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Elements in Nature

1. RED represents the FIRE ELEMENT. 2. 2. YELLOW represents the EARTH ELEMENT. 3. BLACK (dark) represents the WATER ELEMENT. 4. 5.

WHITE represents the MINERAL ELEMENT.

GREENISH BROWN represents the VEGETATION ELE- MENT.

Not only does each of these colors represent an element in Nature but it also represents one of the five divisions of the human race. Therefore, in each human face, one or more of these five colors is present. For example: Some individuals of the White Race are very white; others are a darkish brown (liver color), while others are a greenish white, a yellowish white, or a reddish white. In each person, there is a combination of one dominant color with others of these five colors.

A red, inflamed face signifies that the blood is overheated, there being too much of the fire element. This condition causes nervousness, high blood pressure, headache, dizziness and heart trouble. Persons with a liver-colored or with a yellowish-green complexion are victims of ailments of the gall bladder and soleen.

In addition to the fact that the majority of internal disorders are made manifest by the color of the skin, it is also true that the color of the human tongue reveals the condition of the internal organs. For thousands of years, Chinese Herbalists have studied the colors of the tongue, because it is possible in many cases to discover with certainty the diseased conditions of the internal organs by simply looking at the tongue.

The key to the method of "tongue-reading" is as follows: The color of the tip of the tongue represents the heart; of the center, the stomach and spleen; of the edges, the liver and gall; and of the underside of the tongue, the kidneys. A brownish color signifies an overheated system. Not infrequently do tongues turn so deep a brown that they change to a coal-black. The color under the tongue becomes a blackish purple, because the fire element burns so fiercely in the stomach that the inflammation extends even to the kidneys. Many people are skeptical regarding the significance of a coated tongue. -(6)- However, great suffering can be prevented if people will but watch their tongues closely and take treatment at the very beginning. The different colors also influence the desires and preferences of the different races. For instance, the colored people like red; the Chinese like yellow and light red; the white people like white. Likewise, in the human system, because the spleen and the stomach belong to the Earth Element, they naturally crave sweets and things of yellow coloring. Consequently, if a person whose spleen is affected is sad and down-hearted, a bouquet of yellow flowers would be a good gift for him. In case a person has heart trouble or his mind is affected, dark blue or dark green would be the most suitable colors for his environment, in order to overcome the fire element.