Five Elements

Element Color Flavor Sense Emotion Tissue Climate Sounds Odor Seasons Direction

Fire Red Bitter Tongue Joy Pulse Heat Laughing Scorched Summer South

Earth Yellow Sweet Mouth Worry Muscles Humidity Singing Fragrant Autumn Center

Metal White Pungent Nose Sadness Skin Dryness Crying Rotting Autumn West

Water Blue/black Salty Ears Fear Bones Cold Groaning Putrid Winter North

Wood Green Sour Eyes Anger Tendons Wind Shouting Rancid Spring East

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SI HT

WOOD Wood promotes fire Wood controls earth

GB Earth Fire Wood Water Metal

GB Earth Fire Wood Water Metal Luo Xi-Cleft Source

LIV

34 38 S 41 H 43 T 44 37 36 40

Water 8 T Metal 4 Earth 3 Fire 2S Wood 1 H Luo 5 Xi-Cleft 6 Source 3

First point on Elbow or knee

Earth 8 S Fire 5H Wood 3 T Water 2 Metal 1 7 Luo Xi-Cleft 6 Source 4 Water 3 Metal 4 Earth 7 S Fire 8H Wood 9 T Luo 5 Xi-Cleft 6 Source 7

Earth 10 S Fire 6 H Wood 3 T Water 2 Metal 1 5 Luo Xi-Cleft 7 Source 4 Water 3 Metal 5 Earth 7 S Fire 8H Wood 9 T Luo 6 Xi-Cleft 4 Source 7

FIRE Fire promotes earth Fire controls metal

TW P SP Water Metal Earth Fire Wood Luo Xi-Cleft Source

9 5S 3H 2T 1 4 8 3

Positive Hollow Organs Outer (light) Back Heat

EARTH

ST

KO

34 38 S Command Points 41 H “Element Points” 43 T 44 Fifth point on Finger tips or Toe tips (Tsing points)

YANG

YIN Negative Solid Organs Inner (shadow) Front Cold

Earth 36 H Fire 41 T Wood 43 Water 44 Metal 45 S Luo 40 Xi-Cleft 34 Source 42

Earth promotes metal Earth controls water

Destructive

YIN YANG

Zang organs

Fu organs S = Sedation point H = Horary point T = Tonification point

KI BL

WATER Water promotes wood Water controls fire

Earth 40 Fire 60 Wood 65 S Water 66 H Metal 67 T 58 Luo Xi-Cleft 63 Source 64

Water Metal Earth Fire Wood Luo Xi-Cleft Source

Water 5 S Metal 8 H Earth 9 T Fire 10 Wood 11 Luo 7 Xi-Cleft 6 Source 9

10 H 7T 3 2 1S 4 5 3

SHEN Constructive

LU LI Earth Fire Wood Water Metal Luo Xi-Cleft Source

11 T 5 3 2S 1H 6 7 4

METAL Metal promotes water Metal controls wood

Yin

Yang

Negative Cold Water Moist Female Solid organs Soft Inner (shadow) Interior of body Front of body Chronic disease Parasympathetic

Positive Heat Fire Dry Male Hollow organs Hard Outer (light) Surface of body Back of body Acute disease Sympathetic

Alarm points (Front-mu points) Lung Large intestine Stomach Spleen Heart Small intestine Bladder Kidney Pericardium Triple warmer Gallbladder Liver

LU-1 ST-25 CV-12 LV-13 CV-14 CV-4 CV-3 GB-25 CV-17 CV-5 GB-24 LV-14

Associated points (back-shu points) Lung Pericardium Heart Liver Gallbladder Spleen Stomach Triple warmer Kidney Large intestine Small intestine Bladder

BL-13 BL-14 BL-15 BL-18 BL-19 BL-20 BL-21 BL-22 BL-23 BL-25 BL-27 BL-28

T3-4 T4-5 T5-6 T9-10 T10-11 T11-12 T12-L1 L1-2 L2-3 L4-5 S1 S2

Cardinal Points Face & head Neck Chest & digestion Respiratory system Shoulder Scapula Arm Hand Ear Skin Upper abdomen Lower abdomen Master energetical Increase energy General excess (energy) Low back, sacrum & leg Upper back, leg & foot Nervous system Neurological confusion Sympathetic NS Parasympathetic NS All cerebral disorders Memory, mental, cerebral Unconsciousness Endocrine system Lymphatics Yang organs Yin organs Muscles & tendons Bones Bone marrow Blood & blood chemistries Blood sugars (diabetes) Blood vessels Master associated point Master luo point Obesity Anxiety with palpations Whole body weakness/pain Center of respiration Malpositioned fetus

LI-4 LU-7 P-6 LU-5 ST-38 also ST-37 SI-11 LI-11 TW-5 TW-5 GV-20, LU-9, LU-11 ST-36, CV-12 SP-6, CV-6 ST-36 Master horary CV-6, ST-36 GV-14 BL-54 BL-60 LV-3 KI-27 GV-20 ST-36, SP-6 GB-20 GV-20 GV-26 CV-5 LV-2 CV-12 LV-13 GB-34 BL-11 GB-39 BL-17 SP-10 LU-9 KI-27 SP-21 GV-26 HT-7 SP-21 CV-17 BL-67

Extra Associated points Governing vessel Diaphragm Qihai (Sea of Qi) Guanyuan (Gate Origin) Zhonglu (Center Spine) Baihuan (White Circle)

Finger tips BL-16 BL-17 BL-24 BL-26 BL-29 BL-30

KI-27 is the associated point for all associated points.

T7-8 T8-9 L4-5 L5-S1 S3 S4

LU-11 LI-1 P-9 TW-1 HT-9 SI-1

Toe tips SP-1 LV-1 ST-45 GB-44 KI-1 BL-67

Chest LU-1

Hand LU-11

Foot GB-44

Hand LI-1

Face GB-1

Horary LIV-1

Hand TW-1

Face ST-1

Horary LI-1

1-3 Horary TW-6

Face LI-20

Horary LU-8

Horary GB-41

Face TW-23

11-1

3-5 AM

5-7

Horary ST-36

Foot ST-45

7-9

9-11 Horary Cycle

Hand P-9

Horary P-8

7-9

9-11 PM 1-3

Horary KI-10

Chest P-1

Horary HT-8 Horary BL-66

Chest KI-27

Foot SP-1

Horary SP-3

11-1

5-7 3-5

Chest SP-21

Horary SI-5

Chest HT-1

Foot KI-1

Hand HT-9 Foot BL-67 Face BL-1

Face SI-19

Hand SI-1

Muscle/Meridian Associations

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Tsing (Jing-Well) points

Chest LIV-14

Foot LIV-1

Lung Large Intestine Stomach Spleen Heart Small Intestine Bladder Kidney Pericardium Triple Warmer Gallbladder Liver Conception Vessel Governing Vessel

deltoids, serratus anticus, levator scapula, coracobrachialis hamstrings, tensor fascia lata, quagratus lumborum pectoralis major, biceps brachii, brachialis, brachioradialis, supinator, SCM, pronator teres & quadratus, opponens pollicis & digiti minimi, neck flex/ext lower & middle trapezius, latissimus dorsi, triceps brachii, anconeus subscapularis Quadriceps, abdominals, flexor digiti minimi brevis Tibialis anterior, peroneus tertius, peroneus longus & brevis, Extensor hallucis longus & brevis, sacrospinalis Psoas, illiacus, upper trapezius Sartorius, gracilis, adductors, gluteus maximus & medius & minimus, piriformis Gastrocnemius, soleus, tibialis posterior, flexor hallucus longus & brevis Infraspinatus, teres minor, Popliteus Pectoralis major, rhomboids Supraspinatus Teres major