Element types: Brief Description of element Types:

Element types

Brief Description of element Types:

There have been several attempts to categorize people according to element types. These are the attributes of the elements and organs:

·       Wood:

·       Wood people are heavy bodied with small heads and prominent noses, large mouths, raised shoulders and tend to walk on their toes, ( because of YANG is rising). They are tall, large, mature early and are knowledgeable but not long lived. Their complexion is greenish. Wood affects nerves and QI. Their bodily openings are all channeled to their eyes.

·       Liver:

·       Liver people have a greenish complexion, a small head, a long face, wide shoulders, straight back, small body, good hands and feet. They are capable, clever and hard workers. They are also content, easy and harmonious. However, they are not so strong physically, and they worry too much.

 Gallbladder:

·       Gallbladder people are rather polite and conservative. Some have a progressive attitude, while others have a ‘square attitude’ ( which must relate to earth), possibly stable and measured.  Some tend to be followers. They are very direct.

Wood types are physically active and always thinking and planning. They are well organized and logical. They can become frustrated and are prone to shouting. They are often intellectuals and thinkers given to dreamy speculation, connected with the HUN. They are prone to nervous disorders, sharp shooting pains, tight muscles, cramps, eye strain and hypoglycemia, because wood invades earth.