In traditional Chinese medicine, the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth are often used to represent the five internal organs. I'm sorry, compared to the lungs.

Human organs are divided into five internal organs and six internal organs.

The "five internal organs", namely heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney, all belong to yin.

"Six fu organs", namely gallbladder, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, bladder and triple energizer, all belong to Yang.

There are essence, qi and spirit in the human body. Physiological activities can be summarized as: life, two out, three in, four up, five down, six out and other functions. People include Yang Qi and Yin Qi. If Yang Qi is weak, the disease will manifest as deficiency-cold syndrome, and if Yin Qi is weak, the disease will manifest as deficiency-heat syndrome. Therefore, as the saying goes, "Yin wins cold, Yang wins heat, Yang loses cold, and Yin loses heat. 」

Five acts of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. The five elements have the following characteristics:

Golden life is gorgeous, and the change is fragrant.

The longer the wood grows, the bigger the hair grows.

Aquatic moisture, cold and cool.

Fire generates heat, and dryness generates annoyance.

The earth is harmonious and everything is green.

This is also the characteristic of the five elements.

Liver belongs to wood, heart belongs to fire, lung belongs to gold, spleen belongs to soil and kidney belongs to water.

People have five forms: joy, anger, sadness, worry and fear.

Heart produces joy, liver produces anger, spleen produces worry, lung produces sadness, and kidney produces fear. According to the circulation of five elements, the law of restraint change is closely related to the whole viscera circulation of human beings.

Pathological changes are often observed, including diseases such as cold and heat, exterior and interior, deficiency and excess, and their characteristics are as follows:

Fever with tight pulse, aversion to cold and no sweat are diseases of exogenous wind-cold exterior syndrome.

Slow pulse of fever, aversion to wind and excessive sweating are symptoms of exogenous wind-cold exterior deficiency.

Alternating cold and heat, dry mouth and cleft lip, dizziness, chest tightness and abdominal distension are all symptoms of half exterior and half interior.

Fever, fear of cold, sweating all the time, thirst and constipation are the symptoms of the disease. Daily fear of cold and spontaneous sweating is called yang deficiency. Five-heart uneasiness, dry cheekbones, red lips and night sweats are called yin deficiency.

Therefore, the disease has symptoms of yang and yin, and it is necessary to observe the daily pathological changes. The five elements are divided into yin and yang, and yin and yang are divided into five elements. Most importantly, all parts of the human body are closely related to the circulation of the five elements.