Music scales

Nature

Name

Meaning

Effect

Indication

Gong

Earth

Spleen Stomach

Yang

Shining Sun above the Dantian

The shining sun like a ball of fire, warms and eliminates dampness

Warming the spleen and lifting Yang Qi

Poor appetite, fatigue, depression, diarrhea, sunken organs

Yin

Jade Fluids Returning to Dantian

The jade fluids like a cool and sweet spring water nourish stomach

Clearing fire, harmonizing stomach, and removing food stagnation

Epigastric distention, depressed stomach fire

Shang

Metal

Lung

Large Intestine

Yang

Bell and Drum Music in Evening with Sunset Glow

The bell and drum voices are spreading under the setting sun kindling the sky

Supplementing lung Qi, unblocking chest and consolidating Wei-defensive Qi

Wheezing, too weak to spit phlegm, sweating, aversion to wind

Yin

Autumn Breeze and Morning Dew

In the midnight of a clear autumn with full moon, it’s slightly cold. Dew is produced to moisture the leaves

Generating Yin and clearing heat, nourishing lungs and generating fluids

Dry cough, fever and restlessness

Jue

Wood

Liver

Bladder

Yang

Warm Breeze under Dark Sky

Warm and comfort wind breezes in spring, with bright sunshine and full of vigor

Supplementing liver Qi, expelling cold and alleviating depression

Dizziness, vertigo, dreaminess, and numbness of limbs

Yin

Green Leaves and Wondering Cloud

Spring wind brings cool and cold, green leaves

Cooling liver fire, calming hyperactive liver Yang

Vertigo, headache, restlessness, red face and eyes, insomnia, and dreaminess

Zhi

Fire

Heart

Small Intestines

Yang

Green and Fragrant Lotus under Summer Sunshine

Heat in summer, fragrance of lotus

Supplementing the heart Yang, nourishing the heart and calming Shen

Palpitation, upset, chest fullness and short of breath, insomnia and dreaminess

Yin

Rainbow after Raining

Vivid and clear rainbow after rainbow

Clearing heart fire, and calming Shen

Restlessness and fever, red face and thirst

Yu

Water Kidney Urinary Bladder

Yang

Sunshine in Winter

Warm sun at noon in winter,

Warming and supplementing kidney Yang, consolidating essence and strengthening Qi

Lower back pain and weakness of knees, afraid of cold, cold extremities, spermatorrhea, impotence, cold in uterus, morbid leukorrhea

Yin

Snowing and Frozen Winter

Cold and clean ice, pure earth

Clear heart fire, nourishing the kidneys and consolidating will

Restlessness, vertigo, tinnitus, spermatorrhea, amenorrhea.