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chinese medicine models
phase: Water
psychospiritual approaches
definition
phase/element: Water
basic cosmological correspondences
stage of development: dormancy or termination (end of cycle)
direction: north
season: winter
color: dark blue or black (darkness)
climate: Cold
daily cycle: between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
planet: Mercury
Shen (creative) cycle: Water is the mother of Wood and the child of Metal
Ke (controlling) cycle: Water tends to control Fire
evolutionary projection: black tortoise or blue deer (Chia, p. 135)
universal energy force: gathering
primary physiological correspondences
Yin organ (Zang): Shen (Kidney)
Yang organ (Fu): Pang Guang (Urinary Bladder)
sense: liquid, hearing
sense organ: ears
symptom reflex area: head hair or Two Yin (anal and urethral openings)
special tissue: bones and teeth, ("bones" includes marrow, which for the Chinese also meant the spinal column and the brain)
Zhong ("what the organs respect"): Will
Yin organ stores: Jing (Essence)
Jing (Spirit): Jing (Essence) and Will
emotion: fear, shock, stress
psychological qualities: ambition, will power (Chia)
secondary physiological correspondences
odor: rancid, musty; putrid (like old urine)
vocal sound: moaning & groaning
tone of voice: quiet, feather; lamenting
secretion: watery saliva
pulse: sinking, sloggy or slippery
pathological associations:
labor: standing
symptomatic emotion: fear and worry
disease transformation: body chill
Yin organ damaged by: Damp; "sitting in a damp place for a long time or bathing in cold water after working hard injures the Kidneys." (Nan Ching via Matsumoto and Birch, p. 48)
injury affects: muscles and tendons
organ symptom presentation: yawning and sneezing
food associations:
taste: salty
domestic animal: pig
vegetable: leaf of bean plant
fruit: chestnut
cereal: bean
foods better eaten: Hot
foods better avoided: Bitter (also Sweet)
footnotes