. (2) The Gallbladder, a wood controlled Yang organ, governs decisiveness and judgement.
Yin and yang characterization also extends to the various body functions, and – more importantly – to disease symptoms (e.g., cold and heat sensations are assumed to be yin and yang symptoms, respectively). [76] Thus, yin and yang of the body are seen as phenomena whose lack (or over-abundance) comes with characteristic symptom combinations:
The zangfu are also connected to the twelve standard meridians – each yang meridian is attached to a fu organ and each yin meridian is attached to a zang. They are five systems of Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Kidney. [1] [2] [3] To highlight the fact that the zangfu are not equivalent to the anatomical organs, their names are often capitalized.
Jamu (Javanese: ꦗꦩꦸ) is a traditional medicine from Indonesia.It is predominantly a herbal medicine made from natural materials, such as roots, bark, flowers, seeds, leaves and fruits. [1]
Lidan Paishi Pian (simplified Chinese: 利胆排石片; traditional Chinese: 利膽排石片) is a sugar-coated tablet or film-coated tablet with a brown core, used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "remove damp-heat, increase the flow of bile and expel calculi". [1]
A single slice (68 g) of beef liver exceeds the tolerable upper intake level of vitamin A (6410 μg preformed vs. UL for preformed = 3000 μg). [4] 100 g cod liver contains 5 mg of vitamin A and 100 μg of vitamin D. [5] Liver contains large amounts of vitamin B 12, and this was one of the factors that led to the discovery of the vitamin. [6]
Enterohepatic circulation of drugs. Enterohepatic circulation is the circulation of biliary acids, bilirubin, drugs or other substances from the liver to the bile, followed by entry into the small intestine, absorption by the enterocyte and transport back to the liver.