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OMD-5 Elem Pattern
OMD- 5 Element Pattern Identification
| Five element pattern | Manifestations | Zang-Fu pattern |
|---|---|---|
| Wood not generating Fire | Weakness, timidity, palpitations, poor memory, insomna, thin or choppy pulse | LV and HT Blood Deficiency |
| Fire not generating Earth | Loose stools, feeling cold, weak limbs, distended abdomen, diarrhea, edema | SP Yang Deficiency |
| *Earth not generating Metal | Phlegm in chest, cough, fatigue, empty pulse | Damp-Phlegm Obstructing the Lung |
| Metal not generating Water | Cough, breathlessness, loss of voice, asthma | KD failing to receive Qi |
| Metal not generating Water | Shortness o breath, thirst, scanty dark urine, weak knees, low backache | LU and KD Yin Deficiency |
| Water not generating Wood | Dizziness, vertigo, headaches, blurred vision | LV Yang Rising |
| Water not generating Wood | Night sweating, low grade fever, soreness on back | KD and LV Yin Deficiency |
| Wood overacting on Earth | Hypochondriac/epigastric pain, abdominal distension, irritability, loose stools, poor appetite, greenish face | LV invading SP |
| Earth overacting on Water | Edema, dysuria, yellowish face | Dampness obstructing the KD |
| Earth overacting on Water | Constipation, dry mouth and lips, thin rapid pulse | ST Fire & KD Yin Deficiency |
| Water overacting on Fire | Edema in the ankles, backache, feeling cold, dizziness, expectoration of thin watery sputum, palpitations | KD Yang Deficiency w/ Water overflowing to the Heart |
| Water overacting on Fire | Palpitations, fullness in chest and epigastrium, cough with mucoid sputum, lassitude, weakness, cold limbs | KD and SP Yang Deficiency w/ accumulation of Phlegm-Fluid obstructing Heart Yang |
| Fire overacting on Metal | Cough with profuse yellow sputum, feeling of heat, red face | LU Yin Deficiency, LU Heat(Excess) |
| Metal Overacting on Wood (deficient pattern) | Fatigue, irritability, feeling of distention, cough, white face | LV Qi Stagnation |
| Wood insulting Metal | Chest and hypochondriac distension, cough, asthmatic breathing, bitter taste, irritability, string-taut pulse | LU QI Deficiency and Stagnation |
| Metal insulting Fire | Palpitations, insomnia, breathlessness | HT QI and Blood Deficiency |
| Fire insulting Water | Malar flush, dry mouth at night, insomnia, dizziness, low back pain, night sweating | Disharmony between HT and KD (HT and KD Yin Deficiency) |
| *Water insulting Earth | Loose stools, edema, fatigue, weak limbs | SP and KD Yang Deficiency (Both are deficient) |
| Earth insulting Wood | Jaundice, a sty, hypochondriac pain and distension | LV QI stagnation |
| Wood not generating Fire | Timididy, lack of courage, indecision, palpitations, insomnia (early a.m.) | Gallbladder Deficient (Gallbladder and Heart Qi Def.) |
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