In Chinese medicine theory, the internal organs of the body are liver, heart, spleen, lungs and kidneys, which belong to the five elements of wood, fire, earth, gold and water.
In the theory of Chinese medicine, there are five viscera and six bowels in the internal organs of the body. The five viscera are liver, heart, spleen, lungs and kidneys, and the five viscera and six bowels have a superficial relationship. The five organs can be divided into five elements, corresponding to wood, fire, earth, gold, water, five elements, against the green, red, yellow, white, black, five colors, as well as anger, joy, thoughts, sadness, fear, five emotions.
The relationship between the five organs and the five elements is one of the basic theories of Chinese medicine. According to the relationship of the five elements, the five organs can form physiological relationships such as mutual birth, mutual restraint, and pathological relationships such as mutual multiplication and insult. According to the correspondence between the five elements and the five organs, Chinese medicine has formed various treatments, such as cultivating the earth to generate gold, diarrhea in the south and replenishing the north, and nourishing the water to contain the wood.
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