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Five viscera

五脏 〔五臟〕wǔ zàng

The heart, lung, spleen, liver, and kidney. Each viscus has a five-phase ascription by which they are sometimes referred: heart-fire, lung-metal, spleen-earth, liver-wood, and kidney-water. See bowels and viscera.

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