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Abstract

This research relates to healing the human emotions in ‘黃帝內經Hwangje Naegyung’ based on the theory of Yin-Yang and the five elements. It has been believed that everything in the world has worked in the process of harmonization which had something to do with one another since ancient China. Human beings are also objects under the control of a regular pattern and order of nature. In this way, it is the theory of Yin-Yang and the five elements that bundles up and classifies the universe, seasons, and human beings. The theory of Yin-Yang and the five elements was the basis to worship Yang and be little Yin in terms of politics and morality in the ‘易傳Yukjun’ which was the interpretation of ‘I Ching.’ In addition, the win-win relationship of five elements was considered as the relationship of father and son following the view of the discriminatory perspective of Yin and Yang. It was suggested that the balance of Yin and Yang was the most important in ‘Hwangje naegyung’ which was written on the ground of the previous thoughts, knowledge about anatomy, and field experiences of treatments. The author claimed that diseases occurred when the balance of Yin and Yang was lost. He set the win-win relationship of five elements as the relationship of mother and children in ‘Hwangjenaegyung’. The author of ‘Hwangjenaegyung’ explained the connection of the five viscera and emotions based on the theory of Yin-Yang and the five elements. It was regarded that emotions and five viscera influenced each other by physiological functions. It was explained that the five viscera displayed uncontrollable emotions by their strengths and weaknesses if their balance was lost. The mutual aversion theory of the five elements are used as a treatment to recover the balance of emotions which are not under control. For example, intense anger(the energy of tree) could be used to cure concern and sadness(the energy of iron.) The theory shows that too much emotion away from balance could cause problems. Especially, excessive strengths are more likely to lead to troubles than weaknesses do. The theory of Yin-Yang and the five elements in ‘Hwangjenaegyung’ contributed to the effective judgements and treatments in the respect of the whole organism’s treatments of diseases despite the criticism that ‘thoughts are fixed in a pattern.’ Furthermore, the principle of the judgements of emotions and treatments in ‘Hwangjenaegyung’ has a point to provide the criteria of observation as a method to recognize excessive emotions and take the balance back for women who more suffer from emotions in the modern society which is disconnected.