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Gender Specific Groups English Mountain Recovery understands the need and sensitivity for gender specific groups. The groups are conducted on a weekly basis where the specific genders can share their true feelings and give feedback in a supportive environment. Both male and female clients participate in their respective support groups in the community.

In this blog post, I would like to discuss the clinical use of the Five Elements and, in particular, their Cosmological sequence.  By "cosmological sequence" (my own term, not a Chinese one), I mean the arrangement of the Five Elements in a cross-like fashion rather than the circular arrangement of the Sheng and Ke cycles that are very familiar to every practitoner and student of Chinese medicine.  The "Cosmological Sequence" has Water at the bottom, Fire at the top, Wood on the left, Metal on the right and Earth in the centre. These are associated with the compass directions of South for Fire (at the top), North for Water (at the bottom), East for Wood (on the left), West for Metal (on the right) and no direction for Earth in the Centre.  Earth has not compass direction as it is the centre, the point of reference. Translation Although the translation of Wu Xing as “5 Phases” has gained acceptance, it is not without its problems and many sinologists reject it. Wu X...