Six Meridians-Five Zang Organs Sequence Syndrome Differentiation in Yang-Nourishing Medicine
By tracing the origins of Yang-nourishing medicine,this paper pointed out that Yang-nourishing medi-cine originated from LIU Yuan's Taoist healing concept of"returning to the physical and mental state of the life begin-ning(rejuvenation)",and by integrating the essences of ZHENG Qinan's theory on Qi transformation of cold induced diseases and LU Zhuzhi's theory on the mutual generation,restraint and transformation of five elements,Yang-nourish-ing medicine finally summarizes and forms its own treatment principle,which is"the foundation of one's life lies in es-tablishing the supremacy of fire,and the principles of treating diseases lie in using fire to balance Yin:for the disease is due to the damage of Yang,support Yang and suppress Yin,and for the disease is due to the damage of Yin,transform Yang into Yin".Based on his own clinical experience and the core idea of treatment principle of Yang-nourishing medi-cine,nourishing the Yang,the author proposed a six meridians-five Zang organs sequence syndrome differentiation pro-cess within the frame of Yang-nourishing medicine.The author believes that clinical practice should follow a three-step approach:first,dredging the Taiyang meridian to smooth lung Qi;second,stabilizing the upper abdomen to regu-late the liver and spleen;third,strengthening the fire to connect the heart and kidney and supporting the Yang Qi in Kan,so that to restore the human body to the state of"Yin and Yang balance".