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Introduction to the fundamental principals of Chinese medicine |
Five Elements Wood Growth Spread pulse wiry taste sour zang fu liver/gall bladder color green direction east emotion anger tissue tendons numbers 3, 8 season spring sound shouting Fire Flare Up Warm Up pulse surging / floading taste bitter zang fu heart (pericadium) / Small Intestine (San Jiao) color red direction south emotion joy tissue vessels numbers 2, 7 season summer sound laughing Earth Carrying Nourish Growth pulse rolling taste sweet zang fu spleen/stomach color yellow direction middle emotion worry tissue muscle numbers 5, 10 season late summer sound singing Metal Descending Cleaning Astringing pulse superficial taste pungent zang fu lung / large intestine color white direction west emotion grief and melancholy tissue skin and hair numbers 4, 9 season autumn sound crying Water Cooling Nourishing Moving Down pulse deep and thin taste salty zang fu kidney/bladder color black direction north emotion fright and fear tissue bone numbers 1, 6 season winter sound groaning | |
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