Wood → Fire → Earth → Gold → Water
Liver → Heart → Spleen → Lung → Kidney
If wood is used to make a fire, the liver will help the heart fire, the liver will store blood, and the heart will control the blood vessels. The normal function of the liver to store blood helps the heart to control blood vessels. Fire produces soil, that is, heart fire warms spleen soil, heart governs blood and mind, spleen governs blood transport, and heart governs blood and blood to nourish spleen; Spleen can transport, generate blood and regulate blood. Gold comes from the soil, that is, the spleen can help the lung to produce gold, and the spleen can replenish qi, transform qi and blood, regulate subtle substances to fill the lung, and promote the function of the lung to control qi to make it normal. Jin Sheng Shui, that is, lung gold nourishes kidney water, lung governs purgation, kidney governs storing essence, and the decline of lung qi helps kidney store essence, absorb qi and control water. Aquatic wood means that kidney water nourishes liver wood, kidney stores essence, and liver stores blood. Kidney essence can transform liver blood and help the normal operation of liver function. This relationship between the five zang-organs is expounded through the theory of the five elements generating each other.
Explain the mutual restriction between the five internal organs with the five elements: If the heart belongs to fire and the kidney belongs to water, water can control the fire, that is, kidney can restrict the heart fire and kidney can help the heart, so it can prevent the heart fire from flourishing. Lung belongs to gold, heart belongs to fire, and fire can kill gold, that is, heart fire can restrict lung gold, such as yang heat of heart fire, which can inhibit lung qi from being too clear. Liver belongs to wood, lung belongs to gold, and Jin Kemu, that is, lung gold can restrict liver wood, while excessive lung qi can inhibit hyperactivity of liver yang. Spleen belongs to soil and liver belongs to wood, indicating that liver wood can restrict spleen soil. If the liver qi is excessive, it can relieve the stagnation of temper. Kidney belongs to water and spleen belongs to soil, that is to say, spleen soil can restrict the transport and transformation of kidney water, such as spleen soil, to prevent kidney water from flooding. This mutual restriction between the five zang-organs can be explained by the theory of mutual restraint of the five elements.
Three, five flavors and five internal organs
1, sour liver: sour food can enhance digestive function and protect the liver. Regular consumption can not only help digestion and kill hungry bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, but also prevent colds, lower blood pressure and soften blood vessels. Sour plum, pomegranate, tomato, hawthorn and orange all contain vitamin C, which can prevent cancer, aging and arteriosclerosis.
2, bitter: There is a saying in ancient times that good medicine tastes bitter. Chinese medicine believes that bitter food can drain, dry and strengthen yin, and has the effect of dehumidification and diuresis. Such as orange peel, bitter almond, bitter gourd, lily, etc. Eating regularly can prevent toxin accumulation and prevent all kinds of sores.
3, sweet into the spleen: sweet food can replenish qi and blood, supplement calories, relieve fatigue, detoxify the stomach, and have the effect of stopping spasm. Such as brown sugar, longan meat, honey, rice flour food, etc. , are good choices for sweets.
4, spicy into the lungs: Chinese medicine believes that spicy food has the effect of sweating and regulating qi. People often eat onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, peppers, which are spicy foods. These foods can protect blood vessels, regulate qi and blood, and dredge meridians. If eaten regularly, it can prevent colds and colds, but people suffering from hemorrhoids, constipation and kidney meridian weakness should not eat it.
5, salty into the kidney: salty is the crown of five flavors, never tired of eating. Chinese medicine believes that salty food can regulate the penetration of human cells and blood and maintain normal metabolism. Salty taste has the functions of catharsis, softening and resolving hard mass, nourishing yin and nourishing blood. Such as salt, kelp, seaweed, jellyfish, etc., are all high-quality salty foods.
Four, five colors, five grains, five internal organs
1, liver color is green: suitable for eating brown rice, beef, jujube and sunflower; Blue should be liver color, so if you want to be ruddy, you should not be a vegetarian.
2, heart red: should eat red beans, dog meat, plums, leeks; Red should be the heart, so if you want peach blossoms, you can supplement foods rich in vitamin C, such as tomatoes, oranges and red apples.
3, white lungs: suitable for eating wheat, mutton, apricots, leeks; White lung, want to skin whitening, can often eat food rich in protein, such as soybean milk, milk and so on.
4, spleen color yellow: suitable for eating soybeans and chestnuts; Yellow is supposed to strengthen the spleen, so people with dark skin can supplement yellow and sweet foods, such as carrots and egg yolks.
5, kidney color black: suitable for eating muscles, peaches, onions; Black should be kidney, so people with darker skin color should eat less food with too much pigment.
Five, five senses
1, the nose is the official of the lung.
The shape of the nose is mainly stomach gas, and the nostrils are mainly lung gas, so the lungs begin to understand the nose, and the nose is the official of the lung. As long as a person's lungs are sick, they will first appear on the nose. The nose mentioned here mainly refers to the inside of the nostrils, and lung heat causes the nostrils to exhaust thick heat; Cold lung chills nostrils. For example, if a person has lung disease, he will have symptoms of wheezing and nasal distension.
2, the eye is the official of the liver
When the liver begins to understand the eyes, liver diseases will appear in the eyes. People with liver disease usually have blue eyes. If the child is frightened, blue veins or bruises often appear on the bridge of the nose, which is also related to the liver. In the combination of five colors and five zang-organs in TCM, the liver governs cyan. This cyan is not the green grass we usually see, but a pale color. The liver is born of kidney water, and the color of pale is a transitional color between black and cyan. By the way, a problem: if people don't keep in good health in winter, they won't grow up in spring and get sick. Therefore, understanding the corresponding relationship between color and viscera is beneficial to health care, and we can usually judge our physical condition by observing the change of our face.
3. The lips are the official of the spleen.
The spleen opens its mouth, and the lips are the official of the spleen. People with spleen diseases will have symptoms such as yellow lips or yellow lips, peeling lips, bleeding, etc. These are all caused by excessive dryness and fire in Yangming.
4, the tongue is the official of the heart.
When the heart is sick, there are usually symptoms such as tongue inflexibility and tongue bending. A slip of the tongue, often saying the wrong thing, is also a sign of weakness. Heart disease, tongue rolling, zygomatic redness. Blushing of cheekbones means that if the heart is sick, this part of the cheekbones will be red. Besides cheekbones, we should also pay attention to Tang Yin in our daily life, because heart disease will also show up in Tang Yin. Tang Yin is between his eyebrows. If it suddenly turns red here, the pattern is like snuff, which is a sign that the mind will be scattered. We should be very careful. This is called "fortune is at stake" and there may be a serious illness. It is not a good thing that Tang Yin is black. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is equivalent to water and gas, that is, too much kidney water and too weak heart fire. As soon as the kidney water comes up, the function of heart fire can't be played out. This is also a very dangerous signal. We should be careful about the color changes in Tang Yin in our daily life.
5, the ear is the official of the kidney.
Any disease of the ear is related to the kidney. The saying that "the kidney begins to understand the ear" Patients with kidney disease will have symptoms of deafness and tinnitus.