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Traditional Chinese Medicine Five Element Correspondences
  • The kidneys belong to Winter. During the winter months the kidney energy is at its most vulnerable... but winter is also the time when the kidney energy is most easily and profoundly influenced. The emotion of the kidneys is fear. The kidneys rule the teeth, bones, marrow, and nerves.
  • The Spring is the season of the liver. The emotion of the liver is anger, frustration. The element associated with the liver is wood. The health of the liver manifests in the nails.
  • The heart belongs to Summer. Its color is red and it dominates the blood and vessels.The emotion associated with the heart is joy.
  • Late Summer is the season of the spleen. Its element is earth and its color is yellow.The emotion of the spleen is anxiety, pensiveness.
  • In the Fall, the constitutional type of Lung predominates. The lungs are associated with metal. They rule over the skin and mucous membranes.The emotion for the lungs is sorrow or grief.