TCM 2

Question 1

What are the 5 elements used for

Answer 1

They are used to explain the properties of the organs, their mutual relationship and pathological changes

Question 2

Where did the 5 elements originate from

Answer 2

originated in the Zhou Dynasty (1000-770 BC)

Question 3

What are the 5 elements?

Answer 3

Wood, metal, earth, water, fire

Question 4

What does fire create?

Answer 4

Earth

Question 5

What does earth create?

Answer 5

Metal

Question 6

What does Metal create?

Answer 6

Water

Question 7

What does water create?

Answer 7

Wood

Question 8

What does wood create?

Answer 8

FIre

Question 9

What does fire control?

Answer 9

Metal

Question 10

What does Earth control?

Answer 10

Water

Question 11

What does metal control?

Answer 11

Wood

Question 12

What does water control?

Answer 12

Fire

Question 13

What does wood control?

Answer 13

Earth

Question 14

When the controller is in excess relative to the controlled, pathology will exist in the ?

Answer 14

Controlled

Question 15

When the controller is in deficiency relative to the controlled, pathology will exist in the ?

Answer 15

controller

Question 16

Insulting cycle

Answer 16

opposite of the controlling cycle when an element ‘back-lashes’ its controller
- occurs when the controller is relatively weaker than the controlled

Question 17

what direction is fire?

Answer 17

upward

Question 18

what direction is water?

Answer 18

downward

Question 19

what direction is wood?

Answer 19

expansion

Question 20

what direction is metal?

Answer 20

contraction

Question 21

what direction is earth?

Answer 21

central

Question 22

what season is fire?

Answer 22

summer

Question 23

what season is metal?

Answer 23

fall

Question 24

what season is water?

Answer 24

winter

Question 25

what season is wood?

Answer 25

spring

Question 26

what season is earth?

Answer 26

late summer or last 18 days of every season

Question 27

What are the 4 conditions a pathology occurs on each element?

Answer 27

1. fail to nourish on the child on the generating cycle 2. allow an insult to occur on itself by creating a relative excess along the controlling cycle 3. draw excessively from the mother 4. over-act on the controlling cycle

Question 28

What organs are the fire element?

Answer 28

heart & small intestine, pericardium & san jiao

Question 29

What emotions are fire element?

Answer 29

joy and anxiety

Question 30

What senses are fire element?

Answer 30

speech and taste

Question 31

What taste are fire element?

Answer 31

bitter

Question 32

What organs are metal element?

Answer 32

lung and large intestine

Question 33

what secretion are the metal element?

Answer 33

mucous

Question 34

what emotions are the metal element?

Answer 34

sadness and grief

Question 35

what sense is the metal element?

Answer 35

smell

Question 36

what taste is the metal element?

Answer 36

pungent

Question 37

what organs is the earth element?

Answer 37

spleen and stomach

Question 38

what secretion is the earth element?

Answer 38

saliva

Question 39

what emotions is the earth element?

Answer 39

pensiveness and overthinking

Question 40

what flavour is the earth element?

Answer 40

sweet

Question 41

what sense is the earth element?

Answer 41

taste

Question 42

what climate is the earth element?

Answer 42

moist and thunderous

Question 43

what organs is the water element?

Answer 43

kidney and urinary bladder

Question 44

what secretions is the water element?

Answer 44

urine

Question 45

what emotions is the water element?

Answer 45

fear and shock

Question 46

what flavour is the water element?

Answer 46

salty

Question 47

what sense is the water element?

Answer 47

hearing

Question 48

what organs is the wood element?

Answer 48

liver and gall bladder

Question 49

what secretions is the wood element?

Answer 49

tears

Question 50

what emotions are the wood element?

Answer 50

anger and jealousy

Question 51

what flavour is the wood element?

Answer 51

sour

Question 52

what sense is the wood element

Answer 52

vision

Question 53

What does it mean when the tongue does not have a coating?

Answer 53

yin deficiency in the tongue

Question 54

what does it mean when the tongue has a pale tongue body colour?

Answer 54

yang deficiency in the tongue

Question 55

What is the pulse like when there is a yin deficiency?

Answer 55

fast, thin pulse

Question 56

what is the pulse like when there is a yang deficiency?

Answer 56

deep, slow, weak pulse