Traditional Chinese Medicine -part 3-
Theory of the Five Movements
The Five Element theory tends to analyze the relationship of all that exists in a more particular group, seeks to understand how to harmonize the relationship of all that exists through a rhythm or movement, making it dependent on the occurrence of these phenomena natural succession of the seasons, the personality characteristics and even the functionality of the body.
Start by considering that everything that exists moves such as wood, read the vegetation that grows and expands freely, or the fire that always tends to warm to promote the activity, or as land whose mission is to preserve, transport and transform to nurture, such as metal whose rigidity and strength lies in its purity as the water in its downward trend keeps in his breast, the sap that benefits all things.
The theory of five elements has two laws or cycles, with which explains the relationship between all elements and movements, the first is the cycle generator, “Shen”, explains how each element can be generated or generated, second cycle, “Ko” describes how each element dominates or is dominated for balance.
Influence of the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements in the practice of Chinese Medicine
Although none of these theories are applied to medicine from the start today constitute the pillars on which rest the diagnosis and therapy of Chinese medicine is therefore important to know and deepen their doctrines to advance our performance.
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