Five Phases Flashcards
Five phases theory emphasizes the ______ between each _____
movement; element
Name the two forms of five phases theory
temporal (the cycles), spatial
What are the two healthy cycles?
1) cycle of generation 2) cycle of control
what is the order of the cycle of generation, and what is the shape it describes?
Describes a circle: wood generates fire generates earth generates metal generates water generates wood
What is the order of the cycle of control, and what is the shape it describes?
Describes a pentagram: wood controls earth controls water controls fire controls metal controls wood
Which elements are Yang? Which are Yin?
Yang: wood, fire; Yin: metal, water; earth is Transitional
What are the two unhealthy cycles?
1) overacting 2) insulting
What is the familial analogy that defines the insulting cycle?
Grandchildren controlling grandparents
Describe the overacting cycle
exaggeration of the cycle of control
Match the seasons to the five elements
Wood: spring; Fire: Summer; Earth: late summer or 18-day transitions; Metal: fall; Water: winter
Chinese word for wood
mu
Chinese word for fire
huo
Chinese word for earth
tu
Chinese word for metal
jin (also means gold)
Chinese word for water
shui
How many constitutional types are there, and how ar they described or categorized?
25; 5 elements x 5 supporting elements (Wood-Wood, wood-fire, wood-earth, ect.)
Which microsystem is useful for spatial or energetic work with the five phases/ five elements?
The Bagua: superior abdomen = fire, heart, south; physician’s right = metal, energy falls; inferior abdomen = kidneys, water, north; physician’s left = wood, energy rises; navel = earth
If an element is in excess, what treatment follows?
Drain the child
If an element is deficient, what treatment follows?
Feed the mother
What is the literal definition of Wu Xing?
five movements
Shang Shu: Hong Fan – definition of water
“water lubricates and moves down”
Shang Shu: Hong Fan – definition of fire
“fire blazes (hot) and moves upward
Shang Shu: Hong Fan – definition of wood
“wood twists and moves straight”
Shang Shu: Hong Fan – definition of metal
“metal follows and changes”
Shang Shu: Hong Fan – definition of earth
“earth sows and reaps”
Five phases theory identifies five different ______ in which _______ can manifest itself
modes; Qi
B. Hood – definition of spring/ wood
new life appears and seeds germinate, breaking out in all directions
B. Hood – definition of summer/ fire
things grow to maturation, a time of heat
B. Hood – definition of autumn/ metal
the time of harvest and the drawing inward of energies
B. Hood – definition of winter/ water
time of hidden potential
B. Hood – definition of earth
the platform upon which all action takes place
The creative urge to achieve, can turn to anger when frustrated …?
wood
Capacity to look forward, plan, make decisions
wood
enthusiasm, warmth in human relationships
fire
clarity of one’s consciousness; joy
fire
stability and being properly anchored
earth
transformation and energy
earth
associated with sympathy
earth
force of gravity, patterns of the heavenly bodies, powers of electrical conductivity and magnetism
metal
consolidating, solidifying, cuts and reforms
metal
associated with rhythm
metal
infinitely yielding and infinitely powerful
water
ever changing, often dangerous
water
capacity to nourish and cleanse
water
governs the balance between fear of being exploited and the desire to dominate
water
What is the Shang Shu: Hong Fan?
earliest recorded discussion of the five phases
seals things up
water
reaching all corners, relaxed non-restraint
wood
the reverent kill
metal
support and acceptance of content
earth
Shang Shu: Hong Fan – “Water is called _____
Moistening downward
Shang Shu: Hong Fan – “Fire is called _______
blazing upward
Shang Shu: Hong Fan – “Wood is called______ and _____
bending and straightening
Shang Shu: Hong Fan – “Metal is called ______ and ______
following and reform
Shang Shu: Hong Fan – “Earth is called______ and ______
seeding and harvesting
What is the order of the overacting cycle?
wood upon earth upon water upon fire upon metal upon wood
What is the order of the insulting cycle?
wood upon metal upon
fire upon water upon earth upon wood
What are the yin organs?
liver, heart (& pericardium), spleen, lungs, kidneys
What are the yang organs?
Gall Bladder, Small intestine, (& triple warmer) Stomach, Large intestine, urinary bladder
Directly needling a solid organ can result in ______
Death
Liver controls the spleen; if liver is in excess, it can____
over-act on the spleen
Spleen controls kidney; if kidney ins in excess, it can _____
insult the spleen
Heart is the mother of spleen; if heart is deficient, it will be_______
unable to properly nourish spleen
Lung is the son of spleen; if lung is deficient, it may______
drain too much from the mother spleen
If deficient in: spleen/ lung/ kidney/ liver/ heart, tonify _____ (in same order)
heart/ spleen/ lung/ kidney/ liver
If excess in: spleen/ lung/ kidney/ liver/ heart, reduce _____ (in same order)
lung/ kidney/liver/heart/spleen
Match to organs: wood/ fire/ earth/ metal/ water
liver/ heart/ spleen/ lung/ kidney
Match with outer organs: liver/ heart/ spleen/ lungs/ kidney
GB/ SI/ ST/ LI/ UB
how is the liver injured?
overuse of eyes
how is the heart injured?
over-walking , over-running
how is the spleen injured?
over-sitting
how is the lung injured?
over-lying down
how is the kidney injured?
over-standing
