补母泻子

Tonifying the mother-organ and purging the child-organ

虚则补其母

Tonifying the mother-organ in the treatment of deficiency syndrome

实则泻其子

Purging the child-organ in the treatment of excessive syndrome

木喜条达

⑴ Wood likes to spread out freely

⑵ Wood has desire for freely growing

⑶ Wood tends to spread out freely

水不涵木

⑴ Water fails to moisten wood

⑵ Water fails to nourish Wood

木火刑金

⑴ Wood fire tormenting metal

⑵ Fire of the Liver injures the Lung

⑶ Fire of the Wood injures the Metal

⑷ Wood-fire burns Metal

火性炎上

⑴ Fire tends to flame upward

⑵ Fire tends to flame up

⑶ Fire tends to flame upwards

水火相济

⑴ Fire and water interact

⑵ Water and Fire complement each other

⑶ Coordination between Water and Fire

水火不济

⑴ Fire and water failing to interact

⑵ Discordance between Water and Fire

⑶ Water and Fire fail to complement each other

Zang Xiang (viscera and their manifestations) 脏象

The Five zang-organs (viscera)             五脏

Heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney

The Six fu-organs  (bowels)               六腑

Gall bladder, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, bladder, san jiao (triple energizer）

The Extraordinary fu-organs               奇恒之腑

Brain, marrow, bones, vessels, gallbladder, uterus

五脏为实，藏而不泻 

⑴ The five viscera are full, storing but not discharging.

⑵The five zang organs are solid ,installing but not discharging

六腑为虚，泄而不藏 

⑴ The six bowels are hollow, discharging     but not storing

⑵ The six fu organs are hollow, discharging but not installing

Heart -an organ of monarch

心属火

⑴ The heart corresponds to fire

⑵ Heart corresponding to fire

心主血脉 The heart governs the blood and the vessel

心藏神　　The heart controls the mind

心合小肠

⑴ The heart is connected to the small intestine

⑵ The internal and external relationship between the heart and the small intestine

心与小肠相表里

⑴ The heart and small intestine stand in  interior-exterior relationship

⑵ The Heart and Small intestine are interior-exteriorly related

舌为心之苗

⑴ The tongue is the sprout of the heart

⑵ Tongue acts as the window of Heart

⑶ Physiological and pathological changes of the heart are reflected on tongue

心开窍于舌

⑴ The heart opens into the tongue

⑵ Tongue is considered as a specific orifice of Heart

⑶ Tongue acts as a window of Heart

⑷ The Heart has its specific opening in the tongue

⑸ Tongue is considered as a specific orifice of Heart

心，其华在面

⑴ The efflorescence of the heart is in the face

⑵ The condition of Heart is reflected by the facial complexion

⑶ The Heart has its outward manifestation in the face of complexion

Liver -a general-organ

肝体阴而用阳

⑴ The substance of the liver is yin ,but the function of the liver is yang

⑵ The liver pertains to yin in entity and yang in function

肝主疏泄

⑴ The liver governs free coursing

⑵ The Liver has the function of smoothing and regulating the flow of Qi and Blood

⑶ Liver governs the flow of Qi

肝主藏血

Liver controls (governs) the storage of blood.

肝开窍于目

⑴ The liver opens into the eyes

⑵ Liver has the opening on the eye

⑶ The liver opening into the eyes

爪为筋之余

⑴ The nails are the surplus of the sinews

⑵ The nails are the odds and ends of tendon

发为血之余

⑴ The hair is the surplus of the blood