Therefore, if any part of the body becomes diseased or is functionally impaired, this will affect the relationship of mutually reinforcing and suppressing influences between the five viscera and six bowels, leading to further pathological change. This creates an excess or deficiency of qi in the viscera and bowels, which is expressed at the surface of the body via the meridians in the form of symptoms such as pain, numbness or swelling.
因此，人體各組織不論哪一部份發生病變或功能失調，都會影響臟腑之間的生剋、制約關係，進而發生病理變化，影響到五臟六腑氣血的有餘或不足，透過經絡反應到體表，產生酸麻腫痛等病理現象。