Details about Kidney Function of Regulating Water

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is a water organ, and it contains Yuan Yang and Yuan Yin, which store essence and manage the two Yin. Besides, it interacts with the bladder on the surface and inside. As stated in "Basic Question. On Disharmony with Diseases": "The kidney is the water organ that controls fluids and also the gateway to the stomach."

Yuan Yin, also known as Kidney Yin or Genuine-Yin, is the foundation of Yin fluid of human body and plays a role in nourishing and moisturizing the viscera.

Yuan Yang, also known as Kidney Yang, Genuine-Yang, or Genuine-Fire, is the fundamental source of Yang energy in the human body, playing a role in warming and biochemical the viscera.

Yuan Yin is the material foundation of the human body, while Yuan Yang is the driving force of life. Only by coordinating the two can the normal metabolism of main fluids be completed.

The kidney governs water, which means the kidney is responsible for the metabolism of water in the body. That is, through the transpiration and gasification of Yang Qi in the kidneys, the water received by the stomach is transported and transformed through the spleen, the regulation of water channels in the lungs, and the "defibrillation" function of the tri-jiao, and then through the ascending and descending of turbidity in the small intestine, allowing the turbid to be discharged from the body through the bladder, while the clear is returned to the lungs and distributed to various organs throughout the body, where it is transformed into mucus, saliva, tears, and saliva, belonging to the essence, blood, and body fluids. This circulation maintains the balance of water metabolism.

In the process of water metabolism, the tri-jiao is the channel for the transfer of internal and external, upper and lower water fluids in the body. The spleen and stomach in the middle jiao are the hub for the transfer of ascending and descending turbidity, while the kidney is the key Gasification runs through the entire process of water metabolism, which fully demonstrates the role of the kidney in dominating and regulating water metabolism.