The west produces dryness. The dryness promotes the metal qi. The metal qi generates acrid flavor. The acrid flavor nourishes the lungs. The lungs govern the skin and body hair. The lungs promote the kidneys, and dominate the nose. The dryness in the heaven, metal in the earth, skin and body hair in the body, lungs in the zang-organs, white in colors, shang in musical scales, cry in sounds, cough in diseases, nose in the orifices, acridness in flavors, and sorrow in mood are all corresponding.
Sorrow damages the lungs, but joy can overcome sorrow. Dryness harms the skin and body hair, but heat can overcome dryness. Acridness impairs the skin and body hair, but bitterness can overcome acridness.
Key words: topic on correspondences and manifestations, Yin and Yang, the plain questions
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