论盐与五脏相关性

Discussion on correlation between salt and five viscera

文章探讨盐与五脏的相关性。盐味咸、性寒、入肾。摄盐适度,因肾为水脏,咸为水化,同气相求,故可滋肾水;因肾中蕴育元阴元阳,盐养肾以生肝血、降心火、化脾气、安肺金。摄盐过度,因咸味涌泄,损伤肾精,故可导致肾水泛滥;因肾为先天之本,与心、肝、脾、肺相关联,过食咸盐,伤及肾水而引动肝火、抑制心气、损伤脾阳、耗损肺气。由此可知,盐与心、肝、脾、肺、肾相关,尤与肾关系密切。生活中根据个人体质,摄盐应掌握度,食之适度则养脏,太过则伤脏。

It is a study on the correlation between salt and five viscera. Salt tastes salty, is of cold property and goes into kidney. Moderate salt intake can nourish the kidney which is the water viscus and salt dissolves into it. There is yuan-yin and yuan-yang in the kidney so that salt promotes the kidney to produce liver blood, to drop out internal heat, to defuse spleen-qi and to regulate lung. Excessive salt intake would damage kidney essence, which leads to kidney water flooding. The kidney is the origin of congenital constitution and associated to heart, liver, spleen and lung. As a result, excessive salt intake would consume kidney water and thus trigger liver fire, inhibit heart-qi, damage spleen-yang as well as consume lung-qi. Therefore, salt is related to heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney, especially the kidney. Salt intake should be adjusted according to the constitution factors. Moderate salt is good for five viscera, but excessive salt is harmful to them.