The Chapter on the Generation of the Five Zang

The heart is the confluence of the meridians, its color, and it governs the kidneys. The lung is in conjunction with the skin, nourishes the hair, and governs the heart. The original text below contains the cross "If one does not distinguish between evil and deviant, the internal work cannot be prohibited." Wang's annotation regarded it as a mistake and deleted it according to the meaning of the text. ② Win: The Hu version, Zhao version, Wu version, and Zhou version are all written as "win". It is the tendon, its younger brother's claw, and its main body is the lung. The spleen is associated with flesh, nourishes the lips, and governs the liver. The kidney is the confluence of the bones, the growth of hair, and the main stele. Therefore, if one consumes too much salty food, the pulse will become congealed and change color. If one eats too much bitter food, the skin will become dry and the hair will grow out. Eating too much spicy food will cause the tendons to become tight and the claws to become dry. Eating too much sour food will make the eyes smooth and the lips open. Eating too much sweet food can cause bone pain and hair loss. This is due to the damage caused by the five flavors. The mind desires bitterness, the lungs desire pungency, the liver desire sourness, the spleen desire sweetness, and the kidneys desire saltiness. These are the five flavors that come together. The five types of qi are as follows: if the color is as blue as grass, it is dead; if it is as yellow as accumulated solid, it is as black as the beginning, it is as red as blood, and if it is as white as dry bones. These five colors indicate death. The five colors are born: the green like emerald feathers, the red like a rooster's comb, the yellow like a crab's belly, the white like a child raised by a family, and the black like black feathers. Born in the heart, it is like wrapping red with a thread. It is born in the lungs, like red wrapped in contraction. Born in the liver, if it shrinks and wraps incorrectly; Born in the spleen, it is like using the spleen to enclose the excess of the building. It is born in the kidney and is like compiling purple. This is the honor beyond the five Storehouses. The color and taste correspond to the five internal organs: white corresponds to the lung, and pungent. Red heart, suffering; Green danggan, sour; Huangdang spleen, sweet; Black is the kidney and salty. Therefore, white represents the skin, red represents the veins, blue represents the tendons, yellow represents the flesh, and black represents the bones. All the meridians belong to the eyes, all the marrow to the brain, all the tendons to the joints, all the blood to the heart, and all the qi to the lungs. These are the four branches and eight stages of morning and evening. Therefore, when a person lies down, blood returns to the liver. The liver receives blood and can see, the feet receive blood and can walk, the palms receive blood and can grasp, and the fingers receive blood and can hold. When lying down and exposed to the wind, if blood clots on the skin, it is called arthralgia; if it clots on the meridians, it is called weeping; and if it clots on the feet, it is called fainting. These three conditions, when the blood circulation fails to return to its emptiness, lead to numbness and syncope. A person has twelve parts of great grain, and there are three hundred and fifty-four sub-questions. There are twelve less points ③. All these are the places where the defensive qi stays and the places where the evil qi visits. They will be eliminated by the needle and stone. At the beginning of diagnosing a disease, the five principles are used as a record. To understand the origin, one must first establish its mother. The so-called five principles refer to the five meridians. Therefore, it is characterized by headache, palpitations, deficiency of the lower body and excess of the upper body, which can occur in the foot with insufficient Yin or excessive Yang, and in severe cases, affect the kidneys. When asked about symptoms such as blurred vision and deafness, there is excess in the lower body and deficiency in the upper body, which may occur in the Shaoyang and Jueyin of the feet, and in severe cases, affect the liver. The abdomen is full and the cheeks are swollen. The side is close to the hypochondrium. The lower part rises and passes over the feet of the sun and Yangming. Coughing and ascending qi, with the qi lingering in the chest and passing through the Yangming and Taiyin meridians of the hands. Feeling irritable and having a headache, the illness is in the middle of the Yi cycle. It has passed through the hands of Juyang and Shaopeng. If the pulse is small, large, slippery, rough, floating or deep, it can be used for identification. The images of the Five Zang can be analogized. The five Tibetan sounds can be perceived. The five-color micro-examination can be observed visually. If it can match the pulse color, it can be perfect. Red is the peak of the pulse, accompanied by shortness of breath and firmness. Diagnosis indicates that there is accumulated qi in the middle, which often affects food intake. This is called heart obstruction, an external disease, and mental weakness due to overthinking, thus pathogenic factors invade. The white pulse is the most severe, with shortness of breath and floating, weakness in the upper part and excess in the lower part, shock, and accumulation of qi in the chest, accompanied by shortness of breath and weakness. This is called lung obstruction, cold or heat, which is caused by intoxication and affects the interior. The Qing meridian is the highest point. It is long and bounces left and right. There is accumulated qi that branches below the heart, which is called liver obstruction. It is caused by cold and dampness. It is treated in the same way as Shen, with low back pain, clear feet and headache. The yellow pulse is the most severe, large and weak, with accumulated qi in the abdomen and syncytic qi. It is called Rijue Ma. The same method is used for women. The disease caused by it leads to sweating of the four extremities and wind. Black, the ultimate point of the pulse ①, is the convergence of these five flavors. The qi of the Five Storehouses: (Tai Su) and the newly corrected version are based on the original full text: "This is the combination of the five flavors and the qi of the five storehouses." And the "Five Zang Qi" is used to cut off the first ten days. Section ② : (Tai Su) represents "liver". ③ Yu: (Tai Su) and the newly corrected version are written as "Guan" according to the full text. That is, if the upper part is firm and large, with qi accumulated in the lower abdomen and Yin, it is called kidney obstruction. If one can take a bath in clear water and break free from the five colors of the ordinary appearance, such as a yellow face with blue eyes, a yellow face with red eyes, a yellow face with white eyes, or a yellow face with black eyes, they will not die. If the face is blue and the eyes are red, if the face is red and the eyes are white, if the face is blue and the eyes are black, if the face is black and the eyes are white, if the face is red and the eyes are blue, all are signs of death.