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the interaction principle of inter-generation and inter-inhibition

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Ancient concept about the 5 basic elements(五行) and how they support and counteract each other. Balance.

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"五行有相生相克的关系∶五行的相互关系，最重要的是相生和相克。相生，指它们可以依照一定的顺序相互生成。生成是循环不断的。相克，指它们之间依照另一顺序相互克制。克与被克，也是循环不已的，每一克制者，在另一场合便是被克者。其相生为：


木生火火生土土生金金生水水生木
其相克为∶
木克土土克水水克火火克金金克木


如果将五行依木火土金水的次序排列，那麽邻位是相生的关系，隔位是相克的关系。"

"Mutual generation and mutual control of the Five Agents

The relationships between the Five Agents are characterized by mutual generation7 and mutual control8. Mutual generation means that each Agent gives birth to another Agent according to a specific order. The order of mutual generation is an endless cycle. Mutual control means that each Agent restricts another Agent according to a different order. The cycle of control is also an endless one: each controlling Agent is also under the control of another Agent in a different situation. The order of mutual generation is as follows:

Wood generates Fire; Fire generates Earth; Earth generates Metal; Metal generates Water; Water generates Wood.

The order of mutual control is as follows:

Wood overcomes Earth; Earth overcomes Water; Water overcomes Fire; Fire overcomes Metal; Metal overcomes Wood.

If the Five Agents are enumerated in the order of Wood-Fire-Earth-Metal-Water, then in the cycle of mutual generation each Agent generates the next Agent down the list; while in the cycle of control each Agent overcomes the second Agent down the list. "



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see also 五行相克 = the theory of mutual control of the Five Agents:

'依五行相克之说：肝(木)克脾(土)；肾(水)克心(火)，肺(金)克肝(木)，心(火)克肺(金)，肾(水)克心(火)。

中医即以上述理论去治病，例如胃痛由於肝强，以木克土(脾胃属土)，故治胃痛多用平肝之药，而不多用止痛之药。

According to the theory of mutual control of the Five Agents, the liver (wood) overcomes the spleen (earth); the kidneys (water) overcome the heart (fire); the lungs (metal) overcome the liver (wood); the heart (fire) overcomes the lungs (metal); the kidneys (water) overcome the heart (fire).


Chinese medicine bases its treatments on the above theory. For example, a stomach pain may be due to excessive strength of the liver, owing to wood overcoming earth (the spleen). Therefore, threatment of stomach pains often uses medicine to regularize the liver, as opposed to pain-killers.

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人体的'阴阳五行'(即互为相生,相克)相互作用

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-> (the principles of) mutual generation and control, (the principles of) mutual promotion and restraint

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一种homeostasis (= 稳态)?

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人体的阴阳五行,互为相生,相克,相互作用

互为相生,相克 指 the organs: liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs
相互作用 = interaction; interplay (外研社:汉英词典)

-> The body's 'Yin-Yang Five-Agents' interplay of mutual generation and control between the organs