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Lisa Reichert,acupuncture,acupuncturist,licensed acupuncturist,Illinois,Winnetka,Evanston,Winnetka,Wilmette,Surfacing Wellness,Surfacing Wellness and Health,herbal medicine,herbs,needles,massage,traditional Chinese medicine,TCM,Pacific College of Oriental Medicine,art therapy,herbal remedies,Chinese,Chinese medicine,health,wellness,clinic
How to Use in Practice
| Season | Weather Sensitivity | |||
| Winter | Water | Wind sensitive | Wood | |
| Spring | Wood | Heat sensitive | Fire | |
| Summer | Fire | Damp sensitive | Earth | |
| Late Summer | Earth | Dryness sensitive | Metal | |
| Transitions | Earth | Cold sensitive | Water cold could affect any organ | |
| Autumn | Metal | |||
| Emotion | Face Coloring | |||
| Fear/Shock/Isolation | Water | Greyish, Brownish | Water | |
| Anger/Irritable/Depression | Wood | Greenish Olive | Wood | |
| Vacillates/Manic/Shock | Fire | Red | Fire | |
| Lethargy/Worry/Ruminate | Earth | Yellow | Earth | |
| Grief/Sorrow/Withdrawn | Metal | White | Metal | |
| Voice | Personality | |||
| Loud/Shout | Wood | Philosopher/Sage | Water | |
| Laugh/giggle frequently | Fire | Pioneer | Wood | |
| Sing songy voice | Earth | Wizard/Sales | Fire | |
| Whiny/crying voice or thin weak voice | Metal | Nurturer | Earth | |
| Groans/gravelly/husky | Water | Alchemist/Perfectionist | Metal | |
| Tissue | Sniff Test | |||
| Stiff tight Tendons | Wood | Let the client choose | ||
| Blood Vessels | Fire | |||
| Weak atrophic muscles | Earth | Narrow Choice by Omission | ||
| Spontaneous sweating or skin conditions | Metal | Client sensitivity or allergies to scent or herbs | ||
| Bone conditions | Water | |||
| Combinations | ||||
| Identifying more than one characteristic within an element | Use the one oil which fits | |||
| Identifying more than one element out of balance | Use 2 oils together | |||