5-Element Acupuncture

5-Element Acupuncture asserts that every person is born with a propensity to an imbalance in one of the five elements.  This imbalance manifests primarily in the body, the mind or the spirit and becomes the root cause of an illness.  What is the term?

Which dynasty was 5-element developed?

What is the Ben Shen (Emotional) Cycle?

Sound: Laughing
Odor: Scorched
Development Stage: Growth
Body Type: Pointed features, small hands, quick energetic

Which element does this belong to?

Sound: Singing
Odor: Fragrant
Development Stage: Transformation
Body Type: Large Features, Strong Legs, Calm generous

Which element does this belong to?

Sound: Crying
Odor: Rotten
Development Stage: Harvest
Body Type: Triangular features, strong voice, meticulous, strong willed

Which element does this belong to?

Sound: Groaning
Odor: Putrid
Development Stage: Storage
Body Type: Round Features, strong digestion, loyal, enjoy movement

Which element does this belong to?

Sound: Shouting
Odor: Rancid
Development Stage: Birth
Body Type: Tall, slender, strong bones and joints, hard workers

Which element does this belong to?

Gloomy, very excited, recklessness, self-doubt, sorrow, restlessness, cheerlessness, discouragement, shock, extreme joy, lack of self-confidence, despair, nervousness, depression, lack of happiness, over-concern, hopelessness, hysteria are related to which of the Ben Shen?

Lack of concentration, worry, forgetful, lack of sympathy, lack of pity, lack of consideration, over-concern, difficulty with giving and receiving affection, obsession are related to which of the Ben Shen?

Low spirited, very sensitive, self-pity, oppression, frankness, sadness, stoic, arrogance, heavy hearted, grief, disengaging, sorrow, egoism, jealousy, miserly, envious are related to which of the Ben Shen?

Feeling superior, fear, lack of willpower, shyness, reckless, mistrust unattainable terror, lack of determination, inferiority, suspicious, panic, paranoia, phobia are related to which of the Ben Shen?

Irritation, frustration, assertiveness, guilt, grudge, aggression, self-conscious, self-disapproval, anger, responsibility, hostility, lack of motivation, bitterness, boredom, apathy, depression are related to which of the Ben Shen?

Which of the 5-Shu point categories are used for fullness of chest and mental disorders related to the Yin organs?

Which of the 5-Shu point categories are used for febrile disease?

Which of the 5-Shu point categories are used for disorders related to heaviness in the body or painful joint conditions?

Which of the 5-Shu point categories are used for Respiratory Disorders?

Which of the 5-Shu point categories are used for Reversal of Qi?

These are referred to as "double-element" points, they can tonify or sedate; what is another term that is also used?

Which of the officials is called the King?

Which of the officials is called the Minister to the King?

Which of the officials is called the General?

Which of the officials is called the Judge?

Which of the officials is called the Messenger for the King?

Which of the officials is called the Receiving Official?

Which of the officials is called the Minister of Health?

Which of the officials is called the Irrigation Official?

Which of the officials is called the Minor District Official?

What are the 3 treasure of humanity?