After my post about the "Mother of Lungs", some of you might be curious to know what is the son of lungs. The answer is the kidneys. If you know the five elements and the organs representing them, it would be easy to determine what next organ can go wrong and therefore should be given attention whenever a specific organ becomes ill. The lungs represent metal which generates water represented by the kidneys. Water produces wood represented by the liver, and wood yields fire, represented by the heart, then fire generates earth which produces metal. The earth is represented by the spleen while metal by lungs, and that is how the spleen became the mother of lungs.
Aside from the mother-son relationship of the five elements and the organs representing them, there also exists a controlling relationship represented by the inner arrows in the chart shown, that will help us determine what other organs can help an ill organ aside from its "mother". Water can control fire, therefore the kidneys can control the heart. Earth can suppress water, which is what the spleen can do to the kidneys. So when there's something wrong with the spleen and the kidneys are not strong enough, the kidneys are not capable of distributing the water properly, thus edema occurs.
That is TCM and that is how the acupoints to be stimulated are identified in acupuncture, one of the ways to prevent a "son" to become imbalanced because of an ill "mother". Another way is to avoid dwelling on an emotion affecting both the ill organ and the susceptible organ (the "son of the ill mother"), as shown on the chart. Take for example anger that affects the liver first then affects the heart because it is the son of the liver. Too much joy directly affects the heart, that is why some sweepstakes winners have heart attacks. Take note also of the taste of food that can help prevent imbalance in an organ, as shown on the chart, which can be a life saving chart.
Aside from the mother-son relationship of the five elements and the organs representing them, there also exists a controlling relationship represented by the inner arrows in the chart shown, that will help us determine what other organs can help an ill organ aside from its "mother". Water can control fire, therefore the kidneys can control the heart. Earth can suppress water, which is what the spleen can do to the kidneys. So when there's something wrong with the spleen and the kidneys are not strong enough, the kidneys are not capable of distributing the water properly, thus edema occurs.
That is TCM and that is how the acupoints to be stimulated are identified in acupuncture, one of the ways to prevent a "son" to become imbalanced because of an ill "mother". Another way is to avoid dwelling on an emotion affecting both the ill organ and the susceptible organ (the "son of the ill mother"), as shown on the chart. Take for example anger that affects the liver first then affects the heart because it is the son of the liver. Too much joy directly affects the heart, that is why some sweepstakes winners have heart attacks. Take note also of the taste of food that can help prevent imbalance in an organ, as shown on the chart, which can be a life saving chart.
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