The relationship between Yin-Yang and Five Elements and TCM, the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements originated from China's ancient philosophy, and TCM originated from China's Millennium medical system. Yin-yang and five elements also permeate into the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. Let's share the relationship between Yin-Yang and Five Elements and TCM.

Relationship between Yin-Yang and Five Elements and TCM 1 Yin-Yang and Five Elements and TCM Classification

First, Yin and Yang are used to represent the attributes of viscera, tissues and parts. If the zang-fu organs are yin and the fu-fu organs are yang; Blood is yin and qi is yang; Back is yang, abdomen is yin, etc.

Second, physiological functions and pathological changes are explained by yin and yang. Physiological functions, such as yin and blood mainly moisten vegetative tissues, and Yang Qi mainly warms limbs; Kidney yin and kidney yang are interdependent, which is called mutual root of yin and yang or yin and yang are born.

Pathological changes, such as excessive yin pathogen or insufficient Yang Qi, can be manifested as cold syndrome, excessive yang pathogen or yin fluid failure can be manifested as heat syndrome, and cold syndrome and heat syndrome can be transformed under certain conditions, which is called yin-yang transformation.

Third, use yin and yang to guide diagnosis and treatment. Diagnosis of exterior-interior cold and heat deficiency and excess, distinguishing yin and yang. Treatment such as nourishing yin to control yang heat and warming yang to eliminate yin cold is called yin-yang restriction.

Fourth, distinguish the performance of drugs by yin and yang. For example, warm drugs or drugs with sweet and divergent effects are called yang, and cold drugs or drugs with bitter and sour diarrhea are called yin.

Yin-Yang and Five Elements and TCM Attributes

1, things with hair growth, smoothness and straightness are represented by wood, and spring belongs to wood.

2. Hot things are represented by fire, and spring and summer are fire.

3. Things that have the functions of long-term cultivation, chemical cultivation and crop cultivation are represented by soil, and long summer belongs to soil.

4. Things that are quiet, cold and revolutionary are represented by gold, and autumn belongs to gold.

5. Water is the representative thing that can keep moisture and drive away cold, and it belongs to water in winter.

When Chinese medicine guides clinical medication, Su Wen said, "Observe the position of Yin and Yang carefully and adjust it for a period of time." That is, the imbalance of yin and yang is the basic pathogenesis of diseases, so it is the basic principle to adjust yin and yang to maintain or restore relative balance and achieve the secret of yin and yang.

Related to the theory of yin and yang is the theory of five elements. The five elements are the movements and changes of five basic substances: wood, fire, earth, gold and water. The five elements complement each other.

The order of mutual development is wood fire, fire soil, primary gold, golden water and aquatic wood, which goes on and on, even endlessly; The order of phase grams is water grams of fire, fire grams of gold, Jin Kemu, wood grams of soil, soil grams of water, cycle, even endless.

Only when life and gram complement each other and interact can the overall balance be maintained.

In traditional Chinese medicine, the five elements belong to five internal organs, five fu organs, five colors, five bodies, five senses and five flavors. So as to explain the physiological and pathological relationship between them and guide clinical diagnosis and treatment.

According to the relationship between the five elements and the generation of grams, the theory of traditional Chinese medicine puts forward a series of dialectical treatment methods, such as cultivating soil to generate gold, nourishing water to contain wood, strengthening water to reduce fire and so on.

Whether the relationship between the production and grams of the five internal organs of the human body is normal or not can be characterized and reflected by the body image of the human body such as color, sound, taste and pulse. Doctors of traditional Chinese medicine can infer the occurrence and development of diseases through the deduction and classification of the five elements, and analyze the data collected by the four diagnoses (looking, smelling, asking and feeling), and use the theory of the five elements to prevent and treat diseases.

Although the five elements are produced by the combination of yin and yang, they will not oppose each other. If the two are opposed, they will not be combined. On the contrary, the other half of Yin and Yang are opposite to each other, such as Jin Kemu, fire, water and soil. This shows that one end of Yang is fire, the other end (bottom) is water, the other end (right) of Yin is gold, and the other end (left) is wood.

This combination of Yin and Yang produces half of Jin Mu fire, water and soil, which is transformed into another substance through its own life and death process, that is, it is symbiotic. For the human body, Yin and Yang have merged into five elements, and all parts operate according to the operating rules of the five elements or the principle of mutual restriction. That is to say, this body keeps running according to Jin Mu's fire and water cycle.

So why is there no soil? Because in this integrated body, soil no longer shows the unearthed properties, but also serves as the connection point between Jinmu fire and water, completing the cycle process of mutual development and mutual resistance. It can also be said that the five-element space is actually a world composed of four substances (Jin Mu fire and water).

Traditional Chinese medicine should be clear about this operation law and should not emphasize the attribute of soil. In addition, there will be no real yin and yang in the five elements. Although there are yin and yang in the body, they must be clearly distinguished, and this form of existence is the principle of five elements. Otherwise, it is difficult to deal with the relationship between treatment and theory and practice.

In fact, the five elements after the combination of Yin and Yang are actually a circular process that makes matter immortal, that is to say, extinction is a process of another material, which is the principle of the universe.

The relationship between yin-yang and five elements and traditional Chinese medicine II. The principles of Yin-Yang and Five Elements are contained in all aspects of nature and society, and become the foundation of oriental philosophy. As an outstanding representative of oriental culture, Chinese medicine has always been guided by it, and the theory of yin-yang and five elements has been skillfully applied to the medical field since ancient times.

Through the dialectical relationship between them, we can explain and understand various physiological phenomena of human body, and at the same time conform to the inherent natural laws with the theory of five elements to achieve the purpose of health preservation and disease prevention.

In the concept of yin-yang and five elements, the sky is yang, which is constantly moving; The earth is overcast and has been in a state of calm for a long time-the movement of the earth itself was not felt by the ancients.

So the human body will also correspond to it. Some organs imitate the activities of the sky and transmit matter and energy through constant movement. Other organs, like the earth, are generous and quiet, storing the essence of people.

Ancient medical scientists collectively referred to these human body organs with functions similar to those of heaven as six fu organs, which belonged to Yang. The organs of people whose functions are similar to those of the earth are collectively called the five internal organs, which belong to yin. In this way, yin and yang are linked with human physiological structure.

Ancient medical scientists then used the principle of Yin-Yang and Five Elements to analyze the movement law of human organs, namely heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney.

The liver color of human body is blue, just like the color of lush spring and the youthful life of the same person, so the liver belongs to wood.

A person's heart is red, which is the source of human heat energy, just like everything is thriving in hot summer, and like an adult, it is strong and enthusiastic, so the heart belongs to fire.

People's spleen is yellow, just like the crops are ripe, and Huang Chengcheng is everywhere in the long summer, just like the mature age when people can stand on their own feet successfully, so the spleen belongs to the soil.

The lungs of the human body are white, like bleak autumn scenery, and like frail old age, so the lungs belong to gold.

The human kidney is black, just like the days are short and the nights are long. It is often a dark winter, and it is like the twilight of the same person's life, so the kidney belongs to water.

Under the influence of the five elements principle, people's physiological functions are skillfully coordinated with spring, summer, long summer, autumn and winter, which is what the ancients said: "The five internal organs of people are the five internal organs of the four seasons, not the five internal organs of flesh and blood".

Therefore, in the concept of traditional Chinese medicine, the human body and nature are closely related and inseparable. Man is by no means a single organism, but a "small universe" that contains natural laws and lives with reference to them. It is a living body with a close combination of matter and spirit.

When many people define TCM as empirical medicine, the implementation of the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements in TCM theory makes it mature, which proves the dialectical and philosophical color of TCM and makes TCM a mature subject worthy of the name.