Pò 魄 — Lung corporeal soul

Housed spirit seat

The corporeal soul: sensation, instinct, and the bodily intelligence tied to breath. Housed by the Lung zàng, metal-natured, descending with the body at death.

Shén 神 — Heart spiritHún 魂 — Liver ethereal soulPò 魄 — Lung corporeal soulPò 魄 — Lung corporeal soulYì 意 — Spleen intentZhì 志 — Kidney will

Point 3 of 5 in Wǔ Shén — Five Spirits at the Five Zàng (五神)

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Huangdi Neijing · Lingshu (primary_canonical)

Ch. 8 (Běn shén) assigns each of the five spirits to its zàng: shén–Heart, hún–Liver, pò–Lung, yì–Spleen, zhì–Kidney.

N. Wiseman & A. Ellis, Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine (secondary)

Standard translations of the five spirits and their faculties.

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