Discussion on astronomy background of yin-yang and five phases theory in traditional Chinese medicine / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

The corresponding astronomy implications of yin-yang and five phases of traditional Chinese medicine are investigated based on the modern astronomy,universal biology,and literature research.It is found that the principles of yin-yang in traditional Chinese medicine actually refers to the strengths and the directions of gravitational forces,electromagnetic waves,high energy particle flows of celestial bodies to human.The yin-yang in the human body is a result of selective evolution from protobiont under the influence of yin-yang of celestial bodies in hundreds of millions of years.The revolution of seven luminaries,which includes the Sun,Moon,Mercury,Venus,Mars,Jupiter and Saturn,creates the day and night yin-yang from the self rotation of the Earth,season yin-yang from the revolution of the Earth around the Sun,the yin-yao from the rotation of the Moon around the Earth,and the yin-yao from the rotations of the Mars and the Jupiter.The 10 years cyclic movement of the Mercury displays the states of jiayi,bingding,wuji,gengxin,rengui,which have the allelopathic characteristics of five phases-wood,fire,earth,metal and water,respectively.With the addition of yin-yang from the Mars,the states of Mercury are divided into yang five phases including jia,bing,wu,geng and ren,and yin five phases including yi,ding,ji,xin and gui.The yin-yang and five phases of human visceras is the result of the selective evolution under the influence of yin-yang and five phases of celestial bodies in hundreds of millions of years.The 5 years periodic movement of the Venus shows the five phases characteristics of the five zhongyun.With the addition of the yin-yang from the Mars,every zhongyun shows the yin-yang characteristics,which alternate once every other year.In a cycle of sixty years,the Saturn,Mars,Venus,Mercury and Jupiter show 15 pairs of independent yin-yang states,which is corresponding to the 15 pairs of yin-yang nayin five phases.