According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the head of the five organs and the official of the monarch is the heart. It should be noted that the heart in Chinese medicine generally refers to the entire heart system, which needs to be distinguished from the concept of the heart in Western medicine.
According to Chinese medicine, the heart is the main deity, the main blood vessels, in the internal organs in the most important position, so to the monarch of the officer of the word metaphor.
Chinese medicine believes that the heart is located in the chest, the main blood vessels, its Hua in the face. Heart gas is strong, blood is full of the pulse and slow and powerful, red face, etc.; heart gas is not enough, the heart blood loss, the pulse is weak, less colorful, etc..
The heart is the master of God, all the spirit, consciousness, thinking, memory, sleep, etc., are related to the function of the heart to hide God. The heart opens the orifices of the tongue, and if there is insufficient blood in the heart, the tongue will be pale; if there is fire in the heart, the tip of the tongue will be red and red or the tongue will be eroded; if there is stagnation of blood in the heart, the tongue will be purplish and dull or there will be petechiae.
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