| Question |
Answer |
| wood sound |
shouting |
| fire sound |
laughing |
| earth sound |
singing |
| metal sound |
weeping |
| water sound |
groaning |
| wood smell |
rancid (goatish) |
| fire smell |
scorched |
| earth smell |
fragrant |
| metal smell |
rotten (fish) (rank) |
| water smell |
putrid (acidic/rotten urine) |
| wood emo |
anger |
| fire emo |
joy |
| earth emo |
pensiveness |
| metal emo |
sadness |
| water emo |
fear |
| wood taste |
sour |
| fire taste |
bitter |
| earth taste |
sweet |
| metal taste |
pungent |
| water taste |
salty |
| wood tissue |
sinews |
| fire tissue |
blood vessels |
| earth tissue |
muscles |
| metal tissue |
skin |
| water tissue |
bones |
| wood sense organ |
eyes |
| fire sense organ |
tongue |
| earth sense organ |
mouth and lips |
| metal sense organ |
nose |
| water sense organ |
ears |
| wood climate |
wind |
| fire climate |
heat |
| earth climate |
dampness |
| metal climate |
dryness |
| water climate |
cold |
| physiological sequence the "sheng" (generating cycle) |
fire-->earth-->metal-->water-->wood-->fire |
| physiological sequence the "ko" (controlling cycle) |
fire controls metal, metal controls wood, wood controls earth, earth controls water, water controls fire |
| pathological sequence: "fail to nourish/insulting" if wood is xu: |
it fails to nourish fire (so fire is xu), and earth is shi so insults wood |
| pathological sequesnce: "draws from mother/overacting" if wood is shi: |
it draws from water (so water becomes xu), and over-acts on earth (so earth becomes xu) |
| functions of sour taste |
-generates fluids and yin, -astringent and can control perspiration and diarrhea |
| side effects of sour taste |
makes phlegm worse |
| functions of bitter taste |
-clears heat, sedates and hardens, -clears damp-heat and it subdues rebellious qi |
| side effects of bitter taste |
injures SP, injures Yin |
| functions of sweet taste |
-tonifies, balances, and moderates, -is used to tonify deficiency and stop pain |
| side effects of sweet taste |
creates damp |
| functions of pungent taste |
-scatters, -is used to expel pathogenic factors |
| side effects of pungent taste |
injures Yin |
| functions of salty taste |
-flows downwards, softens hardness, -is used to treat constipation and swelling |
| side effects of salty taste |
injures fluids |
| sour goes to which tissue? |
nerves (and can upset the LV, so should be used sparingly for with someone who has chronic pain) |
| bitter goes to which tissue? |
bones (excess should be avoided in bone diseases) |
| sweet goes to which tissue? |
muscles (excess can create weakness in muscles) |
| pungent effects which tissue? |
scatters the Qi (should be avoided in Qi deficiency) |
| salty effects which tissue? |
can dry the Blood, (should be avoided in Blood Xu) |
| sour goes to _ organ? |
LV, if SP is diseased one should not eat (b/c wood controls earth and will over control/overact) |
| bitter goes to _ organ? |
HT, if LU is diseased one should not eat |
| sweet goes to _ organ? |
SP, if KD is diseased one should not eat |
| pungent goes to _ organ? |
LU, if LV is diseased one should not eat |
| salty goes to _ organ? |
KD, if HT is diseased one should not eat |
| wood movement |
expansion |
| fire movement |
upwards |
| earth movement |
center, stability |
| metal movement |
contraction |
| water movement |
downwards |
| wood season |
spring |
| fire season |
summer |
| earth season |
none |
| metal season |
autumn |
| water season |
winter |
| wood direction |
east |
| fire direction |
south |
| earth direction |
center |
| metal direction |
west |
| water direction |
north |
| wood developments |
birth |
| fire developments |
growth |
| earth developments |
transformation |
| metal developments |
harvest |
| water developments |
storage |
Mari Kubota
on 2009-02-16
500 Words
