The Small Intestine in Traditional Chinese Medicine receives food and liquids from the Stomach and the Spleen. It separates and transforms them into a pure part and an impure part.
Energetic functions
- Separates the liquids.
- Controls the reception, separation and transformation of food and liquids.
- Its maximum energy is from 1 to 3 in the afternoon.
Reception and transformation
It receives food from the Stomach and Spleen, separating them.
- The pure part is transported by the Spleen throughout the entire organism in order to nourish the tissues.
- The impure part is transmitted to the Large Intestine for elimination in the form of stools.
- Another impure part is transmitted to the Bladder which will also eliminate it in the form of urine.
The small intestine and urination
We will frequently find urination problems in which the Small Intestine is related. The relationship between the Bladder and the Small Intestine is the reason for these problems.
- The Small Intestine transmits to the Bladder a pure part of the waste liquids.
- In this way, frequently, it transmits damp-heat to the bladder.
- It is possible to use the points of the Small Intestine Channel in urination problems.
Separates the liquids
Once the impure liquids have passed through the Stomach, they reach the Small Intestine.
- The Small Intestine separates them into a pure part that goes to the Bladder which will then be excreted as urine.
- And it separates another impure part that goes to the Large Intestine where a part will be reabsorbed and another part will be excreted with the stools.
- The Kidney-Yang provides the Qi necessary for the liquids to be separated in the Bladder.
Psycho-emotional functions
Physiologically, the Small Intestine must have the capacity to know what is necessary to keep and what is necessary to eliminate. Similarly, it influences the clarity of thought, judgment and the ability to discern.
- It influences the capacity to make decisions.
- Among all the options that present themselves, the Small Intestine knows how to recognize the best one and the Gall Bladder provides us with the courage necessary to make the decision.
Main symptoms of dysfunction
- Abdominal pain.
- Intestinal borborigmus.
- Diarrhea.
- Abdominal distension.
- Dry stools.
- Urination alterations: hematuria, polyuria.
Related syndromes and pathologies
Pathologies
- Duodenal hernia.
- Crohn's disease.
- Celiac disease.
Channels
- Small Intestine Channel.
- Divergent of Small Intestine.
- Luo of Small Intestine.
- Tendinomuscular of Small Intestine.
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