human body system-jing luo (8)

Thus according to feng Shui 5 elements are :-East is wood，West is metal，South is fire，North is water and Centre is earth Similarly Chinese medical theory designates our organs into 5 elements and stresses that importance of maintaining harmony or balancing with the said 5 elements in order for the body to be healthy. Which are the organs associated with the 5 elements ? They are as follows:- 1. fire-- heart, wood-- liver, earth--- spleen, metal--- lung, water-- kidney As solid organs (Zang) are associated with hollow organs (Fu), it is also logical to expect that there are also 5 elements in Fu, namely:- 1. fire- small intestine, wood—gallbladder, earth – stomach, metal –large intestine and water—bladder. Chinese medical theory and Feng Shui theory also talk about the 5 elements will enhance each other and also will negate each other but which one will enhance the other and which one will negate the effect of others ? The theory is as follows:- wood will enhance fire. To think it logically wood when burn will give out fire. Thus it will enhance fire and the more wood it is the stronger is the fire. Fire will enhance earth. When wood is burn what is left behind is ashes and ashes will go back to nature as part of the earth. Thus fire will at the end enhance the earth. Earth will enhance metal. When ashes turn into earth, it will give add metal elements in the earth as all plants do to some extend contain trace element of iron, manganese, magnesium etc and thus the earth will produce more metal. Metal will enhance water. When metal is melted it is in liquid form hence it is water. Water will enhance wood. As wood needs water to grow and survive. On the other hand the following elements will negate the other as follows:- Wood will negate earth. As is planted on earth and it will interfere with earth. Earth will negate water. When the river bank is overflowed people always use earth to increase the height of the river bank to prevent the water from overflowing. Water will negate fire. People always use water to extinguish fire. Fire will negate metal. People use fire to melt metal. Metal will negate wood. People use tools made of metal to cut down trees hence metal will be the enemy of wood. In order to facilitate you better understanding and following the theory it is therefore advisable to draw a diagram as follows:- You draw a circle, write down wood (liver/gallbladder ) at 12 o'clock position, fire (heart / small intestine ) at 3 o'clock position, earth (stomach /spleen) at 5 o'clock position, Metal (lung / large intestine) at 7 o'clock position, water ( kidneys/ bladder) at 9 o'clock position. After completing the circle you will draw an arrow from wood to fire, then fire to earth, earth to metal, metal to water and water to wood. This show that each element will enhance the other following the arrow. You will then draw an arrow across the circle from wood to earth, earth to water, water to fire, fire to metal and metal to wood. This will show how one element will negate the effect of other, After completing the above you will be able to see how one element can enhance the other and also negate the effect of another. Keep this diagram for future reference. [to be continue..]