Gunpowder (salty) nourishes the heart, and those who nourish the heart replenish the spirit;
Local medicine (gan) tonifies the spleen, and those who tonify the spleen tonify the middle;
Golden medicine (sour taste) supplements the lungs, and those who supplement the lungs benefit qi;
Water-based drugs (bitter) tonify the kidney, and those who tonify the kidney replenish the essence.
The theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements of TCM, and the classification of five elements of TCM, have been hidden in Taoism for thousands of years and passed down by Dandao medicine.
Pharmacological analysis and summary of yin-yang and five elements;
Wood-based drugs treat blood (yin in yang, nourishing liver),
The wood in the wood tonifies the liver and blood,
Gold in wood tonifies liver qi,
The soil in the wood tonifies the liver and yin and yang,
Fire in wood nourishes the liver,
Water in wood supplements liver essence;
Golden medicine governs qi (yang in yin, tonifying lung),
Gold in gold can replenish lung qi,
Golden bell wood tonifies lung and blood,
Yin and yang of lung in golden soil,
Golden fire and fire tonify the lungs,
Jin Zhongshui supplements lung essence;
Local drugs treat yin and yang,
The yin and yang of the spleen are in the soil,
Wood in the soil supplements spleen and blood,
Gold in the soil can nourish the temperament,
Earth fire tonifies the spleen,
Water in the soil supplements spleen essence;
Reducing gunpowder to cure the spirit (yin in yang, nourishing the heart),
The fire in the fire nourishes the soul,
The wood in the fire makes up for the hard work,
The gold in the flame filled the heart,
Yin and yang of fire,
The water in the fire nourishes the mind;
Water-based drugs are used to treat sperm (yang in yin, tonifying kidney),
Water in water nourishes kidney essence,
Wood in the water nourishes the kidneys and blood,
Gold in water nourishes kidney qi,
The yin and yang of the soil tonify the kidney in the water,
Fire and water benefit the kidney.