Traditional Chinese medicine
Five Phases theory
Five Phases (五行, pinyin: wǔ xíng), sometimes also translated as the "Five Elements" theory, presumes that all phenomena of the universe and nature can be broken down into five elemental qualities – represented by wood (木, pinyin: mù), fire (火pinyin: huǒ), earth (土, pinyin: tǔ), metal (金, pinyin: jīn), and water (水, pinyin: shuǐ).

Traditional Chinese medicine

Section Title: Five Phases theory
Table Section Text: Five Phases (五行, pinyin: wǔ xíng), sometimes also translated as the "Five Elements" theory, presumes that all phenomena of the universe and nature can be broken down into five elemental qualities – represented by wood (木, pinyin: mù), fire (火pinyin: huǒ), earth (土, pinyin: tǔ), metal (金, pinyin: jīn), and water (水, pinyin: shuǐ).

Phenomenon	Wood	Fire	Earth	Metal	Water

Direction	East	South	Centre	West	North

Colour	green/violet	red/purple	yellow/pink	white	black

Climate	wind	heat	damp	dryness	cold

Taste	sour	bitter	sweet	acrid	salty

Zang Organ	Liver	Heart	Spleen	Lung	Kidney

Fu Organ	Gallbladder	Small intestine	Stomach	Large intestine	Bladder

Sense organ	eye	tongue	mouth	nose	ears

Facial part	above bridge of nose	between eyes, lower part	bridge of nose	between eyes, middle part	cheeks (below cheekbone)

Eye part	iris	inner/outer corner of the eye	upper and lower lid	sclera	pupil

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In Traditional Chinese medicine, the Five Tastes are acrid, sweet, bitter, sour, and salty.

final_sentence: In Traditional Chinese medicine, the Five Tastes are acrid, sweet, bitter, sour, and salty.