Abstract: "Tong" is an important concept in Taoist medicine. However, people have different opinions on the connotation and essence of "communication" throughout the ages. Through question-and-answer analysis, this paper shows that the essence of sputum is ions, and sputum comes from cells and is transported through meridians. Then, the characteristics and functions of acupoints and the relationship between acupoints and meridians are discussed. Based on the above analysis, this paper finally explains a series of problems such as "blood is the mother of phlegm", how blood is consumed by the brain, and how to perceive phlegm.
Keywords: hey; Essence; Invisible; ion
About the author: Chen Yunhe, male, born in 1958, is an orthodox Taoist whose real name is Daxiang. He has been studying Taoist inner alchemy and Taoist medicine for many years, and is a descendant of Taoist Taisu pulse diagnosis. He is currently the executive director of Sichuan Taoist Association, the executive director of Chengdu Taoist Association, the president of Jiange County Taoist Association, the master of Hemingshan Hemingguan in Pu 'an Town, Jiange, and a graduate student of the Institute of Religion of Sichuan University.
Qi is a common concept of Taoist medicine and Chinese medicine. Qi mentioned by Taoist doctors, Chinese medicine practitioners and medical practitioners refers to the subtle substances in the human body that are extremely energetic, endless and intangible, and are the most basic substances that constitute the human body and maintain human life activities. As the saying goes, "only gas becomes, gas accumulates and exists, and gas dissipates and dies." Taoism has long used "qi" to express this characteristic of qi to avoid confusion with other concepts of qi.
It is very important for Taoist medicine, Chinese medicine and Taoist practice. However, for the connotation and essence of "communication", the essence of "communication" has not been clearly explained. Therefore, it is a pity that the idea of "communication" has been criticized by western medicine and pseudoscience. Today, based on the position of Taoist doctor, the author talks about his own understanding through the question and answer between disciple Zhidan and Master Yunhe, in order to give Taoist doctor and Chinese medicine a scientific true face as much as possible. -inscription
Zhidan: Master, it is very important for Taoist doctors, Chinese medicine practitioners and Taoist priests to understand the essence of communication! But I never understood it, so I consulted many famous writers in history, but unfortunately they didn't make it clear. Later, I also consulted professors from major Chinese medicine colleges, and they all said they couldn't explain clearly. Then you are both a practitioner and a Taoist doctor, and you have also studied modern physics, chemistry, biology, biophysics, biochemistry and so on. How do you know you? What is the essence of Lian?
Taoist Yunhe: This is a very good question! "Gao Shangyu, Huang, Yin Shin and Miao Jing" tells you at the beginning: man, god and essence. Children are one of the three treasures connecting the preceding with the following. Therefore, the essence of communication is a very important and primary issue for Taoist doctors, Chinese medicine practitioners. If blood is the two cornerstones of Chinese medicine, Taoism and physicians, then we must understand the essence of this cornerstone if we understand blood and its components. If you can't tell the essence of Taoism, it will always hurt Chinese medicine, Taoism and practitioners. It's a pity that we didn't make it clear before here. Let me first tell you some representative views on the nature of Wei.
Zhidan: Go ahead, Master.
Dr. Yunhe: At present, the academic and medical circles have conducted extensive research on the essence of children by using modern scientific theories and methods, and the opinions are as follows:
The first view can be called "energy theory". They believe that the essence of energy is "force", "energy" or "energy metabolism", and some people attribute it to ATPase of erythrocyte membrane.
The second view can be called "living cell theory". For example, Mr. Lin believes that the basic unit of life structure and life activity is cell-yuan Yun, which deepens the understanding that the essence of operation as "human foundation" is cell life.
The third view can be called "nucleic acid theory", which holds that the material basis of life as a whole is nucleic acid. From the perspective of molecular biology, Yuancheng may refer to DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) in germ cells, and some tonics can improve the DNA of sexual cells.
The fourth viewpoint can be called "human body field theory". When the research group of "Human Body Field" of Shanghai Jiaotong University (1979) applied AGA750 thermal imager to study the "discharge" of internal workers, they thought that the human body could emit some energy, which they called "Human Body Field".
The fifth viewpoint can be called "information theory", which holds that the concept of communication is synonymous with "information" under different historical conditions, so the movement form of communication is also an information transmission process (Zhai, 198 1).
The sixth viewpoint can be called "charged particle theory", which holds that the motion of charged particles is actually like the motion of water, because charged particles with certain energy can interact with magnetic fields to produce mechanical effects when they are driven by gradients such as electric field, concentration and temperature.
Generally speaking, in the conclusions drawn from the study of Wei's nature, nucleic acid theory, living cell theory, charged particle theory, information theory and human body field theory are all derived from Wei's material view; It is believed that it is related to nervous system function, digestive system function, hematopoietic function and immune function. Judging from its function; It is a common view that the essence of energy is too general, because the concept of energy is too general and not specific. You see, heat is energy, cold is energy, electricity is energy, and light is energy, but these are not the essence of energy. Of course, it is not accurate enough to think that giving is a particle. Because at the new level, the nucleus has not been opened, but the molecules have been separated. For example, when NaCl enters the body, it becomes Na+ ions and Cl- ions (the nuclei of Na and Cl entering the body are not opened), so it can't be particles (particles are smaller material components such as protons, neutrons, neutrinos and quarks after the nuclei are opened), and it can't be charged particles.
Zhidan: Master, your analysis is profound and clear! What's your opinion?
Mr. Yunhe: In my opinion, satellite is ion, and satellite current is charged ion current or neutral ion current.
After hearing this, Zhi Dan was very surprised and asked: Ion! ? Why ions?
Chief Yunhe: At present, in physics research, there are generally four forms of matter: solid, liquid, gaseous and ionic. The ionic state is also the basic form of matter. In the human body, ions are substances, such as sodium ions, potassium ions, calcium ions, chloride ions, iron ions, magnesium ions and zinc ions.
Zhidan: But isn't it invisible? If it is an ion, isn't it tangible?
Officer Yunhe: The so-called intangible is relative to the tangible. We call what is invisible and intangible to the naked eye "intangible". Can you see and touch ions?
Zhi Dan said with a smile, I can't see or touch it. But you said that stone is an ion. Is there any evidence? Is there a source?
Director Yunhe: Of course there is evidence! Of course there is a source!
Zhidan: Great! I am all ears. I heard that as early as 16 years old, you knew that "playing" was not complete. I knew what it was at the age of 22, and it took 28 years to understand why. No one else has said it, but it is a great discovery!
Director Yunhe: Hehe, heroes don't mention their bravery! Besides, I am not a hero! Just a little Taoist. Because I don't understand, I want to understand. As a result, decades of hard work finally made me realize.
Zhidan: So, can you tell us the origin of Dong? Where do you think it came from?
Yunhe Daochang: It comes from cells.
Zhidan was surprised and blurted out: it comes from cells! ?
Officer Yunhe: Yes. (Mr. Yunhe pauses) Then he says: 1925 The famous biologist E.B. Wilson (1856- 1939) once said: "For a long time, it has been clear that the answers to all biological problems will be found in cells eventually. Because all living things are, or used to be, a cell. " I thought about this sentence for a long time, and later I thought that the study of cockroaches should also start with cells.
Zhidan: So what aspects of cells did you start with?
Cloud and Dojo: From the structure and function of cells. First of all, let's look at the structure of cells, which is the most basic unit of biological life. Modern biology tells us that cells are composed of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus. Under the electron microscope, the cell structure can be divided into membrane phase (cell membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, lysosome and nuclear membrane) and non-membrane phase (ribosome, nucleolus, chromatin, centrosome, cytoplasmic matrix and nuclear matrix, etc.). ).
Zhidan: These are very simple.
Chief Yunhe: There are some complicated ones. You see, cells are also a miniature and complex "biochemical factory". Do you think it's complicated?
Zhi Dan asked curiously: So, cells are just "a pot of thick soup", and all kinds of molecules are doing random thermal movements, or diffusing or infiltrating, and it's all over at once.
Officer Yunhe: Of course not. This is your previous point of view. With the development of physics and chemistry, modern biology has entered the stage of molecular cell biology, and more complex structures have been found in cells, such as cytoskeleton (microfilaments, microtubules and intermediate fibers), molecular motors and ion pumps.
Straight Dan hey hey smile: cytoskeleton? There are bones in cells, too. That's interesting.
Taoist Yunhe: It's really fun, but this "fun" is achieved through hard research. It was not until 1963 adopted advanced observation methods that people widely observed the existence of various cytoskeleton fibers. Calling it "skeleton" is an image metaphor, and microtubules in the skeleton are originally a kind of pipes. "General Theory" [①] states that the human body is composed of various channels, among which ultramicro channels refer to the channels in the internal structure of cells.
Zhidan: What are the functions of these skeletons, or microchannels in these skeletons?
Manager Yunhe: To put it bluntly, it is the pipeline of the cell "biochemical factory". What do you think the pipes in chemical plants do? It is to change one substance into two or more substances in a reaction kettle, or to change two or more substances into another substance, and then transport it through a pipeline.
Zhidan: Do cells still have such magical functions?
Chief Yunhe: The function of cells is not just magic! All the life characteristics of living things are completed by cells, and the functions of cells make life colorful. There are too many kinds of cells, each of which differentiates into different functions, for example, visual cells have the function of light reception, nerve cells have the function of conduction, blood cells have the function of transportation and so on. This is the external overall performance of cell function.
Zhidan: What is the intrinsic function of that cell?
Director Yunhe: Good! In order to find out the essence of Wei, let's have a little science.
The internal function of a cell is the division of labor among its parts. From the perspective of modern biology, the function of cell membrane is the barrier between cells and the external environment, and it is the gateway for substances to enter and exit. It is equipped with various receptors, which can recognize various signals inside and outside cells and participate in the identification and communication between cells. There are various ion channels on the cell membrane. Cells can adjust the permeability of the membrane to specific ions, and can also change this permeability quickly and subtly.
Cytoplasmic matrix plays an important role in cell material metabolism. Many intermediate metabolism occurs in the cytoplasmic matrix. Endoplasmic reticulum plays an important role in the synthesis, modification, transportation and export of many important protein and the synthesis of almost all lipids. Golgi apparatus is involved in the secretion process of cells. Mitochondria is a "power plant", which oxidizes and decomposes nutrients such as sugar, protein and fat ingested by organisms through oxidative phosphorylation, and further converts the energy stored in food into chemical energy, which continuously supplies the needs of physiological activities. Lysosome is the "digestive organ" of cells, which not only has the function of nutritional defense, but also plays an important role in cell growth, development and metabolic regulation. Nucleolar is a highly dynamic structure, which is an important place for nucleosome synthesis, processing and assembly.
The nucleus is the largest, most obvious and most important organelle in eukaryotic cells, and it is the concentrated area of genetic material, which has a regulatory effect on cell structure, heredity and metabolism.
Zhidan: Now I understand that a cell is really a miniature, complex, automatic and all-round biochemical factory, and everything necessary for life activities must be produced in the cell. Master, can you tell me something about it?
Dr. Yunhe: Talk to cell biologists, biophysicists and biochemists about more detailed genetic problems. That's the subject of experts who study cells. I know they have studied these problems very clearly. I just want to tell you clearly here: ions, that is, osmium, are produced in the factory of cells. In other words, the ion, osmium, comes from cells.
Zhidan: How are ions transported?
Yunhe Daochang: After ions are generated in cells, they are transported to the outside of cells through ion pumps and ion channels. To understand this, we have to thank the progress of modern science and technology.
Zhidan: Is the ion channel research clear?
Minister Yunhe: As far as I know, modern biology has only been clearly studied at present, and it is still in its infancy. From the research history, in 1955, A.Hodgkin and R.Keynes proposed that there are ion channels on the cell membrane, which can let specific ions pass through. It was not until 1980s that B.Sakmann and E.Neher invented the patch clamp recording technology, and there was a method to detect the ion current of a single ion channel. Here you should notice that they have detected ion current, but they have not combined ion current with the "flow" of Taoism and traditional Chinese medicine, nor have they combined ion channels with meridians. They missed an important discovery opportunity. According to my research on Taoist doctors, I think ion flow is "flow", and ion channels are sun collaterals, floating collaterals, other collaterals and meridians. Please pay attention.
Zhi Dan: Oh, how does modern biology know the function and function of ions?
Daochang Yunhe: Although modern biology has conducted in-depth research on this issue, the level of understanding is average. To sum up, life activity is a complex reaction process, and ions play an important regulatory role in many physiological activities, such as nerve impulse conduction, muscle contraction and cell volume contraction. The lack or excess of ions will affect the normal function of the body.
Zhidan: So, how much do Taoist doctors know about the function and function of Wei?
General Yun He: First of all, communication is the basic substance that constitutes and maintains human life activities. Secondly, it has ten characteristics: yin and yang, fluidity, storage, energy, information, field, periodicity, absorption and distribution, interaction between yin and yang, color and so on. These characteristics are very specific and are used in the diagnosis and treatment of Taoist doctors in traditional Chinese medicine. In my opinion, the biggest feature of the body is the combination of intangible system and tangible system. Taoist doctors' understanding of the role of internal meeting and meridians in human body is highly consistent with modern biology's understanding of ions and ion channels in life activities, and surprisingly similar. Taoist doctors have been applying and treating meridian diseases for thousands of years and are very mature.
Zhidan: Master, I understand the ten characteristics of children. I also want to know, what are the ions in the body?
Taoist Yunhe: Haha, you ask really carefully! Ok, let's study science again!
First, we need to know which elements are necessary for us. Since the second half of the18th century, chemists have gradually learned about the chemical composition of biological substances. Today, we know that there are 30 chemical elements that are necessary for living things. We call these 30 elements life elements, specifically:
The main elements (atomic numbers) necessary for all living things to form valence bonds are H( 1), C(6), N(7), O(8), P( 15) and S( 16).
All monatomic ions (atomic number) necessary for living things: Na+( 1 1), Mg2+( 12), Cl-( 17), K+( 19), Ca2+(20).
All trace elements (atomic number) necessary for living things: manganese (25), iron (26), cobalt (27), copper (29) and zinc (30).
Trace elements (atomic number) required by some organisms: B(5), F(9), Al( 13), Si( 14), V(23), Cr(24), Ni(28), As(33), Se (33).
So how many ions are there in our bodies? You can figure it out.
Zhidan: Oh, I see. What do these ions have to do with osmium?
General Yun He: Ions leave the blood and enter the ion channel through cells, that is, enter the sun collaterals, floating collaterals, other collaterals and meridians, which is what we call Wei. Or nutrients are metabolized by cells into ions and enter ion channels, which is also called "food".
Zhi Dan: Can ions in cells be called Bi?
Chief Yunhe: Also called Tong.
Zhidan: Then how do you understand entering meridians?
Dr. Yunhe: Meridian is ion channel (ion channel disease is meridian disease now). If it is explained by pipes, it is also pipes.
Zhi Dan: Since modern biology, biochemistry and biophysics have studied the structure and function of cells, modern people also know cytoskeleton (microfilament, microtubule and intermediate fiber), molecular motor and ion pump, so why not study the function and destination of ions in depth?
Taoist Yunhe: It is difficult for them to make progress here. They only know one thing and don't know another, which is determined by their way of thinking. Because they don't know that people have a more advanced system-invisible system, which is based on qi and linked by meridians.
Zhidan: Where did the ion go?
Taoist Yunhe: I went to the meridian. First, it passes through the sun collaterals to the floating collaterals, other collaterals and meridians, and then it passes through the odd meridian eleven veins [②] and the intangible system.
Zhi Dan suddenly realized and sighed: Oh dear! ! ! I see.
Dr. Yunhe was a little proud, lit another cigarette happily, and continued to preach: I tell you again, once the ions leave the cell membrane, they enter the sun collaterals, floating collaterals, other collaterals, and then enter the meridians and begin to flow around.
If Zhidan knows something, he says: stagnant blood, does it mean that stagnant liquidity is not enough?
Taoist Yunhe: That's for sure! You are clever enough to infer from one example to another.
Zhidan: Master, you have found the material basis and scientific basis for Taoist doctors, Chinese medicine practitioners.
Director Yunhe: Don't pick your back! (Sichuan dialect means "flattery") Because for a long time, Chinese medicine, Taoist medicine, medical practice, Chinese medicine powder, Taoist medicine powder and medical practice powder have not found the essence of soup, so they can't justify themselves. It is easy for people with ulterior motives to make irresponsible remarks and denigrate traditional medicine.
Zhidan agrees with Master's statement that this is a reasonable and scientific explanation of Chinese medicine, Taoist doctors, medical practitioners, Chinese medicine powder, Taoist doctors powder and medical practitioners powder.
Road flyover Yunhe said calmly: I dare not say that this is definitely true. But I dare say that this is a plausible point of view. I'm also throwing bricks to attract jade. Perhaps this brick will attract more jade, especially for those scholars and experts who study life science, which has a new research direction. However, I am also a "soy sauce". Don't believe me completely. I have been playing soy sauce for decades. Ha ha laugh ...
Zhidan: Master, you are too modest. Ideas determine the way out.
Director Yunhe: Yes!
Zhidan: So what do you mean by "blood is the mother of blood"?
Chief Yunhe: Blood provides nutrients for cells (including sodium ions, potassium ions, calcium ions, iron ions, magnesium ions, zinc ions, chloride ions and other ions). ), and cells also have the function of metabolizing some nutrients into various ions (perhaps to be further studied), that is, phlegm. Because blood is the source of sputum, without nutrients and ions provided by fresh blood, sputum will not be produced in cells, so sputum comes from blood, and blood is the mother of sputum. This is my understanding and explanation of "blood is the mother of blood".
Zhidan: Ah, good! That's a perfect explanation!
Dr Yunhe: Taoist medicine and Chinese medicine are a very complete system. I have said in the General Theory that man is composed of two systems, one is a tangible system and the other is an intangible system. The tangible system is a system, an organ, a tissue and a cell, and it is a biological system based on cells, which we call biological life. The intangible system is an energy system composed of three souls and seven gods, eleven meridians (③), twelve meridians, other collaterals, floating collaterals, sun collaterals and acupoints, which we call energy life. Taoism and Chinese medicine not only studied the tangible system, but also studied the intangible system-energy life.
Although modern biology has studied cells, ions and ion channels at the molecular level, and on this basis, it has studied ion channel diseases, but neither of them has touched the whole intangible system, and it is unknown that ions are impurities, ion channels are meridians, ion channels are not connected with meridians, and ion channel diseases are meridian diseases, which have not penetrated into the intangible system, and they are ignorant of the occurrence and development of many diseases in the intangible system. I know nothing about the diseases and treatments caused by the interaction between intangible system and tangible system. They gave a name to this disease that they couldn't figure out-syndrome.
Zhi Dan asked: Master, that is to say, the tangible system is formed on the basis of cells, and the intangible system is formed on the basis of cells. By the way, master, according to the "blood is the mother of blood" you just explained, how does the brain consume blood?
Director Yunhe: Good! We explain this process according to "blood is the mother of blood", and we take how the brain consumes blood as an example to illustrate this problem, which is still a mystery to western medicine. The brain is the most advanced organ of the human body, which consists of about 654.38+0.5 billion brain cells. It processes as many as 654.38 million chemical reactions per second and records more than 80 million pieces of information every day. How much energy does the brain consume to work at full capacity? On the other hand, our brain only uses about 7% on average (it is said that genius only uses 15%) and consumes 25% of human blood.
When blood enters the brain, brain cells can not only directly use various ions in the blood, but also metabolize nutrients in the blood into ions, so that the brain's thinking has energy. At the same time, imagination has images and brain operation is supported by energy. This is how the ions in the blood are consumed by the brain. Once the nutrients provided by blood enter brain cells, they are converted into various ions, and then become trace elements through ion channels, so the nutrients in blood are consumed by the brain. In short, this is how the brain consumes blood.
If measured, the brain can be measured better than usual when it is thinking fiercely, whether it is EEG or field. Remember that the melting function of the brain is very strong! The brain consumes a lot of blood (liquid)! Do you think the brain needs a lot of blood? Hehehe, that's raw material.
Zhidan: I know the source of fertilizer and the consumption of fertilizer, so can I store it?
Road flyover Yunhe: Of course. Dantian is used to store paste.
Zhidan: Can you exercise?
Taoist Yunhe: Of course you can exercise. If you can't exercise, people will die.
Zhidan: How does Dan exercise?
Mr. Yun He: Communication runs through ion channels, that is, meridians. I will answer this question in detail in the article Essence of Meridian, so I won't talk about this place.
Zhidan: Can it form a field?
Officer Yun He: As a result of modern physics research, ions can form a field. We often say "this person's field is very strong" or "this person's field is very weak", which means the strength of its ion field.
Zhidan: Can I distribute it?
Taoist Yunhe: Taoism has a unique cultivation method called "painting water", which means drawing with a brush in your hand. When you Zongfa taught me this method, he taught me to hold a bowl of water with the "Three Mountains Tactics" in my left hand and draw characters in the water with the "Sword Tactics" in my right hand. A month later, I felt a strong current (something) shooting from my fingertips. I asked master what this is. My master told me that this is the sun. Of course it can release ions. It can not only be distributed, but also absorbed. Everyone can distribute it. It only takes five minutes, and you can feel it. It's just "people use it every day without knowing it."