A medical understanding on the wuxing theory in cell

Yinyang theory and wuxing theory are the core parts in the Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) and giving the accurate interpretation on these theories is one of directions for the modernization of TCM.In the cell,energy metabolism and gene expression are the fundamental processes which are regarded as yin and yang respectively.Furthermore,energy agents,oxygen,end metabolic products,energy releasing as well as genes are the five basic factors for maintaining the undergoing of all biochemistries in cell.Because these factors are the substrates of five essential pathways for the survival of living cell and the abnormalities of any pathways will cause the death of cells,wuxing theory should be translated as five essential pathways in cell.These medical understandings on wuxing theory will not only give some novel viewpoints on the living cell but also promote the development of system biology in future.