Wu Xing and the Integration of Medicines
Every great culture in human history has sought a way to describe and explain the world. Ancient China created one of the most enduring models—Wu Xing, or the “Five Elements.” This is not an arbitrary arrangement but a deep system that unifies natural, physical, biological, and medical phenomena into a single dynamic scheme.
Wu Xing is both a model and a language. It can express relationships between fields that seem unrelated at first glance—from seasons and colors to organs and disease processes. That makes it a universal analytical instrument, able to explain the world and to serve as a bridge between different medical paradigms.