《黄帝内经》之"火"辨析

中医理论中具有诸多与“火”有关的概念,这些概念是在中医学术发展过程中逐渐形成的。仅从《黄帝内经》来看,全文中“火”出现约240余次,所述之火包括阴阳之火、五行之火、六气之火、君火相火、少火壮火等,为中医学“火”的理论形成奠定了基础。但《黄帝内经》中极少直接将“火”比附于人体,因而无今人广泛讨论之心火、肝火、胃火等人体之火的概念,这些概念均为后世所创。今人称为人体两种生理之火的“君火”、“相火”,在《黄帝内经》中实为运气之术语。

Discriminating of "Fire" in Inner Canon of Huangdi(Huangdi Nei Jing)

There are many concepts relevant to "fire" which have gradually formed during the academic development of the theories of traditional Chinese medicine.In Inner Canon of Huangdi(Huangdi Nei Jing),the concept of "fire" appears more than 240 times,including fire of yin and yang,fire from the five elements,fire from the six climatic factors,monarch fire and ministerial fire,minor fire and sthenic fire.All these lay the foundations of the theory of "fire" in traditional Chinese medicine.But the concepts of "fire" of human body which seldom appear in Inner Canon of Huangdi(Huangdi Nei Jing) have been widely discussed nowadays,such as heart fire,liver fire and stomach fire,etc.These have been created in the later ages.Monarch fire and ministerial fire now become two kinds of physiological fire of human body,which belong to the terminology of the doctrine on five element's motion and six kinds of natural factors in Inner Canon of Huangdi(Huangdi Nei Jing).