CMPR111 WEEK 1 SESSION 2

Concordances of the Five Elements

Element Wood Fire Earth Metal Water

Season Spring Summer Late summer Autumn Winter
Colour Green Red Yellow White Blue/Black
Direction East South Centre West North
Climate Wind Heat Dampness Dryness Cold
Zang Liver Heart & Spleen Lung Kidney
Pericardium
(Yin organ)
Fu Gallbladder Small Intestine Stomach Large Intestine Bladder
& Triple
(Yang organ)
Energiser
Body Tissue Tendon Blood Flesh Skin Bones
Sense Organ Eyes Tongue Mouth Nose Ears
Emotion Anger Joy & Shock Reminiscence Grief & Fear
Sadness
Associated Depression Up & Down Obsession Anguish Fearful
Temperament
Diurnal Cycle Morning Noon Afternoon Evening Night
Taste Sour Bitter Sweet Pungent Salty
Development Birth & Growth Growth & Transformation Harvest Storage
Maturity
Sound and Shouting Laughing Singing Crying Groaning
Voice (Humming)
Body Fluid Tears Sweat Lymph & Mucus Parotid
Saliva Sputum &
Urine
Odour Rancid Scorched Fragrant Rotten Putrid
Orifice Eyes Tongue Mouth & Lips Nose Lower Orifices
& Ears
Planet Jupiter Mars Saturn Venus Mercury
Spiritual Hun (Soul) Shen (Spirit) I/Yi (Ideas & Po (Instinct & Zhi (Will)
Storehouse Thoughts) Animal Spirit)
Expands into Nails Complexion Lips Body Hair Scalp Hair
(manifests)

Note. Adapted from The foundations of Chinese medicine (p.26), by G. Maciocia, 2015, Elsevier. Copyright [2015] by
Elsevier Ltd.

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