5 elements cale

Question 1

Wood

Answer 1

Rancid, spring, east, lesser yang, Liver/GB, , Sour, eyes

Question 2

Fire

Answer 2

Smell scorched, Summer, South, utmost yang, heart/SI, laughing, bitter, tongue,

Question 3

Earth

Answer 3

Center, SP/St, Yellow, fragrant, mouth/lips, pensiveness,

Question 4

Metal

Answer 4

Autumn, Rotten, West, Lesser yin, white, pungent,

Question 5

Water

Answer 5

Winter,Putrid north, utmost yin, ears,

Question 6

Generating cycle

Answer 6

F-E-M-H2o-Wd

Question 7

Controlling cycle

Answer 7

Fire>metal, earth>water, Metal>liver, Water>fire, Wood> earth

Question 8

Fail to nourish

Answer 8

Wood deficient, fails to nourish fire, earth insults wood

Question 9

Draws from mother/overacting

Answer 9

Wood excessive, draws from water & overacts on earth

Question 10

Sour

Answer 10

Generates fluids and yin, side effects= makes phlegm worse

Question 11

Bitter

Answer 11

clears heat, sedates & hardens, se=injures sp & yin

Question 12

Sweet

Answer 12

tonifies, balances and moderates, se= creates damp

Question 13

Pungent

Answer 13

scatters; injures yin

Question 14

salty

Answer 14

flows downward, softens hardness; injures fluids

Question 15

Sour SE

Answer 15

goes to nerves and can upset liver, use sparingly if pt suffers from chronic pain

Question 16

Bitter SE

Answer 16

bitter goes to bone, avoid if patient had OP or bone dz

Question 17

Sweet SE

Answer 17

goes to muscles and excess can cause weak muscles,

Question 18

Pungent SE

Answer 18

Scatters qi and should be avoided in qi xu

Question 19

Salty SE

Answer 19

can dry blood and should be avoided in blood xu