The five internal organs of the human body corresponding to the five elements

The Five Elements is a philosophical system of political science in the Warring States Period. The Confucianism of the Warring States Period divided all things in the universe into five categories according to their characteristics: fire, water, wood, metal, and earth (the order of the seven politics), collectively referred to as the "five elements". The five elements do not refer to specific five single things, but an abstract generalization of the five different properties of everything in the universe.

If yin and yang is the ancient theory of the unity of opposites, then the five elements can be said to be a philosophical thought originating from politics. The "Shangshu" school believes that the phenomena of nature are summed up by the changes of the five qi of "fire, water, wood, metal, and earth", which not only affect the fate of people, but also make the universe circulate endlessly; it emphasizes the concept of the whole , depicting the structural relationship and movement of things.

What is the relationship between the five internal organs and the five elements?


The five elements are wood, fire, earth, gold and water, and the five internal organs are liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney.

1. The "wood" in the five elements corresponds to the "liver" of the five internal organs: wood mostly refers to plants. The biggest characteristics of plants are growth and smoothness. The main characteristics of the liver are smoothness and relaxation. The liver is relaxed, and the mood is irritable, and the liver is stagnant, so the liver is a wood.

2. The "fire" in the five elements corresponds to the "heart" of the five internal organs: the biggest characteristic of fire is that the heat rises and the flame grows upward. As long as the heat rises, it belongs to fire. The heart is in charge of blood circulation, and blood circulation is to maintain the body's body temperature. A necessary condition, so the heart belongs to fire.

3. The "earth" in the five elements corresponds to the "spleen" of the five internal organs: the biggest characteristic of earth is biochemical, carrying, and storage, and earth is the mother of all things. The spleen and stomach have the function of digestion and absorption. The spleen and stomach absorb the nutrients of food into various organs of the human body. The characteristics of both are to supply nutrients, so the spleen belongs to the earth.

4. The "gold" in the five elements corresponds to the "lung" of the five internal organs: gold refers to metal in general, and most of them belonged to weapons in ancient times. Weapons must be kept clean and sharp.

5. The "water" in the five elements corresponds to the "kidney" of the five internal organs: water is cold and cool, moisturizing and descending. The body fluids of the human body belong to the kidneys, and the body fluids have a moisturizing effect on the human body, so the kidneys belong to water.

The five elements are in the relationship of mutual generation and mutual restraint, and the corresponding five zang organs are also in the relationship of mutual generation and mutual restraint. Therefore, the relationship between the five zang organs is closely related. If any zang viscera has problems, it will affect other zang organs.

The liver dominates anger, and excessive anger can damage the liver;

The heart dominates joy, and excessive joy will hurt the heart;

The spleen dominates thinking, and excessive thinking can damage the spleen;

The lungs rule the sadness, and excessive sadness will damage the lungs;

The kidney dominates fear, and excessive fear will damage the kidney.

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