Disorders of Spleen and Stomach-Part Two

[Guest guest]

Hi Greg,

 

This makes prefect sense to me. Spleen is more Yang than Yin, for

example Spleen Yang Qi, which lifts the Middle Jiao. The Stomach is

more Yin, so as to assist with the rottening and ripening of foods.

 

This translation was done over 3 years ago and with subsequent pc

upgrades, i've lost the Chinese original. The Englsh version was

checked twice with Prof Shi's English speaking top student, so

there's very little chance of it being wrong. This article was also

originally published in The Lantern and i'm sure they would have

picked up any errors in it, which they didn't.

 

Regards

 

Attilio

www.chinesemedicinetimes.com

 

Chinese Medicine , " Greg A.

Livingston " <drlivingston wrote:

>

> Hi Attilio,

>

> I was just glancing through the new issue of Times

> and have a question about your article.

>

> In your translation of this article it says, " In yin and yang

theory,

> zang is yang and fu is yin; spleen is yang earth and stomach is yin

> earth.... "

>

> I've always been taught the opposite and am curious if this is what

> the author actually wrote, and if so where does he get this and what

> does he mean by it, or is it a translation error?

>

> Also, if you have the original article in Chinese would be

interested

> to have a look, if you don't mind.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Greg

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Attilio,

 

I see your point, and of course as we all know, both spleen and

stomach have both yin and yang attributes. That said, I have never

seen spleen referred to as yang earth, only as yin earth, and

vice-versa for stomach. Also never seen zang organs referred to as

yang and fu referred to as yin. I realize it's kind of a nit-picking

over fine points of CM theory, but I think it's important none the

less. If as you say this is an accurate translation I'm really curious

to know where Dr Shi got these ideas, or if he developed them himself

would love to know the fine points of his logic. There's a chance that

this and/or other articles by Dr Shi are available online, but I need

his name in Chinese to search- can you please send me his Chinese

name, and if possible, the title of the article in Chinese?

 

Thanks!

 

 

Greg

 

Chinese Medicine , " Attilio

DAlberto " <attiliodalberto wrote:

>

> Hi Greg,

>

> This makes prefect sense to me. Spleen is more Yang than Yin, for

> example Spleen Yang Qi, which lifts the Middle Jiao. The Stomach is

> more Yin, so as to assist with the rottening and ripening of foods.

>

> This translation was done over 3 years ago and with subsequent pc

> upgrades, i've lost the Chinese original. The Englsh version was

> checked twice with Prof Shi's English speaking top student, so

> there's very little chance of it being wrong. This article was also

> originally published in The Lantern and i'm sure they would have

> picked up any errors in it, which they didn't.

>

> Regards

>

> Attilio

> www.chinesemedicinetimes.com

>

> Chinese Medicine , " Greg A.

> Livingston " <drlivingston@> wrote:

> >

> > Hi Attilio,

> >

> > I was just glancing through the new issue of Times

> > and have a question about your article.

> >

> > In your translation of this article it says, " In yin and yang

> theory,

> > zang is yang and fu is yin; spleen is yang earth and stomach is yin

> > earth.... "

> >

> > I've always been taught the opposite and am curious if this is what

> > the author actually wrote, and if so where does he get this and what

> > does he mean by it, or is it a translation error?

> >

> > Also, if you have the original article in Chinese would be

> interested

> > to have a look, if you don't mind.

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

> > Greg

> >

>