TCM- Functions of the Triple Warmer (aka Triple Burner)

Triple Burner

Functions:
Mobilizes the Original Qi
Controls the Transportation and Penetration of Qi
Controls the Water Passages and the Excretion of Fluids

Here are some of those functions in a little more detail:

Mobilizes the Original Qi:
1. The original qi represents the transformation of power of Qi in all directions.
2. The Triple Burner mobilizes the Original Qi by making it differentiate for different functions
3. The Triple Burner allows the Original Qi to perform its various functions in relation to several organs.

The Triple burner can be seen as a system of canals and waterways to channel irrigated water through the proper fields and out. This ensures that body fluids are transformer, transported and excreted.

Four Views of the Triple Burner
1. The Triple Burner as one of the Six Yang Organs
2. The Triple Burner as a Mobilizer of the Original Qi
3. The Triple Burner as Three Divisions of the Body
4. The Triple Burner as Body Cavities

The Triple Burner as Three Divisions (in more detail):
-According to this view, the TB has no form
-It Mobilizes the Original Qi

3 divisions, their Qi and their fluids
-Upper Burner- from diaphragm up (Lungs, Heart and Pericardium)- Gathering Qi, mist (sweat)
-Middle Burner- Between diaphragm and umbilicus (Stomach, Spleen, Gall Bladder)- Nutritive Qi, Maceration chamber (stomach fluids)
-Lower Burner- below the umbilicus (Liver, Kidneys, Bladder, Intestines)- ditch (urine)- Original Qi