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TC Five Elements
Five Elements CICM Year 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Yin and Yang organs for Fire? | 1) Heart/Small Intestine 2) Pericardium/Triple Burner |
| The Colour of Fire? | Red or lack of red |
| The Sound of Fire? | Laughing |
| The Emotion of Fire? | Joy |
| The Odour of Fire? | Scorched |
| The Yin and Yang organs for Earth? | Stomach and Spleen |
| The Yin and Yang organs for Metal? | Lungs and Large Intestine |
| The Yin and Yang organs for Water? | Kidney and Bladder |
| The Yin and Yang organs for Wood? | Liver and Gall Bladder |
| The Colour of Earth? | Yellow/Brown |
| The Colour of Metal? | White |
| The Colour of Water? | Blue/Black |
| The Colour of Wood? | Green (Quing) |
| The Sound of Earth? | Singing |
| The Sound of Metal? | Weeping |
| The Sound of Water? | Groaning |
| The Sound of Wood? | Shouting |
| The Emotion of Earth? | Sympathy |
| The Emotion of Metal? | Grief |
| The Emotion of Water? | Fear |
| The Emotion of Wood? | Anger (Emphasis) |
| The Odour of Earth? | Fragrant |
| The Odour of Metal? | Rotten |
| The Odour of Water? | Putrid |
| The Odour of Wood? | Rancid |
| The Season of Fire? | Summer |
| The Power of Fire? | Mature |
| The Climate of Fire? | Heat |
| The Taste of Fire? | Bitter |
| The nature of Fire? | Warmth, relationships, enjoyment, enthusiasm, Heart |
| Basic needs provided by Fire? | Warmth, closeness, joy |
| Patterns arising out of Fire energy out of balance? | 1) Inappropriately open and joyful with everyone 2) Inappropriately vulnerable, hurt, closed off, isolated |
| What Fire cannot do as a result of imbalance? | Know appropriate contexts for closeness |
| Emotion and behaviour of Fire? | Excess joy, lack of joy, vulnerable |
| What is needed to be done for yourself to strengthen Fire? | Give and receive warmth with appropriate people and at varying degrees of intimacy |
| The Season of Metal? | Autumn |
| The Power of Metal? | Decrease |
| The Climate of Metal? | Dryness |
| The Taste of Metal? | Pungent |
| The nature of Metal? | Trace elements, richness, quality, loss |
| Basic needs provided by Metal? | Recognition, respect, acknowledgement of worth |
| Patterns arising out of Metal energy out of balance? | 1) Experience of a lack of satisfaction, worth or value 2) Exaggerates personal worth via external values |
| What Metal cannot do as a result of imbalance? | Credit or compliment self and/or others and feel it has value |
| Emotion and behaviour of Metal? | Grief, denial of grief, cut off, empty, resigned, arrogant |
| What is needed to be done for yourself to strengthen Metal? | Give to self and receive from others acknowledgement of worth and ability in all areas e.g. spiritually, socially, physically etc |
| The Season of Earth? | Late Summer |
| The Power of Earth? | Harvest |
| The Climate of Earth? | Damp |
| The Taste of Earth? | Sweet |
| The Nature of Earth? | Stability, Nourishment, Support, Mothering, Grounding, Harvest |
| The basic need provided by Earth? | Support, Nourishment, Stability, Independence |
| Patterns arising from Earth energy out of balance? | 1) Over helping/lack of helping others or attending to others needs 2)Over-concern or anxiety about own needs being met |
| What Earth cannot do as a result of imbalance? | Realise own needs and satisfy own needs and others appropriately |
| The Emotion/Behaviour of Earth? | Sympathy-seeking, Sympathy-giving, Rejecting sympathy, Worry, Over-thinking |
| What needs to be done for yourself to strengthen Earth? | get support for self from inside and support for self from the outside e.g. friends, relationships |
| The Season of Wood? | Spring |
| The Power of Wood? | Birth |
| The Climate of Wood? | Wind |
| The Taste of Wood? | Sour |
| The Nature of Wood? | Growth, birth, assertion, vision |
| The basic need provided by Wood? | Structure, organisation, boundaries |
| Patterns arising from Wood energy out of balance? | 1) Need to over structure, 2) No structure, can't plan ahead or make decisions |
| What Wood cannot do as a result of imbalance? | Assert self and plan ahead with own nature in mind |
| The Emotion/Behaviour of Wood? | Anger, lack of anger, frustration, irritability, timidity, depression |
| What needs to be done for yourself to strengthen Wood? | Define self in the world in relation to work, family, friends, etc so that own core nature can be expressed and developed through time - ensuring a future direction |
| The Season of Water? | Winter |
| The Power of Water? | Storage |
| The Climate of Water? | Cold |
| The Taste of Water? | Salty |
| The Nature of Water? | Fluid, Flow, Reservoir,Rhythm |
| The basic need provided by Water? | Reassurance, Safety, Trust permitting movement into the future |
| Patterns arising from Water energy out of balance? | 1)Unwillingness to take or avoidance of risks 2)Over-anticipation of consequences of future risks 3)Undertaking risks or dangerous behaviour without concern for the consequences |
| What Water cannot do as a result of imbalance? | Assess risks appropriately and reassure self |
| The Emotion/Behaviour of Water? | Phobic, Anxious, Paralysed, lack of fear, constant anticipation, ignoring fears |
| What needs to be done for yourself to strengthen Water? | Look at the future, realistically assess risks, reassure self |