Five ElementsStudy reference · Wu Xing
Earth
Late summer
Earth is the centre that transforms and holds: digestion of food and ideas. In study it reads as the pivot between seasons and the hara anchor in many shiatsu lineages.
- SeasonLate summer
- ClimateDampness
- ColourYellow / ochre
- TasteSweet
Classical correlations
- SeasonLate summer
- ClimateDampness
- ColourYellow / ochre
- TasteSweet
- DirectionCentre
- EmotionWorry / empathy
- SoundSinging
- TissueMuscles & flesh
- SenseTaste / mouth
- MovementCentring & transforming
Study image
Fertile ground that digests and holds — the pivot of the cycle.
Body focus
Abdomen, mouth, muscles, hara (ST / SP).
Zang–Fu & spirit
Zang (yin)Spleen (Pi)
Fu (yang)Stomach (Wei)
Associated spiritYi — thought, working memory and intention
Stomach and Spleen form the educational nutrition axis. Cross abdomen 3D, ST36/SP6, mu points and the hara map. Note: Earth also “governs” transitions between elements in some schemas.
Study dynamics (excess / deficiency)
Excess tendency (study)
In study: rumination, heaviness, clinging, a sense of mental or bodily “dampness”. Read with Spleen/Stomach — educational.
Deficiency tendency (study)
In study: digestive fatigue, scattered thought, little “ground” underfoot. Contrast with ST36/SP6 and the hara map.
Study themes
- Nourishment & centre
- Thought (Yi)
- Educational dampness
- Hara & stabilising