The Five Elements: Fire

The Fire Element relates both to literal warmth and the emotional warmth nourished by human connections.

The emotion associated with Fire is joy. Imbalance in the Fire Element can lead to either the inability to feel and express joy or excessive and erratic expressions of joy, even if the person does not feel good.

The term "resonance" is used to refer to something sharing the same nature of qi as an Element. Manifestations of resonances can allow practitioners to diagnose imbalances. The Fire element resonates with the Heart and Small Intestine organ systems.