The theory of five elements is the core of the traditional culture of the Han nationality, which holds that everything in the universe is composed of the movement and cyclic changes of five basic elements: wood, fire, earth, water and gold, and is often regarded as ancient naive materialism's philosophy. In terms of human body, the five elements represent the five internal organs, each of which belongs to its place; A- gallbladder, B- liver, C- small intestine, D- heart, E- stomach, F- spleen, G- large intestine, Xin-lung, nonyl-bladder meridian and decyl-kidney must be familiar with these ten foundations; But remember, Yin and Yang may be each other's appearances. For example, if the nail wood suffers, it may be that the gallbladder is not good, but it may also be fulfilled in the liver, because yin and yang are both exterior and interior. When the nail wood is injured and the wood is weak, the wood will be weak, which may be fulfilled in the gallbladder or in the liver. C is the same, it may be fulfilled in the small intestine, but you said that his heart function will definitely not be very good. C's fire is very weak, which proves that fire is very weak, that is, water can suppress fire, and fire is weak, so there must be no afterlife. If the fire in C is weak, so will Ding Huo. These ten heavenly stems represent different parts in our human body; You said that the spleen is not good, you may not know it, but it may usually be diabetes, usually abnormal insulin secretion, leading to diabetes; G- large intestine suffers from gram, and the most common one is hemorrhoids; Everything in the trachea belongs to the lungs; This is basic, but people's health is more than that. In numerology, the act of inferring a person's fate by using the principle of yin and yang and five elements, also known as fortune telling.

The theory of five elements was originally created by the ancient Han people in China, and its brilliant philosophical thoughts greatly promoted the development of science in China. The essence of the Five Elements Theory holds that the world consists of five basic material characteristics: wood, fire, earth, gold and water. The development and changes of various things and phenomena in nature are the result of the continuous movement and interaction of these five different conditions. The ancient people in China looked up at astronomy and looked down at geography, keeping things near and far away. According to the interaction between the sun and the moon on the earth's periodic reciprocating motion between the cold and summer in December, a set of calendars of the year, year and month for the development of agricultural production in China has been developed, which has influenced it to this day.

Wood, with the characteristics of hair growth and smoothness, belongs to the East. Fire, with the characteristics of fiery upward, belongs to the south. Soil, with the characteristics of long-term cultivation and chemical education, belongs to the central government. Gold, with the characteristics of quietness and killing, belongs to the west. Water, cold, belongs to the north.

The theory of five elements adopts the method of image comparison, which simply divides everything in the world into five categories. On the basis of the attributes of the five elements, it uses the relationship between birth and gram to explain and explain the mutual relationship and changes between things. Like yin and yang, there is a law of mutual growth and resistance between the five elements. Mutual prosperity and mutual restraint are two inseparable aspects of everything. Without mutual development, there will be no development of anything, and without mutual constraints, there will be no coordination and balance of things. Mutual development ensures the motivation and possibility of things' development, and mutual restriction ensures the control and coordination of things' development. This kind of relationship between things, which is born out of grams, is complementary and serves each other, and promotes and maintains the continuous growth, change and development of things. "The Analects of Confucius" says: "It is indispensable to make a machine of nature. Without life, there is no reason for development, and without control, it will be harmful. Endless life, endless ways of heaven and earth. "

Using the characteristics of the five elements, focusing on wood, fire, earth and water, all kinds of phenomena, features, shapes, functions and expressions in nature are similar to the characteristics of a line in the five elements, so they can be classified into five categories, systematically summarized on the basis of the attributes of the five elements, and sorted out the laws of the five elements for various complex phenomena, thus explaining the relationships and changes among various types.

Five elements of traditional Chinese medicine

The five elements refer to the five mechanisms of wood, fire, earth, gold and water. It is an abstract concept used to explain the relationship between things, which has a wide meaning, not just five specific substances themselves. The theory of five elements generalizes the attributes of things or phenomena by the functional attributes of five mechanisms, and discusses and deduces the mutual relationship and movement change law between things or phenomena by mutual gestation and mutual restriction.

The center of five zang-organs belongs to fire, lung belongs to gold, liver belongs to wood, spleen belongs to soil, and kidney belongs to water.

Everything that has the function or property of growth, ascent and smoothness belongs to wood;

The mechanism of temperature, temperature or sex belongs to fire;

The mechanism of fertility, biochemistry and acceptance belongs to soil;

The mechanism of clearing, descending and converging belongs to gold;

There are cold, moist and healthy mechanisms, all of which belong to water.

The theory of five elements explains the relationship between things with the relationship between the five elements, and holds that nothing is isolated and static, but maintains a harmonious balance in the constant movement of the elements.

The application of this theory in traditional Chinese medicine is mainly to analyze and study the viscera, meridians and physiological functions of the human body according to the characteristics of the five elements, and explain their mutual influence under pathological conditions.

Therefore, the theory of five elements is not only a theoretical explanation in traditional Chinese medicine, but also has practical significance in guiding clinical practice.

Since ancient times, China sages have skillfully applied the theory of five elements to the medical field, understood and explained physiological phenomena with the dialectical relationship between the five elements, tried their best to conform to the inherent natural laws for health preservation, and tried their best to master the operating mechanism of the human body to prevent and treat diseases, and achieved unparalleled experience and achievements.