Author(s): TIAN Xin, GUO Qi, YANG Aoran, NIU Yingmei, LI Jingxing, FAN Ning, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu University, Beijing Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anshan Medical School
Pages: 2066-2068
Year: 2014 Issue:  9
Journal: Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Keyword:  heart governing mind; brain being the house of mental activity; theoretical research;
Abstract: Huangdi Neijing points out the heart governing the mind which contradicted with brain being the house of soul.Within the theoretical framework of traditional Chinese medicine,who is governing the gods always causes the debate in academic world.From the physiological function of heart and brain,the writer analyzes their material basis and its physiological and pathological relationship,and then comes to the conclusion that heart and brain govern the main gods together.The heart and brain preserve physical contact and have different advantages for the influence of the mind.Under the governing of the heart,brain is the house of the soul.They cooperate to complete the various life activities.Hidden in the heart,the mind has the ability to realize and deal with things and then derive wish,remember,think,consider and wisdom.Yuan god in the brain is responsible for collecting information and all kinds of feelingand the god in the heart accepts these information,giving judgment and the instruction.At last the resulting memory feeds back and lives in the brain.