Chapter 179: Speaking of the Five Elements

At this time, everyone had already begun to listen attentively to Wang Ming's class! Wang Ming's class was really attractive! This was the common point of view of everyone! Even those who were most opposed to it would listen attentively, forgetting that they had been sealed by Wang Ming!

"I just talked about the twelve meridians, as well as the eight strange meridians, now let's talk about the five elements, many of the five elements have to talk about the meridians, so although the five elements are asked first, how can you understand if you don't understand the meridians?" Wang Ming said half-jokingly. Now that everyone has accepted his theory, Wang Ming is also a lot easier!

"You have also heard that Chinese medicine always says that this acupoint belongs to fire and that acupoint belongs to water, what does this mean? What exactly is the stipulation that this is water and fire? Today I will talk about it! "Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth" is the theory of the five elements of Chinese medicine. Many of you oppose this doctrine, or say that it is feudal dross and is a myth, or that it is far-fetched and unscientific. For me, and even for real Chinese medicine, the Five Elements Doctrine is a thinking tool left by our ancestors to future generations, used to learn Chinese medicine, which is convenient and convenient, just like we eat noodles with chopsticks, so why do we have to change them to forks?

According to the Five Elements Theory, the lungs and large intestine belong to gold, the heart and small intestine belong to fire, the liver and gallbladder belong to wood, the spleen and stomach belong to earth, the kidneys and bladder belong to water, and the pericardium and sanjiao also belong to fire. On the one hand, the acupuncture points on a certain meridian belong to the same attributes of this meridian, such as the acupoints of the lung meridian have the "golden nature" of the lung meridian; on the other hand, each meridian also constitutes five specific acupoints (well, xing, yu, meridian, and he) according to the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth), which is called the "five acupoints". Losing means "conduction". The ancients were the best at analogy, comparing the conduction of meridians to the process of water flow from small to large, from shallow to deep. Let's briefly talk about the meaning of each of the "five loss points".

The "well" acupoints are mostly located at the ends of the hands and feet, such as the Shaoshang acupoint of the lung meridian and the Yinbai acupoint of the spleen meridian. The "well" is the source of the water. "The well is righteous, and it is not poor."

The "Xing" acupoint is mostly located on the metacarpophalangeal or metatarsal, that is, on the metacarpophalangeal joints, such as the thenar acupoint of the lung meridian and the Dadu acupoint of the spleen meridian. "Xing" means a winding stream of small water, like a mountain stream.

The "Yu" acupoint is mostly located in the metacarpal wrist or metatarsal joint, such as the Taiyuan acupoint of the lung meridian and the Taibai acupoint of the spleen meridian. "Yu" means to pour, like a waterfall of a mountain spring, pouring down.

The "meridian" acupoints are mostly located above the wrist and ankle joints, such as the meridian canal acupoint of the lung meridian and the Shangqiu acupoint of the spleen meridian. "Sutra" is the main way. Like a wide river, it flows unimpeded.

The "He" acupoints are mostly located near the elbow and knee joints, such as the ruler of the lung meridian and the Yinling Spring of the spleen meridian. "He" is a metaphor for the water of the river flowing into the sea.

The well points are mostly located at the ends of the hands and feet, such as the Shaoshang points and the Yinbai points, and the Xing points are mostly located on the metacarpophalangeal or metatarsophalangeal joints. Such as the Yuji Cave and the Dadu Cave. Yu acupoints are mostly located in the palm, wrist or metatarsal joints, such as Taiyuan and Taibai, meridian points are mostly located above the wrist and ankle joints, such as Jingqu and Shangqiu, and Hehe points are mostly located near the elbow and knee joints, such as Qize and Yinling Spring.

The five acupoints use "well, xing, yu, meridian, and he" to explain that the meridian qi flows from the end of the limbs to the heart to the elbow and knee joints, and the meridian qi flows from slight to prosperous. The process of moving from shallow to deep and into the viscera. The meridians dominated by the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys are called the "Yin meridian", and the meridians dominated by the small intestine, large intestine, bladder, gallbladder, stomach, and three focal points of the six organs are called the "Yang meridian". Whether it is the Yin meridian or the Yang meridian, it has its own five acupoints. The properties of each are also completely different. The "well" of the Yin meridian belongs to wood, and the "xing" belongs to fire. "Yu" belongs to the soil, and "Jing" belongs to gold. "He" belongs to water. The "well" of the Yang Jing belongs to gold, "Xing" belongs to water, "Yu" belongs to wood, "Jing" belongs to fire, and "He" belongs to earth. For these attributes, you don't have to memorize them. The function of the "five acupoints" in a meridian is like the role of the head of different departments in a company, and the classic of traditional Chinese medicine "The Book of Difficulties" says: "The heart of the well master is full, the body of the master is hot, the main body of Yu is heavy and painful, the main body is wheezing, coughing, cold and hot, and the main is venting against the qi." ”…,

The "heart is full" refers to the stomach and belly, and the disease of depression. If it is caused by disharmony between the spleen and stomach, it can stimulate the spleen's wells to "hide white" and the stomach's wells to "sharpen". If it is caused by liver qi stagnation, it can stimulate the well point "Dadun" of the liver meridian. If it is caused by stool obstruction, it can stimulate the well "Shangyang" of the large intestine meridian.

The main body is "hot", and the body heat can be understood as "on fire", such as fever, sore throat, and the lungs can be selected through the Xing acupoint "fish". Aphthous sores, short urine, you can choose the small intestine through the Xing acupoint "front valley". Bad breath, dry stool, you can choose the stomach meridian acupoint "inner court". Upset and sleepless, five heart irritability can choose the heart meridian Xingxue "Shaofu". If the gums are swollen and painful, and the eyes are red and red, you can choose the "liquid door" of the Xing acupoint of the Sanjiao meridian. The acupoints of each meridian can be used together to achieve a better effect on heat removal.

Yu Zhu's "weight joint pain", "weight joint pain" refers to laziness, physical fatigue, and joint pain. If the knee joint is swollen and painful and it is difficult to walk, you can choose the liver meridian Yu acupoint "Taichong", the gallbladder meridian Yu acupoint "foot crying", and the upper limb joint pain, you can choose the lung meridian Yu acupoint "Taiyuan", and the pericardium meridian Yu acupoint "Daling". During the day, tired and sleepy, listless, you can choose the spleen meridian Yu acupoint "Taibai", and the kidney meridian Yu acupoint "Taixi". If the limb soreness caused by a cold, you can choose the Yu acupoint of the bladder meridian "bundle bone", and the Yu acupoint of the stomach meridian "trap valley". Yu acupoint has the effect of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, relaxing the muscles and activating the nerves, dispelling wind and relieving pain.

"Coughing and asthma, cold and heat", "coughing and asthma cold and heat" means that the meridian acupoints are good at curing cough and asthma, and whether it is cold, hot, yin deficiency, and fever cough and asthma, you can choose to treat the meridian acupoints. The "Neijing" says: "The five internal organs and six internal organs are all coughing, not only the lungs." For example, if you have an external cough, you can choose the meridian acupoint "meridian channel" of the lung meridian and the meridian acupoint "Kunlun" of the bladder meridian; for cough and asthma with kidney deficiency, you can choose the meridian acupoint "Fuyu" of the kidney meridian; for cough caused by liver fire, you can choose the meridian acupoint "branch ditch" of the Sanjiao meridian, and for cough and asthma with insufficient lung qi, you can choose the meridian acupoint "Shangqiu" of the spleen meridian. The meridian acupoints have the effect of clearing the lungs and dissolving phlegm, regulating qi and suppressing cough, and can be used as an important acupoint for maintaining the lungs and preventing cough and asthma on weekdays.

If the stomach qi is reversed, you can vomit, you can choose the stomach meridian acupoint "Zusanli", if the bile is reversed, the mouth is bitter, you can choose the gallbladder meridian acupoint "Yangling Spring", if the lung qi is reversed, you can cough and wheezing, you can choose the lung meridian acupoint "Qi Ze", if the spleen is deficient and loose stool and diarrhea, you can choose the spleen meridian acupoint "Yinling Spring"; if the kidney is deficient and enuresis, you can choose the kidney meridian acupoint "Yin Valley". In the "Lingshu Four Seasons" it is said: "The evil is in the intestines and takes the combination"; the "Neijing Cough Treatise" says: "Those who cure the intestines cure their combinations", both of which emphasize that the combination of acupoints is good at curing the diseases of the internal organs. ”

After Wang Ming finished speaking, he looked at the people below and nodded, and the effect made him a little satisfied! (Welcome to your support, is my biggest motivation.) )