5 Elements

Question 1

What are the 5 elements?

Answer 1

1. Wood
2. Fire
3. Earth
4. Metal
5. Water

Question 2

Which element is workable & solid, can be bent & straightened?

Answer 2

wood

Question 3

What element is nutrition and permits sowing, growing & reaping?

Answer 3

earth

Question 4

What element is solid & moldable and can be hardened?

Answer 4

metal

Question 5

What element is fluid & movable & moistens downwards?

Answer 5

water

Question 6

What element is combustible & warming & flares upwards?

Answer 6

Fire

Question 7

Which element directional term is “expansion”?

Answer 7

Wood

Question 8

Which element directional term is “central” (straight line) ?

Answer 8

Earth

Question 9

Which element directional term is “contraction” ?

Answer 9

Metal

Question 10

Which element directional term is “downward”?

Answer 10

Water

Question 11

Which element directional term is “upward”

Answer 11

Fire

Question 12

The seasonal cycle and the elements it corresponds to?

Answer 12

Wood = spring
Fire = summer
Earth = last 2 weeks of summer or last 18 days of every season
Metal = Fall
Water = Winter

Question 13

How does wood create fire? (generating cycle)

Answer 13

from burning

Question 14

How does fire create earth? (generating cycle)

Answer 14

from ashes

Question 15

How does earth create metal? (generating cycle)

Answer 15

by hardening

Question 16

How does metal create water? (generating cycle)

Answer 16

by containing

Question 17

How does water create wood? (generating cycle)

Answer 17

by nourishing

Question 18

How does fire control metal? (controlling cycle)

Answer 18

by melting

Question 19

How does metal control wood? (controlling cycle)

Answer 19

by cutting

Question 20

How does wood control earth? (controlling cycle)

Answer 20

by covering

Question 21

How does earth control water? (controlling cycle)

Answer 21

by damming

Question 22

How does water control fire? (controlling cycle)

Answer 22

by extinguishing

Question 23

What is the generating cycle?

Answer 23

Each element feeds/nourishes the next element.

Question 24

What is the controlling cycle?

Answer 24

Each element is controlled by another element to maintain balance.

Question 25

What is the insulting cycle?

Answer 25

opposite of controlling -element back lashes its controller -occurs when the controller is relatively weaker than controlled

Question 26

Which is the main organs of the cycle for each element?

Answer 26

fire = heart earth = spleen metal = lung water = kidney wood = liver

Question 27

What are the 2 things that happen when an element is deficient?

Answer 27

1. Fail to nourish child 2. Allow an insult to occur on itself by creating relative excess (yin deficiency + heat symptons)

Question 28

What are 2 things that happen when an element is in excess?

Answer 28

1. Draw excessively from the mother 2. Over act of the controlling cycle (Yang excess causing dry symptoms)

Question 29

What are the yin/yang organs of each element?

Answer 29

Wood: liver (yin), gall bladder (yang) Fire: heart (yin), small intestine (yang), pericardium & san jiao Earth: spleen (yin), stomach (yang) Metal: lung (yin), large intestine (yang) Water: Kidney (yin), bladder (yang)

Question 30

What are the colours associated with each element?

Answer 30

Wood: green Fire: red Earth: yellow Metal: white Water: black

Question 31

What are the secretions associated with each element?

Answer 31

Wood: Tears Fire: Sweat Earth: Saliva Metal: Mucous Water: Urine

Question 32

What are the emotions associated with each element?

Answer 32

Wood: Anger & Jealousy Fire: Joy & Anxiety Earth: Pensiveness & Overthinking Metal: Sadness & Grief Water: Fear & Shock

Question 33

What are the senses associated with each element?

Answer 33

Wood: Vision Fire: Speech & Taste (Tongue) Earth: Taste (mouth/lips) Metal: Smell Water: Hearing

Question 34

What are the tastes associated with each element?

Answer 34

Wood: sour Fire: bitter Earth: sweet Metal: Pungent Water: Salty

Question 35

What are the tissues associated with each element?

Answer 35

Wood: Sinews Fire: Vessels Earth: Muscles Metal: Skin Water: Bones