The Relationship between the Five Elements Theory and Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Relationship between the Five Elements Theory and Traditional Chinese Medicine

The theory of the five elements and the theory of yin and yang, not only people understand the world, transform the world of a world view and methodology, or an important basis for traditional Chinese medicine, so far, the five elements of the theory is still widely used in Chinese medicine.

(1) by five elements "analysis" five internal organs. Chinese medicine using the five elements of this analysis tool, a detailed explanation of the relationship between the five internal organs. The five elements doctrine that the liver hi of the article, so the corresponding with the hair of the wood; the heart of the role of warm, and the corresponding heat with the heat; spleen main transport, and therefore corresponds to the growth of the lung; , Corresponding to the tough gold; kidney water, and cold, down the corresponding water. According to the relationship between the five elements, you can introduce the relationship between the five internal organs. For example, according to the five elements of grams, you can make the following inference: liver catharsis, can effectively inhibit the spleen stagnation; spleen main transport, can effectively inhibit excessive kidney water, is the so-called "soldiers to block, water to flood" Water, can effectively ease the Firelight too Sheng; Xin Yang can effectively inhibit the lungs are too clear. According to the five elements of life, you can make the following inference: kidney fine can raise liver, liver blood can raise heart, heart yang can warm spleen, spleen can fill lungs, lungs can help kidney water.

(2) view of the five line of knowledge. Five internal organs with the five elements, is the same phase, but also that the human body organs in a healthy state, the human body will not appear any exception; but if the five internal organs of the insult, that is, a dirty in the internal organs under the influence of a factor, Or weak, it is likely to lead to other organs appear abnormal. For example, if the spleen is abnormal, may affect the kidney and heart, causing back dirty, heart function disorder. If there is an organ in the organs of the disease, other organs may not be affected by the impact. If other organs function normal, strong, it will not be affected by the impact of the organs of the disease, only its own relatively weak, will be attacked. Chinese medicine in the application of the five elements of the theory to find the cause, on the one hand to determine whether the abnormal organs are caused by other organs dysfunction, on the other hand also recognize the organs of the disease may also be caused by other external factors, therefore, must Be careful not to "misjudge".

(3) the use of five elements to treat the principles of disease. Chinese medicine treatment of disease, not "a leaf barrier", "headache, foot pain," in addition to the lesion of the organs of the treatment, but also to diagnose whether other organs have been affected, if affected, also need treatment. The other five elements of the theory is not omnipotent, it can not explain all the problems in the organs, therefore, in the use of five elements of the theory of treatment of disease, pay attention to its limitations.