SU WEN III

                    THE ENERGY AND THE COSMOS

THE YANG AND THE YIN ARE THE SOURCE OF LIFE. MAN POSSESSES
NINE ORIFICES, THE EARTH HAS NINE OCEANS, HE HAS FIVE ORGANS,
THE HEAVENS HAVE FIVE SOUNDS, HE HAS TWELSE PRINCIPAL
ARTICULATIONS, THE YEAR HAS THREE-HUNDERED-SIXTY DAYS, HE HAS
TWELVE MERIDIANS, THE EARTH HAS TWELVE RIVERS.
     THE ENERGY OF MAN CORRESPONDS TO THE FIVE ELEMENTS:
FIRE, METAL, WOOD, WATER, EARTH. IT CIRCULATES IN THE THREE
YANG AND THE THREE YIN OF THE MERIDIANS.
     WHEN THE HEAVEN IS CALM, THE SPIRIT, THE WILL OF MAN
MUST BE CALM. IF HE IS THUS, HIS YANG ENERGY WILL BE POWERFUL
AND THE SICKNESSES WILLL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTACK HIM. IF HE IS,
ON THE CONTRARY, IN OPPOSITION WITH THE ENERGY OF THE
HEAVENS, THE NINE ORIFICES WILL BE CLOSED, THE PORES OF THE
EPIDERMIS WILL BE DISTURBED AND THE ENERGY WILL BE DISPERSED.
     THE YANG ENERGY IS SIMILAR TO THE SOLAR ENERGY. IF THE
YANG ENERGY LEAVES ITS CUSTOMARY LOCATION, SICKNESS
IMMEDIATELY ARRIVED. LIKE THE SUN, THE YANG ENERGY ALWAYS
RESIDES ABOVE, THIS IS WHAT DEFENDS THE EXTERIOR OF THE BODY.
IF ONE GETS A SHOCK FROM THE COLD, THE YANG ENERGY, CHASED
FROM ITS NORMAL LOCATION, BECOMES ERRANT. IF ONE GETS A SHOCK
FROM HEAT, ONE SEES APPEAR ABUNDANT SWEATS, DYSPNEA, GREAT
THIRST, DIVAGATION, THE BODY BURNS AS IN A FIRE. IF ONE IS
ATTACKED BY EXCESS HUMIDITY, HE HEAD IS AS IF IN COTTON, THE
GREAT MUSCLES SPASM AND THE SMALLL MUSCLES BECOME ATONIC.
     SWELLING IS OWED TO AN EXCESS OF ENERGY. WHEN THE ENERGY
OF THE FOUR LIMBS IS DISTURBED, IT IS DISPERSED AND
EXHAUSTED.
      THE YANG ENERGY INCREASES DURING THE SUMMER, IF IT IS
DISTURBED, ONE WILL SEE APPEAR AS A COMPLICATION DISORDERS OF
VISION AND OF HEARING. IF THE YANG ENERGY IS AGGRAVATED, IT
MOVED TO THE HEAD AND PROVOKES COMA OR SYNCOPE AND AFFECTS
THE MUSCLES AND LIMBS, IF THE SUDATION IS TOO ABUNDANT, ONE
CAN SEE HEMIPLEGIA APPEAR.
      IF ONE ABSORBS TOO MUCH MEAT OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES,
ONE WILL SEE SOME ABSCESSES APPEAR.
      THE YANG ENERGY, WHEN IT IS CALM AND GENTLE, NOURISHES
THE MUSCLES, WHEN IT IS PURE, IT FORTIFIES OUR VITALITY.
      WHEN THE ENERGY CANNOT CIRCULATE FREELY, THE COLD
PENETRATES INTO THE BODY, REACHES THE MERIDIANS AND PROVOKES
OBSTRUCTIONS. IF THE SUPERFICIAL ENERGY OF THE EPIDERMIS
CIRCULATES POORLY, ONE WILL SEE APPEAR ABSCESSES AND
SWELLINGS. IF ONE GETS A SHOCK FROM COLD AND IF THE
BENEFICIAL PERSPIRING IS NOT APPARENT, THE ENERGY IS
INFLAMED, THE YU POINTS ARE CLOSED, THE INTERMITTENT FEVER
APPEARS.
      THE FONG CAN PROVOKE HUNDREDS OF SICKNESSES. WHEN IT
HAS PENETRATED INTO THE BODY IT IS INTRODUCED INTO THE
MERIDIANS AND IS TRANFORMED INTO COLD, HEAT, OR HUMIDITY. THE
ENERGY OF MAN MUST BE ABLE TO STRUGGLE AGAINST THESE FONGS,
THE PHYSICIAN MUST KNOW HOW TO DISPERSE THEM.
      IT IS THE YANG ENERGY WHICH IS THE GUARDIAN OF THE DOOR
DURING THE DAY, BECAUSE IT APPEARS AT DAWN, IT IS AT ITS
MAXIMUM OF INTENSITY AT NOON AND IS WEAKENED AT THE SETTING
OF THE SUN, AT THIS MOMENT THE DOOR OF THE ENERGY IS CLOSED.
     THE YIN ENERGY ACCUMULATES ALL THE ENERGETIC SUBSTANCES
IN ORDER TO STRUGGLE AGAINST SICKNESSES. THE YANG ENERGY
MOUNTS TO DEFEND THE EXTERIOR OF THE BODY AGAINST THE ATTACK
OF THE SICKNESSES. IF THE YANG ENERGY BECOMES STRONGER THAN
THE YIN ENERGY, THE BLOOD BEGINS TO CIRCULATE MUCH MORE
RAPIDLY, AND IF THE DISEQUILIBRIUM IT TOO GREAT, ONE WILL SEE
SYMPTOMS OF "MADNESS" APPEAR.
      IF ON THE CONTRARY, THE YIN ENERGY BECOMES MUCH
STRONGER THAN THE YANG ENERGY, THE ENERGY OF THE FIVE ORGANS
IS DISTURBED, AND THEY STRUGGLE AMONG THEMSELVES, THE
COMMUNICATION OF THE ENERGY BETWEEN THE NINE ORIFICES IS
INTERRUPTED.
      THIS IS WHY THE WISE MAN MUST REGULATE THE EQUILIBRIUM
BETWEEN THE YANG AND THE YIN ENERGIES.
      WHEN THE FONG TRIUMPHS OVER THE ENERGY OF MAN, THE
ENERGY OF THE FIVE SENSES IS EXHAUSTED.
      IF ONE EATS IN EXCESS, THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD
INCREASES AND THE LIVER IS CONGESTED, WHICH WILL HAVE AN
EFFECT UPON THE INTESTINES AND WILL PROVOKE HEMORRHOIDS.
      IF ONE ABSORBS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES EXCESSIVELY, AND
AFTERWARDS OVEREXERTS HIMSELF PHYSICALLY, THIS WILL INJURE
THE ENERGY OF THE KIDNEYS AND IN CONSEQUENCE, THIS WILL
INJURE THE BONES.
      THE YANG ENERGY MUST BE VIGOROUS, THE YIN ENERGY CALM.
IF IT IS NOT THUS, THIS WILL BE LIKE A SPRING WITHOUT AUTUMN,
A WINTER WITHOUT SUMMER.
      A SHOCK FROM COLD IN SPRING, WILL PROVOKE, IF IT IS NOT
DISPERSED, DIARRHEA IN SUMMER.
      A SHOCK FROM HEAT IN SUMMER, IF IT IS NOT DISPERSED,
WILLPROVOKE INTERMITTENT FEVER IN AUTUMN.
      THE HUMIDITY IN AUTUMN WIL PROVOKE COUGH IN WINTER.
      A SHOCK FROM COLD IN WINTER WILL PROVOKE TYPHOID FEVER
IN SPRING.
     THERE ARE FIVE FLAVORS WHICH NOURISH THE YIN ENERGY.

      SOURNESS, ACID, MATCHES THE LIVER.
      BITTERNESS GOES TO THE HEART.
      SWEETNESS, COOLING, MATCHES THE SPLEEN. 
      PUNGENT, ACRID, REACHES THE LUNGS.
      SALT GOES TO THE KIDNEYS.
BUT THE NOURISHMENT OF TOO MUCH SOURNESS, ACID, WILL INJURE
THE SPLEEN, TOO MUCH SALT WILL INJURE THE ENERGY OF HE HEART,
TOOL MUCH SWEETNESS WILL INJURE THE KIDNEYS, TOO MUCH
BITTERNESS THE LUNGS, TOO MUCH PUNGENT THE LIVER.