The final theory of diagnosis says: in February of the first month, the weather starts, the rustic atmosphere starts, and the popularity is in the liver. In March and April, the weather was fine, the

The final theory of diagnosis says: in February of the first month, the weather starts, the rustic atmosphere starts, and the popularity is in the liver. In March and April, the weather was fine, the weather was good and the popularity was good. Many contents about the theory of human body in Neijing can't be settled simply with five elements. Nowadays, many books, including textbooks, easily give readers the illusion that the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements is the theoretical core of TCM and even Neijing. Actually, it's just the opposite. The theory of human body in Neijing is a systematic summary based on many specific understandings. In order to explain it, many forms of expression are used, and the five elements are just one of them, or one that is easier to understand and accept.

This passage in Diagnosis and the Final Theory of Classics is an obvious example. I made some notes when I was studying in my early years, and now I want to share them with you for reference only. See below:

Regarding the "diagnosis", Qi Bo's answer is very clear, that is, the parts of the human body "qi" are different in a year. This change of "qi" is extremely important for the diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, which really plays an important role in outlining. Note that the time here is divided into six groups according to1February of a year [a group of about 60 days is still ok]. "Popularity" every two months is five internal organs+head [liver → spleen → head → lung → heart → kidney]. This order is very particular. This emphasis is defined by a set of basic common sense in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, at least from the era of the Yellow Emperor about 5000 years ago to the Han Dynasty about 2000 years ago, and nearly to the Qing Dynasty about 100 years ago. Is this law more objective? Is there any change in the human body living in the modern environment today? Even with the emergence of modern science and medicine, it is difficult to answer such a question satisfactorily.

In this supplementary note:

1) According to the writing method, the time period is defined according to the change of weather, with 65438+ February of a year as the benchmark, and each time unit is two months, which is about 60 days. The so-called "heaven is divided into six days";

2) The weather changes as the dominant factor, so does the atmosphere. From the discussion in this paper, the main point of the text is the changing law of atmosphere, so you should read the middle words of each section carefully and try to figure out the semantics repeatedly.

3) Among the six popular articles, "Touli" seems abrupt at first glance. In fact, Neijing also has the saying of "Nine Zangs", which rarely attracts the attention of future generations. The so-called nine zang, that is, God hides five+shape hides four, and three of the four zang can be said to be all on the head (or nearby).

4) You said that "spring is in the liver, and the liver belongs to wood", which are the classification rules of the five zang-organs and five elements in later Confucian classics. As mentioned above, this does not apply to all chapters of Neijing. Therefore, the proposition "what should be behind" does not exist, because the premise is not the five-element system that we commonly use now.

Finally, I have completely participated in this passage, and it is a fool to make it clear! Because everyone's understanding of scripture will be different because of their own knowledge structure and depth, it is very troublesome to really understand the original text of Neijing (this is not something that can be weighed in a certain professional field), because the amount of information possessed by readers and authors is not equal, so errors will inevitably occur in the process of information extraction. What I advocate is to deconstruct the original text as objectively as possible, analyze and summarize it professionally, and make our understanding fit the purpose to the greatest extent. I hope the above can help and inspire you. Please forgive me!