The law of five elements producing grams is an important theory of traditional Chinese medicine, which is used to explain the relationship between human organs. The five elements include wood, fire, earth, gold and water, and each element has its corresponding viscera. Spleen belongs to the earth. According to the law of five elements producing grams, the "invincible" of spleen is liver.
In the Five Elements Law, wood fires, fire produces soil, soil produces gold, gold produces water, and aquatic wood are interrelated; Mu, Tuk Shui, Shui, Huo, Jin Kemu, this is a reciprocal relationship. Because the spleen belongs to the earth and the liver belongs to the wood, the liver is invincible.
This theory is of great significance in TCM practice. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that if a person's liver (wood) function is too strong, it may have a bad influence on the function of spleen and soil, leading to spleen weakness or dysfunction of transport and transformation. Therefore, in the treatment of diseases such as spleen-stomach disharmony, Chinese medicine can consider adjusting the function of the liver to achieve the goal of overall balance.
Application scenarios of the Five Elements' Rule of Generating Grams;
1. Explain pathological changes: According to the law of the five elements generating grams, when a certain line is over-functional or under-functional, it will have an adverse impact on related viscera and lead to pathological changes. For example, hyperactivity of liver (wood) will weaken spleen (soil), cause disharmony between spleen and stomach, and cause symptoms such as loss of appetite and abdominal distension.
2. Guiding medication: Chinese medicine chooses different drugs for treatment according to the law of five elements and different diseases and physical characteristics. For example, for patients with strong liver fire, drugs for clearing liver and purging fire can be selected; For patients with spleen deficiency and dampness, drugs for invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness can be selected.
3. Acupuncture therapy: Acupuncture therapy is one of the characteristic therapies of traditional Chinese medicine, and the law of five elements generating grams is also applied in acupuncture therapy. According to different diseases and causes, selecting corresponding acupoints for acupuncture treatment can balance the viscera and achieve the purpose of treating diseases.
4, diet conditioning: Chinese medicine believes that diet and viscera are also closely related. According to the law of five elements producing grams, we can adjust the diet structure and choose foods beneficial to the corresponding viscera to promote our health.
5, health: the five-element rule can also be applied to health. For example, spring belongs to wood, which corresponds to liver and gallbladder, and is suitable for nourishing liver and protecting gallbladder; Summer is a fire, corresponding to the heart and small intestine, suitable for nourishing the heart and protecting the intestine.