Five Element Theory

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CURRENT SEASON

Summer = Fire

Cooking tips:
Roasting, steaming and quicker and lighter cooking styles that incorporate raw and sprouted foods. Dandelion, alfalfa, lettuce and leafy greens, walnuts and corn

Sotai Therapies adopts the incredible meridian-based healing arts of Japan and China along with the Five Element theory – Elements relating to the seasons and then corresponding to the relevant organs.

The Metal Element
The ground under pressure eventually forms minerals

The Water Element
That continues to condense to bear moisture

The Wood Element
That provides substance to grow trees

The Fire Element
That gives up fuel to burn

The Earth Element
That creates ashes to make soil