Traditions Flashcards
Four Humors
Black bile
Phlegm
Blood
Yellow bile
fall; earth; feces; cold and dry; melancholic (despondent and quiet)
Black bile
winter; water; mucus; cold and wet; phlegmatic (relaxed and peaceful)
Phlegm
spring; air; blood; warm and moist; sanguine (optimistic and social)
Blood
summer; fire; vomit; warm and dry; choleric (ambitious and restless)
Yellow bile
“the shady side of the mountain” is cool, dark, moist, heavy, consolidating, etc
Yin
“the sunny side of the mountain” is hot, bright, dry, light, expanding, etc.
Yang
TCM:
Spring; beginnings; yang rising; moving energy and flexibility; the liver; leadership & anger; tears; green
Wood (TCM)
TCM:
Summer; full expression of yang; heat; the heart; joy; sweat; red
Fire (TCM)
TCM:
Late Summer; the still point, stability; the stomach; compassion & worry; saliva; yellow
Earth (TCM)
TCM:
Fall; harvest; descent into yin; boundaries, judgment, and discrimination; the lungs; grief & lightheartedness; mucus; white
Metal (TCM)
TCM:
Winter; one’s deepest reserves/ the well; storing and protecting; the
kidneys/adrenals; fear & optimism; urine; dark blue and black
Water (TCM)
Ayurvedic:
space, pure presence, all pervading, clear
Ether
Ayurvedic:
movement, motion, the wind
Air
Ayurvedic:
friction and fire, life, transformation, metabolism
Fire
Ayurvedic:
flow, fluidity, juices
Water
Ayurvedic:
cohesion, solidity, nurturing
Earth
Ayurvedic:
cold and dry; movement; anxiety; creativity
Vata (Ether + Air)
Ayurvedic:
hot and oily; metabolism; anger and jealousy; courage
Pitta (Fire + Water)
Ayurvedic:
cold and wet; storage; attachment; love and patience
Kapha (Earth + Water)
