Water Wood Fire Earth Metal

Heart & Small

Intestines; also
Lungs & Large
Organs Bladder & Kidneys Gall Bladder & Liver Pericardium & Triple Stomach & Spleen
Intestine
Warmer (Sanjiao
Channel)
Heart: Oversees
workings of
bodymindspirit
SI: Separates
essential from the
Bladder: Stores and
crude; the wheat
eliminates fluid; helps
from the chaff Lungs: Assimilates
in adaptation to
P: Protector of the Stomach: Culls and ch’i and sets
environment
GB: Decisions; heart; guides joys, brings to fruition rhythmic order of
Kidney: Store-house
Functions judgement pleasures, emotions, essential nutrients bodily functions
of Vital Essence, i.e.,
Liver: Planning relationships, sexual Spleen: Distributes LI: Regulates
Life Force from
functioning, blood energy and nutrients removal and storage
ancestors; regulates
flow of waste
amount of fluid in the
TW: Brings the
body
operation of the
organs in the three
cavities into balance;
maintains
temperature
Heart: 11am–1pm
Bladder: 3pm–5pm GB: 11pm–1am SI: 1pm–3pm Stomach: 7am–9am Lungs: 3am–5am
Time
Kidneys: 5pm–7pm Liver: 1am–3am CS: 7pm–9pm Spleen: 9am–11am LI: 5am–7am
TW: 9pm–11pm
Season Winter Spring Summer Indian summer Autumn
Dampness &
Climate Cold Hot Dryness
humidity
Direction North East South Center West
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Genitals, Urethra,
Orifice Eyes Ears Mouth Nose
Anus
Sense Organ Ears Eyes Tongue Nose
Spittle, i.e., the saliva
which constantly
Bodily Fluid (Bile?) Sweat Saliva Mucous
keeps the mouth
irrigated
Bones & bone
Parts of Body Sinews & ligaments Blood vessels Skin & body hair
marrow
External Physical
Head Hair Nails, hands, feet Complexion Flesh Skin & body hair
Manifestations
Capacity to cough;
Capacity to tremble;
Capacity for sadness Capacity for eliminate something
Power release tension and Capacity for control
and grief obstinacy irritable to your
tightness
system
Will power & Spiritual faculties Spirit Ideas & Opinions Inferior animal spirit
Life Aspect
ambition (Zhi) (Hun) (Shen) (Yi) (Po)
Emotion Fear Anger Joy, happiness Sympathy Grief
Sound Groaning Shouting Laughing Singing Weeping
Color Blue or Black Green Red Yellow White
Flavor Salty Sour Bitter Sweet Pungent, spicy
Fragrant (cloyingly
Rancid (urine;
Smell Putrid Scorched sweet; the smell of Rotten
sour-sweet)
burning flesh)
Of fires, hills and Of white objects; the
Boats, drowning, Of starving, putting
mountains (when cruel killing of
lying in water, being up walls or buildings,
Of mushrooms, being Heart is deficient), people; strange metal
frightened, chanting and playing
under a tree, forests, populous towns and objects; where
approaching a ravine, music, of a heavy
Dreams fights and battles, busy thoroughfares crying, frightened or
plunging into water, body and difficulty
cutting open one’s (when SI is deficient); soaring through air;
swimming, sensation rising, hills and
body Fire is healthy if in fields and rural
of back and waist marshes, ruined
dreams there is landscapes (if LI is
being split apart buildings, storms
laughter or fear deficient)
Grain Beans & Peas Wheat Glutinous millet Millet Rice
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Fruit Dates Peach Plum Apricot Chestnut
Meat Pork & Fish Chicken, foul Lamb Beef Horse
Vegetable Leeks Mallow (okra?) Course greens Scallions Onion
Number 6 8 7 5 9
Musical Note Yu Chio Chih Kung Shang
Instrument 25-stringed lute Lute 36-reed mouth organ Drum
Left wrist, 1st
position:
Left wrist, 3rd Superficial – SI
Left wrist, 2nd Right wrist, 2nd Right wrist, 1st
position: Deep – Heart
position: position: position:
Pulse Superficial – Bladder
Superficial – GB Right wrist, 3rd Superficial – Stomach Superficial – LI
Deep – Kidney
Deep – Liver position: Deep – Spleen Deep – Lungs
Superficial – TW
Deep – P