Shen/Ko Cycle
Associations
TCM and Shiatsu
Chinese Body Clock
Yin or Yang
100

Wood is the mother of this element.

What is Fire?

100

This is the flavor of Water.

What is Salty?

100

These are a series of stretches used to open the Meridians.

The Makka Ho's

100

This is the time for Gallbladder.

What is 11:00pm to 1:00am

100

Feminine 

What is Yin?

200

Metal is the Child of the this element?

What is Earth?

200

This elements sense organ is the tongue.

What is Fire?

200

This way of thinking or religion is based on observations of nature.

What is Taoism?

200

3:00pm to 5:00pm

What is the time for Urinary Bladder?

200

The back of the body.

What is yang?

300

This element has Metal for a mother and Wood for a child.

What is Water?

300

The color of this element is grey.

Metal

300

This is known as a Tsubo.

What is an acupoint that can be found through a meridian?

300

This is the time for Liver.

What is 1:00am to 3:00am

300

Sleep is more this than dancing.

What is Yin?
400

This element is controlled by Fire.

What is Metal?

400

This is the direction of Water.

What is downward or north?

400

Practicing this daily will help you become not only a better LMT but a more well rounded person.

Self Care

400

These are the times for the Earth meridians.

What are 7:00am- 9:00am and 9:00am to 11:00am? 


Bonus: List the organs (ST and SP)

400

What is the relationship between yin and yang?

They are constantly moving, transforming and are a part of each other.

500

This element controls Earth.

What is Wood?

500

This is the climate for Metal.

What is dry?

500

This is the number of meridians running though your body.

12 bilateral pairs with two extra

500

Name the times for the Secondary Fire meridians.

7:00pm to 9:00pm and 9:00pm to 11:00pm

Bonus Point: name the meridians (Pericardium and Triple Heater)

500

Name all of the Yin organs.

Heart, Spleen, Lung, Liver, Kidney, Pericardium

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