| Relationship | Mother | Self | Child | Enemy whom I control | Enemy who controls me |
| Five Evil | Depletion | Regular | Repletion | Weakness | Destroyer |
| Wang Sheng | Xiu | Wang | Sheng | Qiu | Si |
| Principle for treatment | Tonify the mother for deficiency | Self-tonify or self-sedate | Sedate the child for excess | Sedate the enemy for deficiency | Tonify the enemy for excess, sedate for deficiency |