yin-yang & the 5 phase theory

Question 1

what are the engendering & restraining cycles in determining treatment

Answer 1

boosting fire to engender earth
banking up earth to engender metal
metal and water engender each other
enriching water to moisten wood
banking up earth to control water

Question 2

boosting fire to engender earth

Answer 2

warming and supplementing kidney yang to treat disorders caused by spleen-kidney yang vacuity (such as clear-food diarrhea, enduring diarrhea, 5th watch diarrhea)

“fire” refers to kidney yang (life gate fire)
kidney yang -> the root of yang qi of all organs
warming and supplementing kidney yang indirectly strengthens spleen, heart, and lung yang

Question 3

banking up earth to engender metal

Answer 3

fortifying spleen to treat disorders of lung

in case of lung vacuity + spleen-stomach vacuity

Question 4

metal and water engender each other

Answer 4

lung-kidney yin vacuity
enrich kidney yin and complemented by nourishing lung yin
-dual appraoch
-kidney yin & yang root of yin & yang of whole body -> treatments of dual disorders involve kidney + another organ are primarily based on supplementing kidney

Question 5

enriching water to moisten wood

Answer 5

nourishing kidney yin to subdue liver yang -> applied in treatment of ascendant hyperactivity of liver yang due to liver-kidney yin vacuity

Question 6

banking up earth to control water

Answer 6

treatment of water swelling by fortifying spleen and boosting qi
-here “water” refers to water-damp evil in body