Five ElementsStudy reference · Wu Xing
Metal
Autumn
Metal refines and releases: inhale the essential, exhale the superfluous. In the cycle it is studied as clarification, boundary and rhythm between inside and outside.
- SeasonAutumn
- ClimateDryness
- ColourWhite / light grey
- TastePungent
Classical correlations
- SeasonAutumn
- ClimateDryness
- ColourWhite / light grey
- TastePungent
- DirectionWest
- EmotionGrief / letting go
- SoundWeeping
- TissueSkin & body hair
- SenseSmell / nose
- MovementDescending & condensing
Study image
Metal that sharpens and lets air through — the boundary of in and out.
Body focus
Chest, nose, skin, hand (LU / LI).
Zang–Fu & spirit
Zang (yin)Lung (Fei)
Fu (yang)Large intestine (Da Chang)
Associated spiritPo — corporeal soul, breath rhythm and boundaries
Lung and Large Intestine open and close the respiratory day. Explore chest, hand and skin in 3D; cross LU7/LI4 and yuan/luo families. Traditional respiratory education — not a clinical protocol.
Study dynamics (excess / deficiency)
Excess tendency (study)
In study: dryness, excess rigor, difficulty letting go, tight skin. Cross with Lung/LI — educational frame.
Deficiency tendency (study)
In study: weak voice, blurry boundaries, grief without rhythm, skin without tone. Contrast with LU7/LI4 and Po.
Study themes
- Boundaries & clarity
- Breath & Po
- Skin as boundary
- Releasing the non-essential