Bazi Daily - 11/02/2011

Kidneys (肾)

Manifest in the head hair
Abundant Kidney Jing nourishes hair: hair then grows well and is healthy and shiny. Weak Kidney Jing: thin brittle, dull, or falling hair, premature graying.


NOTE: Liver Blood also has to do with hair color and shine, but Kidney Jing is instrumental in production of Liver Blood.






Controls the Two Lower Orifices


The Kidneys control the front orifice, which is the urethra (and spermatic duct in males), and the rear orifice, which is the anus.

These are functionally related to the Kidneys.

Urethra related because Kidney provides the Bladder with the Qi necessary to transform urine (weak Kidney Qi produces leaking of urinary incontinence).

Deficient Kidney Qi or Kidney Jing can cause spermatorrhea or nocturnal emissions.


Anus anatomically related to Large Intestine but functionally related to Kidney. If Kidney Qi is weak, there may be diarrhea or prolapsed anus.

Houses the Will Power

Will Power (Zhi), including concepts of staying power and motivation, depend on Kidneys.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

- Rosa Parks

Bazi Daily - 10/02/2011

Kidneys (肾)

Control inspiration and the grasping of Qi



While the Lungs govern respiration, the Kidneys play an important role in normal breathing. The Kidneys assist the Lungs during inhalation by "Grasping the Qi". In this relationship, the Lungs are called the "Foundation of Qi", and the Kidneys are called the "Root of Qi". When the Kidneys fail to Grasp the Qi, respiratory illnesses can occur, such as chronic asthma.



Opens into the Ears


Ears related to Kidneys: Kidney Jing nourishes ears and enables proper functioning. Weak Jing, weak hearing or tinnitus.


 
 

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,

compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,

and tolerant of the weak and strong.

Because some day in life you will have been all of these.

- George Washington Carver

Bazi Daily - 09/02/2011

Kidney (肾)

Kidneys Governs Water and Water Passageways



1. Kidneys belong to Water element


2. They govern the transformation and transportation of body fluids in many different ways. For example, the Kidneys control flow of Body Fluids in Lower Burner. The correct balance of Kidney Yin and Kidney Yang produces normal regulation of the opening and closing of the "gate" of urination.


In disease, Kidney Yin and Yang imbalanced (not enough Yang or not enough Yin). Where Yang is deficient, "gate" stays open: profuse and pale urination. Where Yin is deficient, "gate" stays closed: scanty and dark urination.


 
 

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.

- Arthur Ashe

Bazi Daily - 08/02/2011

Kidney (肾)

Produces Marrow, Fill up the Brain (this is the reason why water represents wisdom) and Spinal Chord, and Control the Bones

Jing is also the organic foundation for production of marrow.

Marrow is the common substance of bones, bone marrow, brain ("sea of marrow") and spinal cord.

Kidney Jing produces Marrow, which generates spinal cord and "fills up" brain: therefore Kidney has relationship with brain. Strong Jing nourishes brain and memory/concentration, etc. will be good.  

Jing inadequate to nourish the brain: poor memory and concentration, dull thinking (this is especially so if the natal chart is full of 'hard' earth). Therefore Kidneys also govern bone marrow and bones (and teeth, which are said to be the outgrowth of bones).


 
 

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting,

but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something

which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.

- Vincent van Gogh

Bazi Daily - 07/02/2011

Kidney (肾)

Store the Jing (精) and rule birth, development, and reproduction

Jing is the (material and immaterial) substance most intimately connected to life itself. It is the creator of life and is the foundation for differentiation into Yin and Yang. The Kidneys are sometimes referred to as the "Root of Life" (生命之根本) because Jing is the basis for reproduction, growth, and development.

It flourishes as we grow and develop, and wanes as we grow old. The Kidneys are said to govern these processes at it stores the Jing.

Jing (Essence) the precious substance has two types:


1. Prenatal Jing: Inherited from parents
2. Postnatal Jing: Partly replenished from food and fluids

Prenatal Jing determines our basic constitution, vitality, and strength. It is the basis of sexual life and the formation of sperm and egg. It is the foundation for differentiation into Yin and Yang. Insufficient Jing can cause infertility, impotence, problems relating to growth, reproduction, premature senility, etc.

Postnatal Jing is the refined essence extracted from the food by the internal Organs, particularly the Spleen.

Kidney Jing provides material basis for both Kidney Yin and Kidney Yang.

  
 

Keep love in your heart.

A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

The consciousness of loving and being loved

brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

- Oscar Wilde



Bazi Daily - 06/02/2011

Today, we shall begin our journey on exploring the last of our vital organ - Kidney (water). 

Below are the functions of the kidney :-

1. Store the Jing (精) and rule birth, growth, development, reproduction, and sexuality


2. Produce Marrow (骨髓), fills up the Brain, and rule the Bones


3. Rule Water and Water Metabolism (新陈代谢) 


4. Control inspiration and the grasping of Qi (气)


5. Open into the Ears


6. Manifest in the head hair


7. Control the two lower orifices


8. Residence of the Zhi (Will Power)


    a. Kidney Yin and Kidney Yang are the foundation of the Yin and Yang of the whole body.


    b. Kidney Yin and Kidney Yang rely on each other for their existence. Kidney Yin provides material basis for Kidney Yang. Kidney Yang provides necessary Heat for all Kidney functions.


 

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you,

they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

- Bernice Johnson Reagon

Bazi Daily - 31/01/2011

Functions of Lungs (Metal)

Functions of the Large Intestine



The Large Intestines main function is to receive food and fluids from the Small Intestine, re-absorb some of the fluids then excrete the remainder as feces.

Many functions attributed to the Small Intestine in Western bio-medicine are attributed to the Spleen in Chinese medicine.

The Spleen controls the transformation/transportation of food and fluids throughout the digestive system, including Small and Large Intestine.

Hence signs such as diarrhea, abdominal distention and discomfort usually listed as Spleen imbalance (Deficient Spleen Qi or Yang).

Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do.

Some people don't want to believe that.

But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it.

To change your life, you need to change your priorities.

- John C. Maxwell

Bazi Daily - 30/01/2011

Functions of Lungs (Metal)

Controls Skin and Hair

Lung nourishes skin and hair by spreading Fluids to skin. Impaired Lung function can result in malnourished body hair and skin. Lungs influence Wei Qi, which circulates in skin.


Opens into the Nose

Nose is the opening of the Lungs. Lungs govern sense of smell.


Houses the Po (Corporeal Soul)

Corporeal soul attached to body. Closely linked to breathing. Directly affected by sadness/grief which constrain its movement and affect breathing.


Lungs Govern Voice

Strength, tone and clarity of voice depend on Lung Qi (in health: like a bell). Weak Lung Qi = low voice.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

- Robert Louis Stevenson



Bazi Daily - 29/01/2011

Functions of Lungs (Metal)

Controls Channels and Blood Vessels

Because govern Qi, which is essential to Heart to aid in Blood circulation. The Lungs and Heart are very closely linked (via Zong Qi). Lungs control circulation of Qi not only in Blood Vessels but in the channels.

Weak Lung Qi results in Qi being unable to push the Blood to nourish various areas. Hence, e.g. cold limbs, especially cold hands.

 

Regulates Water Passages



1. Lungs receive refined fluids from Spleen, reduce them to fine mist and "spray" them throughout Exterior under the skin (part of dispersing function). Fluids should be evenly spread and pores should be regulated: otherwise, fluids may accumulate: edema.


2. Lungs are "upper origin of Water". Direct fluids down to Kidney and Bladder. Kidneys receive fluids and vaporize them, then send back up to Lung.

 

Most people can look back over the years and

identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly.

Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when,

because of a readiness within us and a collaboration with events occurring around us,

we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and

the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that

will affect the rest of our lives.

- Frederick F. Flack

Bazi Daily - 28/01/2011

Functions of Lungs (Metal)

Controls Dispersing and Descending


Dispersing Function

Lung spreads Wei Qi (defensive Qi - 卫气) and Body Fluids all over body to area between skin and muscles (The Lungs are related to skin).

This ensures that Wei Qi equally distributed under skin to warm skin and muscles and protect body from exogenous pathogens (Symptoms of a "cold" = impairment of dispersing function: exterior Wind Cold obstructs skin, blocks pores and Qi circulation: Qi cannot be dispersed).

Lung spreads Body Fluids (Jin Ye 津液) to skin in form of "mist" to moisten skin and regulate opening and closing of pores and sweating. In health, normal pore function and normal amount of sweating.



Descending Function

Lungs are uppermost Organ ("Lid of the Yin Organs"). Therefore their Qi descends to communicate with Kidney (which "holds down" the Qi).

Lungs also direct Body Fluids downward to Kidneys/Bladder. Impairment of descending function: Qi accumulates in chest (cough, asthma, stuffy chest, or accumulation of fluids; upper body edema).



 

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and

out of the striving for a goal.

- Alfred Adler



Bazi Daily - 27/01/2011

Functions of Lungs (Metal)

Governs Qi and Respiration



The first way that the Lungs govern Qi is by taking in air or Pure Qi and exhaling used, impure, or Dirty Qi. This constant exchange in the cycles of breathing maintain the correct function of all body's physiological processes that need Qi.


The Lungs are also responsible for the actual formation of Qi.   Food Qi (Gu Qi 谷气) is taken by the Spleen and directed to the Lungs where it combines with inhaled air (with help from Yuan Qi  [元气] of Kidneys) to form Zong Qi (宗气), which is also called Qi of the Chest or Gathering Qi.

The Zong Qi regulates involuntary movement of Heart and Lungs in turn is nourished by the Qi of the Heart and Lung. The Lungs then spread this Qi all over the body


Simultaneously formed: "Upright" or "normal" Qi (Zhen Qi) which is divided into Ying and Wei parts.


Lungs open to the Exterior, hence are called the "Tender Organ" because they are vulnerable to attack by exogenous pathogens.


Think for a moment, which configurations of bazi chart can lead to a person out of breathe easily ?
  

They're basically moments in which you're in touch with the meaning of life,

when your relationship to the rest of the universe makes sense.

- Barbara De Angelis

Bazi Daily - 26/01/2011

From today onwards, we shall continue our sharing on the topic of Health.   We shall examine the physiological functions and impact of our Lungs. 

Functions of the Lungs



The Lungs are called the "Lid of the Yin Organs"


1. Rule Qi and Respiration


2. Control the Channels and Blood Vessels (with the Heart)


3. Control dispersing and descending


4. Regulate and move the Water Passages


5. Control skin, sweat glands and body hair (the "Exterior")


6. Open into the nose


7. House the Po (corporeal soul - 魄)


8. Govern the voice

What good to us is a long life if it is difficult and barren of joys,

and if it is so full of misery that we can only welcome death as a deliverer?

- Sigmund Freud

Bazi Daily - 25/01/2011

Below is the case that I have just read recently in one of seminars :-

己    戊    壬    庚        Female (Year 1970)
未    子    午    戌

41
戊
寅

She suffered from Stomach Cancer in the year of 2004.   It was 'recovered' after the treatment.  However, it was being relapsed in the year of 2010.

Please work backward & explain the reason (from the perspective of bazi) attributed to such as illness?

Bazi Daily - 13/01/2011

Below is, yet, another case where the health is poor


壬 甲 甲 庚       Male

申 申 申 戌


Any comments?

Bazi Daily - 12/01/2011

Just audited a company fengshui recently.  During the life analysis session with some of the Senior Managers, (deep within my heart) I felt the geniune dilemma face by the human beings.  

Economically & Technologically, we are much better now than in the past.  However, in term of quality of life, perhaps we are worst.   

Of 5 Senior Positions, 3 have medical problems.  Of which, 2 are severe :(

Any comments on the below chart : -

乙    丁    甲    庚       Female (Year 1950)
巳    酉    申    寅
  
58   48
戊    己
寅    卯
  

The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

- Mark Twain

Bazi Daily - 09/01/2011

The Spleen

Controls the Raising of Qi



1. Spleen has Lifting effect along midline of body that ensures that Organs in proper place.

When raising function impaired, Spleen Qi "sinks": prolapse can occur of uterus, Bladder, Stomach, Kidney, or hemorrhoids).

 2. Spleen raises pure Food Qi to Lung and Heart.


Spleen Houses Thought

Is residence of I (Yi). Influences our capacity for thinking, studying, concentration, memorizing, etc.

Weak Spleen Qi; thinking dull, poor concentration, poor memory, etc. Excessive studying, mental work etc., weaken Spleen.

You have to pay the price. You will find that everything in life exacts a price,

and you will have to decide whether the price is worth the prize.

- Sam Nunn



Bazi Daily - 08/01/2011

The Spleen

Controls the Muscles and Four Limbs



Food Qi eventually goes to nourish all tissues in the body, transported throughout body by Spleen. Particularly directed to the muscles.

Weak Spleen Q  =   fatigue, muscles weak or even atrophied.

Tonify Spleen in fatigue.



Opens to the Mouth and Manifests in the Lips

When food enters mouth, chewing prepares food for transformation and transportation.

Therefore Spleen related to mouth.

Normal Spleen Qi  =  good sense of taste and moist pink lips.


 
 
 

Living gives you a better understanding of life.

I would hope that my characters have become

deeper and more rounded personalities.

Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight

into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.

- Alan Dean Foster

Bazi Daily - 07/01/2011

The Spleen

Spleen Controls Blood



1. Keeps Blood in Vessels

If Spleen Qi healthy, Blood circulates normally (see also Liver) and stays in vessels. Deficient Spleen Qi or Deficient Spleen Yang, Blood may spill from vessels = hemorrhages, subcutaneous bleeding, etc. (petechiae, purpura) Also, especially lower body hemorrhage, e.g. metrorrhagia can be caused by Xu Spleen Qi.



2. Important role in Blood formation.

(Food Qi extracted by Spleen sent to Lung and to Heart to form Blood with assistance of Yuan Qi from Kidney). To tonify Blood, always tonify Spleen.


 
 

Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.

- Lynn Davies

Bazi Daily - 06/01/2011

The Spleen (脾)

The Spleens Governs Transformation and Transportation



1. Transformation/transportation of Gu Qi (Food Qi)

Spleen is central Organ in production of Qi.  Stomach "rots and ripens" ingested food and drink, and prepares the way for the Spleen which separates and extracts the GU Qi (food Qi) and refined essence from the digestate.

Food Qi goes upward to the Lungs in the Upper Burner（上焦）. Food Qi combines with air to form Zong Qi （宗气）and goes to the Heart to form Blood. Flavors are distributed to the various organs, sweet to the Spleen, salty to Kidney, bitter to Heart, sour to Liver, pungent to Lung.



2. Transformation/transportation of Fluids

Spleen also separates usable from unusable fluids ingested. Pure "clear" part goes upwards to the Lungs for distribution to the skin. "Turbid" part goes to Intestines for further separation.


In health, transforming and transporting function of Qi ensures good digestion, good appetite, normal absorption, regular bowel movements.

Impaired function, poor appetite, bad digestion, abdominal distention, loose stools.

When transformation/transportation of fluids impaired, fluids can accumulate to form Dampness and then Phlegm.

"The Spleen likes Dryness and hates Dampness". Its transformation and transportation function can be impaired by Damp e.g. Damp-forming foods like salads, dairy, etc.

Spleen Yang, essential to the process, impaired by excessive consumption of cold liquids (esp. ice water, ice cream, etc.) Conversely, Deficient Qi or Yang of Spleen can CAUSE internal Dampness.


 
 

I believe in cultivating opposite, but complementary views of life, and

I believe in meeting life's challenges with contradictory strategies.

I believe in reckoning with the ultimate meaninglessness of our existence,

even as we fall in love with the miracle of being alive.

I believe in working passionately to make our lives count while

never losing sight of our insignificance.

I believe in caring deeply and being beyond caring.

It is by encompassing these opposites, by being involved and vulnerable, but simultaneously transcendent and detached, that our lives are graced by resilience and joy.

- Fritz Williams

(The perfect description of the Concept of Yin & Yang)

Bazi Daily - 05/01/2011

From today onwards, we shall touch on the subject of Spleen.

The Spleen

Functions of the Spleen


The Spleen is central Organ in production of Qi.


Called the "Foundation of Postnatal existence (后天之本)".   Extracts Food Qi (Gu Qi) from food and liquids taken into Stomach. Food Qi is basis for formation of Qi and Blood.


1. Governs transformation and transportation
2. Controls the Blood
3. Controls the muscles and the four limbs
4. Opens into the mouth and manifests in the lips
5. Controls the raising of Qi, the "raising of the pure"
6. The Spleen houses thought



 

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly,

acutely miserable, racked with sorrow,

but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

- Agatha Christie