Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture
An Ancient Practice of Timeless Perspectives
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Five Phase Theory

Five Phase Theory also originated from the Yin Yang School, or Naturalist School.  It is based on the principle that human beings live in dynamic balance with Nature, that each of us is influenced by the seasons, the climate, and the overall quality of the environment.  We hold within ourselves an internal landscape which reflects whether we are in right relationship with the natural cycles of life. Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal are the Five Phases, representing Winter, Spring, Summer, Late Summer and Fall respectively.  Earth may also be seen as the transitional period between each season.  Each Phase also corresponds to a different direction, color, taste, sense organ, tissue, emotion and sound.  Each Phase generates the next and controls, or moderates, another in on-going cycles.  This breath of nature is a fluid wave of creation of which we are all a part.  Disease is thus an experience of being out of balance with this breath and requires conscious intervention to realign one’s being. Chinese Medicine is one transformative tool that facilitates this realignment.