Theory of five elements五行学说
Theory of five elements 五行学说
The basic meaning of five elements五行的基本含义
The basic meaning of five elements 五行的基本含义
In Chinese:“wu" refers to five categories of things inthe natural world, namely wood (木)fire（火），earth（土），metal（金），and water（水）“xing"means movement and changewuxing" refers to the movement andchange of five elements of world
In Chinese: n “wu” refers to five categories of things in the natural world, namely wood（木）, fire（火）, earth（土）, metal（金）, and water（水）. n “xing” means movement and change. n “wuxing” refers to the movement and change of five elements of world
Chinese medicine applies the laws of thefiveelements incharacteristics.classificationandpromotion-restriction to summarize the functionalattributes of the viscera and tissues,explaintheinner relations among the five viscera, and as such.to expound the human physiology, pathology, as wellas the mutual relation between the human body andits environment , in order to guide treatment basedonsyndromedifferentiationforthepurposeofprevention and treatment of disease
n Chinese medicine applies the laws of the five elements in characteristics, classification and promotion-restriction to summarize the functional attributes of the viscera and tissues, explain the inner relations among the five viscera, and as such, to expound the human physiology, pathology, as well as the mutual relation between the human body and its environment , in order to guide treatment based on syndrome differentiation for the purpose of prevention and treatment of disease
The characters of the five elements五行的特性
The characters of the five elements 五行的特性
The characters of the five elements are thetheoretical meanings gradually developed byancient people through extraction andsublimation of wood, fire, earth, metal andwater, based on their simple reorganization .They are mainly used to analyze theattributes of various things in the fiveelements , and to study interrelation of things
n The characters of the five elements are the theoretical meanings gradually developed by ancient people through extraction and sublimation of wood, fire, earth, metal and water, based on their simple reorganization . n They are mainly used to analyze the attributes of various things in the five elements , and to study interrelation of things
The reorganization of the characters of thefive elements has exceeded the five thingsthemselves, and what is more it is extensivephilosophic meaning
n The reorganization of the characters of the five elements has exceeded the five things themselves, and what is more it is extensive philosophic meaning
Wood（木）“Wood bends and strengthens"木日曲直whichmeans the stem and branches canbend, strengthen, grow upward andoutward.It is extended that anything that has thefunction or property of growing,developingand flourishing is attributed to wood
Wood（木） n “Wood bends and strengthens”木曰曲直， n which means the stem and branches can bend，strengthen，grow upward and outward. n It is extended that anything that has the function or property of growing，developing and flourishing is attributed to wood
(土)Earth“Earth provides for sowing and reaping土爱稼稽which means that the earth can beused for sowing and reapingIt is extended that anything that has thefunction or property of generatingholding , receiving is attributed to earth
Earth （土） n “Earth provides for sowing and reaping” 土爰稼穑， n which means that the earth can be used for sowing and reaping. n It is extended that anything that has the function or property of generating， holding , receiving is attributed to earth
(金)Metal“Fire works for change"金日从革which means that the mental can followman's mind to change its shape.It is extended that anything that has thefunction or property of clearingastringing , descending is attributed tometal
Metal （金） n “Fire works for change”金曰从革， n which means that the mental can follow man’s mind to change its shape. n It is extended that anything that has the function or property of clearing， astringing , descending is attributed to metal