also: ごだい
noun
the five viscera
Archaic term referring to the five internal organs: liver, lungs, heart, kidney, and spleen. Compare with 五臓 (ごぞう), the modern term.
See also: 五臓
漢方では、五内の調和が健康の基本とされた。
In traditional Chinese medicine, harmony among the five viscera was considered the foundation of health.
五臓 is the modern, standard term for the five viscera; 五内 is archaic and rarely used today.
From Chinese 五內 (wǔnèi), literally 'five internal [organs]'. The reading ごない is the go-on reading, while ごだい may reflect a variant or later borrowing.