The Theory of Five Elements in Acupuncture

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 135-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pankaj C. Jagirdar
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
The Other ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
The Face ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Law Of Similarity ◽  
The Law ◽  
Apparent Similarity

The theory of five elements is extensively used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is proposed that the theory of five elements was developed on the basis of the theory of elements, the law of contagion and the law of similarity which were prevalent in that era. They theory of elements spread in various forms all over the face of the globe. The law of contagion stated that objects, which at one time had been in continuity or juxtaposition, continued to exert an effect one upon the other. The internal organs were coupled probably on the basis of the law of contagion. The law of similarity stated that objects or circumstances which bear apparent similarity in form, shape, color or sequence of events, were considered to be fundamentally related. On the basis of the law of similarity the coupled internal organs were classified into five elements and the theory of five elements was compared with various things like seasons, color, tastes, emotions, etc. The theory of five elements is probably the earliest documented evidence correlating physiology with pathogensis of diseases and a guideline for treatment of diseases.

AAM Based Facial Feature Region Segmentation in Traditional Chinese Medicine Complexion Diagnosis

2013 ◽  
Vol 790 ◽  
pp. 535-538
Author(s):  
Jian Jun Wu ◽  
Jian Jun Yan ◽  
Fu Feng Li ◽  
Yi Qin Wang ◽  
Rui Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Facial Feature ◽  
Appearance Model ◽  
Active Appearance Model ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
Region Segmentation ◽  
Face Region ◽  
Key Points ◽  
The Face

Fast and accurate segmentation of the facial feature regions is of great significance to research on objectification of complexion diagnosis. In this paper, we used the active appearance model (AAM) system to accurately locate 68 key points, and segmented the face region simultaneously. According to the Chinese medicine complexion-viscera principle, five face regions representing the five internal organs were segmented by using 68 key points. Experiments have shown that this method was efficient and fast for facial feature region segmentation, and laid a foundation for further research of objectification of complexion diagnosis.

scholarly journals Lecture of the cycle of specialization in reflexology "Practical application of the theory of U-Sin in traditional Chinese medicine"

2019 ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
G. Chuprina ◽  
T. Parnikoza ◽  
N. Svyrydova
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Pathological Process ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
Syndromic Diagnosis ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The theory of the five elements is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, and the division of natural phenomena according to the properties of the five elements and the nature of the relationship between them, is practical in clinical acupuncture: to characterize the structural, physiological and pathological features of the patient, diagnosis and treatment. With the development of diseases there is a pathological relationship between Zhang-Fu organs and tissues that they are subordinated to. The human body is an organic whole, in which there are numerous interconnections in the development of the pathological process due to the existing modified interconnections. It is established that the theory of five elements is a simple theory with certain limitations. The laws of the relationship between the elements of the U-Syin cycle are not a reflection of all possible interconnections between the Zhang-Fu organs and the related tissues. In clinical practice, these laws show objective physiological and pathological communications between the internal organs and can be used in the process of acupuncture diagnosis and treatment. The theory of the five elements lies at the heart of the methodology of traditional acupuncture diagnostics, used during its implementation and data analysis, it determines the pathological states in accordance with the characteristics and laws of the relationship of the five elements and formulates the syndromic diagnosis of traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

scholarly journals Bilateral Integrative Medicine, Obviously

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven H. Stumpf ◽  
Simon J. Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Integrative Medicine ◽  
The Other ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Integrative Education ◽  
Education Model ◽  
New Generation

Unstated and unacknowledged bias has a profound impact on the nature and implementation of integrative education models. Integrative education is the process of training conventional biomedical and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in each tradition such that patient care may be effectively coordinated. A bilateral education model ensures that students in each tradition are cross-taught by experts from the ‘other’ tradition, imparting knowledge and values in unison. Acculturation is foundational to bilateral integrative medical education and practice. Principles are discussed for an open-minded bilateral educational model that can result in a new generation of integrative medicine teachers.

Letter to the Editor: Epilepsy in Chinese Culture

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 181-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatia M. C. Lee ◽  
Serena H. C. Yang ◽  
Philip K.K. Ng
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Treatment Of Epilepsy ◽  
Letter To The Editor ◽  
Yin And Yang ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Classification And Treatment

This article reviewed the meaning and development of epilepsy in Chinese culture. The theories of Yin and Yang and the five elements, fundamentals of traditional Chinese medicine, were introduced, which form the context of understanding of the etiology, classification, and treatment of epilepsy in traditional Chinese medicine.

scholarly journals Arsenic Bioaccessibility of Realgar Influenced by the Other Traditional Chinese Medicines in Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet and the Roles of Gut Microbiota

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfeng Xu ◽  
Shuo Xu ◽  
Shanshan Zhang ◽  
Xuejun Wu ◽  
Pengfei Jin
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Incubation Medium ◽  
Toxic Elements ◽  
The Other ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicines ◽  
Chinese Medicines ◽  
Scutellariae Radix

Niuhuang Jiedu tablet (NJT), a realgar (As2S2) containing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is a well-known formula. The safety of NJT is of growing concern since arsenic (As) is considered as one of the most toxic elements. NJT was demonstrated to be safer than realgar by our previous experiments and some other studies. The toxicity of realgar has been shown to be related to the amount of soluble or bioaccessible arsenic. In this study, the influences of the other TCMs in NJT on the bioaccessibility of arsenic from realgar, and the roles of gut microbiota during this process were investigated in vitro. Results showed that Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), and Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) could significantly reduce the bioaccessibility of arsenic from realgar in artificial gastrointestinal fluids. Gut microbiota played an important role in decreasing the bioaccessibility of realgar because it was demonstrated to be able to absorb the soluble arsenic from realgar in the incubation medium. Dahuang, Huangqin, and Jiegeng could modulate the gut microbiota to enhance its arsenic absorption activity.

Efficacy of Shitei-To, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulation, Against Convulsions in Mice

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiko Minamil ◽  
Hiroki Shibata ◽  
Yoshiki Nunoura ◽  
Masahiro Nomoto ◽  
Takeo Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
The Other ◽  
Repeated Treatment ◽  
Maximal Electroshock ◽  
Chemical Agents ◽  
Clonic Convulsions ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulation ◽  
Electroshock Seizures ◽  
Anticonvulsant Effects

The anticonvulsant effects of Shitei- To and its components on maximal electroshock seizures and chemical convulsions were examined. Shitei-To significantly prolonged the latency to bicuculline (2.0 mg/kg, s.c.)-induced clonic convulsions. Repeated treatment with Shitei-To also significantly prolonged the latency to strychnine (1.5 mg/kg, i.p.)- and pentylenetetrazol (90 mg/kg, i.p.)-induced clonic convulsions. On the other hand, Shitei-To had no effect on maximal electroshock seizures. Of the components of Shitei-To, Shitei had almost the same effect as Shitei-To against the clonic convulsions induced by the three chemical agents tested. These findings suggest that Shitei-To has anticonvulsant effects.

Hamlet’s Catch-22

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-115
Author(s):  
Bahareh Azad ◽  
Pyeaam Abbasi
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Symbolic Order ◽  
Double Bind ◽  
The Face ◽  
Catch 22 ◽  
The Law ◽  
The One

The double-bind dilemma that Hamlet is engulfed in places him in a catch-22 situation from which there seems to be no way out. Locked in a psychological impasse exacerbated by a deficient Oedipal process due to the father’s death and mother’s remarriage, he is driven into (feigning) insanity, a situation that brings him close to Yossarian, Heller’s paranoid antihero who is as much inept in the face of the paternalistic ordeal he is subjected to as an army fighter. Evading the fear of castration on the one hand and becoming consumed with guilt for the incompetence to face the trial on the other give rise to problematic identities of both protagonists and numerous evasive strategies they plot. Nevertheless, through mainly linguistic/textual acts of defiance, these initially victimized subjects to the law of the father turn into rebels, mastering and thus making the Symbolic order backfire on itself.

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