Five Elements — Organ/Season/Taste Map

From Traditional Chinese Medicine. Each element maps to organs, seasons, tastes, emotions.

Wood — Spring — Liver/Gallbladder — Sour — Anger

Fire — Summer — Heart/Small Intestine — Bitter — Joy

Earth — Late Summer — Spleen/Stomach — Sweet — Worry

Metal — Fall — Lungs/Large Intestine — Pungent — Grief

Water — Winter — Kidneys/Bladder — Salty — Fear

Application: If your liver is stressed (spring), eat more sour foods. If kidneys are weak (winter), slightly more salty. Each taste nourishes its corresponding organ — but excess of any taste damages it.

Reference:

Wikipedia: Wu Xing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xing