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5 elements Flashcards

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Fire
(Yin/yang organs, sense organ, tissue, taste, colour, sound, odor, emotion, season, environment, direction)

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Yin/Yang organ: HT/ SI
Sense Organ: Tongue
Tissue: Blood Vessels
Taste: Bitter
Colour: Red
Sound: Laughing
Odor: Scorched
Emotion: Joy
Season: Summer
Environment: Heat
Direction: South

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Earth
(Yin/yang organs, sense organ, tissue, taste, colour, sound, odor, emotion, season, environment, direction)

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Yin/Yang organ: SP/ST
Sense Organ: Mouth
Tissue: Muscles
Taste: Sweet
Colour: Yellow
Sound: Singing
Odor: fragrant
Emotion: Worry
Season: Late Summer
Environment: Dampness
Direction: Center

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Metal
organ, tissue, taste, colour, sound, odor, emotion, season, environment, direction)

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Yin/Yang organ: LU/LI
Sense Organ: Nose
Tissue: Skin
Taste: pungent
Colour: White
Sound: Crying
Odor: Rotten
Emotion: Greif
Season: Autumn
Environment: Dryness
Direction: West

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Water
organ, tissue, taste, colour, sound, odor, emotion, season, environment, direction)

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Yin/Yang organ: KI/BL
Sense Organ: Ears
Tissue: Bone
Taste: Salty
Colour: Blue
Sound: Groaning
Odor: Putrid
Emotion: Fear
Season: Winter
Environment: Cold
Direction: North

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Wood
organ, tissue, taste, colour, sound, odor, emotion, season, environment, direction)

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Yin/Yang organ: LR/GB
Sense Organ: Eyes
Tissue: Tendons
Taste: sour
Colour: Green
Sound: Shouting
Odor: Rancid
Emotion: Anger
Season: Spring
Environment: Wind
Direction: East

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Fire (Generating/Controlling)

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Generating: Wood
Controlling: Water

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Earth (Generating/Controlling)

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Generating: Fire
Controlling: Wood

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Metal (Generating/Controlling)

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Generating: Earth
Controlling: Fire

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Water (Generating/Controlling)

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Generating: Metal
Controlling: Earth

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Wood (Generating/Controlling)

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Generating: Water
Controlling: Metal

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3 Needle technique for Xu

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  1. Tonify mother point on affected channel
  2. Tonify Natural point/Horary Point on mother channel
  3. Tonify the mother point on the interior/exterior related channel
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3 Needle technique for Shi

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  1. Sedate the son point on the affected channel
  2. Sedate the natural/ Horary point on the son channel
  3. Sedate the son point on the interior/exterior related channel
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Korean 4 needle technique for xu

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  1. Tonify the mother point on the affected channel
  2. tonify the natural/horary point on the mother channel
  3. Sedate the father point on the affected channel
  4. Sedate the natural/horary point on the father channel
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Korean 4 needle technique for Shi

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  1. Sedate the son point on the affected channel
  2. Sedate the natural/horary point on the mother channel
  3. Tonify the father point on the affected channel
  4. Tonify the natural/horary point on the father channel
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Wood not generating fire Symptoms/ Zang fu pattern

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Timidity, lack of courage, indecision, dizziness, blurred visions, palpitations, insomnia

Heart and liver blood xu

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Wood overacting on earth Symptoms/ Zang fu pattern

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Hypochondriac pain, irritability, nausea, belching, constipation, loose stools, poor appetite, abdominal distention

Liver transversely affecting spleen or stomach

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Wood insulting metal

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Distention in chest, hypochondriac pain, cough, asthma

Liver Qi stagnation causing lung Xu

18
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Fire not generating earth

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Loose stools with undigested food, feeling cold, weak limbs

Spleen yang xu

19
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Fire overacting on metal

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Palpitations, mental restlessness, insomnia, malar flush, afternoon fever, night sweating, lower back pain

Heart fire causing lung yin xu, lung heat

20
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Fire insulting water

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Palpitations, mental restlessness, insomnia, malar flush, afternoon fever, night sweating, lower back pain.

Heart fire and KI yin xu, or KI/HT yin xu

21
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Earth not generating metal

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Tiredness poor appetite, abdominal distention, cough, phlegm in the chest.

Damp phlegm obstructing the lung

22
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Earth overacting on water

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Edema, difficult urination, burning sensation in the abdomen, hunger without desire to eat, afternoon fever, lower back pain

Damp obstructing the KI, ST fire, and KI yin xu

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Earth insulting wood

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Poor appetite, abdominal distention, jaundice, hypochondriac pain

Obstruction of spleen by dampness causing liver Qi stagnation

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Metal not generating water

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Cough, shortness of breath on exertion, difficulty inhaling, asthma, dry cough worse in the evening, malar flush, afternoon fever, lower back pain

25
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Metal overacting on wood

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Shortness of breath, cough, tiredness, hypochondriac pain, irritability

Lung Qi xu causing Liver Qi stagnation

26
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Metal insulting fire

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Phlegm, cough, shortness of breath on exertion, sweating, tiredness, insomnia, palpitations

Phlegm-cough leading to heart Qi xu or
lung qi xu and heart qi xu.

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Water not generating wood

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Headache, vertigo, tinnitus, dizziness, blurred vision, malar flush, afternoon fever, lower back pain.

Liver yang rising or
Liver and kidney yin xu

28
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Water overacting on fire

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Edema in lower limbs, palpitations, cold hands, malar flush, afternoon fever, mental restlessness, insomnia

Kidney yang xu with water overflowing to heart
or
Kidney yin xu with empty fire in heart

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Water insulting earth

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Palpitations, mental restlessness, insomnia, malar flush, afternoon fever, night sweating, lower back pain

Pan-Canadian Exam TCM (10 decks)

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