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医理真传

Yi Li Zhen Chuan

原著       ·  郑钦安

Author; Zhen Qin-An (Qing dynasty, China)


君、相二火解

The meaning of the King Fire and the Minister Fire.

按君火,凡火也;相火,真火也。凡火即心,真火即肾中之阳。

The King Fire, is the Ordinary Fire; The minister Fire, is the True Fire. The Ordinary Fire is the heart; and the True Fire is the True Yang in the kidney.

凡火居上以统乎阳,阳重而阴轻也,故居上为用(离卦二阳爻是也);真火居下以统乎阴,阴重而阳轻也,故居下为体(坎卦一阳爻是也)。二火虽分,其实一气(离卦二阳爻,坎卦一阳爻,合之而成乾。人活一口气,即此乾元之气也。因乾分一气,落于坤宫,遂变出后天世界,此君、相二火之由来),诚阴阳之主宰也。

The Ordinary Fire locates in the upper position to govern the Yang, the Yang is more overwhelming than the Yin there. So the Yang in the upper position to function; the True Fire locates in the lower position to govern the Yin. The Yin is overwhelming in the lower part than the Yang. It locates in the lower part of the body for structural support of the function of the Ordinary Fire. The two Fire can be separated as such into two, but they are actually the same Qi. They are the governor of the Yin and the Yang.

如上之君火弱,即不能统上身之关窍精血,则清涕、口沫、目泪、漏睛、鼻齿出血,诸症作矣。如下之相火弱,即不能统下身之关窍精血,则遗尿、滑精、女子带下、二便不禁,诸症作矣。

Therefore, if the King Fire in the upper part of the body is weak, it cannot govern the opening organs in the upper part of the body, so the running nose, the saliva, the tear, the bleeding from the nose and teeth, all can happen. If the Minister Fire in the lower part of the body is weak, it cannot govern the lower part opening organs, so that the leak of the urine, the leak of libido, the discharge, the leak of the stool, all can happen.

顾二火不可分,而二火亦不胜合,所以一往一来,化生中气(二火皆能生土,上者生凡土,即胃,下者生真土,即脾。二火化生中土,先后互相赖焉),遂分二气为三气也(故曰三元,又曰三焦。经云:"无先天而后天不立,无后天而先天亦不生",此先后三元之实义也)。

Though the two Fire can not be separated, they are neither mixed. By this way, one Fire goes up and another goes down, so to create the middle Qi (the two Fire both can create soil, the upper King Fire create and give the birth of the Ordinary Soil, the Stomach soil, and the lower Minister Fire creates and gives birth to the True Soil, the Spleen soil. The two Fire create the soils, by help each other). The two Qi now becomes three Qi (the Three Qi is also called Three Yuan or three Jiao. The medical bible said: “without the original inherit Yuan, there will have no later Yuan, later King Fire, or later Ordinary Soil. But without later Yuan, the later King Fire, the later Soil, the inherit Fire can not exist for long as a life”. This is the true meaning of the three Yuan.).   

如中宫不得二火之往来薰蒸,即不能腐熟谷水,则完谷不化,痰湿痞满诸症作矣(上中下三部,可见是一团火也)。

If the middle palace (the Soil place) do not get the warm-up by the two going up and down Fires, it will have no ability to digest the food, and the phlegm and wetness will be accumulated in the body to cause disease. (Here you can see, the upper, the middle and the lower three parts are actually the one mass of Fire).  

如上下二火俱不足,则在上者,有反下趋之症,如心病移于小肠,肺病移于大肠是也;在下者,有反上腾之病,如虚火牙疼,咳血喘促,面目浮肿,喉痹之类是也。

If the upper King Fire and the lower Minister Fire both are not enough (deficiency), the upper King Fire tends to go down, such as moves into the small intestine or lung disease moves into the large intestine; the lower Minister Fire tends to go up to cause such as teeth ache, cough blood, asthma, short of breath, swelling in the face, pain in the throat, etc.

其中尤有至要者,有阴气上腾而真火不与之上腾者,有阴气上腾而真火即与之上腾者,此处便要留心。

Among these disorders, the most important conditions are: sometime, the Yin Qi floats and runs up without the True Fire follows; sometime, the Yin Qi floats up with the True Fire follows. Doctor should be very careful.

若上脱之机关已露,其脉浮空,气喘促,尚未见面赤、身热、汗出者,此阴气上腾,而真火尚未与之俱腾也。

If there have been the evidence for a upper exhaust conditions, such as the floating and hollow pulse, short of breath, fast and hush breath, but no red face, no hot body, or no sweat, it means that the Yin Qi floats but the True Fire has not followed up yet.

若见面赤、身热、汗出者,此阴气上腾,而真火亦与之俱腾矣。病至此际,真欲脱也。

If in this condition, there are also red face, hot body and sweat, it means the floating Yin Qi is accompanied by the floating True Fire. Upon this time, the disease is in a true exhausting condition. It is extreme dangerous for life.

凡见阴气上腾诸症,不必延至脱时,而始用回阳,务见机于早,即以回阳镇纳诸方投之,万不致酿成脱症之候矣。

Once seeing such floating Yin Qi, it should not be delayed any longer. Yang-supplying therapy should be started as soon as possible, using various saving-Yang therapies, so not to cause the death.

亦有阳气下趋而君火未与之下趋者,有阳气下趋而君火即与之下趋者,此际不可玩忽。

There is also a condition, in which the Yang Qi goes down, but the King Fire does not follow down, and in which the Yang Qi goes down, and the King Fire goes down too. Doctor should be very careful in these conditions.

若下脱之机关已具,其脉细微欲绝,二便血下如注,或下利清谷益甚,四肢虽冷,尚觉未寒,二便之间,尚能禁者,此阳气下趋,而君火尚未与之俱趋也。

If the lower part exhausting evidence has shown, the pulse is weak, thin, and almost to break off; there are bleeding in the stool and urine; there is diarrhea with water in the stool; the arm and the feet are cold but the patient dose not feel cold; the patient can still hold the urine and stool (no leak), all suggest that the Yang Qi goes down but the King Fire has not followed down yet.

若四肢寒甚,二便利甚,不自禁者,此阳气下趋,而君火亦与之俱趋也,病至此际,真欲脱也。

If the extremes are very cold, the bowel movement and the urination are too much, tend to leak, it indicates that the Yang Qi goes down, as well as the King Fire. Upon to this stage, it is the condition of exhaustion to die.  

凡见阳气下趋诸症,不必定要见以上病情,而始用逆挽,务审机于先,即以逆挽益气之法救之,自可免脱症之祸矣。

Once find the evidence for such Yang Qi shrink, proper treatment should be started as soon as possible. Don’t wait until the extreme becomes cold. This is urgent to save life. 

盖从下而竭于上者,为脱阳(坎中之阳,天体也,故脱从上),从上而竭于下者,为脱阴(离中之阴,地体也,故脱从下)。

Whenever the exhausting condition starts from the lower part of the body, but shows in the upper part of the body, it is called the Yang escaping (it is the escape of the Yang in the Kan (Kidney is the Kan Gua). The Yang in the Kan is the Qian Gua, is the Universe, so that it is escaping from the upper part of the body). On the other side, if the exhausting condition initiates from the upper part of the body, but shows in the lower part of the body, it is called the escaping of Yin (It is the escaping of the Yin in the Li Gua, the Heart. The Yin is the earth, so the Yin escapes from the lower part of the body.)

阳欲脱者,补阴以留之,如独参汤是也。阴欲脱者,补阳以挽之,如回阳饮是也。

If the Yang is to escape, supply Yin to save it, such as using Du Shen Tang (single gensing). If the Yin is to escape, supply Yang to save it, such as using Hui Yang Yin[1].

亦有阳欲脱者,不必养阴,阴盛而阳即灭。阴欲脱者,不必补阳,阳旺而阴立消,此皆阴阳之变也。学者务要细心体会,便得一元分合之义矣。

Sometimes, in the Yang escaping condition, it is not needed to nourish the Yin. When the Yin becomes overwhelming, the Yang will return home to quiet. Sometime, in the Yin escaping condition, it is not needed to supply Yang. When the Yang becomes overwhelming, the Yin will return home to quiet. (Question from the translator: how to le the Yang or the Yin becomes overwhelming?) The readers should try to understand this variation and understand how the Yin can turn into the Yang and how the Yang can be changed into the Yin.



[1] It is difficult to translate Chinese into English by using the Chinese Pinyin. Here, the “Yin” means the beverage, the drinks, not the “Yin” in the Yin-Yang concept. But, it is not the ordinary “beverage” or “drink”. It refers to a kind of herbal drink. For non-Chinese speaking doctor, it is recommended to learn Chinese, if you really want to be a doctor in Chinese medicine.