Should not blindly follow said "governing the mind" 
 
 
Zhai Pan Hubei university of Chinese medicine 
 
 
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        The author followed the Chinese medicine hospital in hubei province encephalopathy branch director professor Ding Yan soldiers learn, listen to the interpretation of the "primary" and "Lord god," there are a lot of harvest. Placing Ding Yan soldier the notion of a "primary" introduction to communicate with you. 
 
        The heart to the Lord god, "the heart governing the mind" heart god or the theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an important part of zangxiang doctrine. However, li shizhen's "compendium of materia medica" under article lily magnolia "brain for the yuan to the house of god," Wang Qingren "cure a wood can also points out that the" spirit to memory in the brain don't mind. As a result, "primary" and "brain main deity" debate has never stopped. 
 
        With the introduction of western medicine and the rapid development of anatomy, physiology, pathology, people have enough evidence to prove that, in the brain thinking activity is of vital importance to the production, without sufficient evidence to prove that the heart in mind activity. So a growing number of scholars have pointed out, the heart main views of the gods was formed in science is not yet developed s, lack of scientific, argues that the "primary" change for "the Lord god" brain. 
 
        Should the dialectical view, Ding Yan soldier said, "Lord god" and "Lord god," to understand the origin of "heart governing the mind", find out the meaning of "heart governing the mind", must not blindly change. 
 
        "Lord god" originated from ancient Chinese philosophy 
 
        The formation of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine, is deeply influenced by the ancient Chinese philosophy, the theory of "heart governing the mind" is no exception. , such as "xunzi demasking" pointed out that "the king of the heart, form also, and the Lord of the gods." Throughout the ancient books can be summed up, the heart has the meaning of the core, fundamental, such as center, the central meaning. 
 
        And because the ancient science and technology is not developed, the feudal thought is the ancients to human anatomy, when the ancient philosophers to produce organs of consciousness activity for exploration, it is logical to form the "theory of mind". It not only affects the neijing "primary" view is put forward, and is accepted by the world. 
 
        The meaning of "heart governing the mind" 
 
        The word "god", there are broad sense and narrow sense, broad sense refers to the human body life activities of the external performance, is a highly generalization of life activities, such as the image of the whole body and face, eyes and speech, reaction, etc., all included in the scope of god. The heart of the hidden god, is not only the god of generalized dominate human life activities, and including special spirit, consciousness, thinking, modern god. 
 
        TCM refers to "the heart governing the mind" spirit, consciousness, thinking, and other senior central nervous activities hosted by the heart. Heart primary function is normal, healthy and vigorous spirit, conscious; On the other hand, it can be caused by abnormal mental consciousness, appeared, insomnia, forgetfulness, madness, etc syndrome, also can cause other viscera dysfunction. 
 
        The "heart" is not the heart 
 
        Secret DianLun "element, q spirit, and said:" the heart, the officer of monarch, the gods." Pivot, the evil guest said: "heart, intestines and of the Lord, by the spirit of the house." "Spirit pivot bin god" also has "heart arteries and veins, arteries and veins god" and so on. This is the "heart" of traditional Chinese medicine for the body commander in chief, the most important in the insides. 
 
        The "heart" is beyond the five viscera, is a complete physiological function, it is not simply refers to the heart of western anatomy, function summarized the anatomy of the brain, heart, blood vessels and other organs of all or part of the function.
 
 
 
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