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According
to the 5 Elements theory - which is of itself no
more than just one facet of a far greater united
theory
of traditional Chinese medicine - your internal
organs, tissues, other parts of the body and their
associated activities, all correspond to one or
another of the Five Elements (phases). Thus, the
relationship between the internal organs is like
the relationship between the seasons. Accordingly,
in healthy people the elements are said to be balanced
and in sick people they are said to be unbalanced.
Indications of an imbalance may appear in signs
as varied as an unusual skin colour or body odor,
or as the recurrence of a particular symptom at
specific times of the day.
The
characteristic of each phase (new yang through to
full yin) is determined by what happens in the natural
world during each associated season. One season
after another plays its role in the cycle of the
year by just doing what it does when it does it
and then smoothly moves on to the next. It is the
smooth and harmonious transition from one phase
to another that is important, along with the balance
between them.
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Element
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Colour
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green
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red
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yellow
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white
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black
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Phase
>
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new
yang
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full
yang
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yin/yang
balance
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new
yin
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full
yin
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Direction
>
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east
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south
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center
(nadir/zenith)
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west
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north
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Life
Cycle >
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infancy
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youth
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adulthood
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old
age
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death
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Energy
Quality >
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generative
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expansive
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stabilizing
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contracting
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conserving
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Season
>
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spring
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summer
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between
seasons
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autumn
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winter
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Climate
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windy
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hot
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damp
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dry
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cold
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Development
>
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sprouting
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blooming
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ripening
harvest
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withering
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dormant
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Smell
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rancid
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scorched
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fragrant
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putrid
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rotten
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Flavor
>
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sour
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bitter
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sweet
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pungent
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salty
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Mental
Quality >
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sensitivity
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creativity
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clarity
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intuition
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spontaneity
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Negative
Emotion >
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anger
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hate
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anxiety
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grief
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fear
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Positive
Emotion >
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patience
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joy
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empathy
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courage
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calmness
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Body
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tendons
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pulse
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muscle
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skin
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bones
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Aperture
>
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eyes
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tongue,
throat
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lips,
mouth
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nose
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ears
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Bodily
Fluids >
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tears
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sweat
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saliva
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mucus
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urine
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Primal
Spirit >
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green
dragon
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red
pheasant
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yellow
phoenix
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white
tiger
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black
tortoise
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Male
Animal >
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tiger
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horse
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dragon,
dog
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monkey
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rat
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Female
Animal >
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rabbit
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snake
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cow,
sheep
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hen
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pig
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Numbers
>
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8,
3
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2,
7
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10,
5
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4,9
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6,1
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I
Ching Trigrams >
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wind,
thunder
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fire
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earth,
mountain
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heaven,
lake
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water
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Hexagrams
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51,
57
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30
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2,
52
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1,
58
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29
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