Turbid Yin goes to Hollow Organs
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CORE DEFINITION
Heavy and turbid metabolic waste (turbid yin) should enter the six hollow organs (intestines/bladder) and be excreted from the body. If turbid yin fails to descend, it may counterflow upward, causing phlegm-rheum and vomiting.
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A downward passage for waste. The premise of human health is 'clear yang ascends, turbid yin descends.' If the waste that should go down (turbid yin) does not go to the sewer (six hollow organs) but instead goes up to the ceiling (head), the person will experience dizziness and a heavy head (clear yang is obscured).
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According to the 'Suwen' (Plain Questions), 'clear yang exits the upper orifices, turbid yin exits the lower orifices... turbid yin returns to the six hollow organs.' After food and drink are transformed and transported by the spleen and stomach, the essential substances (clear yang) are distributed throughout the body, while the thick and turbid remnants (turbid yin) are received by the six hollow organs, which transform, transport, and excrete them.
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