Research Article

The Causality Research between Syndrome Elements by Attribute Topology

Table 14

Five internal organs and their relationship.

The five internal organsRelationship

Heart and LungThe heart governs the blood and the lung governs Qi. Although the normal operation of blood is the heart leading, it must promote with the help of the Lung Qi.

Heart and SpleenThe heart governs the blood and the spleen governs the blood. The spleen can govern the blood if the function of the spleen is normal.

Heart and KidneyThe heart and kidney are interactive and inter-conditioned so as to maintain the relative balance of physiological functions

Liver and SpleenThe liver storing blood. The spleen controlling digestion as well as essence of water and grain to produce blood

Liver and LungThe meridian and vessels of liver passes through the fat and is injected into the lung.

Liver and KidneyThe liver stores blood, and the kidney stores the essence. Liver blood needs to depend on the nourishment of kidney essence and the kidney essence needs the supplement of liver blood continuously, both are interdependent and mutual promotion.

Spleen and KidneySpleen Yang rely on warm nourishing of kidney yang to play the role of transportation and transformation.

Lung and Kidneylung governing purification and descending and regulation of water passages so that water metabolism inferior to the kidney

Lung and Spleenlung being reservoir of phlegm. Spleen being source of phlegm.