The second chapter rambles on the essence of TCM theory

First of all, the structure of the human body

(A) the five internal organs-the most important organs to maintain life

(B) Six fu organs-an important container of the human body

Second, the physiological function

(1) heart

(2) Liver

(3) Spleen

(4) Kidney

(5) Lung

(6) Brave

(7) stomach

(8) Small intestine

(9) large intestine

(10) bladder

(1 1) triple coke

Third, meridians

Chapter III Energy Basis of Human Body

First of all, the energy of the human body

Second, the body is not a credit card.

Third, we love taking tonics.

The fourth chapter explains the mystery of TCM theory.

First, yin and yang

Second, cold and heat

Third, get angry

Four or five elements

Chapter V Lend you a pair of eyes that know yourself.

First of all, sense motive.

(1) Observe the expression.

(2) Observe the complexion

(3) Observe the body

(4) Observe the hair

(5) Observe the ear

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Chapter VI Clever Treatment of Sub-health

Observing people's spirit, face, tongue, ears, stool, urine, hair, nails, gums and other nuances can quickly understand the state of the body.

Qi, blood and essence are the foundation of our health.

Chinese medicine believes that qi, blood and essence are the energy sources of human body. Full of qi and blood, full of spirit, makes people energetic, energetic, quick-thinking and well-proportioned; When these three kinds of energy are insufficient, the human body will have various "sub-health" symptoms, such as palpitation, insomnia, forgetfulness, rash, cold hands and feet, irregular menstruation, fatigue, shortness of breath, fever, loss of appetite, indigestion, alopecia, persistent asphyxia, constipation and so on. These three ways to make up for energy are the essence of this book, which helps you treat both internal and external problems and treat both the symptoms and root causes.

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, many physical discomforts can be alleviated or solved by tonic, massage, changing lifestyle and changing diet structure.

The debate on whether Chinese medicine is scientific is not a day or two. As early as the Republic of China, many well-known scholars and politicians expressed unscientific and chaotic views on traditional Chinese medicine. Compared with western medicine with comprehensive theory, traditional Chinese medicine is regarded as the representative of feudal superstition and a typical example of backwardness and ignorance, and should be thrown into the garbage dump of history immediately. At that time, intellectuals regarded drinking, eating meat and scolding Chinese medicine as fashionable activities. No matter who knows or doesn't know Chinese medicine, they all stand up and scold Chinese medicine to show their determination to pursue science.

On the Essence of TCM Theory Because TCM and Western medicine have different understandings of human body, some of them are even very different, so please try to put aside the preconceived influence of Western medicine theory and re-establish a human body structure. First, the structure of the human body (1) The five internal organs-the most important organs to maintain life-refer to the heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney. They are the core components of the human body, and their relationship can be described as intimate, and no one can do without anyone. When a person suffers, so do the other four organs. A smart human body has a very precise, scientific, efficient and intelligent operating mechanism, and will adjust its balance at any time according to various emergencies. Often, the function of one organ declines, and for the harmonious operation of the whole, the function level of the other four organs also declines one after another. However, the function of one organ has improved, and for the harmonious operation of the whole, the functional levels of the other four organs have also improved one after another. It can be said that a short step will make a lasting regret. There is a subtle interdependence and mutual restriction between the five internal organs. This relationship is not imagined by the ancients, but based on long-term clinical observation and research. Why do you always say that you have to understand Chinese medicine? It is precisely because the research methods of traditional Chinese medicine are based on the real manifestations of many objective existence, and valuable knowledge can be obtained through learners' logical reasoning. It is to connect a large number of coincidences and explain these connections with a whole set of theories. In this process of constantly discovering and explaining the relationship, the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine has gradually formed. When explaining the subtle relationship between the five internal organs, Chinese medicine uses five substances in nature to explain it, hoping to reveal the harmonious and balanced relationship between the five internal organs. This theory is a very classic theory of five elements. The five elements theory represents the lung, liver, kidney, heart and spleen of human body with gold, wood, water, fire and earth respectively, and expresses the relationship between the five internal organs with the help of the characteristics of these five elements. This pentagonal figure shows the relationship between five substances. All five solid arrows point from one element to another. For example, wood, this figure shows that wood can promote the production of fire, and wood is the material for making fire and keeping warm in nature; Let's look at fire again. This chart shows that fire can promote the formation of soil. In nature, substances burn and become ashes, and this kind of ashes is soil. Look at the soil again. This picture shows that soil can promote the production of gold. In fact, most metal deposits are buried deep underground. By analogy, this dependence is established. According to the characteristics of the five internal organs, the ancients corresponded them with these five substances one by one, which can also explain the relationship between the five internal organs. We see solid arrows pointing from one organ to another, which also represents the role of one organ in promoting the growth of another organ. According to the direction of the arrow, we can see that the liver can promote the growth of the heart, and the improvement of liver function can strengthen the function of the heart. By analogy, heart can promote the function of spleen, spleen can promote the function of lung, lung can promote the function of kidney, and kidney can promote the function of liver. Their promotion relationship is orderly and secondary, and it is the promotion relationship and dependence relationship between the five internal organs. For example, TCM nursed back to health not only nursed back to health the function of the heart, but also made great efforts to help patients nursed back to health the function of the liver. For example, palpitation, some patients have a bad mood for a long time, and the liver qi is not smooth, which leads to the decline of liver function and can't nourish the heart well, which in turn brings troubles to the heart and makes patients have symptoms of palpitation. If the treatment is based on treating the headache and treating the foot pain, it is a bit difficult to start with the fact-based diagnosis method for such patients. After checking around the heart, I found nothing unusual, so I had to classify the patient as weak. Comparatively speaking, the method of overall grasp and syndrome differentiation and treatment will receive better therapeutic effect.

The classics of the theory of five elements not only reveal the mutual promotion and interdependence among the five zang-organs, but also expound another important relationship between them, that is, the restrictive relationship. This restriction is not blind and random, but fixed, orderly and secondary. This time I changed a five-pointed star. This five-pointed star figure embodies the relationship between the five elements. All five dotted arrows point from one element to another. For example, wood, according to the direction of the arrow, points to the soil, indicating that the ancients thought that wood could restrict the soil. In nature, trees can really play the role of soil and water conservation, wind prevention and sand fixation. Afforestation is strongly advocated now, because tree roots can consolidate soil. Look at the soil again. According to the arrow, it points to the water. The ancients thought that soil could limit water. The reason is very simple. The soil will hinder the flow of water. The idiom "When soldiers come, they will block, and water will cover them." . Let's look at the water again. According to the direction of the arrow, pointing to the fire shows that water can restrict the fire. By analogy, the constraint relationship illustrated in this diagram is true. The same elements still correspond to the same five zang-organs, which indirectly illustrates the restrictive relationship between the five zang-organs. As shown in the figure, we can see that the liver can restrict the function of the spleen, avoid the excess function of the spleen for some reasons, and break the inherent balance between the five internal organs. Similarly, spleen can inhibit the function of kidney, kidney can inhibit the function of heart, heart can inhibit the function of lung, and lung can inhibit the function of liver. For example, when people are angry, they can clearly understand the restriction of the liver on the spleen. When people are angry, they generally have no appetite, and even have bloating and burping. Some people will say: I'm full, I can't eat at all. This inability to eat is the result of suppressed spleen function, regardless of diet. Because the five zang-organs are two completely different relationships that promote and restrict each other, blind promotion and inhibition between the five zang-organs are avoided, so as to truly achieve coordination and balance. In the view of Chinese medicine, people get sick mostly because these two sets of relationships have been disrupted. In other words, if people can keep the balance between these two relationships, they can live a healthy life.

(2) Six fu organs-important containers in the human body Six fu organs refer to six containers in the human body: stomach, gallbladder, small intestine, large intestine, bladder and triple energizer. The six of them are a group, which is determined by their similarities and differences. The five internal organs carry food, digestive juice and excrement respectively, and the three substances of human body, namely gas, liquid and solid, run in them. There is a corresponding relationship between the six fu-organs and the five zang-organs, which reflects another subtle relationship of the human body-the relationship between fu-organs and fu-organs. Traditional Chinese medicine calls the correspondence between the five zang-organs and the six fu-organs the exterior-interior relationship, and thinks that the five zang-organs are more important and should be at the deeper level of the body, so it is called interior; Although the six internal organs are also important internal organs, their status is slightly lower than that of the five internal organs. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the six fu-organs are on the surface of the body, so they are called exterior. The relationship between exterior and interior is more popular, that is, the relationship between superior and subordinate. Its center corresponds to small intestine, spleen and stomach, lung and large intestine, kidney and bladder, liver and gallbladder. This correspondence will always exist and will not be disturbed, and the loyalty of the six fu organs to the superior-the five internal organs is particularly high. There is an idiom in Chinese called treating each other with sincerity, which actually reflects the intimate relationship between treating each other with sincerity, honor and disgrace and * * *. There are many examples of this relationship in life. Let's talk about courage first. Some people have gallbladder lesions and feel uncomfortable under the right hypochondrium. In severe cases, gallstones will appear, and even the gallbladder will be removed. It seems that all these are brave problems, and it seems that everything will be fine if the brave problems are solved. In fact, bravery is just a subordinate who accepts orders, and its function is chaotic, entirely because of the wrong command of the superior. If the function of the superior is disordered, the subordinate is doomed. Therefore, according to the theory of exterior-interior relationship, Chinese medicine will definitely adjust the function of liver from its superior-liver, and the problem of gallbladder will naturally be solved. Second, the physiological function I remember that when I first read a dream of red mansions, I opened the first page of the book and didn't go straight to the point. Instead, a huge relationship map appeared first, which listed the kinship of the main characters in the book. Rong and Ning are arranged in it, just like a family tree, showing everyone's seniority and relationship, who is the mother's relative, who is the father's relative and who is the father's relative. I didn't pay much attention to this picture either. I thought it was dispensable, so I quickly read the text. But as the story unfolds, all kinds of characters appear in black and pink, only to find that there are hundreds of famous people with surnames in the book. I really can't remember their relationship at the moment, so I turned my head and re-examined the picture on the first page. To understand A Dream of Red Mansions, it is very important to understand the personality characteristics of each character, but the complicated in-laws can help readers understand the fate of the characters. Before introducing each organ in detail, let me explain the relationship between the five internal organs, which I believe will be of great help to understand the mystery of the human body. These members are equal. Even if they are equal, there are problems of who helps who and who suppresses who. Of course, there is also a relationship between superiors and subordinates, and there is also a close relationship between superiors and subordinates. Not a superior can influence any subordinate casually, but they have strict organizational division of labor and corresponding relationship. After understanding the relationship between the eleven members of the internal organs, let's introduce the temperament of each member one by one.

(1) heart

The heart is like the supreme ruler of a country, which is the king. As the saying goes, a country can't live without a monarch, and a person can't live without a heart. Why is the position of the heart important? It depends on the function of the heart. The heart can promote blood circulation, make blood flow to the whole body, and play a role in nourishing and moistening human tissues. When the heart functions normally, the blood flow in the human body will be smooth. If this function is abnormal, there will be irregular pulse or weak pulse, people will become pale, and in severe cases, they will be purple, chest tightness and pain. You can see some old people in your life, especially in summer. A little exercise, pale face and a lot of sweat, indicating that the heart is weak. Gloomy complexion, chest tightness and pain are the manifestations of severe ischemia of human tissues and organs, and also the symptoms of heart attack. The mind is also responsible for people's mental activities. When this function is normal, people are conscious, quick-thinking, responsive and coordinated; On the contrary, when this function is abnormal, people will suffer from insomnia, dreaminess, irritability, confusion of consciousness and thinking. Clinically, some patients with persistent high fever will have delirium, that is, people often talk nonsense with fever, which is the performance after the heart function is affected. There are also such cases, such as a person sitting somewhere, laughing endlessly, inexplicably, unable to concentrate, which is also an abnormal performance of psychological activities. At this time, people around you should pay attention. It is likely to be a heart attack. You should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible. Chinese medicine believes that the state of the heart can be understood by observing the tongue. Some people often break the tip of the tongue or get sores on the tip of the tongue, which is particularly painful. This is a sign of excessive heart fire. Such people are estimated to have more troubles, such as the final exam is coming soon, or there are many obstacles in their work. At this time, B vitamins and vitamin C can be properly supplemented. Western medicine believes that vitamins can regulate human functions. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, both B vitamins and vitamin C have the functions of nourishing yin and moistening dryness. It is easy to catch a cold in autumn and winter and early spring because the human body consumes more high-calorie foods such as meat in order to resist the cold, which leads to dryness and heat in the body. There are relatively few vegetables and fruits in this season, which leads to insufficient vitamin intake, lack of nourishing yin and moistening dryness of vitamins, easy to break the balance in the body and of course easy to get sick. Not only the tongue can reflect the state of the heart, but also the change of sweat can reflect the function of the heart. Chinese medicine believes that sweat is a liquid belonging to the heart. Under normal circumstances, sweating is to dissipate heat and lower body temperature. But abnormal sweating will attract people's attention. We can meet such people at ordinary times, especially when we eat in love sweating. Most people have a little fever when they eat. At most, there is a thin layer of sweat on their backs, which feels quite warm, but these people seem to be particularly hot, and big sweat runs down their foreheads and necks. In fact, it may mean that the function of his heart is weakened. In other words, I have no bottom in my heart, and I can't hold back my sweat, which leads to a lot of sweating. These people may also have symptoms of shortness of breath and fatigue, which should be paid attention to. Since the heart is so important, you should take more care of it at ordinary times. According to the theory of five elements, red food can nourish the heart, such as tomatoes and hawthorn. In addition, you can massage Laogong point for 2 minutes every day, which is a good way to maintain your heart. Laogong point is in the palm of your hand, shaking hands with empty fists, and the position where the middle finger touches is Laogong point. Pressing for 2 minutes every afternoon can relieve the fatigue of the heart. Nowadays, many young people love to eat Chili peppers, and even rely on Chili peppers for every meal, otherwise the food will be tasteless. People will feel energetic after eating Chili, because this red food can speed up blood circulation, make the body get more fresh oxygen, and tissues and organs get more oxygen, which can relieve fatigue. Young people work hard and consume a lot of energy. Eating Chili peppers can relieve fatigue and get body supplements, so they gradually prefer to eat Chili peppers. It is not the brain's choice to love Chili, because the taste of Chili is not delicious anyway, and no one will really like the taste. Love to eat Chili peppers should be said to be a choice of the body, which can temporarily relieve fatigue. But it is only a stopgap measure to relieve fatigue by pepper, not the best way. In the next chapter, I will introduce the methods to improve the overall health level.

(2) Liver

There is a great difference in the understanding of liver between Chinese medicine and western medicine. Anyone with a little knowledge of modern medicine knows that the liver is on the right side of the human body, while Chinese medicine believes that the liver is on the left side of the human body. Why does Chinese medicine have such an understanding? Because when people are angry, they first feel the pain under the left flank, and then develop into the pain under the two flanks. If the liver is on the right side of the human body, this physiological phenomenon is difficult to explain. According to many physiological phenomena of human body, Chinese medicine summarizes the functions and functions of liver. Chinese medicine believes that the liver has the function of storing blood, which can store a certain amount of blood for various parts of the body. It can also regulate the blood volume distribution of various parts of the human body. Under normal physiological conditions, the blood volume of all parts of the human body is relatively constant, but when the body is engaged in strenuous activities or emotional excitement, the demand for blood increases, and the liver distributes its blood stored at ordinary times to the periphery of the body to meet the needs of the body; When the human body is in a quiet rest state and the mood is stable, the demand for peripheral blood decreases, and relatively redundant blood is hidden in the liver at this time. The liver plays the role of regulating valve here. Of course, there is a premise that the liver regulates blood volume, that is, the liver has enough blood reserves. With sufficient blood reserves, effective regulation can be carried out. Just like the banks in the TV series (that is, the banks now), there must be enough silver as a reserve to deal with the possible bank run at any time. If the owner's poor management leads to the bank having no money to deposit, it is bound to be unable to maintain normal business order. So is the human body. Some people have blood deficiency, that is, the total amount of blood is insufficient. When they go to the hospital for testing, hemoglobin is likely to be at the lower limit of the normal range, or even anemia. This kind of people usually exercise more, or when they are excited, they will immediately have symptoms of palpitation, shortness of breath and palpitation. Some women react more obviously. When they bow their heads and squat for a while, suddenly look up or get up, they will feel black at the moment. This is also a manifestation of blood deficiency, probably caused by menorrhagia. The liver does not store enough blood to effectively distribute blood, and the human body will have a series of uncomfortable reactions. When this regulation function is abnormal, the human body will also have abnormal bleeding. Such as vomiting blood, nosebleeds, hemoptysis, and menorrhagia in women. Therefore, Chinese medicine has the saying that men look at the liver and women look at the blood. This blood refers to women's menstruation and indirectly reflects the functional state of the liver. If a woman's menstruation is normal, every month comes as scheduled, with moderate menstrual flow and generally no major problems in her body; On the contrary, even if the diet and sleep are normal, the menstruation is irregular, or the time interval has changed obviously, or the menstrual flow has changed obviously, indicating that the normal law of the body has been disrupted, and the balance between the viscera has been broken and out of balance, which may be an early warning signal of the disease. Remind women to pay more attention to their physiological period after busy work, and adjust as soon as possible if menstruation continues to be irregular. I know a man who suffers from rheumatism in his thirties and hyperthyroidism in his forties. According to her, menstruation has been abnormal since she was in her twenties. It's always this month, but not next month. At that time, I was too young to take it seriously. I still think it will save a lot of trouble to come a few times less. Later, my physical condition went from bad to worse ... Chinese medicine is great wisdom and shows you a way to know yourself. As we all know, the disease comes like a mountain, and it goes away like reeling, giving people the illusion that the disease is a random thing, and people they meet can only admit that they are unlucky. In fact, there is a famous saying that Rome was not built in a day. The seemingly menacing disease is actually the result of long-term hidden dangers. Now that I mentioned menstruation, I'd like to say a few more words. Menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea and breast pain are mostly caused by abnormal liver function. There are many reasons, but the main reason is that intense study and heavy work pressure lead to long-term depression, irritability and anxiety. These emotions cause liver dysfunction and problems in the excretion function of the liver, which leads to the above-mentioned discomfort symptoms in women. The liver is also responsible for keeping the whole body unobstructed. Western medicine has no theory about qi, which is a unique thought of Chinese medicine. We all have this experience at ordinary times. I always feel angry and want to vent my grievances. This is actually related to the excretory function of the liver. If this function is normal, the human body's qi and blood are unobstructed, the meridians are unobstructed, and the activities of various organs are normal and orderly. If the excretion function of the liver is abnormal, there will be a problem of poor qi movement, the most obvious manifestations of which are chest pain, abdominal pain and even vomiting. We may have such colleagues around us. They have a good temper and are always gentle and polite. In fact, they are not without temper, but they will not lose their temper with others. If something happens, you will be angry with yourself and compete with yourself. There is no such plot in the TV series, and some people accuse Mr. Hao Hao for no reason and then leave. Mr. Hao Hao felt uncomfortable alone, and suddenly he felt abdominal pain and chest pain, so he had to put his hand on the painful place and crouch down slowly, showing a painful expression on his face ... From the perspective of Chinese medicine, this is a manifestation of the poor operation of Qi machine.

When the unsmooth operation of Qi-moving machine becomes more and more serious, it will also cause the unsmooth operation of Qi and blood. When the blood circulation is not smooth, people will feel tingling in the chest and hypochondrium, that is, these parts generally have tingling, which is the performance of blood stasis. Of course, occasionally a mass will form, that is, from invisible stagnation to visible and tangible pathological products.

The antidiarrheal function of the liver is also reflected in promoting the normal and orderly flow of various liquids in the body. There is a disease called plum nuclear gas. The patient feels as if there is a bayberry kernel stuck in his throat, which he can't swallow or cough. The stalk in his throat is very uncomfortable. People with this disease are more aggressive, and they hope to achieve impressive results through unremitting efforts, no matter how hard they work, they can't realize their ideals. After a long time, their mood changed. They were always moping and sighing, and they were usually moping and silent, as if everyone around them had offended him. This is a typical manifestation of poor liver qi, which leads to poor operation of body fluids, thus producing plum-nucleus qi. There is a saying that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Chinese medicine believes that the eyes are the windows of the liver, and the state of the liver can also be reflected through the eyes. The function of the liver is good, and the eyes are bright. If the liver function is not good, it will cause dry eyes, dry eyes, more gum, thick tears and even no tears. Imagine how such eyes can have a feeling of autumn water. If the liver and blood are deficient, children are prone to myopia, and the elderly are prone to presbyopia, blurred vision and cloudy eyes. The liver and eyes grow on it, and the other grows on it, but they are really related. I know this very well. When I was in the third year of high school, I once rubbed my eyes unconsciously and suddenly felt a soft vesicle on the upper eyelid of my left eye, with a diameter of about 5 mm. It was the critical period of review, so I ignored it. But this small blister is getting bigger and bigger, which can be observed from the surface, so I have to go to the hospital. I chose a western medicine hospital famous for ophthalmology, and the doctor suggested surgery. The operation was small and smooth, and classes were normal one day later. This experience was like an episode until I went to college. Once chatting with a classmate in the dormitory, a classmate accidentally mentioned that she had such blisters. After systematically studying the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, I realized that eye problems have a great relationship with the liver. When I was in senior three, I was in the lowest mood because of the pressure of entering a higher school. I sleep very little every day, and I face biased, difficult and strange exercises and homework. In this mood, the function of the liver will be affected, which is manifested by the imbalance of secretion of some glands in the eyelids and the formation of blisters. After going to college, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, felt better, and the drainage function of the liver was restored, and the problem did not recur. Chinese medicine believes that the liver and the heart jointly regulate people's feelings and emotions. If the liver functions normally, people will feel happy and comfortable. On the contrary, people will sigh, complain, be unhappy, talk less, and it is easy to get angry or even fly into a rage for a little thing. These people are very excited and aggressive, just like the flood that burst its banks, spewing out from the torn hole. I suggest such a friend raise a soft liver and eat more green food. According to the theory of five elements, cyan corresponds to the liver, and vegetables and fruits are soft liver. You can also take vitamin B 12 according to the dose, which can obviously relieve depression and anxiety.