First paragraph: content overview

"Results will purge the sub-organs" is the application principle of the Five Elements Intergeneration Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine in clinical treatment. It means that the purpose of purging excess can be achieved by regulating the "sub-organs" (the internal organs of the five elements). This article will start from four levels: theoretical basis, clinical application, specific cases and precautions. The core content includes analysis of the relationship between the five elements (primary), diarrhea therapy for viscera syndrome (secondary), compatibility plans for common diseases (secondary), and examples of modern proprietary Chinese medicines (secondary). Focus on elaborating on the classic compatibility logic of liver deficiency to purge the heart and heart deficiency to purge the spleen, so as to avoid deviating from the treatment theme of "replacing purgation with tonic".

Paragraph 2: Theoretical basis and analysis of the Five Elements

This principle originates from the idea of "excessiveness will harm, inheritance will control" in "Huangdi Neijing".

mother's dirty	Dirty	Diarrhea therapy
Liver (wood)	Heart (Fire)	Clear heart fire to purge liver yang
Heart (Fire)	Spleen (earth)	Strengthen the spleen and dissipate the heart fire

Achieve indirect regulation. For example, Zhang Jingyue, a physician in the Ming Dynasty, emphasized in "Lei Jing": "When the wood is high, it harms the earth, and when the fire is purged, the wood is flat." It is common in clinical hypertension to use Huanglian Qingxin Pills (Tong Ren Tang) to purge the heart fire, which embodies the thinking of "treating the liver first and treating the heart".

Paragraph 3: Key points of clinical application and compatibility

The specific application needs to follow three steps: 1) Identify the symptoms of the mother organ (such as lung heat and cough); 2) Select the corresponding child organ (the spleen is the son of the lung); 3) Compatibility of diarrhea drugs (such as using Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos to strengthen the spleen). Typical cases include:Lung deficiency and spleen diarrheaUse Shenling Baizhu Powder (Jiuzhitang) to resolve phlegm and dampness.Kidney deficiency and liver diarrheaUse Gastrodia Uncaria Granules (Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group) to calm the liver and subdue yang. It should be noted that it is contraindicated for deficiency syndrome. For example, those with spleen deficiency should not blindly purge the lungs (the child steals the mother's qi).

Paragraph 4: Modern Chinese patent medicines and precautions

Modern pharmaceuticals commercialize traditional theories:

Indications	Products	Manufacturer	Diarrhea ingredients
Heart fire is strong	Dao Chi Wan	Tongrentang	Akebia and gardenia can cause diarrhea in the small intestine
Liver stagnation turns into fire	Longdan Xiegan Pills	Foci Pharmaceutical	Plantago, Alisma and kidney

Please follow your doctor's advice when using it, and avoid taking it with cold and cooling medicines. Pregnant women should be careful when using diarrhea prescriptions containing laxative ingredients. For example, rhubarb-based laxatives may cause uterine contractions.

Paragraph 5: Summary and deepening

This theory embodies the holistic view of traditional Chinese medicine of "treating diseases based on their root cause", and achieves the effect of moving a thousand pounds through the five-element chain. Three keys need to be grasped for clinical application:Identify mother-child relationship(If the stomach is really earth, it will cause diarrhea in the large intestine),Control the intensity of diarrhea(Don’t over-injure your internal organs),Taking into account specimen priorities(If it is urgent, it can be used to directly purge the mother's internal organs when treating the symptoms). Modern research has confirmed ("Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine" 2021) that Xiezi therapy has the advantage of regulating multiple targets in metabolic diseases, but it needs to be combined with traditional syndrome differentiation and cannot be applied mechanically.

Quote sources:
1. Theoretical basis: Chapter 68 of "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic"
2. Clinical annotation: Zhang Jingyue's "Leijing·Disease" of the Ming Dynasty
3. Modern research: "Evidence-based Research on Five Elements Therapy" by China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (2020)
4. Product data: National Medical Products Administration List of Traditional Chinese Medicines (2023 Edition)