Table of analogical affinities

Elements	Wood	Fire	Earth	Metal	Water
Action on the energy	Moves to top	Makes it circulate toward the external superior areas	Distributes and develops	Collects and preserves	Preserves and freezes
Physiological consequences	Externalization	Expansion	Transformation	Internalization	Folded again
Characteristic effects	Contraction	Agitation	Eruption	Cough	Termbeling
Periods of life	Birth	Growth	Maturity	Decline	Death
Psychophisical manifestation	Anger-scream	Laugh-joy Loquacity-logorrh	Song	Laments Cries Sighs	Whine Grunt
Behavior	Daring	Tied to convention	Self controlled	Cautious	Malicious Sly
Virtues	Goodness	Ritual spirit - Gravity seriousness	Honesty Good faith	Equity	Knowledge Wizens
Character	Extroverted Aggressive	Outgoing	Thoughtful	Introverted	Volatile Spontaneous
Intellectual peculiarity	Imagination	Ability in judging	Reflection	Capability of memorizing	Intelligence
Negative feelings	Irritation Unhappiness	Pain and mourning Excessive joy	Obsession Respect out of fear	Anxiety and agitation Regrets Sadness	Fear
Pathological consequences	Raises too much	Disperses	Ties and winds	Accumulates	Does not raise

Elements	Wood	Fire	Earth	Metal	Water
Properties	Torsion Straitening	Rising Flaming	Welcoming of seed Production of fruit	Malleability Downward	Humidification
Cardinal point	East	South	Center-suothwest	West	North
Season	Spring	Summer	Fifth season	Autumn	Winter
Organs	Yin Liver	Yin Heart	Yin Spleen	Yin Lungs	Yin Kidneys
Guts	Yang Gall Bladder	Yang Small Intestine	Yang Stomach	Yang Large Intestine	Yang Bladder
Sense organs	Sight Eyes	Tact Tongue	Taste Mouth - Lips	Smell Nose	Hearing Ears
Skin manifestations	Nails	Tint	Lips	Body Hair	Hair
Anatomic district	Muscles	Vessels	Connective Reticular endothelium	Skin and epithelium	Bones and nervous
Colors	Green-Blue	Red	Yellow	White	Black
Climate	Wind	Heat	Humidity	Dryness	Cold
Secretions	Tears	Sweat	Drool	Nasal fluid	Saliva
Tastes	Acid	Bitter	Sweet	Spicy	Salty
Smells	Rancid Smelly and Stench	Suffocating Burning	Sweet Perfumed	Nauseating Sour	Moldy Putrid
Noises	Jiao- c	Zhi- a	Gong- g	Shang- g	Yu- e
Foods	Wheat	Grain Mutton	Yellow millet Beef	Rice Chicken	Black beans Pork