In fact, it is not only nature, but also "gold, wood, water, fire and earth" in the human body, which correspond to the five internal organs of "lung, liver, kidney, heart and spleen" respectively. If an organ of the body is in a weak state, it will trigger a chain reaction of the body and the skin will naturally deteriorate. So when you find something wrong with your skin, you might as well ask yourself what's wrong with your body first.
Although the human body is flesh and blood, it is also a complete world of five elements, just like the nature in which it lives.
Five elements: wood, fire, earth, gold and water.
Five internal organs: liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney.
Six fu organs: gallbladder, small intestine, stomach, large intestine, bladder and triple energizer.
Five senses: eyes, tongue, mouth, nose and ears.
Five bodies: muscle, blood, meat, fur and bones.
Each organ corresponds to five elements. Of course, this does not mean that human organs are simple elements, but have similar properties to corresponding elements. Liver belongs to wood, with strong vitality, and its function is to store blood, hematopoiesis and nutrition to maintain the sustainable growth of human body; The heart belongs to fire, and fire is active. The function of the heart is to transport blood, make blood circulate normally in the human body and maintain body temperature. Spleen belongs to the earth and is the mother of all things. Its function is to transform the nutrients absorbed by the stomach into the kinetic energy of the human body. Lung belongs to gold, which is true. The function of the lungs is to breathe and make sounds when they vibrate. Kidney belongs to water, which is weak, and its function is to urinate and promote human metabolism; All these can be analogized in the same way.
Traditional medical theory holds that the five elements (five internal organs) in the human body are a complete system, and each part has a specific function. Only when all parts are coordinated and balanced can human health be maintained. If any part goes wrong, the body will be uncoordinated and unbalanced, and people will get sick, feel uncomfortable and even suffer.
Even if there is no disease, from the physical temperament of each individual, some people are naturally irritable and irritable; Some people are born depressed and easily sad; Some people are naturally optimistic and often laugh. On the one hand, these manifestations are caused by genetic factors, on the other hand, they are also related to acquired culture. But in any case, it shows that the five elements in his body are unbalanced, and a certain line occupies an advantage or disadvantage position in the five elements. Therefore, the traditional folk prescription refers to the five elements of human beings: a wooden man with a green face and a long body; Hot people are flushed and healthy; A native, with a stout body and yellow face; A man of gold is pure white; A water-based person has a soft body and a black face.
In the view of traditional medicine, health preservation is to regulate the five elements of the body, make them coordinate with each other and transport normally, so that all diseases are not prosperous and the wise are not old. Summed up the experience of many famous TCM health experts, in order to adjust the starting point of human five-behavior health care, after years of research, finally made a major breakthrough, sorted out a set of relatively perfect five-element health care theory, and adopted a variety of natural therapies, which not only retained the advantages of softness and comfort, but also overcame the shortcomings of slow effect, which was of great value to the promotion and implementation of TCM health care.
Clinically, the treatment methods determined according to the law of mutual resistance of five elements are as follows:
Supporting the soil and restraining the wood: it is a method to treat spleen deficiency and hyperactivity of liver qi with drugs that invigorate the spleen and soothe the liver, also known as invigorating the spleen and soothing the liver. Mainly suitable for spleen deficiency and liver depression.
Nourishing soil and promoting diuresis: it refers to the method of treating water-dampness stagnation syndrome with drugs that warm spleen-yang or invigorate spleen and qi, also known as invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis. Mainly used for edema caused by spleen deficiency, or spleen yang deficiency and excessive water dampness.
Zuojin Pingmu method: it refers to a treatment method to suppress hyperactivity of liver fire by clearing lung qi, also known as clearing lung and purging liver. It is mainly suitable for the syndrome of "wood fire gold" caused by hyperactivity of liver fire, burning lung gold and affecting the clearing of lung qi.
The method of purging the south and tonifying the north refers to a therapeutic method of purging heart fire, tonifying kidney water and communicating heart and kidney. Also known as purging fire and tonifying kidney, nourishing yin and reducing fire. Mainly suitable for deficiency of kidney yin, hyperactivity of heart yang, disharmony between fire and water, and disharmony between heart and kidney.
In addition, in acupuncture therapy, the peripheral acupoints of Yang, the twelve meridians, hand and foot also belong to the five elements, namely, well, line, transport, meridian and combination, belonging to wood, fire, earth and water. Clinically, according to different conditions, acupuncture treatment can be carried out by using the law of five elements to produce grams.
In the process of practical application, the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements is often interrelated and inseparable. The combination of yin-yang and five elements theory can not only explain the general relationship between two contradictory sides of things, but also explain the more specific and complex relationship between things, which is conducive to explaining complex life phenomena and pathological processes.