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OMD- 5 Element Pattern Identification

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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  
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Fire not generating Earth   Loose stools, feeling cold, weak limbs, distended abdomen, diarrhea, edema   SP Yang Deficiency  
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*Earth not generating Metal   Phlegm in chest, cough, fatigue, empty pulse   Damp-Phlegm Obstructing the Lung  
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Metal not generating Water   Cough, breathlessness, loss of voice, asthma   KD failing to receive Qi  
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Metal not generating Water   Shortness o breath, thirst, scanty dark urine, weak knees, low backache   LU and KD Yin Deficiency  
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Water not generating Wood   Dizziness, vertigo, headaches, blurred vision   LV Yang Rising  
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Water not generating Wood   Night sweating, low grade fever, soreness on back   KD and LV Yin Deficiency  
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Wood overacting on Earth   Hypochondriac/epigastric pain, abdominal distension, irritability, loose stools, poor appetite, greenish face   LV invading SP  
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Earth overacting on Water   Edema, dysuria, yellowish face   Dampness obstructing the KD  
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Earth overacting on Water   Constipation, dry mouth and lips, thin rapid pulse   ST Fire & KD Yin Deficiency  
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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  
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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  
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Fire overacting on Metal   Cough with profuse yellow sputum, feeling of heat, red face   LU Yin Deficiency, LU Heat(Excess)  
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Metal Overacting on Wood (deficient pattern)   Fatigue, irritability, feeling of distention, cough, white face   LV Qi Stagnation  
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Wood insulting Metal   Chest and hypochondriac distension, cough, asthmatic breathing, bitter taste, irritability, string-taut pulse   LU QI Deficiency and Stagnation  
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Metal insulting Fire   Palpitations, insomnia, breathlessness   HT QI and Blood Deficiency  
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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)  
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*Water insulting Earth   Loose stools, edema, fatigue, weak limbs   SP and KD Yang Deficiency (Both are deficient)  
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Earth insulting Wood   Jaundice, a sty, hypochondriac pain and distension   LV QI stagnation  
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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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