Theory of the viscera - zàng fǔ shuō

Japanese: 臓腑説 - ぞうふせつ（英語表記）zàng fǔ shuō

It is one of the basic concepts of Chinese medicine, and is described in books such as Suwen and Lingshu, which are said to originate from the Huangdi Neijing (Eternal Canon of the Yellow Emperor) of the Han dynasty, and has since developed around this. Zang and Fu were originally written as Zang and Fu. Zang and Fu are also internal organs of the chest and abdomen, but the distinction is made that zang is a solid organ that stores qi, while fu is a hollow organ that processes ingested water and grain, transports it to other parts of the body, and expels it from the body. There were originally five types of viscera: the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, and six types of fu: the gallbladder, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, triple burner, and bladder, but in connection with the meridian theory, a sixth organ, the heart's master (also called the heart's lining), was also postulated.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国医学の基本的な概念の一つで，《素問》《霊枢》など，漢代の《黄帝内経》に由来するという書に記載され，その後これを中心にして発展した。臓と腑はもとは蔵と府と書かれていた。臓と腑も胸部と腹部の内臓であるが，臓は内部の充実した臓器で気を蔵し，腑は中空のもので摂取した水と穀物を処理したり，他の部位に輸送したり，体外に出したりするという区別がされている。臓は元来，心，肝，脾，肺，腎の5種で，腑は胆，胃，大腸，小腸，三焦，膀胱の6種であるが，経脈説との関連で第6の臓である心主(心包絡ともいう)も想定された。

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