Analysis on "rising qi generating water"
10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2024.03.006
- VernacularTitle:浅析"气上腾便是水"
- Author:
Lyuyuan LIANG
1
,
2
;
Bingxiang MA
Author Information
1. 河南中医药大学第一附属医院儿科医院 郑州 450099
2. 河南中医药大学儿科医学院
- Keywords:
rising qi generating water;
excessive qi inducing fire;
yin fire;
six climatic exopathogens generating from fire;
fire is incompatible with primordial qi
- From:
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;47(3):325-330
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Inspired by ZHU Danxi's theory of "excessive qi inducing fire" to articulate "yin fire", Ke Yunbo created the theory of "rising qi generating water". The author's team takes "excessive qi inducing fire" as the starting point, and through the perspective of "qi stagnation is fire" and " six climatic exopathogens generating from fire", and elucidate the idea " rising qi generating water". Unlike the "excessive qi inducing fire" that leads to excess fire and strong fire, the yin fire discussed in "rising qi generating water" should be the deficiency fire and stagnant fire caused by the excess of life fire and stagnation in the body. The treatment focuses on ascending and dispersing the middle qi of the liver and kidney, so it requires a shorter course of disease and no significant loss of kidney yin and kidney yang. However, the fundamental principle is to mediate the qi of the spleen and stomach. Using Chinese thorowax root, largetrifoliolious bugbane rhizome, and other herbs to lift the middle qi and restore the ascending and descending qi of the spleen and stomach can clear deficient heat, just like the principle of water suppressing fire. This article elaborates on the connotation of "rising qi generating water", aiming to broaden clinical diagnosis and treatment ideas, address some erroneous cognitive biases of "excessive qi inducing fire", and provide a theoretical basis for the philosophical concepts between "qi", "water", and "fire".
