Five Elements Music Health Therapy

The melodies of the five elements of music are in the national style and conceived all the music according to the author’s aesthetic ideas of harmony, medium, light and moderate in the composition of health music. Under the premise of stylistic unity, it is intended to reflect the different characteristics of each group of music. The music is also named “Shikhele”, “Shengmingle”, “Beihuale”, “Jiepingle” and “Jingshunle”, using the names of the five elements of the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine. “They are conducive to the promotion of the expansion of wood qi, the rise of fire qi, the stabilization of earth qi, the internalization of gold qi and the descent of water qi, and the regulation of the five systems of liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney in the human body. In turn, it optimizes the related psychological state and stimulates the corresponding emotional changes, so that the qi and functions of the internal organs can be optimized. 1. “Shikhe Music” is a horn sound, which is wood, and “Shikhe” means to apply mildness, which is the calmness of wood, not too high and not too strong, and has the function of warming and nurturing, stimulating vitality and promoting the sprouting of everything. The melody is spacious and smooth, and the rhythm is lively, with bamboo flute, zheng and erhu as the main instruments, and plucking in the bass, interspersed with percussion such as wooden fish, bangzi and bell. The music expresses the mood that the spring breeze is warm, the wood qi is smooth, the yang qi is relaxed, the yin qi is spread, the glacier is thawed, the spring water is tinkling, the earth is revived, the grass and trees are sprouting, the stinging insects are awakened, the vitality is developed, and everything is glorious. Listening to this music helps to relax the qi of the whole body, regulate the drainage of the liver and gallbladder, and help the heart to relax the spleen and stomach. For health care, it can nourish the liver and clear the qi, refresh the mind, enhance vitality, improve efficiency and help athletics. For treatment, it is suitable for liver qi stagnation, liver qi transverse, offending stomach multiplying spleen, dysthymia, chest tightness, loss of appetite, belching and acidity, abdominal pain and diarrhea, as well as low libido, menstrual disorders, timid and easily frightened, depressed mood, irritability, etc. 2. “Shengming music” is a symphony, which is fire. “Shengming” means “rising” and “manifesting”, which is the flat air of fire, steaming upward, and has the function of encouraging the rising of Yang energy and making everything prosperous. The music is upwardly melodic, enthusiastic, red-hot and cheerful, but not overly so. The music is mainly played by string ensemble, with some passages of flute, sheng and suona leading and ensemble, interspersed with drums, hairpin and other percussions. The music expresses the mood that summer is hot, Yang Qi is vigorous, rivers are heaving, waterfalls are murmuring, birds and animals are lively, grasses and trees are flourishing, and the sun is steaming and thriving. Listening to this music helps to raise the qi of the whole body, regulates the function of the heart, and also helps the spleen and stomach, and benefits the lung qi. For health care, it can nourish the heart yang, help the heart qi, refresh the mind, enhance vitality, improve efficiency and promote excitement. For treatment, it is suitable for deficiency of both heart and spleen, sinking of middle energy, sagging of internal organs, dizziness, dizziness, mental fatigue, trance, palpitation, depression, cold form and cold limbs, etc. 3. “Preparedness and Harmonization” is the sound of Gong, which is of the earth. It means “complete” and “transformation”, and is the peaceful energy of the earth, which is calm and broad, with a vigorous biochemical effect, and can make all things full and complete. The music is calm, stable, broad, solemn, elegant and magnificent. There are solos of ocarina and zheng, and repertoire of zheng, xiao and erhu, mostly with string tones; there are percussions such as bells and wooden fish. The music expresses the mood of late summer and early autumn, when the heat and humidity interact, the weather is sultry, the qi is peaceful, the animals are pregnant with children, the grass and trees are fruitful, and everything is nurturing and reproducing. Listening to this music helps to harmonize and stabilize the qi of the whole body, regulate the rise and fall of the spleen and stomach, and at the same time protect the lung qi and benefit the kidney water. For health care, it can harmonize the spleen and stomach, maintain the middle state, stabilize emotions, benefit sleep and eliminate fatigue. For treatment, it is suitable for spleen and stomach dysfunction, abnormal elevation and declination, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and loose stools, diet without transformation, distention and fullness of the abdomen, emaciation and weakness, mental failure and insomnia, deficiency of lung Qi and shortage of urine, etc. 4. “Audiopeace” is a shang sound, which belongs to gold. “It has the function of astringent and intensive, which can make all things store energy and calm. The melody is melancholy and euphemistic, but not overly so; it is soft, but not exciting. Metal instruments are played throughout the melody, including solo and repertoire of bells, xiao, zheng and erhu, with occasional metal percussion instruments. The music expresses the mood of autumn breeze, cool climate, frosty sky, withered grass, ripe fruits, fat animals, and the joy of harvest and the faint sadness of approaching the end of the year. Listening to this music helps the whole body’s qi to be collected internally, regulates the propagation and purification of lung qi, and also has the effect of protecting the kidney and pacifying the liver. For health care, it can regulate the lung qi, facilitate sedation, promote sleep, relieve fatigue and promote relaxation. For treatment, it is suitable for deficiency of Lung Qi, depletion of Qi and Blood, spontaneous sweating and night sweating, cough and asthma, irritability, dizziness and sadness. 5. “Jing Shun Le” is a feather sound, which is water. “Jing Shun” means quiet and supple, which is the calmness of water, and has the effect of suppleness and calmness, which can make everything dive and descend. The melody is as smooth as water and has an obvious downward trend, with a cold tone, featuring zheng, flute and xiao, accompanied by synthetic tones simulating water drops, occasionally with the sound of ice cracking in rivers, and percussions such as clappers and banging bells. The music expresses the mood that the winter is cold but not killing, the north wind is bitter but not slaughtering, everything is sealed and hidden but not depressed, rivers are frozen, insects and animals are hibernating, seeds are stagnant, nature has completed the five complete life rhythms of birth, growth, transformation, harvesting and hiding, at this time it is in the period of accumulating energy, dormant and waiting for the arrival of new spring. Listening to this music helps the whole body’s qi to descend, regulates the functions of the kidney and bladder, and has the effect of helping liver yin and controlling heart fire. For health care, it can maintain the kidney qi, facilitate relaxation and calmness, promote sleep and eliminate fatigue. For treatment, it is suitable for all kinds of Qi rebellion, Yin deficiency and fire, deficiency fire on inflammation, heart trouble and insomnia, night or excessive dreaming, kidney does not store essence, impotence and premature ejaculation, waist and knee soreness and weakness, unfavorable Qi transformation, short urine, etc. The application of the Five Tones Health Method is just the beginning. In terms of medical theory, music theory and specific applications, they all need to be further enriched and improved, and perhaps some corrections need to be made. In the specific application, in addition to the above principles, you can also choose the music according to the listener’s preference at the time. Let’s listen to the five elements of music in a happy and relaxed way, and take care of our health in the embrace of Mother Nature.