1. Nothing in the world is more treasured than mankind. Man depends on air and food energy to live and develop according to natural law.
2. People of all classes all want good health.
3. However, it often happens that someone doesn't know he is ill and doesn't go to see a doctor. So the disease continues to stay in the body and even spreads to the vital organs. The Yellow Emperor asks, "How can I relieve the patient's pain?"  
4. Qi Bo answers, "It shows that the salt is secreting when water oozes from the pot where salt is stored.
5. When the string of a musical instrument is going to break, it will fizz.
6. If a tree is not strong, even though its branches and leaves are luxuriant, it is actually very weak and can easily wither.
7. When one is seriously ill, he will hiccup. I have been sick for two days. Why has your voice changed?
8. If a person is like that, it indicates that his vital organs have been mortally impaired and he is beyond remedy.

The Yellow Emperor asks, "It is very difficult to differentiate between deficiency and excess of the vital energy since they are changeable and interchangeable. How can I deal with them?"

Qi Bo answers,  "You can analyze them according to the law of the Five Elements. For instance, metal checks wood; Water checks fire; Wood checks earth; Fire checks metal; Earth checks water." More information, please click to learn Chinese herbal formula--Deficiency of spleen Energy Pills.