According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, each person has a unique combination of the Five Elements. This combination largely determines many aspects of one's personality, including character traits and behavioral patterns.
Even with this combination, many of us will have a dominant element, which is said to be our Element Type.
What Are The Five Elements of Personality Trait?
The ancient Chinese philosophers believed that everything in the natural world could be broken down into five energy types: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. They used these elements to describe how we are so similar yet unique.
Usually, there are one or two dominant elements in a person. Below, you'll find a description of each of the five elemental stereotypes. Included is a list of illnesses and suggestions for staying healthy.
What is your Personality Type?
Wood Element
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Wood's strength comes from its capacity to expand and build pressure rapidly. Wood is a versatile
material that can be used in many ways. It is flexible but can also broaden quickly to form a barrier or attack. Wood types need to modulate their intensity and flexibility to retreat when threatened and resume the fight when there is an opportunity.
Wood people are either excellent planners or have trouble carrying out their plans. When out of balance, they can be indecisive and pessimistic or have no hope for the future.
Very organized and logical
Thinkers- their mind is always on the go, so they tend always to be doing something
Seek challenges and push to the limit.
Loves action and movement
Likes to be the first and the best
Competitive
Adventurous
Visionaries with wild imaginations
Common Problems:
Overly competitive
Argumentative
Likes to prove why they are right, and others are wrong
Intolerance and impatience
Volatile emotions
Irritable and easily frustrated
Extremism; impulsive or over-disciplined, self-indulgent or self-punishing
Craves alcohol or other unhealthy ways to relieve stress
Vascular headaches, muscle spasms, high blood pressure, nerve inflammations, migratory/moving pain
PMS and headaches.
Physical Characteristics of Wood Elements:
Tall and muscular
Thin and long face
Long nose
Broad and high forehead
Slender cheeks
Square physique
Straight back
Walks with determination
Associated Emotion: Anger
Anger is a common emotion that can lead to extreme reactions. Wood types are easily angered and are prone to shouting when frustrated or thwarted in some way. This imbalance of Qi (energy) and Blood causes tension and stress. They often exercise great self-discipline to maintain composure and self-control.
Strong Points: Bones and Sinews
Life Guide for the Wood Types:
During misunderstandings, choose to compromise and understand
Be open to learning, be flexible
Take time to be out in the nature
Relieve stress with Tai chi, Qi Gong, or Yoga
Avoid alcohol because the organ associated with Wood types is the Liver
Eat sour foods to stimulate the Liver
Water Element
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Water is powerful because it can conceive, concentrate and conserve.
Water types quickly adapt and efficiently achieve their goals by deciding which is the best direction through a situation. They go with the flow, are strong-willed, and get things done. They are known for their determination and are often described as self-sufficient or independent.
Stays away from public places
Mostly introverts and prefers to be surrounded by close friends
Likes privacy and anonymity
Enigmatic, introspective
Critical and cynical
Self-contained and self-sufficient
Penetrating, essential, and scrutinizing
Seeks knowledge and understanding
Articulate, clever
Common Problems:
Struggles to bring their visions to reality, having a hard time accomplishing their task or goals
Detached, isolation and loneliness
Impenetrable
Pessimistic
Unforgiving and suspicious
Tactless, blunt
Lower back pain and urinary diseases, such as cystitis, incontinence, and kidney stones.
Physical Characteristics of Water Elements:
Round face
Round, soft body
Large, soft, doe eyes
Dark hair
If there's an imbalance in the body, there are dark under eyes
Pale face and skin
The spine is longer than normal
Associated Emotion: Fear
Someone in the grip of fear is preoccupied with escape. They escape their fears by being isolated, hiding from the world, and imagining calamity and disaster lurking around every corner. They are critical and cynical, believing that the world is fundamentally harsh and unsafe. Their isolation from the world may eventually make them cold and hard, impervious to others, and devoid of spirit.
Strong point: The Digestive System
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Life Guide for the Water Types:
Prioritize your social life, do not be too isolated
Add warm soup and stew to your diet- especially during winter
Avoid cold foods and salads, especially during winter
Add seaweed to your diet
Balance your toughness, bluntness, and detachment with sensitivity, openness, contact, risking softness, exposure, attachment, and tenderness
Drink more water
Fear is a sign that a water element type is imbalanced; find ways to overcome timidity
Fire Element
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Fire is a purifier and the fuel of life, the ultimate symbol of freedom and liberation.
Fire has the power to light the world. It can burn, it can smolder, and it can burn bright. Fire types need to balance their chemistry and contain their resources, withdrawing and separating as well as embracing and merging.
Fire Elementals are usually quite outgoing and friendly. They love to connect with others, participate in large social gatherings, and be the center of attention. Fire people love to be part of a big crowd, often very kind, good-hearted, and caring, making them very skillful at working with others. If your day has been rough, if you're having a bad day, their enthusiasm may be able to remind you of the beauty that exists in the world around you.
Extroverts
Charismatic and desirable
Creative
Intuitive and Emphatic
Eloquent and expressive
Energetic
Enthusiastic
Likes to be hot, vibrant, and bright
Loves intimacy
Common Problems:
A "Yes" man, does not know how to say no; there are no clear boundaries
Anxiety, insomnia, and depression
Over-committed and scattered
Sweating, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high cholesterol
Over-heating, acne, and skin rashes
Cardiovascular problems like hypertension, palpitations, arrhythmia, arterial circulation
Mind-altering drug addiction
Physical Characteristics often associated with Fire Elements:
Sometimes have red/ginger hair and freckles
They may have ruddy complexions
Prominent cheekbones
Well-proportioned physiques
Delicate hands and feet
Reddish face
Curly hair
Pointed head/chin
Long neck, arms, and legs
Associated Emotion: Joy
Fire people are driven by their pursuit of pleasure and become jaded when they do not receive enough stimulation or attention. They need the constant approval and attention of others to feel satisfied. They appear fun-loving and romantic, but in reality, they are unable to sustain their interest and excitement without outside help and other people's attention.
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Strong point: Blood vessels and Blood
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Life Guide for the Fire Types:
Balance your social life
Take some alone time
Meditate, practice relaxation techniques and stress management to calm your nerves
Always plan ahead
Prioritize what's important
Fire types thrive on consistency; follow a regular daily pattern, regular small meals, regular gentle exercise
Avoid spicy food to avoid over-heating
Eat bitter foods
Eat cooling foods like cucumber, yogurt, and pears.
Eat more dark leafy greens
Eat a low-salt diet
Avoid smoking
Avoid excessive alcohol drinking
Earth Element
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The earth has the power to link, nurture, and sustain.
Earth types tend to find peace and serenity in their surroundings. They are nurturing and caring people who welcome strangers into their lives. Because of their understanding nature, they are natural arbitrators who can resolve disputes between others quickly and effectively.
Nurturing and kind
Fully authentic and honest
Great as parents, partners, or as a friend
Great healers
Great caretakers
Sympathetic
Reliable
Likes to be in charge but not in the spotlight
Agreeable and accommodating
Wants to be all things to all people
Seeks harmony and togetherness
Insists upon loyalty, security, and predictability
Common Problems:
Codependent tendency
Can become overly involved with other people's life
Overprotective
Unrealistic expectations and disappointment
Tormented by their over-concern with other people; overthinking
Obsessive and intrusive
Digestive problems, loose stools, fatigue, food allergies
Overeating, obesity, stomach ulcers, and diabetes
Arthritis, irregular periods, weight gain from cycle to cycle
Men could get early prostatitis
Physical Characteristics of Earth Elements:
Large features; especially the mouth
Wide jaw
The body is often thick and curvy
Dark-ish face
Large head
Strong thighs'
Soft, peachy skin
Round, firm physique
Associated Emotion: Rumination/Sympathy
An overly pensive and contemplative person can become caught up in circular thinking, often obsessing over details and worrying over things that have already happened.
Strong point: Muscles
Life Guide for the Earth Types:
Balance your devotion to your relationships with self-expression and solitude; develop self-reliance.
Develop good boundaries
Learn to say "no."
Find time to refuel and be alone with nature.
Keep your mind focused on the present and do not overthink and worry too much about things in the future that may not happen.
Avoid eating sweets
Eat sweet vegetables like carrots and yams.
Metal Element
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Metal's power comes from the ability to shape and refine. Metal types are controlled and meticulous but can be passionate and spontaneous.
They're smart, disciplined, and organized. They have a sharp wit and an analytical mind. They're capable of self-discipline, which can make them successful. They like structure and tend to be systematic and organized.
Great at planning
Excellent Leadership
Methodical and organized
Organized and clean
Likes definition, structure, discipline
Sets high standards for oneself and others
Common Problems:
Too detached and inaccessible
Fearful of true intimacy
Indifference and inhibition
Autocratic, strict, difficult to please
Asthma, constipation, or frigidity
Ligament and joint problems, Tennis elbow, arthritis in the shoulder, and deforming rheumatism
Tactless
Physical Characteristics of Metal Elements:
Strong, muscular body
Broad shoulders
Oval face
Wide set of cheekbones
Pale complexion
Often have straight hair
Associated Emotion: Sadness/Grief
When sadness overwhelms, a person may isolate and defend himself/herself from the pleasure of attachment and loss. Metal pain types arrange their life to avoid risks, the vagaries of passion, and the possibility of losing control. They may become possessive and acquisitive to control their environment. Striving for self-protection keeps Them too distant from others, afraid of true intimacy. Their life is designed to keep their feelings in.
Strong point: Voice and lungs
Life Guide for the Metal Types:
Seek help so you can let go of the past and form good relationships
Avoid junk foods
Self-righteousness is a way for metal types to protect themselves from pain; find a healthier way to express your feelings.
Meditate, activities that let you focus on your breathing
Strengthen your lungs with regular aerobic exercise
Eat foods that are high in minerals.
Eat leafy green vegetables.
Add white foods like mushrooms to your diet.
Each element corresponds to a TASTE, EMOTION, BODY PART, INTERNAL ORGAN and CLIMATE.
See the table below:
The Five-Element Theory is one of the acupuncturists' main tools to understand a patient's personality, nature and symptoms. Knowing your five-element personality type can help you take better care of yourself. Discovering the personality type of intimate partners or friends is also fun and important. Knowing this information can lead to better relationships and a greater understanding of each other's flaws and weaknesses and why we sometimes act the way we do. By keeping your five-element personality type in mind, you can make choices about your health that will help you create a lifetime of wellness.
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