What is the triple burner? What is the function of the triple burner?

We usually say "five internal organs and six bowels", what are the six bowels? People who have not learned any knowledge of Chinese medicine cannot explain it clearly. Usually they can only say all five bowels - stomach, large intestine, small intestine, bladder, and gallbladder. There is another organ, which is the triple burner. So what exactly does the triple burner refer to?

1. What does the triple burner specifically refer to?

The triple energizer is one of the six internal organs and is the collective name for the upper, middle and lower energizers. Sanjiao is a unique term in the theory of Zang-Fu organs in traditional Chinese medicine. It is one of the six internal organs and is located in the cavity between the body and the internal organs, including the chest and abdominal cavities, where all other internal organs of the human body are located. Among them, it is a collective name for the upper, middle and lower parts, which divides the torso into three parts.

Looking at the three burners in general, the area above the diaphragm is the upper burner, which includes the heart and lungs; the area below the diaphragm to the navel is the middle burner, which includes the spleen, stomach, etc.; the area below the navel to the two orifices is the lower burner, which includes the liver, kidneys, large and small intestines, bladder, and female uterus. Among them, the liver, according to its location, should be classified as the middle burner, but because it has a close relationship with the kidneys, the liver and kidneys are classified together as the lower burner. The function of the triple energizer is actually the sum of all the functions of the five internal organs.

2. What is the function of the triple burner?

1. The theory of the circulation of vital energy in the three burners. Vital energy is the most fundamental energy in the human body and the driving force of life activities. The primordial energy is rooted in the kidneys, enters the twelve meridians through the triple burner and reaches the five internal organs and six bowels, so the triple burner is called the messenger of the primordial energy.

2. Circulation of water and grain. "Suwen·Jinkui Zhenlun Yan" calls the triple energizer one of the six bowels, and "Suwen·Wuzang Bielun" calls the triple energizer the house of transmission and transformation, which has the function of transmitting and transforming water and grain.

3. Circulation of water: The triple energizer is the main channel for the circulation of water in the human body; this means that the triple energizer is the organ that manages water in the human body and has the function of clearing the waterways and circulating water.

3. Dialectics of the Triple Burner

The triple burner syndrome differentiation is based on the explanation of the pathological changes and symptoms of the internal organs belonging to the upper, middle and lower triple burners, and also explains the three different stages of febrile disease: initial, middle and final stages. According to the Sanjiao Syndrome Differentiation, febrile diseases usually start from the upper Jiao (the hand Taiyin lung), then spread to the middle Jiao (the spleen and stomach), and finally end up in the lower Jiao (the liver and kidney). However, there are different types of febrile diseases, such as wind-febrile disease, spring-febrile disease, summer-febrile disease, damp-febrile disease, autumn-dryness, late summer-heat disease, and plague. Therefore, their onset and transmission patterns are not exactly the same. If summer heat first occurs, it may manifest as symptoms of middle-jiao disease. In addition, symptoms of triple burner diseases can also occur simultaneously. When damp-heat first occurs, the upper and middle Jiao are often affected at the same time.