The Web That Has No Weaver APPENDIX F : THE FIVE PHASES

The Web That Has No Weaver

APPENDIX F :

THE FIVE PHASES (WuXing 五行)

1. Wood

Spring (season)/east (direction)/blue-green(colour)/ windy (climate)/shouting(sound)/anger(emotion)/sour(taste)/Liver(Yin organ)/Gall Bladder (Yang organ)/Eye (orifice)/tendons (tissue)/goatish (smell)/ Hun (spirit)/human kindness (virtue)

2. Fire

Summer/south/red/hot/laughing/elation/bitter/Heart/Small Intestine/tongue/blood vessels/burning/Spirit/propriety

3. Earth

Indian Summer/center/yellow/ damp/singing/pensiveness/sweet/Spleen/Stomach/mouth/flesh/fragrant/Yi/faithfulness

4. Metal

Autumn/west/white/dry/weeping/grief/pungent/Lungs/Large Intestine/nose/skin/rank/Po/righteousness

5. Water

Winter/north/black/cold/groaning/fear/salty/Kidney/Urinary Bladder/ears/bones/rotten/will/wisdom

-USE OF THE FIVE PHASES IN MEDICINE

-CRITICISM OF FIVE PHASES THEORY