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Wu Xing – Five elements of Chinese medicine
By admin on January 22, 2010
The five elements of Chinese medicine represent elements that are fundamental to the cycles of nature and as such, they correspond to elements in the human body. The Chinese meaning of Xing is the process on one thing having an affect on another, in relation to the five elements and the process cycle an example of this is:
- Wood feeds the fire.
- The fire then creates ashes which form the earth.
- In the earth metal when heated liquefies and produces water vapour.
- The water then nourishes the trees or wood.
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