Five Elements

Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Five Elements

Ayurvedic medicine
The basic elements of nature in the ayurvedic construct of the universe—earth, fire, water, air and ether. These elements are not separate material entities, but rather manifestations of the Cosmic Consciousness; earth is manifest by ice, water’s solid state, which with fire melts to become water and steam (the air principle), which then disappears into the ether. In Avurveda, this fusing of matter and energy is intertwined with restoring and maintaining the harmony that corresponds to a state of health.

Chinese medicine
The basic consitituents of nature according to the traditional Chinese construct—fire, earth, metal, water and wood. These elements are not static, but have dynamic qualities that undergo cyclical transformations from one to another: wood creates fire, which creates earth, which creates metal, which creates water, which creates wood, etc. Health is achieved if the life energy flows in an uninterrupted manner.

References in periodicals archive ?

The following section proposes "the ABCDE model in relation to Yin and Yang with the Five Elements" so that the ABCDE model can become more familiar to Easterners.

Application of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements in Self-counseling: An Intrapersonal Communication Perspective in Japan

And among the five elements, fire would make a leader as yang fire represents the sun.

(379) Saju of global leaders: What would be South Korea's relationship with North Korea, China, US?

By considering the opinions of all the above mentioned experts and of many other suggestions from the literature, the researchers have carefully pointed out the following five elements of critical thinking which made it a significant dimension of citizenship education.

An Analysis of the Critical Thinking for Citizenship Education in the Curriculum at Secondary Level

across all five elements of well-being, the first time that a single community has shown such broad-based well-being.

Naples, Florida, Metro Tops U.S. in Well-Being for Third Time

EnergyCode is comprised of up to five elements from more than 174million combinations.

beauty tols

Ancient Indians believed that everything that we see is made up of five elements -- space, air, fire, water and earth.

Genome study validates claims of Ayurveda

And with Healthways, we measure well-being through five elements that are crucial to a life well-lived.

Well-Being Enhances Benefits of Employee Engagement

The five elements within the ball turn and weave under each other to give a sense of movement and direction.

New trophy unveiled

Shaikh Nahyan said the initiative is composed of five elements, the first being a national march called the 'March of the Union', which begins in Fujairah today.

'Zayed: Source of Goodness' initiative begins

Each of these animals interacts with the five elements - wood, metal, fire, water and earth and each rules for a year.

Are you a horse?

"There are five elements of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), five of the Mai-Mai group , 25 of the Union of Congolese Patriots for Peace (UPCP), five Congolese Popular Front (FPC) and one of the Mai-Mai-Nziza," an official of the mission said in reference to the fighters.

Over 40 fighters surrender to UN mission in DR Congo

In Tibetan Buddhism while there is a rich legacy of symbolism (Beer, 1999, 2003) specific graphic investigation of the five elements is much more scant with only two works, released almost a decade apart, concerning the five elements and their use (Egan 2011, Wangyal 2002).