Traditional Chinese medicine divides the important internal organs of the human body into two categories: zang-fu organs and zang-fu organs, and the theory about zang-fu organs is called "Zangxiang" theory. Zang, tong "dirty", refers to the internal organs hidden inside; An elephant is a symbol or image. That is to say, although the internal organs exist in the body, they have signs of physiological and pathological changes. Therefore, the theory of zang-fu organs in traditional Chinese medicine is to study the law of zang-fu activities and their relationship by observing the external signs of human body.
Zang-fu organs and zang-fu organs are distinguished according to their different functions. Zang-fu organs, including five organs (five internal organs) of liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney, mainly refer to some organs with rich internal tissues in the chest and abdomen, whose same function is to store essence. Essence refers to an indispensable nutrient that can nourish viscera and maintain life activities.
Fu organs include gallbladder, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, bladder and triple energizer (six fu organs), which refer to some hollow organs in the chest and abdomen, and have the functions of digesting food, absorbing nutrition and excreting dregs. In addition, there are "odd and constant fu organs", which refer to a kind of organs with different physiological functions from ordinary fu organs, including brain, marrow, bone, pulse, daughter cells and so on.
It should be pointed out that the zang-fu organs in traditional Chinese medicine not only refer to anatomical organs, but also summarize the physiological functions and pathological changes of the human body. Therefore, although the names of organs in modern medicine are mostly the same, their concepts and functions are not completely consistent and cannot be equated.
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Physiological characteristics of five internal organs and its clinical significance
Traditional Chinese medicine takes the difference of physiological function characteristics as the main basis to distinguish viscera. The physiological characteristics of the five internal organs are metaplasia and storing essence. For example, Su Wen's "Theory of Five Zangs" said: "The so-called five zang-organs store essence without diarrhea, so they are full but not full."
The physiological characteristics of the five internal organs were briefly summarized. The so-called "full but not full" and "full but not full" emphasize that the essence of the five internal organs should be kept full, but it must be circulating rather than dull; Don Bing Wang pointed out: "The essence is complete, and Shui Gu is real. The five internal organs contain essence, so they are full but not real; The six internal organs do not store essence, but are affected, so they are real but not full. "
The physiological characteristics of the five internal organs have important guiding significance for clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment. Generally speaking, pathologically, "many diseases are deficiency" and therapeutically, "five internal organs should be supplemented".
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