5 elements differentiation

Question 1

Wood not generating fire

Answer 1

Son hidden, timid, lack of courage, indecision, wake up early in am hours, Lv/Gb not nourish HT

Question 2

Fire not generating earth

Answer 2

Mother hidden, loose stools, chilliness, weak limbs, mingmen fire not warming spleen

Question 3

Earth not gen metal

Answer 3

Phlegm in chest, cough, tired, Sp xu leading to lung phlegm

Question 4

Metal not gen water

Answer 4

cough, sob, loss of voice, asthma, son hidden, Ki not recieving lu qi

Question 5

Water not gen wood

Answer 5

Dizzy, blurred vision, headache, vertigo, Ki yin xu leading ot Lv yin xu

Question 6

Wood overact on grandson/earth

Answer 6

hypoch/epig dist pain & distention, irritable, loose stools, poor appetite & green face, Lv qi yu leading to sp qi xu

Question 7

Fire overacting metal

Answer 7

cough c profuse yellow sputum, feeling of heat or red face, excess heat in lungs,

Question 8

Earth overacting on water

Answer 8

edema, difficult urine, yellow face, Sp damp leads to Ki dysfunction,

Question 9

Metal overact Wood

Answer 9

tired, irritable, distended feeling and a white face,

Question 10

water overact on fire,

Answer 10

no such pattern as the ki cannot be in excess

Question 11

Wood insults grandmother/metal

Answer 11

cough, asthma, feeling of distention of chest/hypoch, Lv insulting lu

Question 12

Fire insulting Water

Answer 12

malar flush, dry mouth night, insomnia, dizzy, low back ache, HS sweats, Ht & ki dysharmony

Question 13

earth insulting wood

Answer 13

Jaundice and hypoch pain/ distention, earth hidden, Sp damp leads to lv qi yu

Question 14

Metal insults fire

Answer 14

palpitations, insomnia,. and sob, Lu qi xu leads to Ht qi xu

Question 15

Water insults earth

Answer 15

loose stools, edema, tired/weak limbs, Ki yang xu leads to sp yang xu