Hello, everybody, the last class we discussed the five elements of TCM This time we will discuss the five elements theory from a modern perspective We will start our discussion in the following three aspects first, the rationality of the five elements theory second, the limitation of the Five Elements Theory third, the implications of the Five Elements Theory So to start with, let us see the diagram of the five elements which we have discussed before it takes much energy and wisdom of our ancestors to sum up and make the diagram whether it is scientific or not depends on the standard of the assessment For thousands of years, we have been using this systematic theory To understand human physiology, pathology and to understand the change and development of the nature Indeed it can be used to solve problems,which is considered rational So as for reasonableness, let us first see It can explain the impact of seasonal climate on human health For example, when discussing the relationship between the time or the season and human health We divided the year into five different seasons,that is, spring, summer, long summer, autumn and winter following the cold winter, spring arrives People should gradually take off the heavy coat Stretch out, and take a walk in the garden it is good for health. long summer is the time between summer and autumn it is a season characterized by hot and humid weather People are most vulnerable to humid in summer suffering from symptoms like thick and yellow tongue, anorexia, dyspepsia, etc. if you have poor stomach, eating some soothing food for the humid summer appropriately or some TCM, may be helpful Such food is as: barley, rugosa, lentils, Poria, watermelon, etc. because the fall is a dry season According to the correspondence between the five elements, Yin lung is easily hurt due to dryness patients may get heavier dry cough or lung disease there will be a some dry constipation because Lung and Large Intestine are closely related to each other Then take some rock sugar stew pears, melon, etc.in moderation Yin－soothing products can improve these symptoms Then second, it can explain some close relations among viscera, organs and tissues for example such phenomena does exist in human body for instance,the liver and gall bladder are closely related in physiology and pathology And liver opens into the eyes. liver and gallbladder disease was first observed from the eyes Such as jaundice hepatitis, heart and small intestine so closely linked The heart is of the main vein, and the tongue is the orifice of the heart lung and large intestine is interior-exteriorly related, with lung controlling skin and hair. The nose is the orifice of the lung Kidneys belongs to shui, bladder is relative to kidney then Kidneys support bone, and ears are the orifice of kidneys and around the front and back yin third,the rationality also lies in applied the principle of five elements to TCM emotional therapy For example, there is a saying that: "anger damages liver, and grief hurts more." happiness hurts heart,and fear hurts more missing injures spleen, and anger injures more worrying injures lung, but happiness injures more so fear injures kidney, and at the same time missing is more harmful than fear Then the five elements theory also has its limitations to start with, because the five elements theory is limited to the Central Plains regional culture, the five elements theory we are talking about in terms of direction,it refers to zhongtu of china zhongtu refers to a large area of the Central Plains region from Gansu province in the west to the East China Sea in the east from Inner Mongolia in the North, Hebei province, to the Yangtze River in the south These are zhongtu area in china The Five ideas is generated from the Central Plains culture which Was consistent with the definition of direction but for southern people,these definition of direction such as hainan people or yunnan people, would be different in connotation So why did we say that TCM has his cultural identity it is closely related to the Central Plains culture if we apply the law of season and direction of The Five ideas to the southern hemisphere for instance in Australia, it is not the case The second kind of limitation is that: limitations of ethnic complexion For example when Chinese people go to see a doctor, attentions are often paid to a person's face changes If they are from the South asia or African it is not easy to identify because their own skin colour is relatively deep, and the five elements theory is based on the relation between colour and human organs Physiology and pathology we lack of sufficient experience over other colour groups Therefore, it calls for more exploration And the third part of the five elements is that his conclusion Regularity conclusion is sketchy, as timbre only has five sound it is commonly used in Chinese classical music. people tended to use a tone deaf to represent when Someone does not have a strong sense of music This is the reason.but the modern piano and other musical instruments have far more than five tones, at least seven tones it could be more if we calculate by Chromatic Similarly, there are more than five kinds of colour, taste and pulse Because of the limited nature of the five elements themselves One can only select five to be considered so third, we are talking about the revelation of the Five Elements Theory later we will discuss, given that the five elements theory has limitations whether we can say the Five Elements theory is useless, or even pseudo-science? I do not agree with this view I think we should analyze rationally both the reasonableness and the limitations of the five elements theory select to apply and absorb 更重要的是通过五行学说的分析 More importantly, through the analysis of the five elements theory What enlightenment can be brought to us which is able to better utilized in research and practice in the field of health activities When comparing with other ethnic medicine we may find that the system different traditional medicine take will vary such as the ancient Greek four liquid theory, water,fire,soil and air" Four Elements in the Indian medicine four towers five aggregates" theory in China Dai medicine long, Tripa, Bacon" three cause theory in Tibetan medicine And "water, fire, soil, gas, and air" five source theory So though there are differences among these theories, in history or even today these can be used in health care, prevention and treatment of diseases What do they have in common? it lies in that by using diversified systematic methods we can understand human body and the nature just like binary and decimal and hexadecimal There are a variety of bands, which can solve similar problems So when designing a computer program you can use different ways by Different languages ??to we design and solve the same problem It is entirely possible, but among these methods Some may be faster, some may be slower you will find a more suitable approach to satisfy your research needs list another simpler example For example, from Shanghai to Haikou You can either take a train,a plane or the car Or you can have combination transportation of aircraft, ship, or train to arrive at the destination The five elements of five elements theory inside is composed of a pentagonal star system Then within the system they develop with and restrain from each other Any line is undergoing close relationship with the other four lines only in this way can ensure that this system is in steady state modern medicine has undergone 1-to-1 rapid development for a long time we gradually became aware of the limitations of solving complex health issues issues including drug side effects, etc. recently a new research direction has been proposed network pharmacology, which aims to conduct drug research through a systematic approach and to reduce the drug side effects. this is generated from new ideas based on systematic thinking besides, systematic biomedical research is also popular, The fundamental reason is that the idea of ??using the system to learn to solve this dilemma faced by modern medicine In short, the five elements of Chinese medicine theory is the systematic way to solve complex health problems it demonstrates the effectiveness of the systematic approach offering a healthy thinking pattern to resolve health and medicine problems in the future let us stop here In fact, the entire content of five elements theory section comes to an end completely after this lesson Next time we will discuss the core of TCM theory that is，Viscera，main and collateral channels theory
