5 Elements

Question 1

Fire

Answer 1

• Heat, upward motion
• Heart - Shao Yin
• Small Intestine - Tai Yang
• Vessels
• Sweat
• Tongue
• Summer
• South
• Red
• Bitter
• Joy

Question 2

Wood

Answer 2

• Growth, upbearing motion
• Wind
• Liver - Jueyin
• Gallbladder - Shaoyang
• Tendons
• Tears
• Eyes
• Spring
• Green-blue
• Sour
• Sinew
• Anger
• Most Yang

Question 3

Earth

Answer 3

• Sowing, reaping (Planting, harvesting)
• Dampness
• Spleen - Tai Yin
• Stomach - Yangming
• Muscles
• Thick Saliva
• Mouth
• Late Summer
• Yellow
• Sweet
• Flesh
• Thought

Question 4

Metal

Answer 4

• Working of change (purification, elimination, reform)
• Dryness
• Lung - Taiyin
• Large Intestine - Yangming
• Skin
• Phlegm/Mucus
• Nose
• Fall/Autumn
• Acrid
• Body Hair
• Sorrow

Question 5

Water

Answer 5

• Moistening, Downward motion, coldness
• Cold
• Kidney - Shaoyin
• Urinary Bladder - Tai Yang
• Bones
• Saliva - excess
• Ears
• Winter
• Black
• Salty
• Bone
• Fear