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Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine - Class 02
Introduction to the fundamental principals of Chinese medicine
By: David Botton

Five Elements


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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