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Correspondences I
Each element has associated pathological conditions. These pathological conditions can reflect a dysfunction in a specific element but they do not identify the acupuncture diagnosis necessarily.
- Wood has the following diagnostic symptoms and pathology: headaches, migraines, conjunctivitis, myofascial pain, ligament injuries, sexual dysfunction, paraplegia, gall bladder disease, liver disease, fatigue, insomnia, hypoglycemia
- Fire has the following diagnostic symptoms and pathology: insomnia, hearing problems, Belle's Palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, cerebral vascular accidents, anemias, fatigue, sexual dysfunction.
- Earth has the following diagnostic symptoms and pathology: gynecological disease and dysfunction, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, gastritis, sinusitis, eating disorders.
- Metal has the following diagnostic symptoms and pathology: asthma, colitis, allergic rhinitis, and eczema.
- Water as the following diagnostic symptoms and pathology: hypertension, gastritis, hearing disorders, spinal disorders, cystitis and low back disorders.
Further correspondences with five elements include the emotional state, which is of great clinical usefulness when assessing the elements.
The abnormal emotional aspects are as follows:
- Wood is frustration, anxiety, and anger
- Fire is the lack of or excessive joy
- Earth is the excessive need for sympathy, excessive introspection, and obsessional thinking
- Metal is grief, sadness, and melancholia
- Water is fear
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