Liver belongs to the five internal organs, which is an quite import organ of our body. As the five elements theory says, liver is similar as wood. So just as tree’s growing continuously, or as leaves stretch its body, the point of protect liver is to make it stretch. But what is stretch to liver? It means we should go along with it. For another example, if take liver as a person, we should make him happy and do not infuriate him. So do not often be angry in daily life.
Eye is just as the gate of liver. So if liver is in bad condition, eyes will feel uncomfortable too. So when you feel your eyesight is worse than before, you should pay attention to your liver health.
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People who know regimen a lot will definitely take spleen and stomach at the first place. If it is hurt inside, people will become sad and angry without letting off. Or people will hurt by hard work and mood disorder.
In addition, spleen and stomach belong to earth in the theory of five elements. Only fire can make it grow well. So spleen and stomach which belong to earth like warm condition rather than cold. Cold food is not proper to take a lot unless people have pathogenic fire inside body. Read more…
Our human body can generate more than 75 hormones. These hormones play an important role in our body. Women in a higher level of hormone looks much younger than women who are in a lower level. From 25 years old, the generation of hormones of our body decrease at 15% every decade. As its decreased, organs and organisms get older and atrophic. Our skin turn dim and our spirit is weary. At the year of 60, it is only 1/5 of former secretory volume.
Lack of hormone can bring on many disorders of woman, such as insomnia, headache, irregular menses, skin aging, fidget, chest distress and so on. So how to relieve the deficiency of hormone? Nutrition of Chinese medicine consider human as a whole organism. The five organs are relevant to five elements, five tastes and five colours. They are mutual generation and restriction. Food with different colors are associated with different organs inside body, so appropriate diet is helpful to hormone exudation. Read more…
The five elements in Chinese medicine are wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Each of them has its own character.
Wood is growing and it is the same as tree to some extend. Fire is hot, and ascending. Earth means sow and gain. Mental is constringent and variational. And wanter is wet and alow.
The five elements has relationship among each other. One can generate another, meanwhile it is generated by a third. Still, one can destory another and can be destoried by a third too.
According to the generation and destory relationship of the five elements, we can cure diseases more easily.
