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Chinese Physiology
Wu-Xing: the Five Phases: Clinical Uses
diagnoses

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Five Phases in Pathology and Diagnosis:
various aberrations to the normal pattern of five phase relations are possible

Aberrations of the Sheng Cycle
• overproduction: hyperfunction generating Shi (Excess)
• underproduction: hypofunction creating Xu (Deficiency)
• over-taxed, in which case the child drains the parent (Deficiency producing exhaustion) (analog to underproduction)

Aberrations of the Ke Cycle
• too much control, over-bearing, invasive and destructive (Excess producing Deficiency)
• insufficient restraint, too weak to be effective (Deficiency generating Excess)
• a reversed Ke cycle (counteracting) in which the child (normally restrained) rebels and insults the grandparent (Excess creates Deficiency)

Five Phases in Treatment:
• many options exist for applying this theory to treatment
• it largely depends on one's level of understanding and willingness to design creative strategies using the principles
• constitutional typing often follows a five element scheme
• acupuncture employs various systems of transferring Qi between organs using the five Shu (transport) points


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