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5 Elements

5 Elements
The 5 Elements find their source in nature! It is the cycle of the four seasons, yet they have a peak and an off season, and the time inbetween results as the fifth element. All Elements include a taste, a colour, are bound to a specific time during the day and two organs, as well as the macro and mikrocosmos. If we would stick to the system of the 5 Elements, we would definately have a lot less sickdays in our life, as the prevention provided by this system would keep the imunesystem of the body in a much better shape. When you cook based on the 5 Elements you have to consider the season you`re in, the way of cooking and to keep the cycle of taste according to the elements. This way you can cook to any kind of personal constitution using the knowledge of the 5 Elements to get bodies warm or cool them, cure skin deaseses or linder coughing. It is a perfect way to individually feed your system with the best nutrients you can find.
Wood Element The Spring with all its energy is representing the Wood Element. It is in charge to distribute the Engery through our system with the help of Liver and Gallbladder. The colour of the Element is green, the tatste is sour. The Element controlls the legiments, the nails, and the eyes. Mostly stagnated systems are the main reason for a wood Element out of balance. It shows by getting angry really quick, or if you feel like talking, but you are not able to get the words via you lips, while you deeply exhale every time you sit down.
Fire Element stands for the Summer season, is the flowery part of the year with lots of joy and includes teh Heart and the Small Gut. You can see it through the shining or sad Eyes, and with every lasting decion making. It controlls the flow of blood, the colour is red and the taste is bitter. Fire is seen through the brightness of the eyes, it shows joy or depression, cold sweat or imense and onlasting fast talking. If we would care more about what we eat, we could realise this Elemente easily from a lot of pain!
Earth Element is the season which does not exist in our yearly schedule. It is also called the harvest time of the year. As Stomach and Spleen are the two organs involved, they provide 70% of the daily wellbeing, depending on what they are fed! They are processing the food into liquids in order for the human system to use it as patrol for the cells. Now you can decide to eat Fast Food or organically grown Products. Teh colour is yellow, the taste is sweet and you can see the consistence of these organs through the colour of the skin. If you think a lot, you are blocking these organs by their work.
Metal Element stands for fall, the time of the year were Nature starts to bring its juices to the inside, in order to have a backup for heating during the upcoming cold season. The Lung and the Colon are the two organs which control this Element. The taste is sharp, the colour is white. It is the part of the Lung to control the immunesystem, meaning to keept the pores of the skin closed when the cold winds start hauling. If the lung is not in good shape, you might be sick with the first cold winds blowing and throughout the winter you want be able to feel healthy. As the Lung controls the pores of the skin, it want be able to keep the pores closed and the cold wind out. The Colon should be cleared on a daily basis, as the toxins will spread throught the whole system while resting in the Colon. If you fear the Future you will take a lot Energy off these two organs!
Water Element stands for the the Winter Season and the warmth inside the human body. The Kidney and the Bladder are the organs which control this Element. The taste is salty, the colour is blue or black. The Kidney is functioning like a heating system, which is depending on the daily "fuel" the Juice made up of the Nutrients that you consume. The Kidney is responsible for the growing process, the teeth, the bone structure and the Ears. The seed of distribution of the Body´s Energy is also depending on the constitution of the Kidney. If you have cold Hand and Feet, it is a first sign that you Kidney is not getting the right "fuel". Fear is what hurts it most!

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