One very important concept in East Asian Medicine (EAM) is the five element theory. This theory describes the basic elements (fire, earth, metal, water and wood) in the body and the inter-relationships of those elements found in nature. Each element corresponds to…
In East Asian Medicine, each season is ruled by an element – autumn by metal, winter by water, spring by wood, summer by fire and late summer by earth. Each of us is comprised by all of the elements, though…