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传统中医—五行学说
五行，即使自然现象中木、火、土、金、水五种几种物质。根据它们不同的性质、功能和形态，传统的中医学里以五脏配五行，肝属于木，心属于火，脾属于土，肺属于金以及肾属于水。这种分类法是结合了人类身体的生理和病理和个人的身体本性特征。五行的相生的关系如下：木生火，火生土，土生金，金生水，水生木。反过来，五行相克的次序是木克土，土克水，水克火，火克金，金克木。这也同样适用于人体生理功能的内在联系。肝（木）藏血以济心，心（火）之热以温脾，脾（土）化生水谷精微以充肺，肺（金）清肃下行以助肾水，肾（水）之精以养肝。因此传统的中医在治疗肺部疾病之前要先温脾。
Chinese traditional medicine--TheTheory of the Five Elements
The Five Elements are five basicsubstances of natural phenomenon. These include wood, fire, earth, metal, andwater. In accordance with their different properties, functions and forms,Chinese traditional medicine attributes the liver to wood, the heart to fire,the spleen to earth, the lung to metal and the kidney to water. Thisattribution understands the physiology and pathology of the human body ininterrelated as follows: wood begets fire, fire begets earth, earth begetsmetal, metal begets water, and water, in its turn, nourishes wood. In turn,wood subdues earth, earth subdues water, water subdues fire, fire subduesmetal, and metal subdues wood. The same applies to the human physiology: theliver (wood) stores blood to nourish the heart (fire); the heat of the heart(fire) warms the spleen (earth); the spleen (earth) transforms and distributesfood essence to replenish the lung (metal); the lung (metal) dredges the waterpassages to help the kidney (water); and the vital essence of the kidney(water) nourishes the liver (wood). A traditional doctor thus firstseeks to nourish the spleen before curing illness in the lung. |
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