Theory of"spleen soil image"in mitochondrial Chinese medicine
TCM"spleen"belongs to earth in the five elements,mainly transporting,changes and produces."Spleen Soic image"is one of the important contents of the theory of spleen and stomach dirty image in traditional Chinese medicine.Mitochondrial"splenic soil im-age"is the sign that mitochondria and splenic soil have associated and similar properties.In this paper,we use the method of image com-parison to compare mitochondria with"spleen soil"to illustrate the machine of mitochondrial TCM:1,mitochondria belong to TCM"spleen":pointed out that mitochondria have the characteristics of TCM"dirty"similar form and function,Entity structure,storing es-sence instead of excreting foodstuff,Zang-organ being full of essence-Qi but inability to be filled with foodstuff,And mitochondrial generation and transformation energy properties and the main transport of spleen soil,As the source of refined Qi,blood and body fluid,the nature of the support and the promotion of human life activities coincides;2.The work of mitochondria is like"spleen soil image":the energy metabolism activities of mitochondrial substances reflect the biochemical bearing characteristics of"spleen soil"both from the micro level and as a whole;3."Middle soil is the pivot"is the key mechanism related to"spleen"--mitochondria:"Middle soil is the pivot",can improve the efficiency of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation,driving the mitochondrial synthesis of energy,maintain cell life activities;"Middle earth is the pivot",can coordinate the mitochondrial biogenesis and quality control systems,dynamic balance of the metabolism,maintain mitochondria self morphology number function normally."Middle soil is the pivot",the qi of the spleen can nourish the whole body,including mitochondria,and maintain the morphology and structure of mitochondria,thus helping to balance the distribution of calcium ions and other substances,and maintain the normal mitochondrial function.