諸經要集 19.19

19.19

夫人有四支五藏。一覺一寐。呼吸吐納。精氣往來。流而為榮衛。暢而為氣色。發而為音聲。此人之常數也。陽用其精。陰用其形。人人所同也。及其失也。蒸則生熱。否則生寒。結而為瘤贅。陷而為癰疽。奔而為惴。竭而為焦。故良醫導之以針石。救之以藥濟。聖人和之以王德。益之以人事。故體有可愈之病。天地有可消之災也。

Now, a person has four limbs and five viscera. In waking and sleeping, breathing out and breathing in, the essential qi circulates; flowing, it forms nutritive and defensive qi; diffusing, it forms complexion; emitting, it forms voice. This is the regular pattern of human beings. Yang utilizes the essence, while yin utilizes the form; this is shared by all people. When it falls into disorder: steaming gives rise to heat, obstruction gives rise to cold, knotting forms tumors and wens, sinking forms carbuncles and ulcers, rushing forms agitation, and exhausting forms parching. Therefore, a skilled physician guides it with needles and stone lancets and rescues it with medicines and remedies; a sage harmonizes it through royal virtue and assists it through human affairs. Thus, in the body there are illnesses that can be cured, and in heaven and earth there are disasters that can be dispelled.