The Five Elements Theory is a philosophical thought of 's naive materialism . Similarly, the Five Elements Theory is formed on the basis of the Qi monism like the Yin-Yang theory . In the continuous development of Chinese history, with the gradual abundance of materials and the increase of production capacity, the original monism and dualism have been difficult to express the essence of certain things, so five were born on the basis of monism. Yuan’s Five Elements Theory.
The Five Elements Theory believes that everything in the world is composed of the five elements of wood, fire, earth, gold and water. It provides a theoretical basis for the diversity and unity of the origins of all things, and divides all things into five types. These things can grow, restrain, multiply, or insult each other. In short, within the framework of the Five Elements Theory, on the one hand, it classifies the origin of the world, and on the other hand, it links things together, maintaining the unity of coordination and balance in mutual growth and mutual restraint.
With the prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty, Chinese medicine has applied the theory of the five elements to the medical field more and more widely, in order to observe the changes of the human body, explain the laws of the human body, and divide the part and the whole of the human body. Connected to form the unity of the human body and the outside world. Further developed the "theory of harmony between man and nature".
However, with the development and continuous improvement of Chinese medicine, on the basis of the philosophy of the five elements, not only the five internal organs and six fu-organs are brought into it, but also many laws between the five elements are combined with the human body and improved to meet the physiological needs of the human body. And pathological changes, this also marks the complete separation of the Five Elements Doctrine of Chinese Medicine and the Five Elements Doctrine of Philosophy, forming an independent academic system. It laid the foundation for the formation of theory in Chinese medicine in the future.
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