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WHO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TERMINOLOGIES ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION 27Code Term Chinese Definition/Description1.3.65 breathing 呼 吸drawing air into the lung and expelling it to performgas exchange, the same as respiration1.3.66management andregulation治 節the function of the lung to keep the physiologicalactivity of the whole body in balance1.3.67purification anddown-sending肅 降the downward movement and purifying action of lungqi in contrast to its diffusing action1.3.68 diffusion 宣 發the upward and outward movement of lung qi, alsoknown as dispersion1.3.69 waterways 水 道 the pathway of water metabolism in the body1.3.70regulate thewaterways通 調 水 道dredge and regulate the pathway of watermetabolism1.3.71 heavenly tenth 天 癸that upon which development of the reproductiveorgans and maintenance of reproductive functiondepends, derived from the kidney essence when itis abundant, also called (female) sex-stimulatingessence/menstruation1.3.72 reproduction 生 殖 the process by which humans give rise to offspring1.3.73 qi absorption 納 氣1.3.74 innate 先 天the action of the kidney in connection with normalrespiration. The lung sends the qi down to the kidney,which holds the qi down, and then absorbs itpossessed from birth, relating to the naturalendowment, in contrast to acquired after birth, thesame as inborn1.3.75root of innateendowment先 天 之 本that which is inherited at conception1.3.76bladder qitransformation膀 胱 氣 化the function of the bladder in storing and dischargingurine, based on qi transformation of the kidney1.3.77heart-kidneyinteraction心 腎 相 交superior-inferior, ascending-descending, water-fireand yin-yang coordination between the heart andkidney1.3.78heart opens at thetongue心 開 竅 于 舌the heart opens into the tongue, reflecting itsphysiological and pathological conditions