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unusual facts about Zang-fu


Dioscorea opposita

As a tonifying herb which enters the kidney organ (Zang) and/or channel (Jing), its role is fundamental, in accordance with the dictum that "the kidney is the root of Yin and Yang of all the organs (Zang-fu).


Chien Wei-zang

He obtained a Ph.D. degree at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Prof. J.L. Synge in 1942, and then worked as a research associate in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Caltech.

Chinese Academy of Management Science

Sociologist Fei Xiaotong and physicist Chien Wei-zang were its first Honorary Co-presidents, and Tian Fu (田夫) was its first executive President.

Dani's House

Coordinators Zang and Zark (Harry Culverhouse and Dani Harmer) 2008–2012: These two are green aliens who are travelling together across the universe.

Highland barley

Highland barley (Tibetan: ནས་; Wylie: nas; Chinese: 青稞; qīngkē, or 藏青课; zàng qīngkē) is the principal cereal cultivated on the Tibetan Plateau, used mainly to make tsampa and alcohol.

Pseudo-spectral method

Canuto C., Hussaini M. Y., Quarteroni A., and Zang T.A. (2006) Spectral Methods. Fundamentals in Single Domains. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg

Zang Maoxun

Famed for his quick wits and elaborate literary style, Zang Maoxun was ranked with Wu Jiadeng (吴家登), Wu Mengyang (吴梦旸) and Mao Wei (茅维) among the Four Scholars of Wuxing, a group of representative literati of Wuxing.

Zang-Hee Cho

More recently, Cho developed the first PET-MRI fusion molecular imaging device for neuro-molecular imaging.


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