5 elements tcm

There are 5 elements - Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. By knowing your element, you can further understand why you do certain things and why you get certain symptoms when you’re ill. Take a 10-min quiz to find out your element!

According to ancient beliefs based on the Chinese Body Clock, our body follows a strict and detailed self-regulating, and self-care routine.

Join José de Groot for our Yin Yoga program based on the 5 Elements of TCM designed to nourish your whole mind and body.

One of the best clearing, qigong practice to do when you're feeling sluggish, stuck, and not quite like you have normal energy levels is an organ-balancing meditation from the Daoist tradition and...

Have you ever wondered why we overwhelmingly deal with colds in the fall and the flu in winter? As practitioners we often notice a connection between seasonal change and a rise in specific health conditions. This observation is explained well by a foundational theory of Chinese M

The Five Phases refer to Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. Those five substances are what ancient Chinese believed made up everything in the universe. In Chinese Medicine the Five Phases theory (sometimes also called the Five Elements theory) is used to analyze the make-up of the body's organs and meridians as well as their relationships.

This article goes into detail about the five elements and their profiles in TCM.