the 5 elements in English

Wood

Yin organ - Liver

Yang organ - Gall Bladder

Positive emotion - kindness

Negative emotion - anger

Direction - East

Season - Spring

Sound - shouting

Taste - sour

Nourishes - nerves, tendons

Opens into - eyes

Expands into - nails

Temperature - warm and damp

Produces - tears

Colour - green

Vital control over - nervous system

Blood function - stores and filters

Qi function - warming effect

Food digestion - makes proteins, distributes nutrition, recycles poisons

Main function - control and decision making

Mental aspect - clarity









Fire

Yin organ - Heart

Yang organ - Small Intestine

Positive emotion - joy

Negative emotion - hate

Direction - South

Season - Summer

Sound - laughing

Taste - bitter

Nourishes - blood vessels and vascular system

Opens into - tongue

Expands into - face

Temperature - hot

Produces - sweat

Colour - red

Vital control over - blood, hormones and endocrine system

Blood function - circulation

Qi function - heating effect

Food digestion - absorbtion and selection of food in small
intestine

Main function - warmth, vitality and excitement

Mental aspect - intuition

Earth

Yin organ - Spleen/ Pancreas

Yang organ - Stomach

Positive emotion - open and fairness

Negative emotion - worry

Direction - Centre

Season - Late Summer

Sound - singing

Taste - sweet

Nourishes - muscles and flesh

Opens into - lips and mouth

Expands into - lips

Temperature - mild

Produces - saliva

Colour - yellow/brown

Vital control over - digestive, lymphatic and muscular systems

Blood function - stores and cleanses

Qi function - balances

Food digestion - monitors intake and sends energy to each organ according to taste

Main function - ability to integrate and balance

Mental aspect - spontaneity

Metal

Earth Yin organ - Lungs

Yang organ - Large Intestine

Positive emotion - courage

Negative emotion - depression

Direction - West

Season - Fall/Autumn

Sound - weeping

Taste - spicy, pungent

Nourishes - skin

Opens into - nose

Expands into - body hair

Temperature - cool and dry

Produces - mucous

Colour - white

Vital control over - respiratory system

Blood function - oxygenates and eliminates CO2

Qi function - cooling and drying effect

Food digestion - eliminates through Large Intestine

Main function - strength and stability

Mental aspect - emotional sensitivity

Water

Yin organ - Kidneys

Yang organ - Bladder

Positive emotion - gentleness

Negative emotion - fear

Direction - North

Season - Winter

Sound - groaning

Taste - salty

Nourishes - bones, teeth

Opens into - ears

Expands into - head hair

Temperature - cold

Produces - urine

Colour - black/ dark blue

Vital control over - reproductive and urinary system

Blood function - produces blood in the bone marrow

Qi function - chilling effect

Food digestion - monitoring

Main function - ambition and willpower

Mental aspect - will power and creativity