What are the five elements corresponding to heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney?

The five elements corresponding to heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney are fire, wood, earth, gold and water; The corresponding five colors are red, cyan, yellow, white and black; The corresponding five seasons are: the heart corresponds to April and May in summer, the liver corresponds to spring and February, the spleen corresponds to March, June, December, the lung corresponds to July and August, and the water corresponds to October and winter months (all based on the lunar calendar).

The human body itself is an organic whole, and diseases of internal organs can be reflected on the body surface, from the aspects of color, sound, shape, taste, pulse condition, tongue coating and so on.

Because the five zang-organs and five colors, five sounds and five flavors belong to the five elements, they are interrelated and form a hierarchical structure of the five zang-organs system, which lays a theoretical foundation for the diagnosis of diseases. Therefore, in clinical diagnosis, we can infer the condition according to the five elements and their laws of birth, restraint and abuse.

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The application of the theory of five elements in traditional Chinese medicine is mainly based on the characteristics of the five elements, analyzing and summarizing various functional activities of human viscera, meridians, body, official orifices, facial expression, etc., constructing a physiological and pathological system centered on five behaviors, and then connecting with the natural environment, establishing a five-organ system integrating man and nature, and analyzing the physiological relationship between the five elements according to the law of birth and grams of the five elements, and explaining the mutual influence of five-organ diseases according to the abuse law of the five elements and the harmony between mother and child, thus guiding the diagnosis and prevention of diseases.

Therefore, the theory of five elements, as the main thinking method of traditional Chinese medicine, plays an important role in the establishment of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine and has important guiding significance for the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine.

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