38 Questions
During which dynasty did the use of the 5 elements in TCM regain its status and become incorporated into mainstream Chinese medicine?
Song Dynasty
Which of the following best describes the quality of Wood in TCM?
Workable and solid
What is the generating cycle of the 5 elements in TCM?
Wood creates Fire, Fire creates Earth, Earth creates Metal, Metal creates Water, Water creates Wood
What is the seasonal cycle of the 5 elements in TCM also known as?
Cosmological Sequence
Which of the following is NOT a quality of Metal in TCM?
Fluid and moveable
During which period did the use of the 5 elements in TCM taper off, only to regain its status later?
Warring States Period
Which of the following best describes the quality of Earth in TCM?
Permits sowing, growing and reaping
Which of the following best describes the quality of Water in TCM?
Moistens downwards
Which of the following best describes the quality of Fire in TCM?
Flares upwards
Which element is generated by the Wood Element?
Fire
Which element is controlled by the Water Element?
Fire
Which element is controlled by the Heart?
Metal
Which element insults the Fire Element?
Metal
Which element is insulted by the Earth Element?
Wood
Which element insults the Kidneys?
Fire
Which element generates the Water Element?
Metal
What element does the Wood Element generate?
Fire
What element is generated by the Spleen?
Metal
What element commands the Metal Element?
Fire
Match the organ to the element
Fire = Heart Earth = Stomach Metal = Large intestines Water = Kidneys
Match the organ to the element.
Fire = Small intestines' Earth = Spleen Metal = Lungs Water = Bladder
Match the element to the organ
Fire = San Jiao Wood = Liver Wood = Gall bladder Fire = Pericardium
Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang
Liver = yin Gall bladder = yang Heart = yin small intestines = yang
Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang
Pericardium = yin San Jiao = yang Lungs = yin large intestines = yang
Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang
Spleen = yang Stomach = yin Kidney's = yin Bladder = yang
Match the feeling to the element
joy and anxiety = fire sadness and grief = metal pensiveness and overthinking = earth fear and shock = water
Match the feeling to the element
anger and jealousy = wood joy and anxiety = heart sadness and grief = lungs fear and shock = bladder
Match the secretion with the element
fire = sweat earth = saliva metal = mucus water = urine
Match the secretion to the element
wood = tears heart = sweat lungs = mucus stomach = saliva
Match the season to the element
wood = spring fire = summer water = winter metal = fall
What season is associated with earth?
last 2 weeks of any season
Match the sense with the element
fire = speech and taste metal = smell earth = taste (influence by lips) water = hearing
Match the sense to the element
bladder = hearing wood = vision spleen = taste (influenced by lips) small intestines = speech and taste
Match the taste with the element
fire = bitter earth = sweet metal = pungent water = salty
Match the taste with the element
wood = sour heart = bitter kidneys = salty large intestines = pungent
Is the tongue and pulse yin or yang?
dry tongue = yin deficit damp and white coating = yang deficit fast and thin pulse = yin deficit decreased, slow, weak pulse = yang deficit
Match the San Jiao burners with their organs and function
upper = heart and lungs middle = rots and ripens lower = small intestines, large intestines, bladder and kidneys middle = stomach and spleen
Match the San Jiao burners with their organ and function
upper = mist, distribution of fluids middle = stomach and spleen lower = elimination, separation of clean and dirty upper = heart and lungs
Test your knowledge on the 5 elements in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and their corresponding TCM organs. Explore the relationships between the elements, their generating sequences, commanding sequences, and insulting sequences. Learn about the origins of the 5 elements in TCM and their connection to Aristotle's 4 elements.
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