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What Are the Five Elements?

 November 19, 2021

By  Juli Kramer

What are the five elements? Five elements theory uses metal, water, wood, fire, and earth to understand physical and emotional health.

Reading time: 4 minutes

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Five Elements Theory

Five elements theory developed over thousands of years through observation and trial and error.

For example, imagine what the people experienced long ago. 

The night sky overflowed with clouds of stars. Meteorites blazed brightly as they streaked to the earth. The sound of rivers echoed across open expanses of land. Fires could burn uncontrolled to