The relationship between five elements and five zang-organs in traditional Chinese medicine

Five internal organs: lung, liver, kidney, heart and spleen: gold, wood, water, fire and earth: pungent, sour, salty, bitter and sweet. Traditional Chinese medicine describes some physiological characteristics and functions of the five internal organs according to the characteristics of the five elements. If the wood is flexible and straight, the lines are smooth and smooth, and the liver belongs to wood, it is characterized by liking lines and being depressed, which has the function of relieving depression; When the fire is warm, it is inflamed, and the heart belongs to fire. Its characteristics are that the heart yang has the function of warming and tonifying, and the heart fire is easy to ignite; The soil is thick and has the characteristics of biochemical things, and the spleen belongs to the soil, which is characterized by the functions of digesting Shui Gu, sneaking around, nourishing the internal organs, nourishing the limbs and being the source of qi and blood biochemistry; The golden nature is clear and astringent, and the lung belongs to gold, which is characterized by clearing away heat and promoting descent; Moist and moist, it has the nature of reducing storage. Kidney belongs to water, which is characterized by evaporation and excretion of water and liquid metabolism, and has the function of storing sperm. According to the theory of five elements, there is a relationship between the five elements: birth, grams, multiplication and humiliation. Common growth means mutual endowment and mutual encouragement. The order of the five elements is: wood fires, fire produces soil, soil produces gold, gold produces water, and aquatic wood. Mutual restraint is mutual restraint and restraint. The order of the five elements is: Mutuke, Tukeshui, Shuihuoke, Huojinke and Jin Kemu. If the five elements interfere with each other too much or too little, it will destroy the normal relationship between birth and gram, and there will be multiplication or abuse. Multiplication, that is, one of the five elements is too restrained to the other. For example, if wood is too strong and gold cannot restrain wood normally, wood will overwhelm the soil and make it more virtual. This is wood borrowing. Abuse each other, that is, there are so many lines in the five elements that the other line can't restrain it, but is restrained by it, so it is also called anti-aggression or anti-aggression. For example, water can kill fire under normal circumstances, but when there is too little water or too much fire, water can't kill fire, but it will be dried by fire, that is, fire can kill or insult water. Mutual growth, mutual restriction and inseparable. Without life, things cannot happen and grow. Without constraints, things will not be bound, and normal coordination will not be maintained. Only by maintaining the dynamic balance of mutual resistance can things happen and develop normally. Traditional Chinese medicine widely uses the relationship of mutual resistance to explain the relationship between five zang-organs and the pathological influence between zang-organs, as well as the corresponding diagnosis and treatment. The relationship between the five zang-organs can be clarified through the mutual development of the five elements. For example, kidney (water) stores essence, liver (wood) stores blood, and kidney essence can be transformed into liver blood, that is, kidney water nourishes liver wood, which is aquatic wood; Liver (wood) stores blood, while heart (fire) controls blood vessels. The normal function of the liver to store blood and regulate blood volume is helpful for the heart to control the normal function of blood vessels, that is, the liver wood helps the heart fire, that is, the wood makes a fire; Heart (fire) governs blood and mind, and spleen (soil) governs transportation and transformation, which is the source of qi and blood biochemistry and also governs blood. The yang of the heart can warm the yang of the spleen, and the function of the heart governing the blood vessels is normal, so that the spleen can play the functions of transporting, generating blood and controlling blood, that is, the heart fire warms the spleen and soil, that is, the fire generates soil; Spleen (soil) can transfer essence, replenish qi and fill lung (gold), thus maintaining the function of lung governing qi, nourishing lung qi for spleen, that is, soil produces gold; Lung (soil) governs qi, and kidney (water) functions mainly to store essence and absorb gas, while the decline of lung qi contributes to the storage and absorption of kidney essence, the decline of lung qi, the regulation of waterways, and can also promote the water control function of kidney, that is, lung gold nourishes kidney water, that is, golden raw water. Similarly, the relationship between the five elements is also used for the relationship between the five internal organs. If the lung (golden) qi is depressed and the qi is smooth, it can inhibit the hyperactivity of liver (wood) yang, which is called Jin Kemu; The enrichment of liver (wood) can relieve the stagnation of spleen (soil), which is called wood soil; The transportation of spleen (soil) can prevent the overflow of kidney (water), and kidney is soil over water; Moistening kidney (water) can prevent excessive heart fire, that is, water can control fire; Yang-heart (fire) heat can limit lung (gold) clearing too much, which means that fire can kill gold. The five elements are also used to explain the pathological influence between zang-fu organs. For example, liver disease can disperse the spleen, and it is a tree to borrow soil; Spleen disease can also affect the liver, which is an insult to wood; Interaction between liver and spleen diseases, that is, stagnation of wood in soil or stagnation of soil in wood; Liver disease can also affect the heart, which is a maternal disease and a child disease; Affecting the lungs is a disgrace to gold; Diseases that affect the kidneys, for children and mothers. The same is true of other visceral diseases, which can be explained by the relationship between the five elements of resistance and deficiency, indicating that these factors are pathologically interactive. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the five flavors in the five elements correspond to the five internal organs of the human body. "Five flavors enter the liver, pungent into the lungs, bitter into the heart, salty into the kidney, and sweet into the spleen." "Five flavors in the mouth, each in its own way, each with its own disease. Liver disease is not spicy, heart disease is not salty, spleen disease is not sour, kidney disease is not sweet, and lung disease is not bitter. " Lung governs qi, heart governs blood vessels, liver main reinforcement, spleen governs meat, and kidney governs bone. Pay attention to these taboo principles in diet, make rational use of five flavors, promote human health and avoid diseases caused by excessive addiction.