Classical Five-Element Acupuncture: In Classical Five-Element Acupuncture, my job is to identify a patient's primary elemental imbalance or "causative factor". There are unique diagnostic techniques to identify these primary elemental imbalances. Each of the five elements has a corresponding color, sound, odor and emotion, which can be perceived when a particular element is out of balance. When I have identified the causative factor, I treat that element. Once this primary imbalance is treated, any other imbalances resolve naturally.