Properties of the 5 Movements
The 5 Movements concentrate their essences in many aspects of nature. The more certain aspects are present in a place, an event or a situation, the more one discerns the presence and the activity of the energy of a precise movement. The table below presents correspondences, attributes and expressions of the 5 movements in the human environment and in the Man himself.
| Movements | Wood 木 Mù |
Fire 火 Huǒ |
Earth 土 Tǔ |
Metal 金 Jīn |
Water 水 Shuǐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasons | Spring | Summer | Long Summer | Autumn | Winter |
| Seasonal Movements | Tai jiao Wood yang |
Shao zhi Fire yin |
Tai gong Earth yang |
Shao shang Metal yin |
Tai yu Water yang |
| Orients | East | South | Center | West | North |
| Directions | To left | To right | In the center | Forward | Backward |
| Colors | Green | Red | Yellow | White | Black |
| Savors | Sour | Bitter | Sweet | Hot | Salted |
| Tonic savors | Hot | Salted | Sweet | Sour | Bitter |
| Dissipative savors | Sour | Sweet | Bitter | Hot | Salted |
| Seeds | Froment | Sticky Millet, corn | Millet | Rice | Pea Beans |
| Favorable Foods | Sweet Rice Beef Meat Dates Sun-flower seeds |
Sour Peas Plums Leeks |
Salted Big Pea Pork Chestnuts Green Vegetables |
Bitter Froment Sheep Apricot Onion |
Hot Yellow Millet Chicken Peach |
| Fruits | Plum | Apricot | Date | Peach | Chesnut |
| Animals | With fur | With feathers | Bare skin | With shell | With scales |
| Domestic animals | Goat Sheep | Chicken | Ox | Dog | Pork |
| Symbols | Dragon | Phoenix | Caldon | Tiger | Tortoise |
| Celestial Creatures | Green Dragon | Red Phoenix | Golden Dragon | White Tiger | Black Tortoise |
| Dynamics | Movement | Endless movement | Transformation | Hardening | Preservation |
| Actions | To collect | To disperse | To product | To divide | To Maintain |
| Natures | Light heat | Heat | Quiet | Freshness | Glacial cold |
| Transformations | Embellishment | Blooming | Abundance | Retraction | Contraction |
| Vertues | Harmony | Manifestation | Wetting | Purity | Frostbite |
| Politics | Dispersion | Lightning | Appeasement | Vigor | Immobility |
| Mandates | To manifest the growth | Rise of the steam | Clouds and rains | Mist and dew | Closing |
| Alterations (insufficiency) | Break Ripping | Blaze Melt | Flowing | Rigidity Decay | Condensation Frost |
| Overtaking (excess) | Fall | Burning | Overflow | Aging Wilting | Ice Hail |
| Punishments | Death | Remoteness | Exile | Confinement | Fine |
| Stems | Jia Yi | Bing Ding | Wu Ji | Geng Xin | Ren Gui |
| Moments | Dawn | Midday | Early afternoon | Evening | Midnight |
| Odors | Fat | Scorched | Perfumed | Crude meat | Rottenness |
| Body areas | Neck | Chest | Spine | Back | Waist |
| Fingers | Index | Medium | Thumb | Annular | Auricular |
| Tissues | Tendons | Arteries | Muscles | Skin | Bones |
| Yin Organs | Liver | Heart Pericardium | Spleen Pancreas | Lungs | Kidneys |
| Energies | bood | Psychic | Physical | Vitalitty | Will |
| Bodily fonctions | Detoxification | Blood circulation, hormonal, nourishing | Digest | Breathing Elimination | Elimination Excretion |
| Hold | Walking | Running | Sitting | Quiet | Motionless |
| Physical Expressions | Nails | Complexion | Chest | Breath | Hairs |
| Sensory organs | Eyes | Tongue | Mouth | Nose | Ears |
| Fluids | Tears | Sweat | Saliva | Mucus | Urine |
| Channels | Jue yin foot - Shao yang foot | Shao yin hand Tae yang hand Jue yin hand Shao yang hand |
Yang ming foot Tai yin foot |
Tai yin foot Yang ming foot |
Tae yang foot Shao yang foot |
| Psycho-organics entities | Houn Ethereal soul |
Chen Aggregated Soul |
Yi Intellect |
Pro Âme Body Soul |
Tche Will |
| Pathologies | Muscular | Vascular | Mesenchyme | Skin | Bones |
| Vocals expressions | Cry | Laught | Song | To whine | Sight - to whine |
| Voice forms | To speak | To eructate | To swallow | to cough | To yawn |
| Feelings | Anger Nervousness Resentment |
Love Joy Hatred |
Sympathy Obsession Cogitation Reflexion Empathy |
Sadness Worry Guilt Regret Lamentation Nostalgia |
Apprehension Fear Anxiety |
| Social vertues | Generosity | Rite | Fidelity | Justice | Wisdom |
| States | Birth | Developement | Maturity | Hoarding | Preservation |
| Developements | To learn | To act | To product | To teach | To preserve |
| Notes | E | F | C | D | G |
| Metals | Iron | Copper | Gold | Silver | Tin |
Properties of the 6 Énergies
Yin is solid matter, but from the point of view of energy, it is not totally inert. Subjected to the dynamic influence of the Yang, it has different states not only of form but also of heat and coldness, dryness and humidity. These various states give it particular properties, the so called 6 Energies. 6 Energies are in order Jue Yin, Shao Yin, Shao Yang, Tai Yin, Yang Ming et Tai Yang. These 6 Energies of Yin produce visible climatic manifestations in the Yang space, the Sky. They are the Wind, The Heat, the Fire, the Damp, the Drought and the Cold.
| Energies | Jue yin 厥阴 |
Shao yin 少阴 |
Shao yang 少阳 |
Tai yin 太阴 |
Yang ming 阳明 |
Tae yang 太阳 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Sky | Wind | Heat | Fire | Damp | Drought | Cold |
| On the ground | Wood | Fire Prince | Fire Minister | Earth | Metal | Water |
| Entrails | Gal lBladder | Small Intestine | San Jiao | Stomach | Large intestine | Urinary bladder |
| States | Nascent | Flourishing | Luxuriant | Soaked | Solid | Concentrate |
| Has for source | The balance | The lukewarm | The heat | The emptiness | The purity The strengh | The cold |
| Begets | The wind | The heat | The fire | The damp | The drought | The cold |
| Ends in | The apprehension | The cold | The damp | The rain | The freshness | the tepidity |
| Contient | The wind | The fire | The heat - the activity | The rain | The peace - the judgment | The cold |
| Is found in | The wind | The form | What grows, thrives | The clouds | The harvest | The hidden retreat |
| Channels | Jue yin foot Shao yin foot |
Shao yin hand Tae yang hand |
Jue yin hand Shao yang hand |
Yang ming pied Tai yin foot |
Tai yin hand Yang ming hand |
Tae yang foot Shao yang foot |
| Dissipatrice savors | Sour | Sweet | Sweet | Bitter | Hot | Salted |
| Tonic savors | Hot | Salted | Salted | Sweet | Sour | Bitter |