5 Elements Flashcards
(86 cards)
1
Q
Kidneys
A
Water
2
Q
Hair
A
Water
3
Q
Sad
A
Metal
4
Q
Pungent
A
Metal
5
Q
Cold
A
Water
6
Q
Gallbladder
A
Wood
7
Q
Lungs
A
Metal
8
Q
Large Intestine
A
Metal
9
Q
Nose
A
Metal
10
Q
Nails
A
Wood
11
Q
Winter
A
Water
12
Q
Red
A
Fire
13
Q
Yellow
A
Earth
14
Q
Anger
A
Wood
15
Q
Water
A
winter, black, salty, cold, kidneys, urinary bladder, bones, hair, fear/fright
16
Q
Summer
A
Fire
17
Q
Dampness
A
Earth
18
Q
Metal
A
autumn, white, pungent, dryness, lungs, large intestine, nose, skin, body hair, sad
19
Q
Mouth
A
Earth
20
Q
Wind
A
Wood
21
Q
Skin
A
Metal
22
Q
Sinews (Tendons)
A
Wood
23
Q
Stomach
A
Earth
24
Q
Body hair
A
Metal
25
Tongue
Fire
26
Green
Wood
27
Urinary Bladder
Water
28
Sweet
Earth
29
Heart
Fire
30
Autumn
Metal
31
Black
Water
32
Ears
Water
33
Dryness
Metal
34
Spleen
Earth
35
Face
Fire
36
Muscles
Earth
37
White
Metal
38
Heat
Fire
39
Vessels
Fire
40
Joy
Fire
41
Small Intestine
Fire
42
Bitter
Fire
43
Lips
Earth
44
Fear/Fright
Water
45
Pensiveness (worry)
Earth
46
Eyes
Wood
47
Salty
Water
48
Late summer
Earth
49
Sour
Wood
50
Earth
late summer, yellow, sweet, dampness, spleen, stomach, mouth, muscles, lips, pensiveness
51
Spring
Wood
52
Wood
spring, green, sour, wind, liver, gallbladder, eyes, sinews, nails, anger
53
Bones
Water
54
Liver
Wood
55
Fire
summer, red, bitter, heat, heart, small intestine, tongue, vessels, face, joy
56
Wu Xing
Five Element (movement, process)
57
Five elements are five indispensable materials for --?
maintenance of life and production
58
movement - Wood
expansive
59
movement - Fire
upward movement
60
movement - Earth
neutrality or stability
61
movement - Metal
contractive, inward movement
62
movement - Water
downward
63
Which of the 5 elements are yang? Which are yin?
Yang - Wood and Fire
| Yin - Metal and Water
64
what is the role of Earth in the cycle of seasons?
Earth belongs to no seasons and at the end of each season, energy goes back to the Earth for regeneration
65
What is the function during the Wood stage?
active function, growing phase
66
What is the function during the Fire stage?
functions at the maximal state of activity, about to decline/rest
67
What is the function during the Metal stage?
functions in declining state
68
What is the function during the Water stage?
functions in maximal rest, about to restart activity
69
What is the function during the Earth stage?
balance, neutral state
70
Which element is the foundation?
Water
71
Which organ is the foundation?
Kidney
72
Which organ is in the center?
Spleen
73
What are the 2 normal element interrelationships?
1. Generating Sequence (Mother-Son)
| 2. Controlling Sequence (Grandmother-Son)
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What 2 element interrelationships are disharmony?
1. Over-acting Sequence (Grandmother-Son)
| 2. Insulting Sequence (counteracting)
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What is the over-acting sequence?
1. one element becomes too strong and acts on another (Grandma too strong)
2. one element becomes too weak and is being acted by another (Grandson too weak)
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What is the insulting sequence?
counteracting (element rebels against the controller)
1. one element becomes too strong and counteracts
2. one element becomes too weak and is counteracted by another
77
In the mother-son law:
| in case of deficiency, ---
tonify mother
78
in the mother-son law:
| in case of excess, --
sedate son
79
what are the 4 ways each element can be out of balance?
1. it is in excess and over-acts on another
2. it is deficient and is insulted/counteracted by another
3. it is in excess and "draws excessively" from its mother
4. it is deficient and fails to nourish the son
80
What are the 4 causes of organ DEFICIENCY according to the 5 elements diagnosis?
1. Mom deficiency (Mom not feeding)
2. Grandma excess (Grandma overacts)
3. Grandson excess (Grandson insults/counteracts)
4. Son excess (Son takes too much from mother)
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What are the 3 causes of organ EXCESS according to the 5 elements diagnosis?
1. Mom deficiency (Child takes too much)
2. Grandma deficiency (Grandma fails to act)
3. Grandson deficiency (Grandson weak from being overacted by grandma)
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What does sour taste do?
1. Generates fluids and Yin
| 2. It is astringent and controls perspiration and diarrhea
83
What does bitter taste do?
1. Clears heat, sedates and hardens
| 2. Clears damp-heat and subdues rebellious Qi
84
What does sweet taste do?
1. tonifies, balances, and moderates
| 2. tonifies deficiency and stops pain
85
What does pungent taste do?
1. scatters
| 2. expel pathogenic factors
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What does salty taste do?
1. flows downwards, softens hardness
| 2. used to treat constipation and swelling
