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中医英语简介;Hypothesis on TCM;;2）Five Elements (五行) Five element theory presumes that all phenomena of the universe and nature can be broken down into five elemental qualities – represented by wood (木,?mù), fire (火,huǒ), earth (土,??tǔ), metal (金,?jīn), and water (水,?shuǐ), which are inter-generative and inter-contractive. ;3. Subsystems of the body 1) Qi (气) Qi is a medium flowing inside the blood vessels and is distributed in the skin, muscles, and tissues transporting and circulating balanced yin and yang in the meridians(经络). Just as the Qi held by each of the zang-fu organs(脏腑器官), it is also considered to be part of the ‘’principal or essential‘’ qi (元气 、真气) of the body . Considerable part of Qi is inherited from the parents and will be consumed in the course of life; other part is believed to be partially generated from food and drink, and partially from air (by breathing). Qi inherited from parents stored in the 丹田 (about 3寸 under the navel) is used to nourish the mind (brain).;Generally, Qi is said to have five cardinal functions, which are: ①Actuation (推进) – of all physical processes in the body, especially the circulation of all body fluids such as blood in their vessels. This includes actuation of the functions of the zang-fu organs and meridians (pathways of Qi). ②Warming (温煦) – the body, especially the limbs. ③Defense (防御) – against Exogenous Pathogenic Factors(外源病因) ④Containment (固摄) – of body fluids, i.e. keeping blood, sweat, urine, semen etc. from leakage or excessive emission. ⑤Transformation (汽化) – of food, drink, and breath into qi, xue ( blood 血), and jinye (“ body fluids”津液), and/or transformation of all of the latter into each other. ;2) Xue (blood 血) In contrast to the majority of other functional entities, xuě (血, blood) is correlated with a physical form – the?red liquid?running in the blood vessels. Its concept is, nevertheless, defined by its functions: nourishing all parts and tissues of the body, saf