Understanding your individual psychology according to the Five Phase theory can help you identify who you are and how you function within the Chinese Medicine paradigm. It can help you evaluate your personal strengths and weaknesses, it can also guide you in the use of therapies such as acupuncture, medicinal herbal formulas and food therapies.

Understanding your individual psychology according to the Five Phase theory  can help you identify who you are and how you function within the Chinese Medicine paradigm.  It can help you evaluate your personal strengths and weaknesses,  it can also guide you in the use of therapies such as acupuncture, medicinal herbal formulas and food therapies.

WOOD Archetype:   The PIONEER

__ feel confident, act assertively

__ ambitious and enjoy competition

__ enjoy being first, best, unique

__ can be pushy or provocative

__ openly discuss abilities and achievements

__ comfort with challenges, conflict, pressure

__ right, even if others disagree or disapprove

__ pleasure in public recognition

__ comfortable directing or leading others

__ follow my mown hunches take initiative

__comfortable with bold, decisive action

__ tend to argue with opinions, especially of me

 

FIRE Archetype:   The WIZZARD

__ enjoy the pleasure of my senses

__ easily know what another thinks and feels

__ enjoy physical contact and emotional intimacy

__ enjoy excitement and stimulation

__ easily share my innermost feelings and desires

__ tend to live in the here-and-now

__see the humorous side of life

__ thoroughly enjoy getting what I want

__ get involved easily and enjoy being moved emotionally

__ optimistic and hopeful despite what others may say

__ identify and sympathize with another’s joy and pain

__unabashed in showing affection, enthusiasm and excitement

__ enjoy being attractive and magnetic

 

EARTH Archetype:  The PEACEMAKER

__ agreeable and accommodating

__ nurturing and supportive, putting other’s needs first

__ enjoy frequent socializing with friends and family

__ enjoy being relied upon for reassurance and help

__ the hub of my social and family networks

__ enjoy settling disputes so that all parties are satisfied

__ involved in other people’s lives

__ like to create and relaxed and comfortable environment for others

__loyal and accessible to friends, family, and co-workers

__tend to be diplomatic and tactful, a consensus builder

__happy to rely on the skill and intelligence of others

__like getting close and being needed

__comfortable and open even with people I don’t know well

 

METAL Archetype:   The ALCHEMIST

__prefer a neat and orderly lifestyle

__enjoy a convivial but undemanding social life

__committed to high moral principles and conduct

__comfortable when proper procedures are followed

__enjoy tasks that require logical, and systematic approaches to problem-solving

__meticulous, tasteful and discriminating

__self-contained, not overly-involved in other’s affairs

__work effectively in situations where goals and guidelines are well defined

__ willing to accept the authority of those with more competence

__enjoy solving puzzles and mysteries

__put virtue and principle before pleasure and fulfillment

__ temperate and moderate

__likes things to run calmly and smoothly

 

WATER Archetype:  The PHILOSOPHER

__cautious and sensible

__particularly enjoy solitude

__curious and imaginative

__tend to keep feelings, thoughts and opinions to myself

__content being anonymous, a “fly on the wall”

__doesn’t mind being considered unusual or eccentric

__excited by intellectual pursuits

__content figuring things out for myself

__careful about what I reveal to other people

__stubborn defender of the truth as I see it

__patient and persevering in spite of defeats or dead ends

__objective and fair, regardless of what others think

__preferably self-sufficient and independent

__cherishing privacy and a few good friends

__ like to reflect upon my place in the grand scheme of things

 

Now that you have an idea of your own five element archetype, let us help you to formulate a treatment tailored just for you according to your pattern and clinical presentations.  Call our Miami acupuncture clinic today for a free initial evaluation.  Tel: 305-772-4386