Kidney Main Functions
The main functions of the kidney are:
- storing essence (jing) and dominating human reproduction and development
- dominating water metabolism and the reception of qi from the air (Kong Qi)
- producing marrow to fill up the brain
- dominating bone
- manufacturing blood
- manifesting in the hair (on the head)
- opening into the ear and dominating the two lower yin (the anus and urethra)
- dominating anterior and posterior orifices.
- housing the Zhi (will-power)
- fluid secretions are urine, semen, and vaginal fluids.
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