Birth cycle is represented this way: an element that gives birth to another one and there is a harmony relationship between them. For example, Wood gives birth to Fire, which creates Earth. From Earth appears Metal which gives birth to water. Water grows Wood.
Destruction cycle is a control, damaging and conquering relationship between the five elements. Water turns off Fire, Fire gets Metal melted, Metal cuts Wood, Wood stops Earth, Earth absorbs Water.
Feng Shui art and health
Feng Shui art has proved that this art is a key factor for people’s longevity. Look around you and notice how many people start leaving from polluting cities towards zones full of green and escape in nature. People discover again the natural treatments, even if they think about the high price of drugs. There are discussions related to using healthy construction materials that don’t affect the health of those who live there. It is back in discussions the idea of nature, because there is a balance and almost perfect harmony here. Also, nature is the place where we can find the two cycles: birth cycle and destruction cycle.
Interpretation of the symptoms according to the 2 cycles
Example: Polluting the cities creates troubles for breathing. Knowing the classification of things according to the five elements, we can see breathing is associated to Metal (lungs).
How can we know the organ that represents the cause of breathing troubles? We go see the 2 cycles: Metal is created by Fire (heart) which handles the blood transportation in the human body. Such breathing problems appear due to a full of toxins blood. Fire is created by Wood (liver) which has not cleaned very well the blood of toxins and which produces a weaker quality of the blood that’s being transported from the heart towards the respiratory organs, leading this way to the reminded allergies.
Conclusion: the five elements, in accordance with the 2 cycles help us locate the sources of health problems that might appear in the human body.