膀胱 津液과 氣化에 關한 考察

A Review on the Fluid and Humor[津液] and Gi Transformation[氣化] in Bladder[膀胱]

Conceptions about functions of bladder in Oriental Medicine are focused on excretion of urine, such as 『Somun(素問)』「Yeong-ranbijeonron(靈蘭秘典論)」. However, functions of bladder cannot be in those. In Oriental Medicine, there are sentences in 『Naegyeong』, the fluid and humor is dispersed to whole body. It means that bladder has a function by reabsorption of the fluid and humor in metabolism with gi transformation, besides excretion of urine. In that reason, I try to find out meanings of bladder's functions in metabolism of the fluid and humor through bibliographic review. As a result, bladder has a 2 types of function. 1st, it is a excretion of urine that we have already mentioned. 2nd, it is a reabsorption of the fluid and humor.