Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on Yinyangism ( the combination of Five Phases theorywith Yin-yang theory) which was later absorbed by Daoism. To enrich your China Travel culture, you should know about this interesting things and it is advisable also to get your China Tours.
Yin and yang are ancient Chinese concepts from the Shang dynasty (1600-1100 BC). They represent two abstract and complementary aspects every phenomenon in the universe can be divided into. Primordial analogies for these aspects are the sun-facing (yang) and the shady (yin) side of a hill. Two other commonly used representational allegories of yin and yang are water and fire. In yin-yang theory, detailed attributions are made regarding the yin or yang character of things:
Phenomenon Yin Yang
Celestial bodies Moon Sun
Gender Female Male
Location Inside Outside
Temperature Cold Hot
Direction Downward Upward
Degree of Humidity Damp Dry
Five Phases theory
Five Phases theory presumes that all phenomena of the universe and of nature can be broken down into five elemental qualities represented by wood , fire, earth, metal and water.
Correspondences between the body and the universe have historically not only been seen in terms of the Five Elements, but also of the “Great Numbers”. For example, the number of acupoints has at times been seen to be 365, in correspondence with the number of days in a year; and the number of main meridians 12 has been seen in correspondence with the number of rivers flowing through the ancient Chinese empire. These theories maybe do not appear to be relevant medicine issues, but, these ideas are indeed the main and most important part of the Chinese medicine origin.
Qi
TCM distinguishes not only one but several different kinds of qi:
- Actuation of all physical processes in the body, especially the circulation of all body fluids such as blood in their vessels. This includes actuation of the functions of the zang-fu organs and meridians.
- Warming the body, especially the limbs.
- Defense against Exogenous Pathogenic Factors
- Containment of body fluids, keeping blood, sweat, urine, semen etc. from leakage or excessive emission.
- Transformation of food, drink, and breath into qi, xue, and and/or transformation of all of the latter into each other.
The zang-fu
The zàng-fǔ constitute the center piece of Traditional Chinese Medicine systematization of bodily
functions. The term zàng refers to the five entities considered to be yin in nature: Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Kidney , while fǔ refers to the six yang organs – Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Gallbladder, Urinary Bladder, Stomach and Sānjiaō. The zàng’s essential functions consist in production and storage of qì and blood; in a wider sense they are stipulated to regulate digestion, breathing, water metabolism, the musculoskeletal system, the skin, the sense organs,
aging, emotional processes, mental activity etc. The fǔ organs’ main purpose is merely to transmit and digest substances like waste, food, etc.
The Six Excesses
The Six Excesses or “Six Pernicious Influences” are allegorical terms used to describe disharmony patterns displaying certain typical symptoms, these symptoms resemble the effects of six climatic factors.The Six Excesses and their characteristic clinical signs are:
- Wind: rapid onset of symptoms, wandering location of symptoms, itching,
nasal congestion, paralysis, convulsion. - Cold: cold sensations, aversion to cold, relief of symptoms by warmth, severe pain, abdominal pain, or slow pulse.
- Fire/Heat: aversion to heat, high fever, thirst, concentrated urine, red face, red tongue, yellow tongue fur, rapid pulse.
- Dampness: sensation of heaviness, sensation of fullness.
- Dryness: dry cough, dry mouth, dry throat, dry lips, nosebleeds, dry skin, dry stools.
- Summerheat: either heat or mixed damp-heat symptoms.
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