Zang Fu Ii - Five Elements

Front 1

Loose stools, chilliness and weakness of the limbs. Kidney yang deficient instead of Heart yang deficient.

Back 1

Fire not generating Earth

Front 2

Heart fire with excess heat in the Lung. Cough with profuse yellow sputum, a feeling of heat and a red face. Agitation, mental restlessness, canker sores, dream-disturbed sleep, thirst, palpitation, a red tongue with a rapid and forceful pulse.

Back 2

Fire overacting on Metal

Front 3

Heart and Kidney disharmony. Palpitations, insomnia, vexation, dream disturbed sleep, dizziness, tinnitus, dry mouth, malar flush, five center heat, night sweats, weakness and aching of the lower back and knees, seminal emissions, a red tongue with little or no coating, and a thready and rapid pulse.

Back 3

Fire insulting Water

Front 4

Timidity, a lack of courae, unable to make decision, palpitations and insomnia (waking up in the early hours of the morning). (Think Gallbladder)

Back 4

Wood not generating Fire

Front 5

Liver and Stomach disharmony. Distention, pain in epigastria and hypochondria, belching, hiccups, nausea or even vomiting, acid regurgitation, depression, irritability, frequent sighing, and a poor appetite. Tongue coating is thin white or thin yellow. Pulse is wiry or slightly rapid.

Back 5

Wood overacting on Earth

Front 6

Liver qi stagnation with Spleen qi deficiency. Distention and pain in the abdomen and hypochondria, frequent sighing, depression, irritability, easily angered, poor appetite, bloating, loose stools. Tongue has white coat and pulse is wiry or weak.

Back 6

Wood overacting on Earth

Front 7

Liver fire attacking the Lung. Burning pain in the hypochondria, irritability, easily angered, dizziness, distension headaches, red face and eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, paroxysmal cough, or even cough with blood, scanty yellow sticky sputum, a red tongue with thin yellow coating and a wiry rapid pulse.

Back 7

Wood insulting Metal

Front 8

Spleen and Lung qi deficiency. Chronic cough or asthma with profuse sputum, feeble voice, dislike of speaking, shortness of breath, general fatigue, poor appetite, abdominal bloating and distention, loose stools, pale complexion and deficient pulse.

Back 8

Earth not generating Metal

Front 9

Kidney deficient with Spleen dampness. Edema, difficult urination and a yellow face.

Back 9

Earth overacting on Water

Front 10

Jaundice and hypochondriac pain and distention.

Back 10

Earth insulting Wood

Front 11

Lung and Kidney deficient. Cough, breathlessness, loss of voice and asthma.

Back 11

Metal not generating Water

Front 12

Tiredness, irritability, a feeling of distention, cough and white face.

Back 12

Metal overacting on Wood

Front 13

Lung and Heart qi deficiency. Palpitations, coughing and panting, shortness of breath, and insomnia.

Back 13

Metal insulting Fire

Front 14

Kidney yin deficiency with Liver yang rising. Lower back and knee aching and weakness, tinnitus, seminal emission, dizziness, blurred vision, headache, and vertigo, irritability, angry, night sweating, hot flash, five center heat.

Back 14

Water not generate Wood

Front 15

Edema of the ankle, backache, feeling cold dizziness, expectoration of thin watery sputum, palpitation.

Back 15

Water overacting on Fire

Front 16

Kidney and Spleen Yang deficiency. Pale complexion, cold limbs and body, chronic loose stools or early morning diarrhea, watery stool with undigested food, edema, and difficult urination. Other signs include: a pale and tender tongue with white slippery coating and a deep, weak, and slow pulse.

Back 16

Water insulting Earth

Front 17

Wood can "fail to generate" what?

Back 17

Fire

Front 18

Fire can "fail to generate" what?

Back 18

Earth

Front 19

Earth can "fail to generate" what?

Back 19

Metal

Front 20

Metal can "fail to generate" what?

Back 20

Water

Front 21

Water can "fail to generate" what?

Back 21

Wood

Front 22

Wood can "overact" on what?

Back 22

Earth

Front 23

Fire can "overact" on what?

Back 23

Metal

Front 24

Earth can "overact" on what?

Back 24

Water

Front 25

Metal can "overact" on what?

Back 25

Wood

Front 26

Water can "overact" on what?

Back 26

Fire

Front 27

Wood can "insult" what?

Back 27

Metal

Front 28

Fire can "insult" what?

Back 28

Water

Front 29

Earth can "insult" what?

Back 29

Wood

Front 30

Metal can "insult" what?

Back 30

Fire

Front 31

Water can "insult" what?

Back 31

Earth

Front 32

Hot and flaming upwards

Back 32

Fire

Front 33

Growth and flourish

Back 33

Wood

Front 34

Nourishing and cultivating

Back 34

Earth

Front 35

Astringent and reforming

Back 35

Metal

Front 36

Moisturizing and flowing downwards

Back 36

Water