The text states that the seven transmissions lead to death, while the inter-organ transmissions lead to life. What does this mean? The seven transmissions refer to the transmission of the element being restricted. The inter-organ transmissions refer to the transmission to its offspring. How is this explained? For example, if the heart Bingchuan the lungs, the lungs transmit to the liver, the liver transmits to the spleen, the spleen transmits to the kidneys, and the kidneys transmit to the heart, one organ is not injured again, hence it is said that the seven transmissions lead to death. If the heart Bingchuan the spleen, the spleen transmits to the lungs, the lungs transmit to the kidneys, the kidneys transmit to the liver, and the liver transmits to the heart, this is a transmission between parent and child, ending and beginning again, like a cycle without end, hence it is said to lead to life.

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1. Ji Shi said: "The heart fire transmits to the lung metal, the lung metal transmits to the liver wood, the liver wood transmits to the spleen earth, the spleen earth transmits to the kidney water, the kidney water transmits to the heart fire, the heart fire receives the transmission from the water once, starting from the heart, sequentially transmitting to the lungs again, this is the seven transmissions, hence the seven transmissions lead to death, as one organ does not receive injury again."
2. Lü Shi said: "The inter-organ transmission refers to transmitting between the organs that restrict the element. The heart overcomes the lungs, the spleen intervenes, the spleen overcomes the kidneys, the lungs intervene, the lungs overcome the liver, the kidneys intervene, the kidneys overcome the heart, the liver intervenes; the liver overcomes the spleen, the heart intervenes; this is called transmitting to what it generates."
3. According to Suwen Biaoben Bingchuan Lun it says: "Carefully observe the intervals and severity, adjust with intention, the intervals are parallel, treating severe cases with a single focal method." The parallel means side by side, transmitting side by side, transmitting to the intervals, as Lü Shi said. The unique means special, specially transmitting the element being restricted, as Ji Shi said.
4. The meaning of Yue Ren is based on this, detailed in this chapter, and Lingshu chapter 42, but the meaning of the two classics is that the five organs and the stomach bladder seven transmit, initiating the example, and the chapter titles are all named Bingchuan, now Yue Ren uses the seven transmissions and inter-organ transmissions to clarify the two classics, using the heart as an example, to show the transmission of disease, if transmitting the element being restricted, to one organ injured again then death, if intervening the element being restricted, it is a parent-child transmission then life, especially simple and clear.