Chapter 4 The Fundamentals of Human Life: Sustainment and Death
The development of coke, the flavor of the five grains, the smoked skin, the body, the hair, if the fog and dew of the irrigation, is the gas.
Corpse: Decisive Spirit
The two spirits fight each other and are called gods.
The Soul of the Spirit
The Yellow Emperor's Neijing believes that the factors related to human life and death are: essence, qi, spirit and meridians.
Human life not only has the content of general life, such as using external materials to form one's own body, reproducing offspring, and growing, developing, exercising, and adapting to environmental changes according to genetic characteristics. The Neijing also emphasizes the following two points: First, the three elements of life activities - essence, qi, and spirit;The second is the basic law of the process of life - growth and old age.
Regarding the activities of human life, the "Neijing" is summarized into three aspects: essence, qi, and spirit, just as the "Lingshu Honzang" says: "The flesh and spirit of man are those who are dedicated to life and life." "Essence, qi and spirit are the three major elements that sustain life and run through the whole process of life. Later generations of physicians called essence, qi, and spirit the theoretical origin of the "Three Treasures of Life". And human life activities must rely on the meridians of the human body.
Essence. Jing refers to the subtle substances that give birth to the body and provide for the whole body to maintain its physiological functions, including innate essence, acquired essence, blood, brain, marrow, fluid, etc., which are the material basis of life activities. "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" says: "The origin of life is called the essence", "the husband is the essence, the body is also the essence".
Gas. The Yellow Emperor's Neijing collectively refers to all the subtle substances in the human body as "qi", and refers to the energy and functions of these subtle substances and the viscera and tissues they form. "Irrigation of fog and dew" means that qi is a fine flowing substance that can be seen clearly by the naked eye, and "smoked, filled, and hairy" means that qi has the function of warmth and nourishment. Qi is the most subtle and subtle living substance that exists in the human body, and it is the material basis of life activities. The qi of the human body is the material basis for maintaining the life activities of the human body, and its movement changes are also the activities of the human body. Life depends on only qi. If the qi gathers, it will be born, and if the qi is dispersed, it will die. Therefore, qi is the most basic substance that constructs the body and maintains the life activities of the human body. It is also as stated in "Lingshu Pulse": "Qi cannot be without action, like the flow of water......Its overflowing qi irrigates the internal organs and moistens the intestines externally. "The popularity of qi is endless, so that it can play a nourishing role in various tissues and organs of the body.
God. God is born of the essence of innateness, and when the embryo is formed, the God of life is also born. "God" occupies the primary position in the human body, and only when "God" is present can all human life activities be phenomena. God has a broad sense and a narrow sense, the broad sense refers to human life and its external manifestations, "Lingshu Benshen" "two essences fight each other to say the god";In the narrow sense, it refers to the highest level of life activities based on essence and qi, such as the sensitive response of consciousness, thinking, and emotions to changes in the outside world, and the self-regulation of the functional activities of various parts of the body.
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In human life activities, essence is the material basis, qi is function and energy, and God is information and its regulation, and the three coordinate and interact with each other, all of which are indispensable to ensure the normal progress of human life and run through the whole process of life activities.
The composition of qi. A vitality.
The most important and basic of the various qi in the human body is also known as "original qi" and "true qi". It is mainly born from the innate essence, and after birth, it needs to be nourished and supplemented by the subtlety of the water valley.
b Zongqi. It is formed by combining the clear qi inhaled by the lungs and the water valley qi transported from the spleen and stomach, and is gathered in the chest. It drives the breathing of the lungs and the movement of blood in the heart.
c. Guard. It is reborn from the qi of the water valley and is a part of the yang energy of the human body, so it is also called "Weiyang". Guarding Qi has the function of warming the internal organs, moisturizing the fur, and protecting the skin surface.
d. Camp gas. It is the subtle metamorphosis of the water valley transported by the spleen and stomach, and it is the more quintessential and nutritious part of the water valley qi. It nourishes the whole body and can metabolize blood.
Meridian. Meridians are an important part of the structure of human tissues. The meridians are like a structural network, which is composed of meridians and veins that are intertwined and intertwined, and the whole body is networked. There are backbones and branches in this vast web. In the meridians, the meridians run up and down, which is the backbone;And the veins are branches, that is, tributaries. In the human body, they are the channels of qi and blood between various tissues and organs, and only when the circulation of qi and blood is endless, can the tissues and organs of the whole body be nourished. Because the meridians can transport nutrients to all parts of the body, thus ensuring the functional activities of various tissues and organs in the body. Therefore, the meridian system is the total control system of the human body, and it is the key to maintaining human health and longevity.
The operation of the human body's qi, blood and fluid, the functional activities of the viscera organs, and the connection and coordination between each other must be realized through the functions of the meridian system, such as transportation and conduction, liaison and regulation, and make it an organic whole.
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