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Five Elements Flashcards

1
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List 4 translations of ‘wu xing’.

A
  • 5 elements
  • 5 phases
  • 5 agents
  • five activities
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What dynasty do the first references of Yin and Yang and 5 Element Theory date back to?

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Zhou Dynasty (1000-771 BCE)

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3
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What were ‘the Six Seats of Government’?

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water, fire, metal, wood, earth, grain

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4
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What shift in paradigm are the theories of Yin-Yang and 5 Elements representative of?

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  • shift from view of disease as being caused by evil spirits, to naturalistic view of disease as being caused by lifestyle/nature
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5
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What number is associated with earthly and heavenly phenomena?

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Earthly: 5 (5 elements)
Heavenly: 6 (6 climates)

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6
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“that which blazes upwards is bitter”

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fire

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7
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“that which can be bent ans straightened is sour”

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wood

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8
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“that which soaks and descends is salty”

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water

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9
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“that which can be moulded and become hard is pungent”

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metal

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10
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“that which permits sowing and reaping is sweet”

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earth

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11
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Describe the directions of the 5 Elements

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  • Water: flows downwards
  • Fire: blazes upwards
  • Wood: expands/flows freely in every direction
  • Metal: contraction (controls the skin which contains the body)
  • Earth: point of reference (stability, in centre)
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12
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List the 5 Elements Yin/Yang organ pairings.

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Fire: Heart, Pericardium (Yin); Small Intestine, Triple Energizer (Yang)
Water: Kidneys (Yin); Bladder (Yang)
Wood: Liver (Yin); Gall Bladder (Yang)
Metal: Lungs (Yin); Large Intestine (Yang)
Earth: Spleen (Yin); Stomach (Yang)

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13
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List the 5 Elements and their seasons.

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  • Fire, summer
  • Metal, autumn
  • Water, winter
  • Wood, spring
  • Earth, last 18 days of every season/ Indian Summer
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14
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What numbers pair with each element?

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  • water: 1, 6
  • fire: 2, 7
  • wood: 3, 8
  • metal: 4, 9
  • earth: 5, 10
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15
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What is the Generating sequence?

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Fire - Earth - Metal - Water - Wood

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16
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What is the Controlling (and Over-Acting) Sequence?

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Wood - Earth - Water - Fire - Metal

17
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What is the Insulting Sequence?

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Fire - Water - Earth - Wood - Metal

18
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True or False: The ‘Grandparent’ Element relates to the Controlling and Over-Acting Sequence.

A

True

  • the grandparent controls the child
  • the parent generates the child
  • the child insults the grandparent
19
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Which organs are ‘Minister Fire’, and which are ‘Emperor Fire’?

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  • Emperor Fire = Heart, Small Intestine

- Minister Fire = Pericardium, Triple Energizer (serve and protect Heart)

20
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Which organs generate which?

A

Heart - Spleen - Lungs - Kidneys - Liver

21
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Which organs control which?

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Heart - Lungs - Liver - Spleen - Kidneys

22
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Which organs insult which?

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Heart - Kidneys - Spleen - Liver - Lungs

23
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List the elements and their corresponding colours.

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Fire = red
Earth = yellow
Metal = white/silver/grey
Water = black/dark blue
Wood = green
24
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List the tastes/elements.

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Fire = bitter
Earth = sweet
Metal = pungent
Water = salty
Wood = sour
25
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List the climates/elements.

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Fire = heat
Earth = dampness
Metal = dyness
Water = cold
Wood = wind
26
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List the stages of development/elements.

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wood = birth
fire = growth
earth = transformation
metal = harvest
water = storage
27
Q

List the planets/elements.

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Wood = Jupiter
Fire = Mars
Earth = Saturn
Metal = Venus
Water = Mercury
28
Q

List the sense organs/elements.

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Wood = eyes
Fire = tongue
Earth = mouth
Metal = nose
Water = ears
29
Q

List the tissues/elements.

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Wood = sinew
Fire = vessels
Earth = muscles
Metal = skin
Water = bones
30
Q

List the emotions/elements.

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Wood = anger
Fire = joy
Earth = pensiveness/overthinking
Metal = Grief/Sadness
Water = Fear
31
Q

List the sounds/elements.

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Wood = screaming
Fire = laughing
Earth = singing
Metal = crying
Water = groaning
32
Q

List the animals/elements.

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Wood = fish
Fire = birds
Earth = humans
Metal = mammals
Water = shell-covered
33
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List the domestic animals/elements.

A 
Wood = Sheep
Fire = Fowl
Earth = Ox
Metal = Dog
Water = Pig

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