The lung is like a bell, it rings when it is struck

The Lung is the only Yin organ among the five that has a direct connection to the outside world which is through the nose. Chinese Medicine views the lung as the “tender organ”, meaning that it is the most sensitive to the outside environment. Chinese Medicine describes it this way: The Lung is as a bell, when struck, it will produce sound. Why when we smell something pungent, our first reaction is to sneeze? That’s because when our lung is stimulated by the smell, it reacts by sending Qi up to the nose, therefore causing the sneeze. Also when we catch a cold that could induces imbalances in the lung’s Qi, thus produces sneezes and coughs and other upper respiratory problems.