The body has five internal organs, which constitute the functional core of the body. The the twelve meridians they maintain is distributed all over the body, transporting qi and blood to all parts of the body and maintaining normal physiological functions.

The five zang-organs and the twelve meridians each have their own "personality characteristics". What we call health care and conditioning is actually to maintain these meridians and viscera and make them more functional. But this is only the purpose, and the means needed in the middle actually lies in "qi and blood."

It can be said that qi and blood are the first contact problems for our health preservation and conditioning. They have both similarities and differences. For example, qi is yang and blood is yin, and qi actively supplements blood and so on. The five internal organs are also affected by qi and blood, and the degree of controlling qi and blood is different.

Therefore, if you want to regulate the viscera, you can get twice the result with half the effort as long as you follow their qi and blood conditions.

The most representative relationship between "five internal organs" and qi and blood is "liver and lung" Why do you say that?

These two sentences are easy to understand, that is to say, under normal circumstances, Jueyin meridian is full of qi and blood, and Taiyin meridian is full of qi and blood, but less qi. Or to put it another way, the normal Jueyin Meridian means that qi and blood are full and weak, and the normal Taiyin Meridian means that qi and blood are full and weak.

Jueyin Meridian refers to Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian and Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian; Taiyin meridian refers to Taiyin lung meridian of hand and Taiyin spleen meridian of foot.

Therefore, from the perspective of liver and lung, their "physiological function" itself has the difference between the strength of qi and blood. Their conditioning and maintenance must also be combined with the rise and fall of qi and blood. In this way, it can be considered as "not against nature".

Why do you say "Jue Yin often has more blood and less qi"? As we know, the liver stores blood, which is located in the lower jiao, and its biggest feature is "body yin and yang". Since it is said to be "body yin", it is easy to understand that both qi and blood belong to yin, so the liver meridian of Foot Jueyin is "more blood and less gas".

The other Jueyin meridian is the pericardium meridian of the hand Jueyin, which is one of the six fu organs and the "periphery" of the mind. There is a saying in Chinese medicine that pericardium replaces heart. It is also good for the heart to control blood, and it is also good for Jueyin pericardium meridian to "have more blood and less gas".

Therefore, from the perspective of nourishing the liver, under normal circumstances, the blood of the liver meridian is relatively sufficient. Although we often say "qi stagnation and blood stasis", too much blood can also lead to qi stagnation. Therefore, although for the liver, "stagnation of liver qi" is the most common. However, when we are soothing the liver and relieving depression, the more appropriate method is to start with enriching blood.

This view is also in line with the purpose of "blood is the mother of qi". In fact, many drugs and foods that nourish the blood and soften the liver have good effects of regulating qi and relieving depression, such as Radix Paeoniae Alba and Radix Curcumae, and Chuanxiong is known as the "medicine of qi and blood".

According to the theory that "Jue Yin often has more blood and less qi", these methods of nourishing liver, such as soaking Radix Paeoniae Alba and Fructus Schisandrae in water, should all belong to this category.

Why do you say "too much yin and less blood"? The lung governs the whole body's qi and breath, and almost all duties are related to "qi". Another Taiyin meridian is the spleen meridian of the foot Taiyin. Because the spleen has the function of "regulating blood", many friends will think that the spleen meridian "more qi and less blood" is incorrect.

In fact, the spleen should pay attention to the control of blood. "Qi is handsome for blood", and the spleen governs blood by its yang. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the Taiyin meridian having more qi and less blood.

So, how to raise the lungs? Some people say that lung is dry when it is wet, and the common method of moistening lung is moistening lung. In fact, although the lung is moist, its own function is to maintain its qi activity, that is to say, lung qi should be reduced rather than increased, and lung qi is the most common situation.

Therefore, our usual lung-tonifying method should be based on dispersing lung qi, and other lung-tonifying methods of clearing away heat and moistening lung are carried out on this basis.

In fact, there is no contradiction between Su Xuan's lung qi and clearing and moistening the lung. Yin is more than blood, and Chinese medicine often says that "more qi leads to more fire." Therefore, many products that clear lung and moisten lung have a good effect of dispersing lung. Such as melon skin, mulberry skin, etc.

Therefore, according to the theory that "the Taiyin is full of qi and less blood", it is more appropriate to tonify the middle energizer and drain. Our commonly used medicinal diets for nourishing lung, such as Poria cocos and Lily, can be properly matched with ginger and Trichosanthes kirilowii shells.

In short, the theory that Jueyin (liver meridian) tends to have more blood and less gas, and Taiyin (lung meridian) tends to have more gas and less blood is generally ignored. But from the point of view of nourishing liver and moistening lung, this method is still worth learning.