Five Element Patterns

Question 1

Wood not generating fire (GB def)

Answer 1

timidity, lack of courage, indecision, palpitations, insomnia

Question 2

Fire not generating Earth (SP Yang def)

Answer 2

loose stools, chilliness, weakness of the limbs

(This is more physiological KD Yang fire than HT fire)

Question 3

Earth not generating Metal (SP def)

Answer 3

phlegm in the chest, cough, tiredness

Question 4

Metal not generating Water (KD not receiving Qi)

Answer 4

cough, breathlessness, loss of voice, asthma

Question 5

Water not generating Wood (KD and LV Yin def)

Answer 5

Dizziness, blurred vision, headaches, vertigo

Question 6

Wood overacting on Earth (LV Invading SP)

Answer 6

hypochondriac or epigastric pain, a feeling of distention, irritability, loose stools, poor appetite, greenish face

Question 7

Earth overacting on Water

Answer 7

Edema, difficult urination, yellow face

Question 8

Water overacting on Fire (KD Yang def, Water overflowing to the Heart)

Answer 8

edema of the ankles,
backache, feeling cold, dizziness, expectoration of thin watery sputum, palpitations.