Correspondence 1
What is the sound of Metal?
Weep
What is the season for Metal?
Autumn
When time period is the Lung the strongest on the Chinese Clock?
3am-5am
Name one main function of the lungs?
Governs Qi and respiration; controls channels and blood vessels; controls diffusing and descending of Qi; regulates all physiological activities; regulates water passages.
What element comes after Metal in the Sheng cycle?
Water
What is the tissue for Metal?
Skin
What is the climate for Metal?
Dry
What time period is the Large Intestine strongest on the Chinese clock?
5am-7am
Name one main function of the Large Intestine?
Controls passage and conduction; transforms stools and reabsorbs fluids
Metal controls what element in the K'o cycle?
Wood
What is the taste for Metal?
Pungent, Acrid, Spicy
What is the outward manifestation for Metal?
Body Hair
IX
Name one gift of Autumn/Metal element?
Extracts what serves and lets the rest go; self-esteem; personal armor; power of hindsight; etc.
What element comes before Metal in the Sheng cycle?
Earth
What is the sense organ for Metal?
Nose
What are the virtues of Metal?
Justice, Righteousness
What is the Roman Numeral for the Large Intestine Official?
X
Name a characteristic of a person whose Metal element is out of balance?
Perfectionist; indifferent; strict; ritualistic; dogmatic; narcissistic; self-righteous
What element controls Metal in the K'o cycle?
Fire
What is the CSOE for Metal?
White, Weep, Rotten, Grief
What are the Zang Fu organs for Metal?
Lung and Large Intestine
Where do your find the Lung and Large Intestine officials on the pulse, including position and depth level?
Radial artery on right wrist; first position (cun level); LU=Deep; LI=Superficial
Which organ is known as the delicate organ and why?
Lungs; first organ to be invaded by EPFs
What element would you use to tonify Metal?
Earth