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A function of the lung comprising two aspects: regulating the waterways (i.e., ensuring the passage of fluids down to the kidney) and sending qì absorbed from the air down to the kidney. See lung governs depurative downbearing; kidney governs qì absorption.

Etymology

Chinese: 肃 sù, purge, clean; 降 jiàng fall, drop.

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