The five elements of the kidney belong to water, which means that the kidney has the characteristics of water in the five elements, which is also determined by its function and characteristics in the human body. The five elements, China's ancient material view, believed that everything in the world was composed of five elements: wood, fire, earth, gold and water, and the five elements corresponded to the five internal organs of the human body, namely, liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney.
The theory of five elements is of great guiding significance to Chinese medicine, such as the principle of "water can control fire" in the theory of five elements, that is, water can suppress fire. They are closely related to their characteristics and functions in the human body. This classification is helpful to understand the position and function of kidney in human body, and also reflects the integrity and systematicness of TCM theory.
The relationship between the five elements
The five-element rule is that wood makes a fire, fire produces soil, soil produces gold, and gold produces water, aquatic wood; The rules of mutual respect are: Mutuko, Tukeshui, Shuihuoke, Huojinke and Jin Kemu.
The relationship between the five aspects of the internal system structure of things constitutes the circular movement of things under normal circumstances, so it is often in the process of movement development and is unbalanced. But as far as the five elements are concerned, whether they are mutual growth or mutual resistance, they show relative dynamic balance in harmony.
And each of the five elements is born from another line, and is born from another line; Not only can it be rejected by others, but it also presents a dynamic balance of power as a whole. It can be seen that the balance achieved by the five elements is not absolute static, but dynamic balance based on movement.
The above contents should be combined with the actual situation for reference only.