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  2. Pancha Bhuta - Wikipedia

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    Pancha Bhuta (Sanskrit: पञ्चभूत; pañca bhūta), five elements, is a group of five basic elements, which, in Hinduism, is the basis of all cosmic creation. [1]

  3. Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Wuxing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng), [a] usually translated as Five Phases or Five Agents, [2] is a fivefold conceptual scheme used in many traditional Chinese fields of study to explain a wide array of phenomena, including cosmic cycles, the interactions between internal organs, the succession of political regimes, and the properties of ...

  4. Siddha medicine - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Siddha practitioners believe that five basic elements [5] – earth, water, fire, air, sky – are in food, "humours" of the human body, and herbal, animal or inorganic chemical compounds, such as sulfur and mercury, used as therapies for treating diseases. [6]

  5. Qigong - Wikipedia

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    Over time, five distinct traditions or schools of qigong developed in China, each with its own theories and characteristics: Chinese medical qigong, Daoist qigong, Buddhist qigong, Confucian qigong, and "martial" qigong. [44]: 30–80 All of these qigong traditions include practices intended to cultivate and balance qi. [12] [45] [46] [47]

  6. Mahābhūta - Wikipedia

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    For instance, the Taittirīya Upaniṣad describes the five "sheaths" of a person (Sanskrit: puruṣa), starting with the grossest level of the five evolving great elements: From this very self did aether come into being; from aether, air; from air, fire; from fire, water, from water, the earth; from the earth, organisms; from organisms, foods ...

  7. Classical element - Wikipedia

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    Together, these five essences of the deity correlate with the five classical elements. [38] [39] Koni is the thought and void (aether). Bemba (also called Pemba) is the god of the sky and air. Nyale (also called Koroni Koundyé) is the goddess of fire. Faro is the androgynous god of water. Ndomadyiri is the god and master of the earth.

  8. Liu Zi Jue - Wikipedia

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    The theoretical basis of the Liù Zì Jué exercises is in line with the ancient theories intrinsic to traditional Chinese medicine of the Five Elements and the Five Solid Viscera. They tend to be on common ground on such issues as mouth forms and pronunciation methods, and the direction of body movements and mind follow the inner circulation ...

  9. Hilot - Wikipedia

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    Hilot (/HEE-lot/) is an ancient Filipino art of healing. It uses manipulation and massage to achieve the treatment outcome, although techniques differ from one practitioner to another. [ 1 ] It emerged from the shamanic tradition of the ancient Filipinos with healers considering their practice as derived from their calling from visions or from ...