Qi from food, and Qi from air. Responsible for the movement, functioning, and warmth of the body and for protection from disease. Obstruction of vital energy and blood flow usually bringing on pains, specifically arthritis, due to Wind, Cold and Dampness blocking the channels of the limbs. The causes of disease. Pathogenic Factors include Wind, Cold, Dampness, Heat, Dryness and Fire.
Clinical manifestations are many and vary depending on the area of the body affected.
Symptoms can include cough with profuse sputum, asthmatic breathing, fullness in the chest, palpitations, coma, manic-depressive disorders, lymph node swelling, nodules under the skin, dizziness, blurred vision, sensation of a foreign body in the throat, edema, general body aching and heaviness, nausea, vomiting of sticky fluid, borborygmus, stomach and abdominal discomfort. Tongue is red with a sticky yellow coating. Pulse is rapid and slippery. Channel which has a regulating effect on all Yin Channels of the body. It regulates menstruation and nurtures the fetus.