Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine: How do you understand "the one who takes blood has no sweat, and the one who takes sweat has no blood"?
The theory of Chinese medicine can be explained and understood most vividly with metaphors. First of all, sweat comes out by transpiration. Imagine what is transpiration. There is a heat source below, fire. The fire burns underneath for a while, and then the water in the pot boils. At this time, the water turns into steam, and when the steam is cold, it condenses into dew again. Then, the human body is the same. Where is the fire of the human body? The fire of the human body is in the heart, where is the water? The water is in the kidneys. With the heart and fire, the water in the kidneys rises to the lungs, and the water in the lungs evaporates through the skin of the human body. When the skin becomes cold, water dew is formed on the skin of the human body. This is sweat. How does the water in the kidneys rise to the lungs? Blood vessels and meridians. Those who take blood have no sweat, and those who take sweat have no blood. This is the d...